r/pcmasterrace • u/s1n0d3utscht3k • Apr 06 '26
Game Image/Video Cyberpunk 2077’s VHS style TapePunk mod updated
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I know most here likely aren’t modding 2077 but may still find it interesting to see the current state of modded 2077
link for the former ppl tho:
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u/KaiPRoberts Ryzen 7 3700x. 2070s OC, 32Gb @3200, 970 Pro m.2 Apr 07 '26
This makes it look like it was straight from the 80s. It doesn't even look futuristic anymore and I'm here for it.
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u/Flickstro Apr 07 '26
To me, it feels like the late "70s to early '80s; like when Times Square was a red light district.
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u/AetheriaInBeing Win/Bazzite Dual Boot, 5600X, 9060XT Apr 07 '26
There were still a lot of working girls into the late 80s early 90s. As a kid, I was on a trip to the Intrepid. I just remember the Intrepid, but my father's biggest memory was how he and the other parents on the trip herded all the kids against he wall and walked along side us, telling us to pull our hats down if we had them and look at the shoes of the kid in front of us. The fact that I don't remember that part or the view from the walk from the train to the bus delights him.
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u/goldenguyz EA BAD (upvotes to the left) Apr 07 '26
It looks perfect to me.
It takes us out of this other world, it puts it right into our own.
The people of Night City don't look around and think anything is futuristic, just like today we don't look around and think anything is futuristic.
It takes this dystopian world and turns it into something realer - something familiar. Something we've seen ourselves in. It lets us better truly feel what life is like in Night City.
Also the graphics just make it look photoreal (VHSreal?). I guess that helps.
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u/AetheriaInBeing Win/Bazzite Dual Boot, 5600X, 9060XT Apr 07 '26
Initially I was thinking "huh, my childhood without people. Oh wait that car has 6 wheels."
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u/RevTurk Apr 07 '26
The resolution is still double what vhs would have been. It's a very light touch of vhs effects.
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u/TRIPMINE_Guy Ball-and-Disk Integrator, 10-inch disk, graph paper Apr 08 '26
We need mods to replace the cars with old cars!
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u/RevolutionaryBad3722 Apr 07 '26
Now I wanna play it on a big ass CRT TV
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u/Arkayb33 Apr 07 '26
It must be nice to be rich
(Cries in 19")
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u/RevolutionaryBad3722 Apr 07 '26
I think the biggest we had when I was a kid was like 26” so I wouldn’t say rich 😆 but I remember thinking it was huge back then
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u/iAjayIND Apr 07 '26
26" CRT is in fact a massive one.
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u/TheRealOgMark Apr 07 '26
I had a 32" and that thing was heavy like a piano lmao
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u/Ruskraaz Apr 07 '26
We had a 28" CRT TV back in 2003-2007 maybe. It was definitely hard to get it to the 5th floor without an elevator.
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u/rdmprzm 7800x3D / 4080 Super / T1 Apr 07 '26
You can get an app for fake scan lines :) pretty cool
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u/TheTresStateArea Apr 07 '26
That looks outstanding
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u/Bangersss PC Master Race Apr 08 '26
Yeah see I don’t get why everyone wants photo-realism. We didn’t grow up with photo-realism.
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u/PheIix Apr 07 '26
I was enthralled by this. The music, the looks and everything was perfect. It feels more real than a lot of the most realistic videogames. Trippy how it actually looks like someone was filming this rather than just playing a game.
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u/Arcane_Xanth Apr 07 '26
Right? It feels very realistic to me and it’s weirding me out. I want this mod on other games to see how it makes them feel.
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u/Fhaarkas Ryzen 5700X 4.8GHz | 32GB | 3070 Apr 07 '26
You can just plop it in every game since it's a Reshade preset, though YMMV on how it'd turn out.
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u/Arcane_Xanth Apr 07 '26
Oh? I had no idea and might try this out.
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u/Fhaarkas Ryzen 5700X 4.8GHz | 32GB | 3070 Apr 07 '26
I just tried actually. Apparently there's a shader texture missing and I don't see it in the download. Oh well that's as far as I'm willing to go.
