Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) - HDR Optimized Settings

The game DOES USE/APPLY Xbox & Playstation HDR Calibration app settings.

The game has a very good HDR implementation as it will actually read and apply the system HDR Calibration app settings directly to the in-game HDR sliders as soon as you open the game, with a measured Peak HDR Luminance up to 10.000 nits.

As for the Beta, even in the Final version there is still a strange behavior/bug which I will explain later tho...

In my case, the first HDR Black Point screen when I opened the game was already correctly set to 0.0

The second and third HDR White Point screens were already correctly setup at 0.90 (which corresponds to around 4.000 nits as I calibrated the system HDR Calibration app for Dynamic Tone Mapping)

So, if you've already calibrated the system HDR Calibration app for your TV, just Accept all three in-game HDR sliders on the first boot of the game and you're good to go.

Otherwise, if you want to be sure:

If you have an LG OLED and:

> you're using Dynamic Tone Mapping or Dynamic Contrast:

• Set HDR Black Point slider to: 0.00 (nits);
• Set the other two HDR White Point sliders to: 0.90 (which is around 4.000 nits in-game).

> you're using HGIG:

• Set HDR Black Point slider to: 0.00 (nits);
• Set HDR Whitepoint slider to: 0,73 (which is around 800 nits) or 0,76 (for G2; 1.000 nits) or 0,8 (for G3).

If you don't have an LG OLED and:

> you don't have an HGIG option:

• Set HDR Black Point slider to: 0.00 (nits);
• Set the other two HDR White Point sliders to: 0.76 (which is around 1.000 nits in-game)

> you're using HGIG:

• Set HDR Black Point slider to: 0.00 (nits);
• Set the other two HDR White Point sliders to one of those values and the corresponding real Peak HDR Luminance of your TV in "nits":

BUG ALERT:

As for the Beta, even in the Final version you won't have access to the in-game HDR settings anymore after the initial setup (which will be prompted only at the very first launch of the game). So be sure to dial-in the correct HDR settings since the beginning or you would be forced to uninstall/reinstall the game to access the HDR settings again.

BONUS SUGGESTIONS:

On default video settings, the game is a bit too "blurred" and "grainy" both on Xbox & Playstation, but you can fix both issues with the following suggestions:

• Set the Cloud Streaming Textures Cache from "Automatic" to "Large": as long as you've enough free space on disk, this will increase the high quality textures saved locally for a faster streaming (and less internet data consumed) during the game;
• Disable Film Grain: by setting it to 0.00 to improve picture clarity;
• Enable FidelityFX CAS (on Xbox Series X|S, PS5 and PC only): and set its intensity to 50 to much improve image clarity without noticeable over sharpening artifacts and no performance drops at all on current hardware.

Enjoy! :)

Cheers,

-P