The best settings for Need for Speed: Unbound on Steam Deck – no more crashing and stuttering!

The best settings for Need for Speed Unbound on Steam Deck – no more crashing and stuttering!

1. REDUCE STUTTERING ON STEAM DECK
I. USE PROTON GE 7-41
II. RUN THE GAME WITH:
DXVK_ASYNC=1 %COMMAND%

2. FIX RANDOM CRASHING
I. IN DESKTOP MODE DOWNLOAD AND RUN CryoUtilities
https://github.com/CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities

Download InstallCryoUtilities.desktop from this repository with this link:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities/main/InstallCryoUtilities.desktop

on your Steam Deck, then run it. (Right click and save file)

This will install a script and create a few desktop icons for the swap resizer tool.
II. SET SWAP FILE SIZE TO 16 GB.

YOU WILL NEED USER PASSWORD FOR THIS. YOU CAN SET IT IN DESKTOP MODE IN SETTINGS/USERS TAB.

3. MY BEST SETTINGS
SCREEN MODE: FULLSCREEN
SCREEN RES: 1280×800
V-SYNC: ON
UPSAMPLER: AMD FSR 2
UPSAMPLER PRESET: QUALITY
SHARPENING: PERSONAL
GRAPHICS QUALITY: CUSTOM
TEXTURE QUALITY: MEDIUM
SHADOW QUALITY: LOW
TEXTURE FILTER.: HIGH
AMBIENT OCCLUSION: OFF
EFFECTS DETAIL: LOW
GEOMETRY DETAIL: MEDIUM
TERRAIN QUALITY: MEDIUM
VEGETATION DETAIL: MEDIUM
POST PROCESS QUALITY: LOW
LIGHTING QUALITY: LOW
DEPTH OF FIELD: MEDIUM
REFLECTION QUALITY: LOW
MOTION BLUR: PERSONAL

STEAM OS SETTINGS
REFRESH RATE: 60
FRAMERATE LIMIT: 30
GPU CLOCK FREQ.: 1300