New player roadmap — what to prioritise first

Curious how everyone else approaches this, because my way feels clumsy. The difference only becomes obvious once you look at the frame times rather than the average.

I compared notes with a friend and we got completely different outcomes on similar hardware. Feel free to tell me I have missed something obvious.

Worth checking first: the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

Report back once you have tried it.

Depends on your setup, but broadly that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

Not the answer you want, but region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

Agreed on most of this, except the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

Worth checking first: measure before and after, otherwise you are just guessing whether it helped.

The usual fix here is it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

Had the exact same issue. keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Worth checking first: worth testing on a second account to rule out something profile-specific.

Adding to the above: the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.

Same boat here. the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

Quick correction to the above: nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Slightly different take — it depends heavily on your specific setup, so take any single number with a grain of salt.

Counterpoint: the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Adding to the above: worth testing on a second account to rule out something profile-specific.

Let us know which part worked.

Slightly different take — nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Agreed on most of this, except you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

Depends on your setup, but broadly the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

Quick correction to the above: check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.