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Since there are major problems when the game uses scRGB HDR instead of HDR10 and ReShade which is therefore de facto unusable, I went into the rabbit hole and worked my way to a reasonable solution.
I would like to make my results available here so that others can also benefit from them.

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Thanks at this point to @vktrfly, who got everything going with his gorgeous mod and is helpful and friendly at all times, and @MsTHunter, who provided important food for thought. 

So, now to the actual topic: HDR works well with Reshade, when scRGB HDR is standard IF you use Special-K.

Index
  • First things first: download and setup
  • Tone mapping
  • ReShade along Special-K
  • My own picture settings (system + monitor)
  • Addition
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1.  First things first: Download Special-K.
  • Now start it and it should detect your desired game automatically
  • Start your game for the first time, so Special-K can generate your configuration, close it.
  • Start your game again and set Special-K up as seen in my Screenshots below (ctrl+shift+backspace)

1a)  HDR10 via Special K, in Game HDR must be switched on via Special K options:



1b)  scRGB via Special K, in Game HDR musst be switched off via Special K options:




2) Tone mapping: In both cases you should calibrate HDR including Tonemap curve and greyscale. To do so...
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  • open HDR Setup in Special K
  • chose HDR calibration according to your decision (HDR10; scRGB)
  • Chose Full Luminance, Perceptful Boost, Color Boost and Content EOTF according to whatever looks best on your monitor
  • It is really important to set your brightness Scale to maximum (400.5 cd/m^2) -> atleast on my OLED
  • Now have a look on HDR visualization and chose Tonemap Curve and Greyscale
  • Use Slider (Brightness Scale, Middle Gray Contrast, SDR->HDR Gamma to adjust the curve. When finished it should look similar to this:
  • Set Saturation to your liking (mine is set to ~100%)



3. If you want to use ReShade with it: 
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To use ReShade there are different ways [Look here].

There are two main methods, that work just fine BUT in my experience the direct installation procedure works better with in game shaders:

Main Step for both variants:
  • Download the ReShade installer from the official ReShade website.
  • Extract the .exe using for example 7zip.
  • Move the ReShade32.dll and ReShade64.dll to Documents\My Mods\Special K\PlugIns\ThirdParty\ReShade 

3a) direct installation (for HDR10 or HDR10 when you use native scRGB HDR):
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  • Install ReShade via the .exe you just downloaded.
  • During installation pick your game's .exe in your game's main folder
  • Chose DirectX12 in the next step
  • Now you need to select the shaders you want to use.
  • If you have already downloaded a preset and unpacked it into the main folder of your game (you only need the preset .ini and possibly the reshade-shaders folder, you wont need the reshade.ini), you can select the corresponding preset .ini during installation. All required shaders will be selected automatically.  
  • done.


3b) Central Installation (for scRGB HDR):
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  • Install Shaders and Textures to Documents\My Mods\\Special K\Global\ReShade


Important addition: 
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The Special-K documentation points out that the correct use of ReShade when using
scRGB HDR can only beguaranteed if you use a central installation method.
 
IF something failes towork properly, try it out additionally.
 
Sometimes you have to re-enable ReShade viaSpecial-K menu (ctrl+shift+backspace). 
You can find it under Plugins.


4. My general settings:
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Monitor Settings: Samsung G93 OLED 5120x1440 (HDR mode scRGB)
  • Brightness: 50
  • Contrast: 46
  • Contrast Enhancer: Off
  • HDR Tone Mapping: Static
  • Sharpness: 10
  • Color: 25
  • Color Tone: Warm 1
  • Gamma : -1
  • Shadow Detail: 2
  • Peak Brightness: Off
System Settings: W11, 7900xtx
  • HDR on
  • SDR Brightness 47%
  • AMD Adrenaline; Display Color Enhancement: Off
In game Settings
Display
  • Brightness: 70%
  • Contrast: 60%
  • HDR-calibration: Off
Graphics
  • Fullscreen @240hz
  • Everything on Ultra
  • Contact Shadows: On
  • Raytracing (both settings): On
  • Ultra Raytracing: On
  • DOF: Off
  • Vignette: Off
  • Motion blur: Off
  • Post-Processing: Ultra
  • FOV: 110


5) Addition & My RIG

Attention: Sometimes you have to re-enable proper HDR via alt+Return/Enter x2.
  • If this does not help:
  • Switch HDR Setting to a different preset and back again (Shift+[F1;F2;F3;F4]) 
    OR
  • Switch HDR calibration forth and back (Special-K menu (ctrl+shift+backspace) -> HDR Settings)

My Rig (might come in handy if I ever decide to put some benchmark in here)
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  • LianLI x Dan Case A3
  • Sapphire Pulse 7900xtx (Alphacool Waterblock)
  • AMD 5800x (Alphacool Core 1)
  • G.Skill TridentZ, 3600mhz CL16, 32GB
  • NVME: 1x Crucial P5 1TB, 1x Crucial P3 Plus 1TB
  • SSD: 2x Crucial MX500 1TB
  • 2x360 XR5 radiators (6x ASUS TUF Gaming TF120)
  • Watercool Heatkiller Tube 150
  • Alphacool Apex VPP
  • Case Fans (2x Arctic P12 Max)
  • Aquatuning Quadro
  • Corsair SF850L