I got it unlocked with VPN but forgot to get the DLC before reverting to offline mode, oh well. There's a hardcore mode, what would Ranger do differently?



Also, are there no custom/advanced visual settings or am I just not seeing that option?



Very High settings are too much for my PC (3770K stock, 7970 3GB OC, 16GB DDR3), at least before any patches, but anything less makes things like fog look like utter shit.



And yeah, the shadow glitch and hitching all over the place are awful. I don't get it, it's like the GPU stops working when they happen, its fan just stops being heard for split seconds.



Edit: lol, the benchmark went as low as 4.x fps with everything maxed (no AA, obviously, no Titan or dual GPUs here) and physx on.



The same scene without physx only goes down to the 20s for a couple seconds, a lot of the time around 30 and where there's less action over 40. Average framerate: 39.81 (limited to 59 fps max with Afterburner).



The minimum framerate was still reported 3.93 though, due to all the hitches and mini stutters the game gets regardless of frame rate, I hope it's all fixed as outside issues it seems decently optimized given the above.



Well, assuming the rest of the full game can run like that of course, because even though this should be a taxing benchmark some of the areas in the very beginning I went through suffered lower framerate more often.



Edit: settings on medium/normal get 52.76 average framerate, the same stutters in the beginning and only in an one second sequence did it go down to 24fps. I'd like to mix and match settings to suit me. Also, patches.