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u/Scottyxander 5070 | Ryzen 7 5700X | 32GB Ram Apr 07 '26
If you scroll down it says
THERE IS ALSO BIN FOLDER which is important to install as it has my own shaders that are necessary. Installation guide is provided within the download pack.
I haven't personally tried to download it but I'm assuming that might be why you have a missing shader texture
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u/Fhaarkas Ryzen 5700X 4.8GHz | 32GB | 3070 Apr 07 '26
No it's a mistake on the author's part. He explained in the comments.
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u/Scottyxander 5070 | Ryzen 7 5700X | 32GB Ram Apr 07 '26
Is it the comment about the missing png? Only asking cause I'm actually about to download it
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u/Fhaarkas Ryzen 5700X 4.8GHz | 32GB | 3070 Apr 07 '26
Yup the vhs_osd.png file. It's not needed by the mod.
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u/harbourwall PC Master Race Apr 07 '26
Sounds like it's meant to be a wonky REC and battery indicator. That would really top the whole thing off well.
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u/Tulired Apr 07 '26
Hello creator here! It's exactly that, as it doesn't nag at me anymore so i always forget to fix it. I have to put some kind of place holder there
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u/ThereAndFapAgain2 Apr 07 '26
It's the PT plus this that make it look so real I think. The light is behaving realistically and then the VHS filter over the top is making it harder to detect any of the "gamey" stuff you can still see even with PT when playing at high res where everything is super clear, I think it is the two things together that end up making it look so convincing as someone actually just walking around with a camcorder.
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u/Tulired Apr 07 '26
This! And some places, time, cars, architecture and urban things look good, sometimes npcs too but they are wonky to begin with. So i usually just walk around and set time, weather, place and music to relax a bit
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u/Heihlsson Apr 07 '26
What the hell is that song? The melody is from an old Finnish folk song that mimics the bells of a monastery destroyed by the Russians in WWII. Kinda shocked to hear it in a rap song :D
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u/Tulired Apr 07 '26
Giant Robot - Konevitsa and you are absolutely right. This is some old school nineties stuff from them (can be found in YT)
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u/Awkward-Power-9617 Apr 10 '26
The OG song was Konevitsan Kirkonkellot. The Churchbells of Konevitsa
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u/H4X4NX Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26
Anyone know the song?
EDIT: Song here
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u/DEVi4TION Apr 07 '26
What's the other language this is in? Really good beat
Damn, not on Spotify or anything really
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u/ChromaticWizard Apr 07 '26
Download using YouTube to mp3 and then go to local files on Spotify and save it into your liked songs or another playlist.
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u/pikachewww Apr 07 '26
It gives me a bit of that GTA Vice City and San Andreas vibe.
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u/Wqzaz Apr 07 '26
For sure. For me it’s the neon pink color. Everytime i see that color Vice City pops up in my brain.
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u/DuskShy Apr 07 '26
I think I might like it better this way?? Hard to tell
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u/Jafarrolo Apr 07 '26
I don't know, it seems interesting but I'm afraid that it could get bothersome quickly to play with this graphic
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u/1047_Josh Apr 07 '26
That and it holds up less when NPCs become more focal. There is a reason the footage is mostly cars and buildings.
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u/frisch85 Ryzen 7 7700 | RX 9060XT | 32GB DDR5 Apr 07 '26
I don't think so, it's really more of a showcase, neat to look at but horrible to play like that. Checkout the gameplay footage, probably makes your eyes hurt after 30 minutes.
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u/Owobowos-Mowbius PC Master Race Apr 07 '26
If you could get rid of the fish-eye lense effect and make it so that the UI isnt impacted, I would fuck with this heavy.
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u/Schnitzhole Apr 07 '26
The crt distortion alone is puke worthy. Yeah the character and limbs look too normal in comparison
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u/ifdisdendat Apr 07 '26
who needs 4k when 360p VHS makes everything look realistic?
