Since Saints Row 2 is a wonderful PC port. *Sarcasm* This is pretty much a direct Xbox360 port.Using 3 cpu cores and running at 30fps.
Mar 04, 2015 General discussion Improve Saints Row 2. I think what would be best is if the same folks who ported SR2 to PC would fix it up. But it eliminates lag and. For Saints Row 2 on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'Any way to fix the Driving Lag'.
Get RadeonPro (there are similar programs that offer these options too): Which should work on non-AMD cards. Also along with using Powertools (if not using Windows 8) and right clicking on SR2_PC.exe, going to properties and clicking on Compatibility and ticking disable display scaling and other SR2 tweaks discussed in IdolNinja's FAQ guide: & my guide: Run RadeonPro then make a profile & point it to SR2_PC.exe. Then click on the Tweaks tab: Under VSync control select Always on. Then tick Triple-buffering as well as tick Dynamic Framerate Control and set Keep up to 30fps. Then down to Misc Tweaks: Under CPU Affinity if you have 4 or more cores only tick 3 and untick the rest. (Since the 360 uses 3 cores.) Also tick Force Process High Priority. RadeonPro normally loads when you load it and it's in the tray until you reboot or close it and if you always want it to load when you reboot just right click on RadeonPro in the tray and select settings.
Under General tick Start with Windows and Start minimized. You can also click on FPS counter and choose which keys to Toggle FPS and where the FPS counter is displayed on the screen. Then click Save.
This should be the ideal way to play the game? Give it a whirl and see. Out Of Sight 1966 Rapidshare Free. *I'd also suggest turning down the in game Brightness/Gamma Control under Display. The default of 50 seems to a bit high. Unless you use the SweetFX Saints Row 2 Colorful Profile then leave it on 50 or crank it a little higher to your taste.* This also has SweetFX functions built in if you want to use the Saints Row 2 colorful profile: Instructions for SweetFX: Download SweetFX: either Standalone (just throw the folder where you'd like it.) or installer which will put it in Program Files.
(Presets you download will go in SweetFX Configurator SweetFX SweetFX Presets) Right click on RadeonPro in the tray and select settings. Click on SweetFX settings. Tick Enable SweetFX integration. Under SweetFX files root location.
Point it to the SweetFX folder in the SweetFX Configurator folder. Then click Save.
License.reg Fl Studio here. Now open up RadeonPro and click on SR2_PC then click the Sweet FX tab. Scroll down and click Import settings.
Goto the Presets folder at SweetFX Configurator SweetFX SweetFX Presets and click on SweetFX_Settings_Saints Row 2_Colorful then click Open. You'll see Enable SweetFX ticked.
Leave default settings or tweak to desired taste. Use at own risk.
Advanced users only* One last thing that may or may not help. Been Googling about this. The answers seem rather mixed. If you run Command Prompt in Admin mode and type in these two commands: bcdedit /set useplatformclock true then press enter (First make sure HPET/ACPI is enabled in BIOS) & bcdedit /set disabledynamictick true then press enter & reboot It can help reduce Latency?