How to make iRacing WAY More Immersive on any Sim Rig
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2021
- One of the most common complaints when it comes to iRacing graphics is the generally washed out low contrast look, as well as the warm colour temperature.
Today we're going to take a look at an easy way to adjust the contrast, brightness and colour temperature to your heart's content, resulting in what I think is a far more immersive experience on just about any sim racing rig.
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I think I’ve gotten to the bottom of the issues some people are having with error messages saying a supported game is required.
Make sure you don’t have any 3D accelerated windows open in the background. So Chrome/Discord/etc.
Minimising them seems to fix the issue. You don’t need to close them completely.
yesss thank you it works for me now time to mess with the filter 🤪 thanks man
Still no joy
Good to know. So Racelab may be also an issue. =)
Seems to be ok at least for me.
Hi Will, thanks for the video :-) Any idea if this work on rFactor 2? I'm trying to open the filter using the hotkeys (ALT+F3) but I get the message saying that a supported game is required. Many thanks!
wow makes it way more realistic, especially in Lacuna Seca that is so yellowy it looks ridiculously like an 80's serial Mexico effect.
Thank you very much Will, the hugest benefit of this for me is I suffer from eye strain at times and turning down the warmness and enhancing some other colors has made it much easier to drive for longer periods of time
I've always hated that washed out grey look in iRacing. This fixes it completely. Nice job.
This is definitely simpler than using reshade and messing with luts. I did it last week and it's made a world of difference for me
You may have also noticed the colour blindness options in there too. They're fantastic. I don't need it for iRacing but in some other games they make a big difference especially for map icons and opponent labels.
Thank for for taking the time to make these videos ! Makes such a difference
I can only get it working using the old website but will have a play and it totally transforms iracing thanks will great work as always and your hard work and dedication is much appreciated
Finally!!! I should have known to do this as I'm a regular Adobe Light Room user and do this to my photos! Thanks Will!
Awesome tip. Lost about 7 FPS but Looking much better, and much kinder on the eye strain.+1 for keeping it simple! Thanks Will
by turning ''game filters'' I have in the window where you have 1,2 and 3 preset, only ''image sharpening'' on 50% and its not even active
Bookmarked for when I jump on next, good video!
That's awesome!! As a commercial photographer, and having an understanding of color and light, I've always hated the rendering in iRacing. One thing to keep in mind while making these adjustments... Dropping the highlight down is always a good idea for the reason you explained....blowing out all the bright areas. However, with the shadows, remember when you darken things that in the darkest areas, you should still have minor details like maybe dash texture or something like that. The only places I wouldn't expect any detail would be in the vents because obviously there's nothing there to give any texture. One other thing you may want to try is the HDR setting. Maybe turning this on before you make the adjustments might give even a bit more realism. All in all that was a great video and I appreciate the info!!
I will follow this advice, soon I will have my VR headsets coming so I will try turning on the HDR if it adds even more to realism :)... Have to build a rig soon and as soon as the CSL DD comes I will be able to thoroughly enjoy racing
I'm kinda getting old, and losing pace with technology. I don't even know exactly what HDR is. But people say it improves things. So I want to try it. I know my system should be very capable.
But where is this setting? In the graphics card settings, or in iRacing?
@@sethrenigar6012 the setting for HDR that I was talking about is in iRacing/options/graphics, where you adjust your settings for the graphics like sky, grandstands, pit box, etc. It will be in the 3rd column. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. Basically what it does is it finds a way to compress everything into a range thy you can see instead of having highlights that are too bright to have detail at that same time as having blacks thy are too dark to have detail. It may have an adverse effect in morning and late afternoon or evening races when you get the Orange glare of the sunrise or sunset on the track in certain turns. Hopefully the other adjustments in the video card will curb thy issue.
@@Simlife101 your correct in the sense that because there’s a wider selection of lights and darks, all the shades and color temperatures are also increased within the parameters. Lumination changes apply to all colors and shades, not just to whites and blacks.
Never knew about filters being build into the nvidia software I normally play around with reshade filters, but may now see how this works. Thanks Will.
I didn't either. I know what I'm doing this evening!
Nvidia filters are literally just Reshade, except integrated into the driver and simplified with less options. The same guy is even working on it.
Reshade is better
Use reshade. Nvidias comes with a bit of a performance hit
So does Reshade. The performance hit depends on shaders in use, but there's always a drop. Roughly the same as with Freestyle.
Thank u boosted this changed my experience wow, and it's small change too it's mind blowing.
