Watch Dogs Ultra System Requirements Released

[P4-630]

Don't get me wrong I am still enjoying the game alot. I have about 75% completion and am almost finished the Story. I have been "trying" to take my time with it and I have done almost every side mission waiting to see if Ubi come thru but I just ran out of side mission that I want to do(Still have a few Fixer and Convoys) So I am gonna finish the story before Ubi "might" have made it a bit more pleasurable.

Almost completed already? LOL you're a hardcore gamer then! Playing day and night?

 

[INSTG8R]

Almost completed already? LOL you're a hardcore gamer then! Playing day and night?

Well to be fair it has been out for 2 weeks and I got my key a couple days early. I really wish Uplay tracked my game time like Steam does. I am curious to how much time I put it in, But I totally avoid the whole"Steam then Uplay" thing with Ubi games to avoid any extra hassle.

 

[P4-630]

Well to be fair it has been out for 2 weeks and I got my key a couple days early. I really wish Uplay tracked my game time like Steam does. I am curious to how much time I put it in, But I totally avoid the whole"Steam then Uplay" thing with Ubi games to avoid any extra hassle.

Yeah thats true, it has been out for 2 weeks now.
On what settings do you play to get the best framerates? I have seen videos on youtube of people changing the settings from walking around(high or ultra) to driving (medium)

 

[AphexDreamer]

Yup been on hold for that patch. Early june eh? Almost half way through june now, so I expect we should see the patch by the end of this week if rumors our true.

 

[P4-630]

Yup been on hold for that patch. Early june eh? Almost half way through june now, so I expect we should see the patch by the end of this week if rumors our true.

I hope so, then I can order the game if the patch solved the issues.

 

[INSTG8R]

Yeah thats true, it has been out for 2 weeks now.
On what settings do you play to get the best framerates? I have seen videos on youtube of people changing the settings from walking around(high or ultra) to driving (medium)

Everything on High and SMAA 60fps most of time but drops to 30 while driving which is "just" playable. I certainly don't get the "stutter" alot complain about tho.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Everything on High and SMAA 60fps most of time but drops to 30 while driving which is "just" playable. I certainly don't get the "stutter" alot complain about tho.

The stutter is with Textures on Ultra. No matter how much VRAM or RAM or Horse Power you got, it stutters on most systems on Ultra.

 

[P4-630]

Maybe ubisoft had a $3000 Titan to test the game.

 

[INSTG8R]

The stutter is with Textures on Ultra. No matter how much VRAM or RAM or Horse Power you got, it stutters on most systems on Ultra.

Yeah I gave up on Ultra pretty quickly. I mean it was only using about 2.7 of my 3GB but the FPS was even more all over the place to be even playable.

 

[P4-630]

Can I control everything by my old MS Sidewinder gamepad and keyboard? I actually almost never use a mouse on my laptop. I just ordered Watch Dogs today.

 

[AsRock]

Can I control everything by my old MS Sidewinder gamepad and keyboard? I actually almost never use a mouse on my laptop. I just ordered Watch Dogs today.

I can use the MS XBox 360 gamepad with the game without issue so i would of thought yes you could. And the game allows you to use pad keyboard and mouse which is really nice.

I hope they make more keyboard key configurable though.

 

[INSTG8R]

Yeah I use my standard setup for the TPS Open World genre. M/KB on foot and Gamepad for driving.

 

[Raovac]

Needs wheel support for the driving like the good old Mafia 1. And yes I'm still playing that game

 

[AphexDreamer]

Watch Dogs E3 Settings Found! Amazing! Plus Stutter FIX!

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=390114

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=838538

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/289v7w/watch_dogs_original_graphical_effects_e3_201213/

 

[1Kurgan1]

It's ok, tried them earlier today. Hate the Bokeh, disabled DOF and it was a lot better.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Watch Dogs E3 Settings Found! Amazing! Plus Stutter FIX!

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=390114

Tried this mod last night. Only the "Fix" version worked for me since the other versions had loads of texture flickering with shadows. Driving performance seemed to be a bit smoother and I can verify what he said about headlight shadows not affecting performance to be true. The extra camera positions will be helpful too.

However the bloom, fog, smoke and civilian density he added are a bit much for me, and I ran into a huge problem when I went to one safehouse where everything suddenly looked WAY too bright. it was almost like bloom and contrast had been cranked several times beyond max. It was like walking in a negative photo world only more bright and glowy.

So I uninstalled it. I can only label this as a work in progress so far, and the modder, though I've tried politely as possible, doesn't seem receptive to making a headlight/performance/camera only version. I have not checked yet today but last night he said it would be 12 hrs or so until the next build, which was to include many fixes.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Yeah had to disable DOF as well. Great WIP.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Yeah had to disable DOF as well. Great WIP.

It's not just DoF that's excessive, but that and motion blur are easily disabled in the menu, so a non issue. What killed using the mod for me besides the excessive amounts of bloom, fog, smoke, etc, was the strange glitch at the safehouse I mentioned. It actually made it impossible to see anything.

 

[Devon68]

Ubisoft has revealed the changelog for the first official PC patch that will go live in the coming days.
http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/watch_dogs_first_official_pc_patch_detailed.html

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Ubisoft has revealed the changelog for the first official PC patch that will go live in the coming days.
http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/watch_dogs_first_official_pc_patch_detailed.html

Yeah that was already mentioned in this thread.

 

[mastrdrver]

Does any one have stuttering while driving that has the game on an ssd?

 

[Durvelle27]

Does any one have stuttering while driving that has the game on an ssd?

Me

 

[AsRock]

Does any one have stuttering while driving that has the game on an ssd?

Nope.. Probably a vram issue. Run GPU-Z and check the memory usage, i would say run TPU's OSD but it sadly don't work with that game .

 

[mastrdrver]

Nope.. Probably a vram issue. Run GPU-Z and check the memory usage, i would say run TPU's OSD but it sadly don't work with that game .

I don't know. I do know that when i drive i see my hard drive access time go over 1000 ms regularly and that's when the stuttering happens. It's like they stream the textures instead of loading them in to the vram.

 

[AsRock]

Maybe it's time to get a SSD ). maybe use a separate hdd for the game see if that helps..