Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

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The Master Guide to Great Performance and Graphics
By P4RZ1V4L
A Guide to achieve the best possible visual fidelity while mantaining good performance.
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Disclaimer
This guide presents a detailed description and recommendations to achieve the best settings possible for your hardware.

⚠️ IMPORTANT THINGS ⚠️
DIRECT STORAGE (POSSIBLE) PROBLEM
This game is the first to use DirectStorage 1.2 this is great for PC that uses Hard Drive Disks but for PC with SSD (Solid State Drives) seems to be causing framerate issues so a possible fix for this problems is to delete the files "dstorage.dll" and "dstoragecore.dll" from the main game folder (And in case you don't see any difference you can always recover this files with the integrity verification or just move them to some other temporal folder instead of deleting them)

MAKE SURE TO RESTART
The game seems to have some weird memory leak in the graphical settings (Maybe exclusively on the Raytracing options but I'm not 100% sure). So after changing the settings make sure to completly close and reopen the game to see the actual framerate your hardware is able to achieve with that configuration.
Hardware Specs
This Guide was made with the next specs and achieved a framerate of around 60-100 fps in 1440p with DLSS Quality.
Windows 11 Pro 64 Bits Nvidia RTX 3080 10GB MSI Gaming X Trio Intel Core i7-10700K CPU 4.66 GHz 32GB Ram Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3600MHz Single Drive of 2 Crucial P2 1TB in RAID
Display Tab
The Display Options are listed down below along with the recomended values for each of them:

⚠️ Window Mode - Fullscreen Exclusive ⚠️
You want to set this setting to Fullscreen Exclusive for some reason unlike most games this one won't turn on and off the HDR on my monitor when i Alt+Tab and seems that Alt+Tabbing in Fullscreen Exclusive pauses the game (As normally) and unlike normal Fullscreen (Which leaves the game running in the background) when you return to the game the framerate maintains itself unlike normal Fullscreen which will sometimes dip and won't come back up.
Display Resolution
Should be the same as your Monitor Resolution (If you wish to lower it to increase performance at the downside of a blurrier picture i would recommend instead to enable some upscale method explained down below).
Aspect Ratio - Auto
Should be set to Auto unless the image proportion isn't matching your monitor (In which case try to find the one that suits it the best).
Refresh Rate
This one will be Grayed Out if you used the Fullscreen option for the Window Mode (There's no need to edit it, it matches the value on your Windows configured Monitor Refresh Rate). If you are using Exclusive Fullscreen set it to the highest possible value.
Vsync - OFF
As long as your Monitor Refresh Rate is higher than 100 Hz i would recommend to set it OFF. If you are Suffering from Screen Tearing then set it ON.
⚠️ Nvidia Reflex Low Latency - OFF⚠️
If this option isn't grayed out and you won't be using Frame Generation then my recommendation is to set it to OFF (As far as i have tried both options reduce the framerate and may even introduce random framedrops). In case you are planning to use "Frame Generation" then my recommendation is to try both ON and ON + BOOST since Frame Generation will introduce some input lag that you will want to mitigate using Nvidia Reflex Low Latency (but beware that some people reported more problems with this option enabled).
DLSS Frame Generation - ON
If you hardware allows you to turn on this setting then set it to ON (Exclusive to RTX 4000 Series Graphic Cards). This will give a noticeable boost to performance. (You can also use this[www.nexusmods.com] mod which may allow you to enable this feature in certain graphic cards outside of the RTX 4000 series). IMPORTANT - If you enable this option it may introduce some input lag, because of this you may want to try enabling the previous option named "Nvidia Reflex Low Latency".
Upscale Method - DLSS or AMD FSR 2.1 (To Quality)
I recommend using an Upscale Method for this game. If you want to achieve better performance a good option is to use one of this options. If you are able to use it DLSS would be the better choice, if not then the second best choice would be AMD FSR 2.1. IGTI is an Insomniac similar technolgy and XeSS is the same but made by Intel (Neither of which is better than the two first mentioned). I would set the Upscale Quality to Quality and the Dynamic Resolution to OFF. If you still want to get more performance use the Balanced, Performance or Ultra Performance options (Each one will give more performance at the cost of a blurried picture).
Anti-Aliasing
This one is a personal preference, use the one you like the most or none at all. This option is only available if you are not using an Upscale Method and will get rid of the jagged edges of models. - SMAA is a good and cheap option although it would still may be too sharp. - TAA fixes the jagged edges almost completly but it will make the image blurrier with around the same performance cost as SMAA. - DLAA is an exclusive option for Nvidia Graphics Cards it's probably the best balance between the previous options but it will consume more frames.
Graphics Tab
The Graphics Options are listed down below along with the recomended values for each of them:

Texture Quality - Medium
I would recommend the value of Medium. This option actually consumes a decent amount of frames (There's a huge performance jump from Low to Medium, Almost no difference between Medium and High and another big jump to Very High). But the amount of VRAM consumed by High and Very High can be too much for a lot of Graphic Cards.
Texture Filtering - 16x Anisotropic
I would recommend the value of 16x Anisotropic. This option barely consumes performance at all and it will make the surroundings of the character model look better in terms of the model and texture quality.
Shadow Quality - Ultra (With RT then Low)
I would recommend the value of Ultra this seems to be the closer to ray traced graphics but with far better performance (Also this setting doesn't seems to provide much performance difference - or at least not in my pc). Very High and High look slighly worse but still pretty good (The visual difference between them is not noticeable but it is with them compared to Medium and even more with Low). (If you are using Ray-Traced Shadows set this option to Low and Increase de Ray-Traced Object Range to 10 if able. Since this shadows will only apply outside of the Ray-Traced Shadows area and Low will give a Performance Boost from any other higher option without sacrificing visual fidelity and avoid Very Low since it causes weird black shadow spots in the distance).
Ambient Occlusion - HBAO+
There's a very small performance difference between the three options. I would recommend the HBAO+ option (Since it looks the closer to ray tracing), SSAO and XeGTAO has a slight better performance but almost not noticeable (Between those two XeGTAO seems to provide better visuals).
Screen Space Reflections - High (With RT then High)
I would recommend the value of High. There is a clear visual difference between OFF and High with not much of a performance impact and absolutly no difference with Very High. (If you are using Ray-Traced Reflections also set this option to High since it will apply on top of the Ray Traced Reflections to achieve better reflections in some materials).
Ray Traced Reflections - ON
If your hardware allows you to use this setting i would recommend to turn it ON. This is probably the setting with the most noticeable difference between Ray-Traced and Non Ray-Traced Graphics. Making lots of reflective surfaces that are simple not visible with this setting OFF.
Ray Traced Shadows - Medium
If your hardware allows you to use this setting i would recommend to set it to Medium. This is the second most noticeable difference between Ray-Traced and Non Ray-Traced Graphics. Making environments really pop up. The visual difference with Medium up to Very High seems to be imperceptible as far as i could see (Except for Savali were unless you use Very High shadows you are going to have weird grass shadows).
Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion - OFF
I recommend to set this option OFF and instead use normal HBAO+ Ambient Occlusion configured before. This option does provide a nice gloss in metallics but the performance impact is huge and not worth it since HBAO+ does a pretty similar job.
Reflection Resolution - Very High
I recommend to set this option to Very High since High present tons of pixelations on the reflections.
Object Range - 10 (Without RT Shadows 6)
I recommend to set this option to the 10 if you are using the Ray-Traced Shadow options (If not then I recommend to set this option to the default value of 6) but particularly a value of 10 for RT Shadows is really noticeable, especially in big open environments.
Level of Detail - Ultra
I recommend to set this option to Ultra. This represents the draw distance for models, you will see some popping at Very High and is really noticeable from High.
Traffic Density - Very High
I recommend to set this option to High or Very High. Barely noticed a performance difference with this option and lower values does particulary Medium and Low does decrease the amount of flying cars.
Hair Quality - Very High
I recommend to set this option to Very High. Barely noticed a performance difference with this option and it does have a visual difference from High and Medium (Which looks almost the same) and there's even more difference with Low.
Weather Particle Quality - High
I recommend to set this option to High. Barely noticed a performance difference with this option (except for Very High that seems to take some frames with no visual difference from High) while Medium and Low reduce the visual quality of effects as rain.
Phantom Dash Effect
Is an effect applied when you use the Phantom Dash so it's up to personal preference.
Depth Of Field - Medium
Is an effect up to personal preference (I recommend to set it on Medium since it provides nice visuals in cinematics and in Medium or higher values the blurriness while aiming is minimal unlike lowers with may be too strong).
Bloom - ON
Is an effect up to personal preference (I recommend to set it ON since in provides light effects in some cinematics).
Chromatic Aberration - OFF
Is an effect up to personal preference (I recommend to set it OFF since it makes the game blurrier).
Vignette
Is an effect up to personal preference.
Motion Blur Strenght - 0
Is an effect up to personal preference (I recommend to set it to 0).
Field of View
It changes the camera closeness to the playable character so is up to personal preference.
Film Grain Strenght
Is an effect up to personal preference.
Sharpness - 10
Is a visual option up to personal preference (I recommend to leave it at 10).
Fullscreen Effects - ON
Is an effect up to personal preference (I recommend to set it ON).
Screen Shake
Is an effect up to personal preference (If you suffer from nausea while gaming i recommend you to set this option to OFF).
Remember
Remeber to restart the game completly once you have set the settings since the framerate gets bugged (Due to memory leak) when playing around with the graphical settings and you will get lower fps than you should.

