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Here's an interesting problem. Forza Horizon 5 won't go to 21:9 aspect ratio even though the game detects 5760X1080. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently booted the game up and forgot about the problem. Here's the thing. The game was able to do so on my old 2TB super cheap NVME drive. But I upgraded to a WD Black 4TB drive and that when the problems started.

I'm sure a major portion of the problem is I have a Intel Arc A770 card. runs the game smoothly at 60fps locked on extreme settings (as long as ray tracing it turned completely off.) But Intels monitor combining software is HORRIBLE!

I have tried the hack of using SRWE to get around it, but even doing that the screen still defaults to 1920X1080.

was just wondering if anyone had any other suggestions for getting my triple monitor setup working again?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I have two questions:

Can you set that resolution on the desktop?
Does the game support borderless windowed?

If the answer to 1. is yes, then it should work in borderless windowed as well.

If it doesn't work ingame but only on desktop, then the game either isn't setting the window parameters correctly (if it's actually borderless windowed) or it's actually just exclusive fullscreen.

Lots of games nowadays don't even bother naming their modes properly anymore so "Fullscreen" now actually means borderless windowed.

Also I recommend DXVK. Just try it for giggles, it may magically fix the issues.

(Also that res isn't 21:9, that's even wider, because the closest to 21:9 would be 2560x1080, but that's a minor nitpick)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes i can set the resolution on the desktop. the game does not support borderless windows which is why I tried to use SWRE (which is supposed to force windows borderless) but it didn't work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

From what I've been able to understand, FH4 (so I assume by extension FH5) don't use exclusive fullscreen at all, meaning that the game is technically running borderless already.

Can you try, just as a jank workaround, open the game as usual, go to windowed mode (press alt + enter) and then resize the window to span across the screen(s)? If it works properly it should keep the proper aspect ratio and resolution.

The only thing that comes to my mind is that the game just refuses to set the res probably because it detects Intel graphics.

I'd look for a config/settings file and set the resolution manually in there. Maybe that's the only way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

there's a workaround (which didn't work for me) that does that.

I will link it here: https://steamah.com/forza-horizon-5-triple-monitor-setup-guide/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

OP did say he tried to use SRWE but, nevertheless, looks like forcing windowed mode was the correct answer!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

even as good as they've gotten, arc drivers are still super jank

when in doubt, I try running DDU, reinstalling it from fresh. always a chance something breaks during in-place driver upgrades.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Already did that. Even re installed the game. Someone said reinstalling windows work, but I'm not there yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What interface are you connecting to your monitor over? Has that changed at all?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

No. same connection as always. multi screen worked before I switched to the new NVME