Dirt Rally 2.0 PC Optimization, Settings, 2x Performance

Dirt Rally 2.0 is out now and if you are playing the game on PC then you must have noticed that the game can be taxing on your hardware. In this Dirt Rally 2.0 PC optimization guide, we are going to walk you through the different settings and tell you which settings have the most impact on performance and FPS.

Before we look into the different settings, you should know about the requirements of Dirt Rally 2.0 PC.

Dirt Rally 2.0 PC Requirements

Dirt Rally 2.0 PC requirements are as follows:

Dirt Rally 2.0 Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: AMD FX4300 or Intel Core i3 2130
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD HD7750 or NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti
DirectX: Version 11

Dirt Rally 2.0 Recommended System Requirements

OS: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i5 8600K
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD RX Vega 56 or NVIDIA GTX 1070
DirectX: Version 11

Now that we have got the requirements of Dirt Rally 2.0 out of the way, we can move on to the settings part.

Dirt Rally 2.0 PC Settings

The different settings that you can tweak in Dirt Rally 2.0 PC are as follows:

Multisampling

Multisampling is the single most taxing setting and can impact performance by up to 39% depending on the hardware that you are using. You should turn this down if you want better performance in Dirt Rally 2.0.

Anisotropic Filtering

Anisotropic Filtering also makes a small difference and can impact performance by up to 4%.

TAA

TAA also has a significant impact on the performance of the game. You can get 12% better performance by turning this setting down.

Shader Detail

Shader detail only has a minor impact on performance and you can leave it as is.

Reflections

Reflections can significantly impact performance and you will notice an improvement of 10% when you turn this setting down.

Screen Space Reflections

Screen Space Reflections can also be taxing on your hardware and can impact performance by 11%. You should turn this setting down if your hardware is not able to keep up.

Shadows

Shadows can impact performance by 7%. This setting is not as taxing as others that we have mentioned but you can turn this setting down if you are unable to get to 60 FPS.

Night Lighting

Night lighting has a minor performance impact of 2%.

Ambient Occlusion

Ambient Occlusion is taxing on hardware as always and can affect performance by 12%. You should turn this setting down.

Advanced Ambient Occlusion

Advanced Ambient Occlusion is not as taxing on the hardware as Ambient Occlusion and can impact performance by 5%.

Particles

Particles also hit the graphics card and can impact performance by up to 7%.

Advanced Blending

Advanced Blending is not all that taxing on the hardware and can impact performance by 3%.

Weather

Weather can impact the performance of the game by up to 6%.

Crowd

Crowd setting also impacts performance slightly and you will notice a boost of 3% if you turn this setting down.

Mirrors

Mirrors can impact performance slightly by 1%. You can leave this setting as it is.

Vehicle Details

Turning down this setting can impact performance by up to 3%.

Object

Object impact performance slightly but turning this setting down will give you a boost of 2%.

Trees

Trees impact performance by less than 1%, so you can leave it at the default preset.

Ground Cover

Ground cover has a major impact in performance and you can get up to 22% better performance by turning this setting down. This should be one of the settings that you tweak first.

Skidmarks

Skidmarks can impact performance by 5%.

Motion Blur

Motion blur is very taxing and can impact performance by 12%. You can turn this setting down in order to get a major boost in performance.

Bloom

Bloom has a slight impact on performance when playing Dirt Rally 2.0. Turn this setting down in order to get 2% better performance.

Lens Flares

Lens flares also have a small impact on performance of less than 1%.

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