About this mod

STALKER 2 Optimization MOD
Performance Config

This optimization configuration for STALKER 2 is designed to significantly improve game performance on PCs with limited resources. It reduces video memory consumption, boosts FPS, and lowers latency, ensuring a smooth gaming experience even on low-end systems.

Permissions and credits
Important Warning:
  • Do not use any other configurations or visual mods while using this optimization file, as they may conflict with the settings and cause lower FPS or graphical issues.
  • To avoid performance drops or errors, ensure that only this optimization config is active in your game.

How to Apply:
Copy the Engine.ini file to the following location on your PC:
C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows

Main Features:
  • Reduced GPU load.
  • Disables complex lighting effects (Lumen, reflections, ray tracing).
  • Aggressive LOD (Level of Detail) scaling for objects and vegetation.
  • Reduced quality of shadows, textures, and other resources.
  • Optimized VRAM usage.
  • Adaptive texture pool limit based on available VRAM.
  • Disables unnecessary textures and details for hidden objects.
  • Enhanced CPU performance.
  • Reduced complexity in physics calculations (hair, particles, transparency).
  • Background thread usage to minimize lag.
  • Increased stability.
  • Adaptive optimization for Nanite and texture streaming.
  • Lowered post-processing.
  • Prioritizes simplified graphical computations.
GPU Support (Low VRAM):
  • GTX 970, GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1060, RX 560, RX 470, RX 570, RX 580, and others.
This configuration is also suitable for laptops and low-performance devices, providing stable FPS even if your system doesn't meet the recommended requirements.