Best Red Dead Redemption 2 settings to make sure you've fine-tuned your game to perfection

Games Radar: RDR2 is fantastic, but there are a few settings you can tweak to make it even better

[EazyC]

Biggest one for me: if you want to make the shooting challenging but rewarding, turn on free aim and change "deadzone" to lower. I turn it off competely with low sensitivity and medium acceleration as it lets you be extremely precise, but also lets you aim around quickly if you jerk the thumbstick. Just mess around with the settings.

I'm on regular PS4, so I turned down sharpness a bit (in game setting) and also removed HUD but kept notifications (eg instructions for special interactions).

[Sam Fisher]

Did everything in this article (except toggle sprint) played around 2 hrs in the sensitivity and still plays like garbage. I told my friends be4 this game came out. If they dont fix the phyics in aiming they going to have a major problem

[mikeslemonade]

PS Poor and Xbox 720p owners lose lol

I got the PS Pro and then I will get the game again on pc and lau it on my 2080ti. And that being said I still rather have rockstar make a GTA6 right after GTA5, we didn’t need a red dead 2.

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Thank you for sharing your absolutely useless opinions and thoughts mikeslemonade.

[Dom_Estos]

Aye, mate. Know what you call that? A control pad.

Doesn't matter the game, if you are aiming with an analogue stick and expecting razor sharp reaction and accuracy, then you're on cloud coo-coo land.

[Sunny_D]

@mikes

Don’t get why you’re bragging....

You’re still playing at 30 FPS... 😂

[mikeslemonade]

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Lol I will be playing the PC version on my 2080ti.

And it’s a stable 30 frames on Pro, well more stable than the Poor and 720p.

[UnholyLight]

@mikeslemonade HOLY CRAP it didn't think it was possible but you've done it. You've made everyone on N4G mad and also made yourself look like the biggest tool at the same time. Well done lad.

[angelsx]

Where is sharpness in game settings?I can't find it on ps4 pro.

[EazyC]

Display, it's the second option. Maybe it's only for us OG console plebs to mitigate the aliasing

[m2stech]

So far It's quite challenging and frustrating for me to aim and shoot using 8 directional analogue at 20-30fp, I hope they release it on PC someday.

[InMyOpinion]

Git gud, brah.

[Sokol]

If you're new to the controllers aiming, spend some time practicing different games. Preferably the ones that don't require fast aiming for the time being.

Years ago i switched from fifteen years of strictly PC gaming and it took me good month to get used to the controls on the console. After some time however, it becomes natural. Keep at it. :)

[Valkron1]

You do know there is a way to play it at 60 fps right now, don’t you?

[gammaray13]

do tell

[UltraNova]

In your sleep?

[isarai]

"8 directional"? WTF are you using? Lol

[VendettaGamer]

Its not the frames it's Rockstars bad aiming and shooting mechanics.

[InTheZoneAC]

one reason why pc can never be master race, keyboard warriors (not you) can't always use a controller and be effective. Whereas everyone can be great at M&K.

[m2stech]

wow the reactions, funny to see so many butthurt here

[Profchaos]

As a PC player it sounds like you suck at games I play on pc and console when a game like rdr2 comes along and don't have a problem with either control scheme

[jznrpg]

Red Dead has a different feel to it than most shooters. The first Redemption took me a little while to get used to and until I did I didn’t gave fun. Mess around with it for a little bit and it should click. Even though I haven’t played in a long time it felt like riding a bike

[Bathyj]

Some good tips there

[Germaximus]

F*** gamesradar and their forced ads.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Xbox One X settings

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I did too. :)

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I fine tuned it with my Xb 1X.

[InTheZoneAC]

in GTA, Red Dead, or any game, go to the controller settings and look for deadzone, get rid of it. If you're controller is on the way out you may need to turn it up one tick or two from zero so that your controller doesn't drift in a neutral state.

[Master of Unlocking]

I can't believe they still make us run by tapping the X button in RDR2. Why not just allow us to briefly tap the left analog stick like in FPS mode?

[nibblo]

You can go into the settings and change it to toggle.

[Profchaos]

because it's rockstar most third person games make you press an alternate button not sure why but pressing the analog stick down to sprint in thrid person games always feels weird compared to fps where it's natural

[l33t_haxx0r]

Hype got this game 10/10. What a joke reviewers are these days