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(Slightly) Early Access: STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl - PC/Xbox Series X|S Review - Digital Foundry Tech Review (Patreon)

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2024-11-21 16:17:25
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2026-06
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This one goes live as soon as the Eurogamer admin is complete - but all Supporters can watch now.

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl (yes that is the correct Ukrainian spelling for the town) had a troubled review period - but the truth is that while there are issues, the day one experience, covered here, is much more positive. Alex takes you through the game's technology, its audiovisual features, performance and the outlook on Xbox Series X and S consoles.

Downloads:https://www.digitalfoundry.net/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-pcxbox-series-xs-review-digital-foundry-tech-review

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STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl - PC/Xbox Series X|S Review - Digital Foundry Tech Review

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl (yes that is the correct Ukrainian spelling for the town) had a troubled review period - but the truth is that while there are issues, the day one experience, covered here, is much more positive. Alex takes you through the game's technology, its audiovisual features, performance and the outlook on Xbox Series X and S consoles. Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and various items based on DF catchphrases? Check out our store: https://store.digitalfoundry.net Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to DF Retro, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:13 Graphical Strengths 00:07:20 Graphical Weaknesses 00:09:24 Xbox Series X vs PC 00:13:01 Performance Analysis and Issues 00:20:00 Getting a smoother experience on PC 00:21:35 Conclusion

Comments

Spoggi99

For anyone struggling with overly bright menus and HUD elements in STALKER 2 when using HDR (especially on OLED displays), here’s the issue and a fix: The game’s HDR implementation sets the menu/PDA brightness too high (around 300 nits) with no in-game option to adjust it. While the UI brightness can be partially reduced using the transparency slider, this doesn’t affect the menu or PDA brightness, which remains excessively bright even at 0% HDR interface brightness Here’s how to fix it: 1. Open the AppliedSettings.cfg file located in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Stalker2\Saved\GameSettings\ 2. Find "HDRUI = 1.0" (line 74) 3. Change the value to "HDRUI = 0.28" for approximately 80 nits or "HDRUI = 0.36" for about 100 nits of brightness 4. Save the file and restart the game This adjustment significantly improves the HDR experience and helps reduce the risk of burn-in on OLED displays. I hope this helps someone out there - good luck in the zone!

Spodlude

I experienced MAJOR input lag with DLSS frame gen.

Treefinngers

On PC I guess it does auto detect settings? My game defaulted to all Epic settings... I have an RTX 3080 + 12 core Ryzen CPU. I run at 1440p.. and even with DLSS Quality I was getting 40-58 fps 😒 dropped down to high settings.. barely getting over 60fps. To me the visuals on display don't line up with the performance I'm getting.. and epic settings aren't worth or noticable 🤷🏻‍♂️

Treefinngers

Doesn't feel smooth at all to me even when I'm above 60fps. I have a G-sync 165 hrz monitor so the choppyness has to be on the engine side