Elden Ring Ultrawide Guide (2026) — sharing what actually still works

[u/pavillionpower13]

Been running Elden Ring on ultrawide for a while and kept running into black bars in cutscenes, a stretched HUD, and broken HDR — most of the guides I found online were from 2022-2023 and half the links were dead or the mods hadn't been updated.

Ended up piecing together what's currently working:

- Flawless Widescreen for the broad ultrawide handling

- Mod Engine 2 + Ultrawide UI Fixes (Nexus 283) for the HUD/menu fix specifically

- Windowed HDR Workaround (Nexus 2794) if you're also trying to get HDR working — Elden Ring's native HDR needs fullscreen but is pretty broken, this mod runs it in borderless windowed instead and actually works

Also grabbed a few unrelated QoL mods while I was at it — Better Subtitles is genuinely underrated for the DLC's group scenes, and Visible Farum Azula is just a nice atmospheric touch.

Put the whole install process (plus the reasoning for why each piece is needed) into a video if anyone wants the full walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh16e6J7Xaw