Better quality LODS and shadows!

I only half understood what you said, but I get the idea in context Is there a compromise between these shadow map settings and reduced artifacts that you could recommend?

 

I like it. The trade off's are far less obtrusive than the goofy shadows.

 

Oh, I can't wait to get on my laptop and make these changes! I can't stand seeing the shadows LODs on guardrails and such, as I'm coming around a corner. For some reason it always grabs my attention out of the corner of my eye. Thank you for sharing!

 

It's a trial and error process, I honestly never bothered to discover what's the unit measure of those values. Start with a value as low as the one reported in the first page, then work your way up until you're satisfied. You've surely noticed that further distance shadows had an higher value, that's simply because pixels get larger in world coordinates.

 

If u use a matte car u will change idea.. They suffer more the issue

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hmm i tried it for a while but nords midday the effect is still there, so will stick to defaults
shadow quality set to high btw

 

I'm confused by those images,the second one looks worse than the first one,is the 'pumped' image the improvement or is it the wrong way round?

I'm only asking because the horrible looking shadows in the second pic ( around the headlight/panel gap/front intake area ) have always bugged me,is this fix a possible remedy for that or is the LOD problem something different altogether ?

 

Off topic I know, but my livery for HP Racing Andrea...did you change the map file chrome-ish settings, or is it just your ability to pull better fotos from AC than me?

 

I change the map and metal detail

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SHARE Just realized I misspelled your name above...corrected

Curious, I'm using the "high" shadows setting in-game, DX11.2 GPU...when I use low FOV for camera angles, I am still getting split/artifacting shadows using stock graphics.ini LOD shadow settings.

 

This does improve things and with minimal FPS hit (if any)

Kunos should implement this by default

Thanks for the pointer guys

 

not really DX11 but more to do with the hack(s) used to calculate shadows in games.

 

CAN shadows be fixed or improved in the future? Or are they already as optimized as possible for AC?

 

I still have the "chasing shadow" on the armco. It is very noticeable on the nordschleife !

Anyone with the same experience?

 

That track have the longest view section in this game...so even cheating on lod bias isn't enough...but put some cars in front of u and i assure you that you'll do not notice it anymore

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I noticed this a lot a on Brands Hatch and it can ruin the immersion when I see the "chasing shadow" effect.

 

Thanks Chazz Ranger for helping to share this info. I'm glad it's helpful. It made a massive difference for me, I've stopped obsessing about graphics tweaking and now find I have a lot more time to drive!

 

I made test scene in unity3D for better understand how shadow map splitting works. Scene use 4 cascades. You can adjust some values.
Keyboard shortcuts:
-camera movement: W, A, S, D, E, C, SHIFT(slow), CTRL(fast)
-camera FOV: numpad +,-
-mouse sensitivity: M, N
-sun position: I, J, K, L
-shadow distance: HOME, END
-shadow cascade 1/2: NUM1, NUM4
-shadow cascade 2/3: NUM2, NUM5
-shadow cascade 3/4: NUM3, NUM6


PS: small capsule object on dashboard is for better adjustment of cockpit shadows, because car model isn't so good.

download

 

bzucobzuco, your test scene has 4 shadow cascades/maps, but AC has 3 doesn't it?

 

I gues 4...maybe cockpit view has lower number. But 4 or 3..large area is really problem cover with shadows without glitches. 50 m area is no problem...but 500m or 1000 is really mission impossible. Five or six cascades will be probably better but dont know if possible or efficient in games.