- sweetfx
tone map reduces the rather heavy darkening
a 'poor mans form of tessellation' gives the assets (cars, environment, etc)
a bit of relief and more definition
- tweaks with 3dmigoto:
reduce windscreen tint
remove dof
reduce bloom
- description
Grid autosport intended as a bid to the more sim race'ing kind of
audience unfortunately did not captivate it's intended demographic.
Also the rather lack luster re-implementation of the cockpit view,
after denouncing this view type in grid 2, didn't foster any bon ami.
That said it actually is quite a good racer a bit more restraint
(racing wise) then it's predecessors but still feisty and visually
quite impressive (good balance between cars and environment).
update 14/10/2020
- altered sweetfx tonemap preserves contrast a bit better
- no 3dmigoto tweaks were altered
(see new tonemap screenshots for an impression)
What is addressed:
- sweetfx
tone map reduces the rather heavy darkening
a 'poor mans form of tessellation' gives the assets (cars, environment, etc)
a bit of relief and more definition
- tweaks with 3dmigoto:
reduce windscreen tint
remove dof
reduce bloom
- tweaks gamefiles lighting_day.xml, lighting_night.xml
balance darkness in interior of car with time of day
reduce blur
balance auto exposure sky and tracks (was to bright in some cases)
thin out distance fog horizon
remove proximity arrows frontend\configs\osdSetup.xml
The game has a very solid handling (cars) and runs quite nicely
on lighter hardware (1050 gtx ti per example).
For the record could not fix the shadows in the rear view car mirror
found a potential shader but could not figure out a working fix.
- install
Since this mod overwrites existing game files please make a backup
of the following files:
all lighting_day.xml, lighting_night.xml (in /tracks/)
frontend\configs\osdSetup.xml
Copy the contents of the zip file to the install folder of grid autosport,
the folder which contains GRIDAutosport.exe with exception of these folders:
proximty arrows original (backup just in case)
tracks original (backup just in case)
tracks ref xml (refrence files if you want to tweak)
If you do not like using unverified dll's you can download 3dmigoto from
Github.com
download version 1.3.11 (32bits) and place the following dlls in the install dir of grid autosport
d3d11.dll
d3dcompiler_46.dll
d3dx.ini
then copy ShaderCache and ShaderFixes from the zip file to the same dir aka folder.
download sweetfx from
Guru3d.com
copy dxgi.dll (32bits) to the install dir aka folder of grid autosport.
Then copy the sweetfx folder plus SweetFX_preset.txt and SweetFX_settings.txt
to the install dir of grid autosport.
- verify
After running the game and driving on any track (in cockpit view)
the folder ShaderFixes should contain the .bin versions:
8b5369c3c9face49-ps_replace.bin
992b3a23b2af5adc-ps_replace.bin
f4c055e52274a2d8-ps_replace.bin
of
8b5369c3c9face49-ps_replace.txt
992b3a23b2af5adc-ps_replace.txt
f4c055e52274a2d8-ps_replace.txt
This means that the file(s) .txt have been compiled by 3dmigoto (d3d11.dll)
- tested
Tested with version 1.0.103.1840 of grid autosport on win 7 / nvidia 1050gtx ti
- performance
sweetfx / 3dmigoto gpu usage 1080p@60 fps (clamped at 60.7 plus fast sync)
without - clock 1746Mhz gpu usage ~75%
with - clock 1746Mhz gpu usage ~87%
approximately 12% increase (1050gtx ti on win 7)
- further tweaking
If you like you can compare the modified shader, ShaderCache contains
the original shader, to alter values.
