The Finals best settings for FPS, quality and more
Dec. 12, 2023Get the best The Finals settings for console and keyboard
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The best settings for The Finals will make the game look and run as well as it can, and might even improve your chances of winning. As a competitive shooter most players will value low input delay and FPS over the best-looking graphics but I’ve got a few options here for you to try out. Therecommendedsettings below will give you a competitive edge though, whether you’re playing on a PC or console.
So, if you’re ready to lower your shadow quality and boost your FPS, here are the best settings for The Finals. I’ve even cooked up some options to improve both keyboard and mouse, and controller performance. If you need help elsewhere then I can also help you work outhow to invite friends in The Finalsand pickthe best weapons in the The Finals
Best gameplay settings for The Finals
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As a few settings depend on your personal gameplay preferences, including ‘hide player names’, ‘preferred region’, and ‘crossplay’, they aren’t listed above. Just make sure crossplay is enabled if you want to play with friends on other platforms.
It’s extremely important to recognize your enemies instantly and determine which team they belong to, so always keep enemy team colors enabled (for the colorblind options, see ‘accessibility settings’ below). The remaining gameplay settings are related to the crosshair; although this comes down to preference, a vibrant color is typically easier to keep track of in the heat of battle.
Again, to get the best competitive resolution for The Finals, you need to lower it as much as you can without sacrificing visibility. If the screen feels too blurry and it’s hard to spot opponents, increase the resolution to counter the problem.
As mentioned above, make sure you test the impact of the resolution scaling options. There’s currently no option to turn this setting ‘off’ completely, but playing with DLAA or TAAU on 100% will basically do that. If you open your video settings during a game, you’ll see your FPS in the top right of the screen – the higher the number, the better.
The best settings for The Finals typically include the lowest-quality options. Some of these, including shadows and effects, are mostly decorative, so they’re safe to sacrifice for better FPS. Beware of view distance and textures though, as they have quite a lot of impact on enemy visibility. You want to keep some sharpness and detail whilst scouting your surroundings.
The best mouse settings for The Finals depend a lot on personal preferences, but the settings above give you a good template to tune. It’s typically best to make mouse sensitivity high enough for a 360-degree turn in one full swipe across your mousepad - it must be fast, but not too fast to allow precise aiming.
The fastest mouse zoom sensitivity is usually the best too, as you don’t want to waste time upon spotting an enemy. The mouse focal length sensitivity scaling is an equally important feature as it adjusts the sensitivity depending on the field of view (which may change while zooming in) – you can play around with this if you want but, generally speaking, the gameplay should feel more natural with this setting enabled.
If you really want you can also keybindings in this menu but as the default options are quite standard for a shooter, there’s probably no need.
The best sensitivity settings in The Finals for controllers are also dependent somewhat on personal preferences. However, it’s highly recommended to make horizontal sensitivity faster, as it’s important to turn around quickly. To make fast 360 turns increase your horizontal look boost as well.
Look boosts are typically better than general look acceleration as you can change the values for horizontal and vertical movement as well as the ramp-up times - only increase look acceleration if you don’t want to bother with look boost settings. As for the look response curve, this is another highly personal setting, so it’s best to test it top find what you want. We recommend starting with exponential (the default, which feels more natural compared to linear), then try sinusoidal for comparison.
And last but not least, enable aim assist to make the game easier to handle. It’s one of the best settings for The Finals players on controllers, as you may have a hard time in crossplay without it.
Sound effects include the noises made by your opponents, so it’s important to hear it as clearly as possible. Because of that, turn down the music (or even turn it off completely) to ensure that nothing covers out more important sounds. On the other hand, because characters may shout useful info from time to time it’s best to keep the dialogue volume loud.t.
Of course, one of the best settings for The Finals is the voice chat. None of the recommended settings on this list makes a ton of difference without proper teamplay, so make sure you can communicate with your allies.
Finally, you may benefit from the accessibility settings in The Finals. The colorblind mode includes color schemes for deuteranopia, tritanopia, and protanopia. You can also enable subtitles and adjust crosshair colors in the accessibility menu – although the crosshair options are the same as in the gameplay menu.
With the best settings for The Finals enabled, let’s get back to the arena!
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