Pure Config

Under Review

This page will list all the functions contained within Pure Config and an explanation on what they do.

Main Tab

Quality Presets (Groundfog)

Property	Low	Medium	High	Very High
Groundfog	❌	✅	✅	✅
Quality	❌	✅	✅	✅
Render Distance	❌	🟠	✅	✅
Car Turbulences	❌	❌	❌	✅

Pure Checklist

Misconfigured settings that may affect Pure’s functionality.

Setting	Description
Recommended CSP Settings	Settings that don’t break Pure but may reduce visual quality.
Reset weatherFX system	Restarts the WeatherFX extension in Custom Shaders Patch, which may fix visual issues.
Reset to Defaults	Resets all settings in the Pure Config and PurePP apps to their default values.
config.video_mode_separation	Allows different Pure Config settings depending on the Rendering Mode selected in Video Settings.
config.track_specific_loading	Allows different Pure Config settings depending on the track currently being played.
config.track_specific_video_separation	Allows different Pure Config settings depending on both Rendering Mode and Track.

AI Tab

Setting	Description
AI_headlights.sun	Enables AI headlights if the sun angle is below the set value.
AI_headlights.ambient_light	Enables AI headlights if the ambient lighting is below the set value.
AI_headlights.CBE	Enables AI headlights if the Estimated Cubemap Brightness (Essentially, reflections) is below this value.
AI_headlights.fog	Enables AI headlights if the fog is denser than the set value.
AI_headlights.rain	Enables AI headlights if the rain intensity is higher than this value.
Activate Headlight Control	You must Enable "Turn headlights on and off automatically." in Content Manager -> Settings -> Custom Shaders Patch -> WeatherFX

Light Tab

Setting	Description	Type/Range
light.daylight_multiplier	Multiplier that effects daylight's overall brightness	0 - 10
light.sun.hue	The dominant wavelength color of all lights	±180
light.sun.saturation	How intense the colors on screen will appear	0 - 10
light.sun.level	How bright the sunlight is on all materials	0 - 10
light.sun.specular	How much smooth materials will reflect sunlight	0 - 10
light.ambient_model_V2	Whether pure will use singular ambient lighting or tiled ambient lighting	bool
light.ambient.hue	The dominant wavelength of the ambient lighting	±180
light.ambient.saturation	How intense the colors of the ambient lighting will lbe	0 - 10
light.ambient.level	How bright the ambient lighting is overall	0 - 10
light.advanced_ambient_light	Appears to be quite similar to the above setting	0 - 10
light.advanced_ambient_lightV2_sun	How much the sun affects the brightness of ambient lighting	0 - 10
light.advanced_ambient_lightV2_skydomes	How much skydomes affect the brightness of ambient lighting	0 - 10
light.advanced_ambient_lightV2_sky	How much the sky affects the brightness of ambient lighting	0 - 10
light.advanced_ambient_lightV2_clouds	How much the clouds affect the brightness of ambient lighting	0 - 10
light.advanced_ambient_lightV2_nlp	How much the Night Light Pollution affects the brightness of ambient lighting	0 - 10
light.advanced_ambient_lightV2_fog	How much the fog affects the brightness of ambient lighting	0 - 10
light.advanced_ambient_lightV2_vao_exp	How much the VAO exposure affects the brightness of ambient lighting	0 - 10
light.distant_ambient.hue	The dominant wavelength of the ambient lighting	±180
light.distant_ambient.saturation	How intense the colors of distant ambient lighting is	0 - 10
light.distant_ambient.level	How bright distant ambient lighting is	0 - 10
light.distant_ambient.distance	How far away "distant" is assumed (Lower = closer)	0 - 10
light.directional_ambient.hue	The dominant wavelength of directional ambient lighting (most noticeable in shadows)	±180
light.directional_ambient.saturation	How intense the colors of directional ambient lighting will be (most noticeable in shadows)	0 - 10
light.directional_ambient.level	How bright the directional ambient lighting is overall (most noticeable in shadows)	0 - 10
shadows.presence	Whether shadows will be rendered everywhere or in actual shadow areas	0 - 1
csp_lights.bounce	How far csp light rays will bounce until they fade out	0 - 10
csp_lights.emissive	How bright csp light emissive appear (i.e center of streetlights)	0 - 10
csp_lights.displays	How bright csp displays are (i.e dashboard, tachometers)	0 - 10
reflections.saturation	How intense the colors of all reflections will be	0 - 10
reflections.level	How bright all reflections are overall	0 - 10
reflections.emissive_boost	How bright emmisive lights will appear in reflections (i.e streetlights)	0 - 30
vao.amount	How many Vertex Array Objects will appear (more = darker shadows)	0 - 2
vao.track_exponent	Multiplier on track Vert Array objects (more = darker shadows on track)	0 - 2
vao.dynamic_exponent	Same setting but dynamic and seems to modify the distant and reflective shadows	0 - 2
ui.white_reference_point	No observable changes	0 - 10

