AndreaT Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Hi guys, Yesterday I started grid 2019, adjusted the video settings (both resolution and advanced ones), completed the first three tutorial races and quitted the game. Relaunching after some time, I noticed that all the video settings were "resetted" (like at very first launch: resolution 1024x768, windowed, 30fps cap and low details...) I've made some tests and what I have found is that the "hardware_settings_config.xml" in "Documents\My Games\GRID (2019)\hardwaresettings" is saved correctly after quitting the game but is overwritten at the next launch of the game: for instance, my desired resolution would be 2560x1080, fullscreen, 60fps: in the file it would be saved like this -> <resolution width="2560" height="1080" displayMode="1" vsync="false" maxFPS="60" vsyncInterval="0" dynamicResolution="false"> but relaunching the game that line is overwritten by these "defaults" -> <resolution width="1024" height="768" displayMode="0" vsync="false" maxFPS="30" vsyncInterval="0" dynamicResolution="false"> I'm playing on this configuration: I7 4770 RTX 2060 super 16GB ram 500GB SSD (Windows and Steam are on a separate SSD) windows 10 home 64bit (build 18362) directx 12 21:9 1080p 60fps monitor logitech F710 wireless steam (other games works just fine) latest game ready drivers english language I've tried launching in more "common" resolution of 1920x1080 -> no change I've tried deleting hardware_settings_config.xml to force its recreation -> no change I've tried overwriting manually hardware_settings_config.xml before launching the game -> no change I've tried changing a gameplay setting -> this one is saved correctly (changed KPH to MPH) At this point I'm out of ideas... Any help/suggestion will be really appreciated! Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir.Smoke Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Change settings ingame, check if they changed in the file, then make the file read-only. Or edit settings directly in the file. Maybe will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentGSG9 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Maybe nVidia GeForce Experience reset the settings. Look into it and check the optimization settings for Grid. Try to set your settings there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojoe_x Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 hardware_settings and hardware_info are regenerated on every launch. Try setting it up how you want it, alt+tab and mark them as read only. Obviously a workaround - have you tried launching as Admin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaT Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 Hi all, thanks for the replies First things first: uninstalling and reinstalling the game didn't change anything (as expected 🙂 ) That said, i've made these tests (i'll focus only on resolution and window mode): test 1 1-optimization with geforce experience -> 2560x1080 fullscreen 2-check hardware_settings_config.xml -> correct (2560x1080 fullscreen) 3-launching the game -> starts 1024x768 windowed and hardware_settings_config.xml gets resetted (1024x768 windowed) test 2 1-optimization with geforce experience -> 2560x1080 fullscreen 2-check hardware_settings_config.xml -> correct (2560x1080 fullscreen) 3-hardware_settings_config.xml read-only 4-launching the game -> starts 1024x768 windowed BUT hardware_settings_config.xml doesn't change (the resolution remains 2560x1080 fullscreen, simply it is ignored - also if the file is in read-only mode, geforce experience is not able read current settings and optimize it) side-note: not shure 100%, but I think that hardware_settings_config.xml is the same before and after starting the game because it has the read-only flag in both moments... Plus, if the hardware_settings_config.xml is not editable and the game would have to overwrite it, after its launch there will be another hardware_settings_config.xml, but this is not the case... test 3 1-optimization with geforce experience -> 2560x1080 fullscreen 2-check hardware_settings_config.xml -> correct (2560x1080 fullscreen) 3-launching the game as admin-> starts 1024x768 windowed and hardware_settings_config.xml gets resetted (1024x768 windowed) test 4 1-launching the game 2-edit settings from the game (2560x1080 fullscreen) 3-check hardware_settings_config.xml -> correct (2560x1080 fullscreen) 4-hardware_settings_config.xml read-only 5-launching the game -> starts 1024x768 windowed BUT hardware_settings_config.xml doesn't change (the resolution remains 2560x1080 fullscreen, simply it is ignored) test5 1-edit settings manually to 1920x1080 windowed 2-launching the game -> starts 1024x768 windowed and hardware_settings_config.xml gets resetted (1024x768 windowed) i'm loosing hope... p.s. my windows 10 version is 1903 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyUnderscore Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I have the same problem with Dirt 2.0. Didn't found a solution yet.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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