The San Francisco ReShade (Vibrant Retro Summer)

The San Francisco ReShade (Watch Dogs 2)

Bring a sun-drenched, nostalgic glow to the streets of the Bay Area. This ReShade completely overhauls the atmosphere of Watch Dogs 2, transforming it into a vibrant, retro summer dream.

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Because this preset heavily boosts saturation, brightness, and contrast to achieve its vibrant summer look, in-game text, menus, and the map UI will be bright and harder to read. If you struggle with menu visibility, you can easily toggle the ReShade off using your assigned hotkey while navigating menus.

Key Features

• []Vibrant Retro Palette: Warm tones, deep colors, and enhanced saturation give the game a vintage, high-contrast summer vibe.[/]

  []Cinematic Clarity: Advanced sharpening filters eliminate the game's default blur without adding jagged edges.[/]

  []Next-Gen Anti-Aliasing: Combines modern anti-aliasing techniques to deliver smooth, crisp edges on all geometry.[/]

  []Dynamic Lighting: Enhanced bloom and contrast give sunbeams and neon lights an authentic, atmospheric glow.[/]

To get the exact look intended by this preset, configure your in-game settings to match these parameters:

• []Windows Night Light: Turn ON (Adds the essential warm underlay required to achieve the intended retro glow).[/]

  []Brightness (Helligkeit): Set to 35% (Crucial to prevent the ReShade from overexposing).[/]

  []Sharpness (Schärfe): Set to 5% (Keeps the image clean since ReShade handles sharpening).[/]

  []Motion Blur (Bewegungsunschärfe): Set to Off (Aus).[/]

  []Blooming: Set to Off (Aus).[/]

  []Ambient Occlusion (Umgebungsverdeckung): Set to HBAO+.[/]

  []Anti-Aliasing: Set Multisample-Antialiasing to MSAA x2 and Post-Process-Antialiasing to FXAA.[/]

This preset leverages a carefully tuned stack of shaders to achieve its unique look:

[]Anti-Aliasing: BETA - Zenteon: ATA, CShade cDLAA, and MartysMods SMAA for ultimate edge smoothing.[/]

[]Color & Tone: Curves, HDRSaturation, and custom PD80 cinetools.[/]

[]Sharpening: ImageSharpening, MartysMods SHARPEN, and Slow Sharp for maximum texture detail.[/]

[]Atmosphere: PD80 Bloom, Vignette, and subtle NeoSSAO for deeper shadowing.[/]