Night Tab

Setting	Description	Type/Range
nlp.level	How bright the night light pollution is	0 - 10
nlp.density	How dense the night light pollution is	0 - 10
nlp.lowest_ambient	How low can the night light pollution ambient get	0 - 10
moon.light	How bright the moon light is	0 - 10
moon.appearance	How bright the moon will appear	0 - 10
stars.appearance	How bright the stars will appear	0 - 100
stars.dynamic_adaptation	Enable dynamic adaption on stars	bool

Sky Tab

Setting	Description	Type/Range
light.sky.hue	The dominant wavelength of the sky	±180
light.sky.saturation	How intense the color of sky is	0 - 10
light.sky.level	How bright the sky is	0 - 10
sky.sun_disk.hue	The dominant wavelength of the sundisk	±180
sky.sun_disk.saturation	How intense the color of the sundisk is	0 - 10
sky.sun_disk.level	How bright the sundisk is	0 - 10
sun.sun_moon_size	How large the sun/moon will appear	0 - 10

Clouds Tab

Setting	Description	Type/Range
clouds_render.method	0 = 3D bilboard clouds 1 = 360° skydomes	0 - 1
default_16k	Default set of skydomes provided by Pure	-
clouds2D.crossfade_time	How quickly the skydome will crossfade into the next one	1 - 60
clouds.2d.advanced_shadows	Invisible 3D clouds but their shadows will render	bool
clouds.2d.advanced_shadows_cover	Considers the skydomes sun cover when making 3D clouds	bool
clouds.2d.advanced_shadows_speed	How fast the shadows of the invisible 3D clouds will move	0.1 - 10
clouds2D.unload	Unload the skydomes when not in use (saves vram when enabled)	bool
clouds2D.brightness	How bright the skydomes will appear	0 - 10
clouds2D.contrast	The contrast levels of the skydome	0 - 10

Weather Tab

Setting	Description	Type/Range
weather.use_weather_particles	If active, rain becomes snow with air temperatures below 3°C. For "Snow" and "Sleet" weather, rain is always displayed as snow, if weather particles are active	bool
weather.snow.size	Size of snow	0 - 10
weather.ash.size	Size of ash	0 - 10

