The Last of Us Part I Optimized Settings Guide

Resolution Scaling
Scaling Mode
DLSS Quality / AMD FSR 2
This one is up to preference, but if you have an RTX card DLSS Quality is usually the way to go, I personally use AMD FSR 2 because I think the graphics are a little crisper.Sharpening
PREFERENCE
I set it to 80.

Effects
Field of view – Preference
Camera Shake – 0
Motion blur – 0
Chromatic Abberation Intensity – 0
Film Grain Intensity – 0
Gore – Default

ANIMATION SETTINGS

Animation Quality – Medium

GEOMETRY SETTINGS

Draw distance – Medium
Dynamic Objects Level of Detail – Low
Characters Level of Detail – Medium
Environments Level of Detail – Medium

TEXTURE SETTINGS

(Turn these as high as close to your max available vram, for me it’s 8)

Dynamic Objects Texture Quality – Ultra
Characters Texture Quality – High
Environments Texture Quality – High
Visual Effects Texture Quality – High
Texture Filtering – Ansiotropic 16x
Texture Sampling Quality – Ultra

LIGHTING SETTINGS

Ambient Shadow Quality – Quarter Resolution
Directional Shadow Resolution – Low
Directional Shadow Distance – Low
Image-Based Lighting – Off
Spotlights Shadow Resolution – Low
Points Lights Shadow Resolution – Low
Bounced Lighting – Off
Screen Space Shadows Quality – Medium
Dynamic Screen Space Shadows – On
Contact Shadow Quality – Low
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion – On (The game looks very flat without this)
Ambient Occlusion Denoise Quality – Low
Screen Space Directional Occlusion – On
Screen Space Cone Tracing – On

REFLECTION SETTINGS
ALL OF THEM OFF THESE TANK YOUR FPS.

Shading Settings
Screen Space Sub-Surface Scattering – Off
Refraction Quality – Half Resolution

POST-EFFECTS SETTINGS

Depth of Field – Off
Motion Blur Quality – Off
Bloom Resolution – Half Resolution

VISUAL EFFECT SETTINGS
Volumetric Effect Quality – Medium
Lens Flare – Half Resolution