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Andy Edser

The new Crimson Desert patches are grand and all, but the Ray Reconstruction performance and lighting options are still all kind of b0rked on my machine

Crimson Desert Soul Spear: Kliff holding the Soul Spear in a forest, gritting his teeth while looking at it.

I've been having a grand old time running around Crimson Desert's gigantic open world, picking up sheep, committing crimes, and generally making a nuisance of myself to the good citizens of Pywel. I've been playing it since launch day, in fact, which is why I'm not surprised I've found myself awash among a sea of graphics-related issues.

Chief of which, to my mind at least, is the absolutely godawful Ray Reconstruction performance. The problem here is that it's tied to the lighting setting, which means enabling it forces the ray tracing to its absolute maximum—and it absolutely tanks the frame rate as a result.

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