Shaders Tab

Groundfog

Setting	Description	Type/Range
shaders.ground.active	Whether ground fog will render	bool
shaders.groundfog.Quality	The quality of said groundfog	1 - 4
shaders.groundfog.Expand_width	Expand how far wide the groundfog will spawn	bool
shaders.groundfog.Interpolate_near	Interpolate groundfog closer to the camera	bool
shaders.groundfog.Render_distance	How close the groundfog will render	0.25 - 10
shaders.groundfog.Size	How large the groundfog billboards are	0.25 - 5
shaders.groundfog.Scale	The scale of the groundfog	0.1 - 5
shaders.groundfog.Structure	The structure of the groundfog	0.1 - 5
shaders.groundfog.Gain	How much groundfog there is	0 - 10
shaders.groundfog.Nearby_fadeout	The fadeout of nearby groundfog	0.1 - 2
shaders.groundfog.Sun_influence	Sun influence on groundfog	0 - 1
shaders.groundfog.Car_turbulences	Whether the car aerodynamics will affect the groundfog	bool
groundfog.amount	States the amount of groundfog	N/A
groundfog.subscribed	Whether groundfog is active/disabled	bool
groundfog.total_billboards	The total amount of groundfog billboards generated	N/A
groundfog.visible_billboards	The amount of groundfog billboards that are visible	N/A

Landscape

Setting	Description	Type/Range
shaders.landscape.active	Whether the landscape shader is active (outside the track)	bool
shaders.landscape.only_skyshader	Do not disable as it causes weird flashing	bool
shaders.landscape.debug	Shows landscape tiles and flashes them red	bool

Lightning

Setting	Description	Type/Range
shaders.lightning.active	bools lightning on/off	bool
shaders.lightning.speed	How fast the lightning strike is	0 - 1
shaders.lightning.discharge_exponent	How much the lightning pulses	1 - 32
shaders.lightning.discharge_ionisation	How far the lightning goes down	0.1 - 4
shaders.lightning.maximum_flash_light	How bright the flash can be	0 - 10
shaders.lightning.bounced_light	How much the light will bounce	0 - 10
shaders.lightning.saturation	How intense the color of the lightning is	0 - 10
shaders.lightning.probability_multiplier	How likely lightning strikes happen	0.1 - 10
shaders.lightning.debug	Enables debug mode	bool
shaders.lightning.phase	The phase of the lightning strike	0 - 1
shaders.lightning.direction	Which direction the lightning is coming from	0 - 360
shaders.lightning.distance	The distance from the player	0 - 20.000
shaders.lightning.height	How high up the lightning is	400 - 2.000
shaders.lightning.size	How big the lightning is	100 - 10.000
shaders.lightning.rotation	The rotation of the lightning strike	0 - 360
shaders.lightning.variant	The shape of the lightning strike	0 - 1
shaders.lightning.debug_flicker	Makes it flicker	bool
shaders.lightning.debug_flicker_strength	How strong the flickering effect is	0 - 0.2
shaders.lightning.debug_sequence	Causes the lightning to sequence through its phases	bool

Rain Haze

Setting	Description	Type/Range
shaders.rainhaze.active	Toggle rainhaze on/off	bool
shaders.rainhaze.gain	How intense the rainhaze is	0 - 10
rainhaze.amount	Total amount of rainhaze	0 - 10.000
rainhaze.subscribed	Whether Rain Haze is active	bool

Sunblinding

Setting	Description	Type/Range
shaders.sunblinding.active	Toggles the shader on/off	bool
shaders.sunblinding.allow_control	Allow control by PPfilter scripts	bool
shaders.sunblinding.sensitivity	Controls how strongly the glare or blinding effect reacts to the sun's brightness	0 - 2.000
shaders.sunblinding.horizontal	Adjusts the horizontal spread or influence of the blinding effect	0 - 1.000
shaders.sunblinding.vertical	Controls the vertical spread of the effect	0 - 1.000
shaders.sunblinding.low_angle_slope	Defines how the effect intensity changes when the sun is near the horizon	0 - 1.000
shaders.sunblinding.time_up	The time in seconds the effect will fade in	0.01 - 10.000
shaders.sunblinding.time_down	The time in seconds the effect will fade out	0.01 - 10.000
shaders.sunblinding.cover	A simple screen overlay	0 - 2.000
shaders.sunblinding.blinding	A simple screen overlay	0 - 2.000
shaders.sunblinding.iris	Darkening the whole view	0 - 2.000
shaders.sunblinding.star_opacity	Controls how intense the star effect is	0 - 2.000
shaders.sunblinding.star_size	How big the star effect is	0 - 2.000
shaders.sunblinding.star_blur	Adjusts how soft or sharp the star's rays are	0 - 2.000
shaders.sunblinding.star_style	-	0 - 2.000
shaders.sunblinding.star_adapt_coverage	-	0 - 2.000
shaders.sunblinding.star_cover_damping	Smooths the transition of the star effect when entering or leaving the camera's view.	0 - 2.000
shaders.sunblinding.color	The saturation of the added light	0 - 2.000
shaders.sunblinding.half_resolution	Renders the sunblinding shader at half resolution to improve performance	bool
shaders.sunblinding.VR_tweak	-	bool
shaders.sunblinding.debug	Enables debug mode for the sunblinding shader	bool

