Helldivers 2 marks the first time PlayStation Studios has launched a game on PC and consoles simultaneously, but the launch is facing issues. The game is visually impressive, but crashing and matchmaking problems are souring the experience for players.
Best Settings for Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 is fairly scalable across its graphics presets. When the game is first loaded, it automatically determines graphics settings based on hardware, targeting between 50 and 60 frames per second (fps) using graphics options and built-in upscaling tools.
After testing each setting, the best settings for Helldivers 2 on PC are:
- Texture quality: High
- Object detail quality: Medium
- Render distance: High
- Shadow quality: Medium
- Particle quality: Low
- Reflection quality: Medium
- Space quality: Low
- Ambient occlusion: On
- Screen-space global illumination: Off
- Vegetation and rubble density: High
- Terrain quality: Medium
- Volumetric fog quality: Medium
- Volumetric cloud quality: Medium
- Lighting quality: Medium
- Anti-aliasing: Off
The ambient occlusion and screen-space global illumination are the most demanding, but they have the biggest impact on image quality. The built-in anti-aliasing has a significant impact on performance. Texture quality depends on the GPU used, requiring at least 10GB of VRAM for Ultra textures. However, High textures also provide good visual quality without a noticeable performance drop if sufficient VRAM is available.
System Requirements
For some performance context, the game achieved 66 fps at a certain setting on a specific hardware configuration. However, crashing and matchmaking issues are currently affecting the overall experience for players.
Crashing and Freezing
Despite its visual and performance appeal, Helldivers 2 is experiencing crashing and freezing problems, affecting the gameplay experience for some users. These technical issues are currently souring the overall experience for players.
