The remake of the original 2001 release, Silent Hill 2, has finally been released on October 8, 2024. Developed by Bloober Team and published by Konami, the game debuted on PS5 and Microsoft Windows. Although the game’s performance on PS5 has been relatively stable, the overall performance on PC hasn’t been very good. Most players have encountered stuttering issues in-game, which has been the primary reason why many are unable to enjoy the survival-horror experience at its full glory. Well, if you too are encountering the same issue, this is just the guide you need.
Stuttering issues and FPS drops are the most common problems that players face in classic AAA games. This is due to either the system running the game is not powerful enough to run it at high FPS or the game isn’t optimized well. But there is a third possibility. The stuttering issues can also occur if the game’s settings are not configured correctly. And, in the case of Silent Hill 2, this is the primary reason why the issue occurs. So, how to fix it? Here are all the details.
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Disable VSync
Although VSync can help get stable FPS in a game by capping it to the refresh rate of the monitor, it can sometimes be the reason why stuttering issues occur in a game. So, to fix this, you need to disable VSync. Go to the Settings menu of Silent Hill 2, and head over to the Display & Graphics Settings tab. Here, find the VSync option and make sure to turn it off.
Cap FPS to 30/60
After disabling VSync, consider capping the in-game FPS to 30 or 60. Doing so is quite easy as well. Open the game, go to Settings, and then the Display & Graphics Settings tab. Here, find the Frame Rate Cap option and set it to 30 or 60. Once done, launch the game and then check if the issue persists. You can also use your GPU’s control panel to cap the in-game FPS to 30/60.
Launch Options
You can try using different Launch Options to check if the issue persists. To do this, open Steam, go to Library, and then right-click on Silent Hill 2. Here, select Properties, and then in the General tab, add the following launch options:
- -dx11
- -UseFixedTimeStep
After this, launch the game to check if the issue persists.
Lower In-game Graphics Settings
Now, if your PC is not powerful enough to run the game, it is obvious that the game will stutter if you are using the High Quality Preset. To get rid of FPS drops and stuttering, consider lowering the graphics settings. Here are the settings we recommend applying:
- Ray Tracing: Off
- Advanced Quality Preset: Custom
- Anti-Aliasing: TXAA
- Resolution Scalability: 100%
- Shadows Quality: Low
- Textures Quality: Medium
- Shaders Quality: Medium
- Effects Quality: High
- Separate Translucency: On
- Lens Flares: High
- SSAO: On
- SSR: On
- SSS Quality: High
Once these settings are applied, check whether the stuttering continues.
Wait for update
As stated already, this issue might also be due to poor optimization of the game by the developers. So, if the above-mentioned workarounds don’t fix the issue, then all you can do is wait for an update that brings better optimization to the game, thereby increasing performance.
Well, these are the workarounds you can try to fix the stuttering and FPS drop issues in Silent Hill 2. We hope that you find this guide informative. And, for more such gaming-related guides, consider visiting Android Gram daily.