Also, remember to try it out for a while (Since the tutorial part of the game is very performance heavy).
35 Comments
TheHuskyGT 31 May @ 1:15pm 
I just max everything out, including Raytracing at 1440p. No motion blur. I get around 65-70fps. With DLSS on, it jumps to 135-140fps. On an RTX 5070 Ti.

Also, this game uses more system memory than what it recommends. I'm usually sitting around 19gb. So that's something to take in mind.

I'm loving this new technology. I don't care what they say about frame generation. Back then when I used to be one of those elitists, I would've hated it. But I'm just fatigued with the whole the PC master race mentality. If I can press a button and double my performance, while reducing hardware usage, I'll take it. So if you have it, for the love of gods, use it.
jensenmon36 31 May @ 11:34am 
This works prefectly even on a rx 6600, the game doesn't give me the option to activate raytracing tho. Someone knows why?
ReynardTheFox 4 May @ 3:51pm 
Thanks for the guide! Made a noticeable difference.
In my case updating my ssd driver made a substantial difference in 1% fps (previously it was super unstable, ranging from 28-90 fps) now almost stable 150 with the same settings from the guide.
Just in case anyone's wandering, used "Samsung magician" app for updating mine (990pro 2tb)
Jeriks 21 Apr @ 5:18am 
Recommending frame generation is crazy
Rabenfeder 5 Aug, 2023 @ 5:06am 
@chris That error message is pretty obvious and can mean one of a few things:
a) Your graphics card doesn't have enough graphics memory.
b) You don't have enough system memory (despite the error message specifically refering to video memory).
What you can try to do - seems to have helped with performance for other people - is to increase the size of your virtual memory file (no idea what it's called in English, maybe just google this).
Also, if you don't know how to increase that size, google it.

In general, asking a random question in a random comment thread might not net you the results you hope Meaning: If you get error messages, google them. If googling them doesn't net results, either make a forum post (will be seen by more people) or ask the support of the software developer. Again, using random comment sections wil usually not net you any good results. Ask on official forums or via official support channels (mail, support ticket, whatever).
chris 2 Aug, 2023 @ 10:25am 
Looks Like Most are Enjoying the Game..It Won't Start on my Gaming PC with Ryzen 5-5600U (Ace Magician)..Just Keep Getting an Error Message saying "Insufficient Space for Windows to Manage Video Memory",which Means Nothing to Me..Cost £50 This Morning to Buy the Game & a Total Waste of Money..All my Other Games Launch & Run Fine..Was Looking Forward to Playing This as Have Played Others in Series on Consoles..Pointless Keeping it on HDD (All Steam Games are Installed on External HDD)..I Won't Check Back for any Replies..I Have Memory Loss & am Housebound Due to Other Health Problems..Hopefully I will Forget about Buying This & Wasting Money....
JapaneseTomBrady 30 Jul, 2023 @ 10:48am 
This is so important! Nvidia Reflex was making my 4080 drop to 50% usage.
Dr.Hultenstein 29 Jul, 2023 @ 3:23am 
not that i think that u need nvidia refelx for this kind of game anyways, in my opinion
Dr.Hultenstein 29 Jul, 2023 @ 3:20am 
Nvidia Reflex when on seems to cause most crashes so i recomend just having it turned off
sanbait 29 Jul, 2023 @ 1:27am 
DLSS dont work in this game!
DLSS - off = 55fps LOW 1440p
DLSS - ON = 54 fps Low 1440p
WTF ?