: If you are still failing to hit playable frame rates, drop your internal resolution scale below 1.0 (such as 0.75 or 0.5 ). This renders the game at a lower resolution and upscales it, providing a massive FPS buffer. Critical Advanced Settings
Are you attempting to run this on an or a dedicated low-end graphics card ? : If you are still failing to hit
Adjusting these specific settings yields the highest frame-rate returns: : Toggle between Vulkan and DirectX 12
This file can be opened with any text editor to manually drop quality variables below what the in-game sliders allow, or to paste in heavily optimized community XML presets. Always make a backup copy of your original system.xml before changing anything! : If you are still failing to hit
To push your low-end PC further than the in-game menus allow, utilize external software optimizations: Hardware & Power Management
: Set refraction to Medium and move the physics slider down to its lowest brackets.
: Toggle between Vulkan and DirectX 12 . Vulkan generally performs much better on older hardware and entry-level graphics cards, but test both to see which eliminates micro-stutters on your specific hardware. 🛠️ External Performance Boosters