How to configure your game for best peformances and quality

Hello, I tested all settings on BeamNG and their impact on performances. It can help you for configuring your game if you have a good or a bad computer.

FPS with default settings: 60

Spoiler: Default settings for tests

Resolution : 1920x1080 (16:9) 144Hz
Fullscreen : Yes
Vertical Sync : Smart
Anti-aliasing : Enabled / SMAA
SSAO : Enabled
Light Rays : Disabled
DoF : Disabled

Mesh Quality : High
Texture Quality : High
Lighting Quality : High
Shader Quality : High
Post Processing Quality : Custom
Anisotropic Filtering : x16
Grass Density : Max
Display Shadows : All
Dynamic Reflection : Disabled​

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Spoiler: All settings

Anti-aliasing :

SMAA : 60
FXAA : 61
OFF : 62
Visual change : Medium
Performance change : Very low
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SSAO :

Enabled : 60
Disabled : 70
Visual change : Very high
Performance change : High
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Light Rays :

Enabled : 60
Disabled : 61
Visual change : Medium
Performance change : Very low
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DoF :

Enabled : 58
Disabled : 60
Visual change : Medium
Performance change : Low
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Mesh Quality :

High : 60
Normal : 63
Low : 65
Lowest : 67
Visual change : High
Performance change : Medium
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Texture Quality :

High : 60
Normal : 60
Low : 62
Lowest : 65
Visual change : Very high
Performance change : Medium
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Lighting Quality :

High : 60
Normal : 67
Low : 70
Lowest : 98
Visual change : Very high
Performance change : Very high
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Shader Quality :

High : 60
Normal : 60
Low : 60
Lowest : 64
Visual change : High
Performance change : Very Low
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Post Processing Quality :

High : 60
Normal : 60
Low : 60
Lowest : 60
Visual change : Low
Performance change : Very Low
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Anisotropic Filtering : Does not affect performances

Grass Density :

Maximum : 60
Minimum : 62
Visual change : High
Performance change : Medium (depend of your map)
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Dynamic Reflection :

Disabled : 60
Enabled all minimum settings : 56
Performance change : Extremly High

Texture Size :

Maximum : 54
Minimum : 56
Performance change : High (Depend of other settings)
Visual change : High​

Face per update :

Maximum : 42
Minimum : 56
Performance change : Very High
Visual change : Medium​

Detail :

Maximum : 54
Minimum : 56
Performance change : Low
Visual change : Medium​

Distance :

Maximum : 54
Minimum : 56
Performance change : High (Depend of other settings)
Visual change : Medium​

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Spoiler: For a good computer, I recommend theses settings for best quality / performances

Anti-aliasing : Enabled / FXAA
SSAO : Enabled
Light Rays : Enabled
DoF : Disabled (If you like it enable it but I don't like)

Mesh Quality : Normal
Texture Quality : High
Lighting Quality : Normal
Shader Quality : High
Post Processing Quality : Custom
Anisotropic Filtering : x16
Grass Density : 3/4 (-------------o------)
Display Shadows : All
Dynamic Reflection : Enabled
Texture Size : (-------------o------)
Faces Par update : (o-------------------) or (----o---------------)
Detail : (-------o------------)
Distance : 150m ~ 300m​

I tried to make it as readable as possible.

 

You can find some data here: https://www.beamng.com/threads/your-performance-testing-results.37866/

SSAO and dynamic reflections are real killer as well as shadows.

 

Yes especialy Dynamic reflection