Camera Tab

Setting	Description	Type/Range
camera.occlusion_control.adv_ambi_light	-	bool
camera.occlusion_control.adv_fog_ambi_light	-	bool
camera.occlusion_control.exposure	-	bool
camera.occlusion_control.overcast	-	bool
camera.occlusion_control.vao	-	bool

Sound Tab

Setting	Description	Type/Range
sound.wind_volume_interior	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 1
sound.wind_volume_exterior	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 1
sound.wind_volume_speed_damping	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 1
sound.rain_volume_interior	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 1
sound.rain_volume_exterior	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 1
sound.rain_volume_speed_damping	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 1
sound.damping_at_speed	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 500 km/h
sound.rain_volume_extra_skid	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 10
sound.rain_volume_extra_wetness	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 10
sound.rain_volume_extra_puddles	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 10
sound.rain_volume_extra_gravel	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 10
sound.thunder_volume_interior	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 1
sound.thunder_volume_exterior	How loud the stated sound will be	0 - 1

State Tab

Showcases the state of information relating to Pure.

Track Tab

Setting	Description	Type/Range
FOG_SHAPE	Useful for small tracks, changes the shape of fog billboard	-1 - 10
SMOG_MORNING	Average smog levels at morning	0 - 1
SMOG_NOON	Average smog levels at noon	0 - 1
SMOG_EVENING	Average smog levels at evening	0 - 1
SUN_DAWN	Prevents speculars from appearing below this angle	±10
SUN_DUSK	Prevents speculars form appearing above this angle	±10
HUMIDITY_OFFSET	Offsets humidity by this amount	0 - 1
HORIZON_OFFSET	Adjusts the horizon line by this amount	±10
MINIMUM_GLOW_EMISSIVES	Sets the minimum value of glow emissives	0 - 1
TUNNEL_HELPER	Dims sun, ambient and fog light in tunnels	0 - 1
LANDSCAPE_USE	Activates fake landscape	bool
LANDSCAPE_HUE	Dominant wavelength of landscape	±180
LANDSCAPE_SATURATION	Intensity of landscape colors	0 - 2
LANDSCAPE_LEVEL	How bright the landscape is	0 - 10
LANDSCAPE_GAMMA	Gamma levels of landscape	0 - 4
LANDSCAPE_DIFFUSE	Light diffusion amount on landscape	0 - 1
LANDSCAPE_AMBIENT	Ambient light level of landscape	0 - 1
LANDSCAPE_HEIGHT	Height of landscape	±1.000
LANDSCAPE_COVER_NEGATIVE	No visible difference	bool
LANDSCAPE_SHIFT_X	Shifts landscape X coordinates by this amount	±5.000
LANDSCAPE_SHIFT_Z	Shifts landscape Z coordinates by this amount	±5.000
LANDSCAPE_FILES	What file the landscape will load/use	table

Opt + Debug Tab

Setting	Description	Type/Range
optimization.cpu_split	-	bool
debug.memory	-	bool
debug.computation	-	bool
debug.graphics	-	bool