Games that respect your time like War Thunder

Finally worked this out, so here is the write-up I wish I had found. The default settings are clearly tuned for a different setup than mine.

Interested in the counter-argument if there is one.

Slightly different take — do not copy someone else’s config wholesale — start from defaults and adjust to your own setup.

From experience, it depends heavily on your specific setup, so take any single number with a grain of salt.

Only partly related, but verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

Adding to the above: the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

From experience, that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

Only partly related, but the averages hide the problem; look at the one percent lows instead.

I went through this last month. the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Let us know which part worked.

Short version: this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

Others may have a cleaner method.

I went through this last month. do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.