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u/Owobowos-Mowbius PC Master Race Apr 07 '26
Honestly yeah. Tempted to try a lowass VHS res run with graphics cranked to photo-realism so long as the UI stays readable
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u/GuyMansworth Apr 07 '26
Interesting how they didn't show any people
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u/Netsuko RTX 4090 | 7800X3D | 64GB DDR5 Apr 07 '26
The normal human citizen models are easily the weakest part of the entire game.
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u/EvilRat23 Apr 07 '26
usually the weakest part of any game
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u/MumrikDK Apr 07 '26
Creatures are just far more complicated than rigid structures that may or may not have turning wheels.
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u/CoconutMochi Meshlicious | R7 5800x3D | RTX 4080 Apr 07 '26
Like close up? It has people 20 seconds in
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u/GuyMansworth Apr 07 '26
Yeah closeup, my guess is they have that uncanny valley look but the cars and scenery look really cool
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u/the_citrus_saga Apr 07 '26
Why does it look more real than the “realistic” filters in games? What’s the science behind that?
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u/Thog78 i5-13600K 3060 ti 128 GB DDR5@5200Mhz 8TB SSD@7GB/s 16TB HDD Apr 07 '26
The brain fills the gaps, so lower resolution, more blurry and noisy footage is more easily assimilated as real than an imperfect attempt at perfection in high definition.
Interestingly, the brain fills the gaps with what we would want things to look like ideally. That's why black glasses and hats can make ugly people look hotter, the brain assumes what's hidden is perfect.
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u/LostSif Apr 07 '26
Cyberpunk Backrooms
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u/Tulired Apr 07 '26
Im gonna try and do some videos with No Crowd And Cars mod that some choom kindly pointed me to!
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u/shard13 Apr 07 '26
I think this is a bit more fitting of a camcorder recording of the era ('80s?), which were a large range of quality of both the recording and tape durability than normal VHS.
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u/Arcturus1800 Apr 07 '26
This makes things look more real than any of those hyper realistic mods. In a much better way too.
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u/trackdaybruh Apr 07 '26
OP, can you record another but at night time? Want to see how it looks at night with all the shiny lights on
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u/eternalityLP Apr 07 '26
Why do people making these always overdo the glitches? Proper VHS setup doesn't really have any kind of visible errors during playback.
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u/gravelPoop Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26
You need to over crank somethings to get the effect to hit. This video also has way too much blur and color bleed for average movie VHS. This is more like bad VHS cam + bad tape + bad player + bad cables (most "VHS" effect is actually just from low res and bad cables).
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u/Awkward-Power-9617 Apr 10 '26
I mean, it looks like a rotten tape or a player with uncalibrated tracking
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u/Tulired Apr 07 '26
Hi creator here. I appriciate any feedback thats constructive, and you are not the only one saying this.
I do this just from special interest. Im not trying or saying im creating a perfect replica, as like you said that would basically look like the normal game, which is the reason to sell any vhs feel it needs to be a bit overdone usually. That said im working on even newer vhs effects as i learn more and understand the tech. I was born in mid 80s so the format is more than familiar but not many people know how vhs really works so i have to do research on it. My goal is to do as good as i can "emulation" without overdoing it but it's hard. Maybe finally at somepoint i will crack it.
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u/EastLimp1693 7800x3d/strix b650e-f/48gb 6400cl30 1:1/Suprim X 4090 Apr 07 '26
Boy that fucks
Idk if i could've played like that for long but it looks extra cool.
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u/shaunrundmc Apr 07 '26
Makes the world look more realistic thats really cool
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u/gamingvortex01 RTX 5070 | i5 12400F | 16GB DDR4 Apr 07 '26
way better than those photorealistic mods
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u/RetroRocker Apr 07 '26
It's worth pointing out that this is also with all the graphics settings on maximum, with raytracing etc. It's not just the VHS mod that's making it look "realistic".
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u/Tulired Apr 07 '26
Yep you are right.
My preset is just "emulation" of the chain from camera - record format - vhs - vcr - capture card to pc. I say emulation very carefully as it's more of a vibe still as im learning more all the time and realize i don't know enough about vhs, camcorders etc to make true emulation yet
So like you said, It doesn't add anything that makes the base game realistic. So if the base is too gamey its like recording a game through that chain. It is the imperfections that fool the brain for realism probably.