Glad it helped :)
Dude thank you so much. This looks so much easier than with reshade
Once again you come through for the team Will! I've not been racing much lately but I always disliked the washed out look of iRacing compared to some other sims. I did not like to use the GeForce Experience app for my 3090 card actually as some suggested settings on other games didn't work for me. Reinstalling that app now and will give this a go. Confident I will see an improvement. Thanks mate!
Thanks for the tips it works very well,, much better colors now
Nice work again Will, thanks mate
Awesome little tip here dude!
I agree with @Jeffrey McDonald I am also a professional photographer and VR SIM racer and I have been looking for something like this for a while. I recently tried a VR reshade plugin without any visible effects, and I didn't know nVidia had this option. I am ruining an RTX 2080ti on an i7-7800 with a Pimax 5K+ and I have been trying to get a more realistic lighting on my gameplay and videos for a while but didn't know this option was available, I will try this tomorrow. Like Jaffrey said on the other comment, I will try HDR and then adjust highlights and shadows to begin with to mimic the human eye dynamic range. I greatly appreciate that you shared this piece of information with the rest of us.
That is awesome mate, many thanks
Looks great! I play in VR and still watched the video
That is damn epic! I was just thinking about fudging around with LUT's and whatnot, but this is so much more simple.
Wow O Wow What a transformation to iracing thanks Will i didn,t know about this great job mate.
SICK! Didn't know that. 😎🙌
I love your content so much
Great video as always. I've been using a similar setup, but utilizing ReShade instead. A bit more of an fps hit with it, but more granular control over the colour, contrast and various other settings. Also never been a fan of Nvidia's GeForce Experience. That being said, it truly does make a huge difference and sometimes games/sims just need a little colour correction TLC.
Thanks Will this really helped
Thanks mate great work
I did this a few months back and had iRacing looking great finally and then Nvidia did an update and my settings disappeared . . . So you might want to write down the filters and values in case that happens to you too. Cheers :)
Great idea! I have all the steering locks saved in a file also
Thanks for tips !
Awesome mate! thanks
Great video - Will out of interest what frame rate are you getting on ACC with your 3090 and running those 4K triples?
combining the nvidia filter with iRacing's built-in gamma adjust and it's quite easy to dial the cooler colours in!
The Nvidia overlay did throw an error for me on my first session after installing the latest driver and restarting the PC, but reloading iRacing again with exactly the same session settings meant it seems to be working as suggested
Ahh that’s good to know. You’re running the latest driver now?
@@boostedmedia yes indeed
Ahh great. So it’s probably just a matter of making sure it’s a clean install. Once again Yeaman to the rescue.
I never comment on videos but I love you for this
Nice vid will as always. Quick question do you use surround nvidia on your triples or fixed settings in you ini file?
UPDATE: Ok so it appears the latest Nvidia driver (472.96) breaks this for some people. I've now tested myself on another PC and also had a few friends test and it seems a clean install with DDU resolves any issues with the latest driver.
Alternatively, previous drivers can be downloaded here - www.nvidia.com/download/find.aspx
Damn… can we download the older Version?
It seems to only work when I use old website version of iracing. Using the new UI it doesn’t work. I get the nvidia pop up saying to use it but doesn’t load the filters.
What driver is everyone rolling back to?
That's great, thanks - might also use this to take some of Ermin's favourite colour yellow out too :) NVIDIA Experience is going back in.
Done. First cut just about removed all of that yellow, and made colours look a lot more natural! Thanks again Will!
I found HDR on certain capable monitors also really helps the immersion.
Looks awesome.... any way to make it apply for VR as well?
Tried it but only aplied to my destop screen, while HP reverb was the same as before
Thinking about that for the use on 3 led projector screens. Blacker blacks and better contrast. No bezel frame or plastics edges to dick with.
The first time i ever used a projected screen was on the playstation (1) at the old Wangi workers club 1996. I couldn't aford a commercial unit, but you could book in through the club for members. In the function room and turn off the lights. it dominated the whole wall : ) that an the PA sound system, full on. ( Vralley & F1) Great thing was, we were close to burbon food and beer.
I like it , I hope it work with fly sim as well :)
Good evening all.
I have been trying to figure this out for a few hours and here is what I came up with. Latest driver installed (497.09). I start a "Test Drive" session and it seems to work. From there any other session I join it still works, (AI, Test Drive, Etc.) As long as I do not close iRacing it seems to keep.
