HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™

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Disable film grain, chromatic aberration, blur, & unlock the fps cap
By Neurogue
A quick guide to show how to disable the awful film grain, chromatic aberration, and blur.
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Step by step
Step 1: Go to:
C:\Users\<YOURNAME>\AppData\Local\hotwheels\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor


Alternatively, open Run Command, you can press Windows key and R key together to show it, then paste the lines shown below, and hit enter.
%localappdata%\hotwheels\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor


Step 2: Find the "Engine.ini", then right-click and open it with notepad or a text editor.
Note: I'd recommend to backup the file just in case.


Step 3: Paste the following lines at the end.
[/script/engine.engine] bSmoothFrameRate=false [SystemSettings] r.SceneColorFringe.Max=0 r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0 r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0 r.Tonemapper.Quality=3

Step 4: Save the file and mark it as read-only.


Step 5: ??? Enjoy

Note: you can find more info here. https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Engine:Unreal_Engine_4
6 Comments
Khbikhib 26 Mar @ 7:09pm 
only if you are playing the game on a calculator,
chamda 24 Dec, 2024 @ 6:40pm 
works for hw turbocharged?
Jakiquaki 26 Sep, 2024 @ 1:55pm 
@StixsmasterHD No, those effects are disliked because they are annoying, not because they take up processing power (because they don't). I dont want my games to look like they were recorded with a 1980s camcorder or try simulating a "filmlike" experience with things like film grain.
Gatom 2 Jan, 2024 @ 2:46pm 
guide is helpful, thanks for posting
Neurogue  [author] 23 Jul, 2023 @ 6:38pm 
@StixsmasterHD
These days visual effects like film grain, chromatic aberration, blur, should have minimal performance impact, unless you're running old and low-end GPU.
Disabling these effects is primarily for enhancing visual clarity, as those post-processing effects tend to make the image look like a blurry mess and grainy.

I updated the guide and added the missing fps unlocking section, let me know if it doesn't work.
StixsmasterHD4k 23 Jul, 2023 @ 3:05pm 
to be 100% honest...such effects from my own experience of gaming since the 90s on PC...typically are disliked due to the fact a user lacks the hardware to handle such effects with good performance all at once.

SO on that note this guide is great for those with medium end to potato end hardware. & possibly for the sticklers who in general for sum odd reason actually think those effects are bad to view.

But if you have the hardware that can handle such effects without killing your performance I doubt youll find this guide helpful.

Also to the OP of this guide...ummm absolutely NOTHING in your guide indicates you unlocked frames in the game.

may wanna remove that from your guides title. or update your guide to actually address that.