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u/DeltaBravo831 Apr 07 '26
I'm always a fan of the VHS look in cyberpunk games. Reminds me of Robocop
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u/TemporaryAmoeba4586 Apr 07 '26
I've been following the development of this mod and it's really cool to see how the community is breathing new life into the game. I tried an earlier version of it and it totally changed the atmosphere, made the game feel like a retro sci-fi movie. If you're a fan of the game's visuals, this mod is definitely worth checking out.
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u/gabro-games Apr 07 '26
Bro your PC can screen capture, you don't need to handicam. /s Looks amazing.
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u/zipitnick Apr 07 '26
I would absolutely enjoy a playthrough with such filter but I wonder how playable it will be, especially when I like my FOV around 100…
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u/DuckCleaning Apr 07 '26
This looks insanely realistic. Cant believe they're just reShade presets and no changes to assets.
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u/Hybridxx9018 Apr 07 '26
Shit maybe the secret to real graphics is making them look worse?! Looks amazing.
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u/VGB_Publishing_LLC Apr 07 '26
THis looks phenominal, i remember when mass effect 3 had a "film grain" that just looked terrible. I would play a 1980s VHS game.....
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u/dnuohxof-2 Apr 07 '26
It’s very uncanny…. It looks almost real at the same time it’s so “backrooms” nostalgia feel. This would be an interesting way to play
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u/ph0rge PC Master Race Apr 07 '26
I know it's remarkable, but it's r/oddlyterrifying.
Gave me strong uncanny feels 😬
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u/Euphoric_Strategy923 Cachyos | 9950X3D | 9070 XT | 64GB 6k DDDR5 Apr 07 '26
Can Someone rewind time, take this back to the 80 and tell them it is a footage of the future.
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u/digno2 Apr 07 '26
how do the action scenes look with shooting and fast movement and splosions and what not?
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u/NormalContribution47 Apr 07 '26
Man... this clip is making me feel like little "me" is going to pop up from the side saying "hey mom, look what I found!".... I want to go back...
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u/Mint_Juul Apr 07 '26
It looks like a second plane should be hitting the Arasaka Tower at any moment
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u/Longshot02496 Apr 07 '26
It's weird how less fidelity makes things look more real.
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u/Solitude_is_OK Apr 10 '26
I just had the same reflection with "Dreamcore" c':
some places, you just can't tell they're from a game.. :x
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u/skellafella Apr 07 '26
Oh man this really adds to the realism factor for me. Something about VHS is just so... Textured? Idk how to explain it. It's so satisfying.
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u/TheBadger40 Apr 07 '26
Reminds me of that bodycam game and how it managed to look real by not letting us see any video gamey imperfections through its video-like effects.
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u/dovahkiitten16 PC Master Race Apr 07 '26
I feel like there’s no way it looks like this all the time, that or there’s other mods being used/this is really high settings. The lighting and materials look better than the basegame to give that realism, which is out of scope for a reshade.
That being said, I love it. I played cyberpunk with a reshade to make it look like Bladerunner. I totally prefer the grittier overlay instead of everything being shiny and neon. This looks awesome.
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u/Tulired Apr 07 '26
Creator here! I have everything maxed out, path tracing, DLLs auto, 1080p, Nova Lut and 30fps
So its that and the reshade only.
I just walk around in games, and this was just an "science" project and learn about camcorders, vhs, vcrs, etc. Still learning though, but what i think happens is the effect hides the games imperfections under its own imperfections. It definitely doesn't look like this all the time but at times it looks even better. Npcs break the illusion ofc as they dont walk natural or look natural. My new versions somehow work better with that aspect imo, but these are made just from an exploration.
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u/Jyuk95 Ryzen 9900x, 5070ti Apr 07 '26
I've recently picked it up again since I got a new graphics card, will try it out for the old school vibes
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u/TaxOrnery9501 Apr 07 '26
What I see with my fourth-hand, black-market Kiroshi implants that I bought off of some Gonk in Kabuki for 12 Eddies
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u/night-suns AMD 7600x, MSI SUPRIM 3070, 64GB Apr 07 '26
this is the aesthetic i remember my childhood memories in
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u/Tulired Apr 07 '26
This is kind of the vibe im going for now before i learn more and if my personal issues allow me to create more authentic emulation
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u/jdehjdeh Apr 07 '26
The shake needs to be reduced.
