Nextgen Graphics Overhaul 2
⚪ Last updated 2022Preview

🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.0% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #4 of 101 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod aims to improve the graphics and take advantage of the modern PC hardware.
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[]Recreated the E3 2012 gas station explosion
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]Enhanced atmospheric steam and fog effects, as well as some other particle effects[]Improved lighting
[]Enhanced reflections
[]Engine settings are now more optimized for modern hardware
[]Increased traffic density
[]Enhanced post processing
[]Enhanced materials (thanks to mirumiru, Soaring, Parallellines, Bubsy J Wubbus, HeySlickThatsMe, TheSilver, ShevNR and tteggad)
[]Visually improved cars by ShevNR and Stella
[]New water mist effects (thanks to mirumiru)
[]Improved water (thanks to Soaring)
[]Improved trees (by HeySlickThatsMe)
[]Improved clouds (by Parallellines and HeySlickThatsMe)
[]Improved animations (by Soaring)
[]Improved coat physics by Bubsy J Wubbus
[]New UI by Parallellines
[]New Px4 gun icon by Patatras5325
[]New Sea Streak outfit by ShevNR
[]Improved camera position while driving by Parallellines
[]Improved sound effects thanks to HeySlickThatsMe
Optional gameplay changes (makes the game a bit harder):
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[]More realistic car physics
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]Improved enemy AI and strength[]Aiden can now hack police officers' headsets (like wd2)
[]Every car alarm is hackable
Estimated recommended GPU requirements:
GTX 1050 Ti
Since the mod adds more interactive simulation elements such as NPCs and vehicles, it may cause issues on anything lower than Intel Core i5-4460 and 8 GB of RAM.
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[]More realistic car physics
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Watchdogs Mods
- Author
- Watch Dogs Modding Community
- Version
- 2.5.1
- Downloads
- 41,109
- Endorsements
- 822
- Category
- Visuals and Graphics
- Created
- 2/13/2022
- Updated
- 12/27/2022
- Tags
- Compilation, Performance Optimization, Gameplay, Fair and balanced, Animation - Modified, Sky, Water, Weather, Textures, Video
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