Best Settings for Grounded 2 - RTX 50 Series

Here is how to fix shimmering and achieve the best image quality while playing Grounded 2 with Lossless Scaling on RTX 50 Series GPUs.

Grounded 2 is currently an Early Access title on Steam. It is a sequel to the Grounded game and offers numerous improvements. Now it is built using the UE5 engine. As usual, there are several performance issues within the game. Suppose you’re using GPUs like the RTX 5050 or 5060, despite the frame time graph being very smooth with occasional traversal stutters, increasing the settings will lead to severe frame drops in these GPUs. That said, users of GPUs such as the 5080 and 5090 won’t notice much of a difference, as they can crank everything to the absolute max and still enjoy the game.

Practically, not everyone owns such costly hardware, which is why this solution with Lossless Scaling is technically an answer to everyone, whether using an entry-level 50 series card or a super high-end card.

Note: Use Windowed mode explicitly to ensure Lossless Scaling works at its best. The higher your monitor’s base resolution, the better the results will be. For example, if your desktop resolution is 1080p, setting your in-game resolution to 1336×768 or 1600×900 will yield the best results. Likewise, if your desktop resolution is 1440p, then set the game resolution to 1920 x 1080. For 4K, set your desktop resolution to 2560 x 1440. As the pattern suggests, we aim to simulate the quality profile in upscaling.

Grounded 2 – Best Settings for GPUs Up to RTX 5070 Ti

Grounded 2 display settings page (Image via Xbox Games Studio)

As mentioned, there is no DLSS, DLSS FG, or FSR support. If you do not have lossless scaling, then you can use these settings at your native desktop resolution. Next, drop the resolution slider to 70%. It uses TSR to upscale the game, but this results in a significant loss in image quality.

Setting	Value
Window Mode	Windowed
Resolution	Native Resolution – (Your Monitor’s Resolution) Render Resolution – (75% or 66% of your Monitor’s Resolution)
Render Scale	100 (Lower this as per visual tolerance, if you do not have Lossless Scaling)
Quality	Medium (5070 and TI Series) Low (5050 – 5060 and Ti)
Frame Rate Limit	Unlimited
Depth of Field Blur	Low
V-Sync	Off
Gamma	38% (Preference)
Motion Blur	0%
Chromatic Aberration	Off
Field of View	110 (Preference)

Grounded 2 – Best Settings for RTX 5080 and RTX 5090

Grounded 2 settings — Grounded 2 display settings page (Image via Xbox Games Studio)

With the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090, using any sort of upscaling, internal or external, isn’t required. Both GPUs are immensely powerful. However, if you want Frame Generation through Lossless Scaling, then these settings make the perfect pairing.

Setting	Value
Window Mode	Windowed
Resolution	Native Resolution – (Your Monitor’s Resolution) Render Resolution – (75% or 66% of your Monitor’s Resolution)
Render Scale	100 (Lower this as per visual tolerance, if you do not have Lossless Scaling)
Quality	High or Epic
Frame Rate Limit	Unlimited
Depth of Field Blur	Low
V-Sync	Off
Gamma	38% (Preference)
Motion Blur	0%
Chromatic Aberration	Off
Field of View	110 (Preference)

Lossless Scaling Settings

Lossless Scaling Grounded 2 — Lossless Scaling Settings (Image via THS)

If you do not have the Lossless Scaling software, you can ignore this part. That said, parameters such as HDR Support, G-Sync, and Capture API need to be set as per your system’s compatibility. If you don’t like FG, you can disable it; Grounded 2 currently doesn’t support upscaling or FG.

Setting Category	Option	Value/Selection
Frame Generation	Type	LSFG 3.1
	Mode	Adaptive
	Target	143 (A bit below your monitor’s refresh rate, value is for reference)
	Flow scale	Keep at the default
	Performance	Off
Scaling	Type	FSR
	Sharpness	(Preference)
	Optimized version	On
	Mode	Auto
	Display Mode	Fullscreen
Capture	Capture API	WGC (You may need to change this to DXGI)
	Queue target	1
Cursor	Clip cursor	On
	Adjust cursor speed	Off
	Hide cursor	Off
	Scale cursor	Off
Crop Input	Crop Input	0
Rendering	Sync mode	Default
	Max frame latency	3
	HDR support	On (Situational)
	G-Sync support	Off (Situational)
	Draw FPS	On
GPU & Display	Preferred GPU	Auto
	Output display	Auto

Verdict

This concludes the recommendation for Grounded 2 for the entire RTX 50 Series lineup. The GPUs mentioned here range from the RTX 5050 to the RTX 5090.

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