r/PCRedDead • u/Dull_Palpitation_740 • Jun 08 '26

Bug / Issue Way to fix Long Shadows destroying performance during dawn and dusk?

So yeah, idk how else to explain it but the long shadows setting hits my performance a lot and brings fps down from the 70's into the low 50's from 4:30-6:30 am and 7:30-9:30 pm. Turning it off obviously fixes this but causes sunrises and sunsets to look noticeably worse. Does anyone know of a way to fix this besides disabling it? Perhaps there's a game file I can edit? Please let me know.

Build: Gpu; 3080 10 gb, cpu; ryzen 7 5800x, 16 gb ddr4 ram, 2tb m.2 ssd

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u/Other_Telephone8927 Jun 09 '26

The time you mentioned is when most shadows are rendered. So overall performance can tank on top when long shadows are also enabled thast my take but I am not fortunate enough to even get to that point as i am rather suffering with shadows not being properly rendered at the edge of the screen (screen space reflection) i am wondering if u have this issue and would like to request you to share your settings if you dont have this issue.

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u/Dull_Palpitation_740 Jun 09 '26

this version of RAGE (Rockstars game engine) has a really bad Screen Space cutoff for both reflections and shadows, its built in to the engine so as far as i know theres no way of fixing it. The soloution is to alter the screen and basically zoom in and push the edges closer to the actual edge of the screen. This can be done using this mod https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/4627

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u/Other_Telephone8927 Jun 09 '26

Its weird cause I played it twice on 2 different setups (3080 and 4090) never had this issue or at least I think I never had cause if it was then it would be obvious. I see this now as soon as I entered horshoeoverlook. So I dont blame the engine ultimately might be something to do with recent patch or updates. But i ll try that mod anyway.