The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered has made its way to PC, and, given the large number of available graphics settings to tinker with, we’ve put together the best settings for getting optimized performance.
Before we delve into the best settings for the PC version of The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, make sure you’ve updated your GPU drivers and Windows to their latest respective versions. Additionally, disable or close any unnecessary background applications in order to reduce the CPU overhead as much as possible. The settings detailed ahead should provide a more optimized balance between graphics and frame rate compared to the presets available in-game.
The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered Best Settings
The settings below are there to serve as a broad starting point for further optimization based on your specific hardware specs. As a result, you may need to further tweak some settings until you find a sweet spot based on your display’s refresh rate and the overall performance you seek.
DISPLAY
- Window Mode: Exclusive Fullscreen
- Display Resolution: as per the max resolution of your display or preference
- VSync: On on a non-VRR/G-sync display, Off on a VRR/G-sync display
- Refresh rate: as per the max display refresh of your display or preference
- Framerate Cap: same as the max display refresh rate on a VRR/G-sync display, otherwise your preferred cap
- Upscale Method: NVIDIA DLSS on supported Nvidia GPUs, XeSS on Intel GPUs, and AMD FSR 3.1 on AMD and DLSS non-compliant Nvidia GPUs
- Upscale Quality: Quality
GRAPHICS
- Level of Detail: Medium
- Texture Quality: High
- Visual Effects Quality: High
- Texture Filtering: 16x Anisotropic
- Shadow Quality: Custom
- Spotlight Shadow Resolution: Very High
- Point Lights Shadow Resolution: High
- Ambient Shadows: High
- Directional Shadow Resolution: High
- Screen Space Shadows: High
- Dynamic Screen Space Shadows:On
- Contact Shadow Quality: Off
- Image Based Lighting: On
- Bounced Lighting: On
- Ambient Occlusion: Quality
- Screen Space Reflections: High
- Real-Time Reflections: High
- Cloud Shadow Reflections: On
- Sub-surface Scattering: On
- Refraction Quality: Very High
- Refraction Quality: Very High
- Depth of Field: High
- Motion Blur Quality: Medium
- Particle Density: Very High
- Volumetric Effects: Low
- Lens Flare: Half Resolution
How Does The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Run On Steam Deck?
DISPLAY
- Window Mode: Exclusive Fullscreen
- Display Resolution: 1280 x 720
- VSync: Off
- Framerate Cap: 30
- Upscale Method: AMD FSR 3.1
- Upscale Quality: Performance
GRAPHICS
- Preset: Steam Deck
As seen in the video above, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered mostly runs at a frame rate of 30 fps on the Steam Deck at the Steam Deck optimized preset, and doesn’t require tinkering with settings. On the whole, we recommend playing the game on Valve’s handheld device.
