Best graphics settings for F1 24 – performance tested on PC

It’s that time of year again, yet another edition of the Formula One racing title from EA is here and we’ve decided to put all the best settings for F1 24 in one place. Here, we’re going to focus on graphics settings and performance optimization to help you run the game to the best of your gaming PC’s ability. We can already see that the F1 system requirements can be pretty lenient if you’re happy to settle for low graphics settings, but throw in ray tracing or even VR support and it’s a whole different ballpark.

We’ve tested the game on some fairly modest hardware by today’s standards, driving (no pun intended) decent performance while we’re at it. Depending on the kind of rig you’re running, you’ll of course find mixed results. F1 24 has a multitude of settings to play around with and we’re going to cover the best for both low-end systems and the beefier ones out there.

How we picked the best settings for F1 24

To find the best settings for the game, we downloaded it for some hands-on testing. We quickly discovered there is a wide range of options to consider, perhaps making it not so clear what to adjust for your average user. By putting the game through its paces, we could see how well it performed on our rig and made sure the settings we changed had a significant effect on performance and, importantly, the framerate.

Whether you’re looking to sustain a high framerate or are happy enough with 60 FPS with a ton of visual fidelty, we can help you find what’s best. If you do truly have the best of the best hardware out there, you can likely max out settings as much as possible with many worries at all, so we’re going to focus a little more on your average build. If you’re looking for an upgrade, our best CPU for F1 24 or best GPU for F1 24 guides may be right up your street.

Best graphics settings for our testing rig & high FPS

Needless to say, not all gaming PCs are made equal, but if you have anything similar to our gaming PC specs above, then these settings are a good match. Going for a more modest build like this helped us figure out what affected performance the most, helping us decide on the best settings. We did our testing at 1080p, but you should also be able to enjoy a good framerate if you wish to play on a 1440p monitor. For 4K, we’d instead recommend one of the best GPUs on the market.

The game actually has a few ‘settings filters’ which are designed to make the settings menus easier to navigate. We selected the ‘Expert’ option to gain access to the highest level of configuration. With these graphics settings on our testing rig, we could easily stay stable at around 150 FPS (more than enough for a 144Hz monitor for example), so there’s room for further tweaking if you prefer.

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Best graphics settings for ray tracing

If you have a capable graphics card that offers good ray tracing performance, here are some options worth changing. Video mode settings remain fairly similar to our own above, though you can afford to up the graphics a little more since you probably have a powerful GPU if you’re interested in ray tracing. Luckily, F1 24 gives us plenty of ray tracing settings to play with if you want the best visual fidelity possible.

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How to optimize F1 24 for your gaming PC

There are many ways you can optimize F1 24 in order to earn smoother performance. First of all, we’d recommend reading through our suggested settings above to get an idea of what’s worth fine-tuning. Whether you’re looking for a pretty standard experience or want to go all out with ray tracing, we have you covered.

Performance can differ quite a lot depending on your setup, especially if you’re running a multi-monitor (commonly triple monitor) setup for a more immersive racing experience. That has to be taken into account, as a high resolution will mean a lower framerate. The requirements for playing on VR are also elevated, and stuttery gameplay in virtual reality is doubly painful.

Not only can you optimize in-game, you can do so outside of it. Here are a few tips to do so:

• First things first, make sure your graphics drivers are up to date. We’d recommend this before you play a new game, especially around launch time, or just if you haven’t updated for a while. We have guides on how to update Nvidia drivers and how to update AMD graphics drivers. If you’re using an Intel GPU, check out the Intel Arc drivers download page.
• Avoid stuttering or screen tear by using your monitor’s FreeSync or G-Sync implementation (if available). Either one should provide a smoother gaming experience. These features sync your monitor’s refresh rate with your framerate, avoiding annoying stutters. Otherwise, you can try in-game V-Sync, though this is less advanced and known to cause input lag.
• Cap your framerate if you notice lots of variance in performance. In our settings, we have the frame rate limit off to try and get the highest FPS, but feel free to cap it around to keep a steady framerate.
• Close other resource-hogging programs that may be affecting the performance of F1 24. This can include busy browser windows or other demanding software. Plus, if you’re streaming, this will put lots of added strain on your system.

Final word

F1 24 looks to be a solid continuation of the series, even though not too much has changed – not a massive surprise in these kinds of year-by-year basis titles. Early mixed reviews reflect this, but that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying the game. Our guide to the best settings will help you optimize it as much as possible and earn you a smooth framerate, something which we’d say is imperative for any kind of racing game. Or just any fast-paced game in general.