This guide provides optimized video settings for Assetto Corsa EVO to help players achieve a balance between graphical quality and performance. The author, pimaf, experienced issues with low frame rates and game freezing during races, especially with higher opponent counts. After numerous tests, they have come up with a set of settings that ensure a playable frame rate, eliminate sudden freezes, and still offer respectable graphics.
Settings Recommendations
PRESET:
- Custom
UPSCALING:
- None
ANTIALIAS:
- Multisample 8x
- Cinematic: Off (blurry)
- FXAA: Off (blurry and laggy)
TEXTURES:
- Anisotropic Filter: Ultra
- Texture Dimension: Ultra
DETAIL LEVEL:
- Detail Level: Ultra
- Experimental LOD: Off
- Static Detail: Off (only works with Experimental LOD enabled)
- Vehicle Detail: Ultra
LIGHTING:
- Set all lighting options to Minimum (no noticeable difference during gameplay)
- Global Illumination: Medium
- Ambient Occlusion: Off
- Volumetrics: Low
REFLECTIONS:
- Set all reflection options to Minimum (significant improvement in showroom but minimal difference during races)
- Environment Reflection: Low
- Car Reflection: Low
SHADOWS:
- Set all shadow options to Minimum (no noticeable difference during gameplay)
- Shadows: Very Low
- Experimental Sim Shadows: Off
- Sim Shadows: Low
- Screen Space Shadows: Off
ENVIRONMENT:
- Grass Density: Low (setting to Off will remove all grass)
- Cloud Density: Low (minimum is sufficient for a good sky appearance)
POST PROCESSING:
- Leave at default settings
- Post Processing Presets: Default
- Exposure: 0.0
- Fidelity FX Contrast: 0%
- Veil Type: Soft
- Depth of Field: Ultra
MOTION BLUR:
- Set all motion blur options to Minimum (no noticeable difference during gameplay)
- Motion Blur Quality: Off
- Motion Blur Strength: 0%
- Motion Blur Central Quality: 0%
MIRRORS:
- Mirrors Mode: Single
- Mirrors Resolution: High
- Mirrors View Distance: Ultra
- Optimized Rendering: On
- Mirrors Capture Mode: Fixed
Quick Troubleshooting for Mirrors:
If you cannot set the virtual mirror from the UI settings because it is deactivated, go back to the video settings, set Mirrors Mode to All, then return to the UI settings to enable the virtual mirror. Finally, switch back to Mirrors Mode: Single without losing the virtual mirror activation.