Once I close iRacing and try to go into let's say an AI race "not supported". I go "Test Drive" works as well as other sessions.
Don't know why, and what changed, but seems to work for me.
Cheers, and good luck!
BTW. Thanks Will for all of the great content over the years.
Awesome!
Worked great for me and now racing with a much better presentation and not a single hit in fps. Now just gotta get good and out of Rookie leagues for Oval and Road. :P
Love your videos, I am just skating into iracing and it has helped me immensely. I love your racing cockpit, can you tell me what size of 4K TVs you run in your triple set up?
Watch the video.
@@New_Identity I did, and thanks for your HELPFUL comment.
First I love your vids bro keep them up and you should do more vids with your wife
sigo tus videos desde españa ...mis monitores son 2k de 27 pero sigo yus consejos igual gracias
Wow, i will try this tomorrow!! Does Geforce remeber the settings or do i have to choose them every time i load up i racing?
i was just searching for fix like this and saw the discord :D
Setting makes a huge difference, I’ve been running it for a few months. However, over the course of a few weeks, I’ve noticed that I keep getting error messages when trying to enable the filter. Are you finding any issues when you run it?
Will, id be cautious about using those same settings in a night race. I did a night race at Bathurst yesterday using the same settings and wondered why it was so dark. When i watched the replay today and turned the filters off it was so much lighter.
Toggle it off when driving in night
I was having the same error about restarting the game and unsuported game error. I rolled back to driver 466.77 and it works fine now
does someone know if this works for VR as well?
usually VRs excluded from susch things as my experience from previous atempts showed.
Hi Will ...thanks for being a great asset to Sim-Racing! I don't have that issue ...I like my black to be BLACK ...& set up my displays that way ...& I still see the stitching in the Hans straps. I DO have one question ...
We run identical PC's ...except I have a single 3080. I run three 4K screens 43 inches each. However: I bought cheap ones that have a 60 Hz refresh rate ...so I limit all my games at 60 fps. This less taxing on the GPU is it not? ...&
Will I see a big difference in faster screens? ...enough difference to upgrade ...in your opinion?
I can’t do 60Hz these days. Anything less than 90 and I really struggle for sim racing.
is there a fix for the "Nvidia experience) when i try to activate the game overlay it constantly tells me to reboot the system, which i have done several times, re-installed it and all but no luck :S
Wow you’ve found a reason to install GeForce
😂
Need help please. I tried these settings after installing iracing but my visuals look all washed out and nothing as good as yours. What do I do? I have a 4070ti and updated to the latest nvidia driver. Maxed out all the settings in options and applied your values on GeForce experience
So good video man. Sad that i have amd xD
VR solves the contrast / screen end issue.
hello, I followed the steps you said, everything is up to date, everything is as it should be. but when iracing is on, when I open ctrl+alt+z and press game filter, it doesn't click. what could be the solution
Very usefull, THY very much ! - Very nice music at the end of the video, what is the title of the song and artist ? - Greetings from France !
yesterday I tried to do this and all I could get was a side panel, but no options. It just had a box at the bottom saying 'Done'. Today however, I did a great (in my standard, getting round the track in one piece is great) lap, I saved it. When I went back to view, I did the ALT F3 and it worked I had the full menu. So it seems, just doing a test lap does not work, but viewing a saved replay will get the menu to be showed.
I have a AMD GPU and got really good results with MSI Dragon Center. Maybe look in to that one as well? :)
Thanks for that. Will, I have always wanted to ask what seat you use in your rig?
Luso Motors MK2
I have a grain issue with the load screen since adjusting the core from zero to one. Tried to change it back but still have the same issue.
Interesting! Does anyone know if this can be done in VR as well? Great video Will!
I’d like to know this one as well, good question
Apparently not.
Does adjusting the filters alter the load on the cpu/gpu?
For some reason this doesn't work the first time I launch iRacing for the day. I'll hit alt+F3 and it says there's an error and to restart the game. After restarting the game I can alt+F3, but it's off by default and I have to hit the number I set up, then it's fine. Not sure why it doesn't just stay on.
It does not always work. Only when I go to the server at least one more time can I select it. Otherwise nut depth of field is missing. No selection of the 3 presets. Does this have something to do with the ui.
Quick question: does this work on VR? More specifically, WMR VR (such as the HP Reverb G2)?
In for answer
Nope :( you have to use reshade unfortunately but Dan Suzuki does a good tutorial on it
Yeah need Reshade. Definitely check out Dan’s guide.
hi boosted, i was wondering if there was any tips or tutorial for AMD owners. i tried reshade, completely screwed my game up. Couldn't launch anymore. So unistalled it. Now i wish iracing would offer some ingame way to fix the yellowness.... Wasn't bothering me but now i played all summer ACC and F1 on console. This yellow filter is ruining my game experience.
Now, will the upcoming tone mapping feature addition to the next build negate all of this? Time will tell.
Does this have any online racing issues? I did see a couple of comments in another video doing the same thing that caused issues online?
I've always thought iRacing was a bit warm on the color side - this helps a ton! It does make the in-sim UI look a little odd but you'll never be looking at that for too long
For some reason I cannot get iRacing to register in the Nvidia Experience software. I keep getting the error message back asking to restart the game.
same
been using these filters for months now told poeple it would help..
Great!
Can you get it to work in VR, had a quick go this morning but it only adjusted the monitor 🤔
Will i cant get the GeForce Experience to find iRacing as a game. Even if i go and add the folder that iRacing's .exe is held in. Any help there?
ooooookay so. this works if i start iracing through the website, but not the UI.... SETTING DO NOT STAY. Also through the website, the game does not apply my screen settings i have set in the ini file, and only shows the game horizontally half way across the tirple screens.... this is fun lol...
Either way, thanks for all the awesome content
cheers
Can’t get it to work ! Says error re start game in top corner !
I would really like this to work in VR.. possible or not?? Running WMR HP Reverb.
I had tried using it but have been unable to get the check box to remain checked for the game filter overlay. I'll try some of the comments people
have made here and see how i go
Any tips for a night, sun- rise/set setup?
does it work for VR, more specifically HP Reverb 2?
Dont work it always says I need to restart the Game but I did all the changes you showed...anyone else running into this problem?
After reading the comments, i dis-regarded the first step (just in case i had the same issue), and just kind of followed the adjustments recommended. Very nice change i have to say. Looked and felt much more natural. I run triple 160hz 27in curved UWQHD's utilizing a 3060 card and the immersive factor is now really nice compared to the default setting. Cheers
As soon as I enable the filter in an race session, it disconnects me from the session.
the reason theres a "stark contrast" is because in the game there is a sun shining into the car... as to where in your room there isnt a sun shining. The 'Before' is more realistic than your after, but your after looks better.
Hi Will. Nvidia game filters are incredibly hit and miss, so many games you try to use filters it just comes up with "this game is not supported" message. I'm actually surprised you have it working for iRacing as I've never once got it to work and just gave up and used reshade instead. How did you manage to get it working with iRacing? I'm using very latest drivers here, infact latest one only a few days ago (471.96) clean install and still it doesn't work. I can pull the overlay up but when I try and launch the filters, I get that same "this game is not supported" message. Also, going into geforce experience and scanning for iracing, it never finds it even when scanning the precise iRacing folder. Tried disabling MSI Afterburner, AV, didn't have Disord or OBS running, nothing I can see is getting in the way of it.
I didn’t have any problems at all. It just worked. I just tried with the latest drivers too with a DDU clean install and it worked too.
@@boostedmedia interesting man. I did do a clean install on the driver on the 31st but didn't DDU, I shall try that.
Seems to be hit and miss I’m afraid. I’ve had a few other friends say it works for them fine.
@@boostedmedia yup indeed Will. Rocking a Titan RTX so it's not like the card doesn't pass the requirements. I'll defo give DDU a go though, I only really use that when absolute necessary. I'll report back. Great content as always though buddy, I to adjust darkness to get that POV dancing. Like yourself been doing the POV content for 2 or 3 years, it definitely helps the immersion blending all the levels correctly.
Any way to do something like this in VR?
I done what was in the video but it still says something about unsupported game so i cant do it
Can this be used for VR headsets?
You could also use Reshade.
what is your brightness and gamma in iRacing ?
also if there is a performance hit, why not do this stuff in the regular nVidia contrast settings ?
The brightness and contrast settings don't remove the yellow in iracing. These are filters to make games look better
@@TheBallisticSerb Hue does that, underneath Digital Vibrance - or you can adjust the brightness/contrast/gamma for R G B channels separately
only seems to turn filter on / off my PC, do you need a certain spec graphics card? GTX 1660 super here
i think it has something to do with the latest driver
Great video, but I have never been able to get the thing to work. I have never been able to get the window to pop up where I'm able to start making changes.. Oh well, LOL
Will this work on Oculus headsets?