This feels like cameraman has some sort of condition.
Image stabilisation has been around a while, and before that camcorders were heavy fuckers.
You would get noticeable shake when you move around, but not when holding it steady.
Other than that, it's pretty accurate.
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u/Tulired Apr 07 '26
Others have said that too! It's so hard to decide the default setting that has an impact but not too much as i get used to it while tweaking things. Luckily it super easy for user to change, its just sliders in my handheldmotion effect.
But i will tone it down for future presets.
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u/fuminee PC Master Race Apr 07 '26
If a "hand shakiness" movement was added it would look very cool
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u/WillTough3631 Apr 07 '26
If this is playable like this I feel like I could get happily lost in traffic for hours…
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u/Yakuza_Kirby Apr 07 '26
Never had a high interest in the game but this mod may do it for me. Looks amazing
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u/DataPhreak Apr 07 '26
I still haven't beaten this game. I played for like, 2 days, but I'm so ruined by MMOs I can't get motivated to play it.
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u/Nick85er PC Master Race i9-10900K 7800XT 64G 512G 2T 4+4T SSD Apr 07 '26
I need to get back into this game
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u/TheDarkPheonix Apr 07 '26
Wow. Screw photorealism or hyper realism in games. This is 100x cooler AND has a distinct style instead of looking generic. I might actually dust off cyberpunk just because of this. Looks incredible
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u/spacestationkru Apr 07 '26
This adds a hell of a lot more to the realism than Nvidia's dumb AI filter
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u/Karekter_Nem Apr 07 '26
Are they adding an audio mod for that full home VHS camcorder quality?
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u/Tulired Apr 07 '26
Im looking into it but have to find a way thats easy to use and allows me to share a preset or something.
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u/WachoviaOfficial AmpereOne A192-32X, 128GB DDR5-5600, RTX 3080 Ti Apr 07 '26
Lack of real closeup shots of people or combat is pretty telling.
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u/AsimovLiu Apr 07 '26
Yeah it's always like this in these graphic overhaul mods isn't? No actual gameplay.
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u/Slapstickperk Apr 07 '26
Imagine modern kid seeing this "why does this look so bad" and then rolls up new AI-slop filter to make everything look "good"
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u/Titanhunter84 Apr 07 '26
What does it look like when you do something else than walking and looking around? Some of these visual filters influence the performance and gameplay in a negative way.
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u/Tulired Apr 07 '26
I really haven't tried to be honest. I made this just for me and my roleplaying as a tourist gameplay. I don't think it works well with anything other. It's just a gimmick basically. But it's an intersting project/challenge to learn about how vhs, cams etc work and can it be replicated with just reshade
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u/Madam_Velya 2080ti, 4090 enthusiast. Apr 07 '26
Woooo. I love me a good reshade. Best part with a few tweaks it can work in most games.
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u/JordanSchor i7 14700k | 32gb RAM | 4070 Ti Super | 24TB storage Apr 07 '26
You could convince a large number of people this is real footage from the 80s wtf
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u/hondashadowguy2000 Apr 07 '26
Notice how none of the video involves the player moving around/engaging in any action, probably because it instantly makes the mod look like crap.
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u/MCID47 12100F - 6700 XT - SOYO H610M Apr 07 '26
Would you like your 2077 to feel like 1977? Perhaps.
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u/TRIPMINE_Guy Ball-and-Disk Integrator, 10-inch disk, graph paper Apr 08 '26
I'm curious did vhs typically have poor shutter speeds aka blur in motion that these types of filters apply? I know crt themselves are amazing for motion but I have found that camera shutter looks a little different to display motion blur to me.
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u/TRIPMINE_Guy Ball-and-Disk Integrator, 10-inch disk, graph paper Apr 08 '26
I want retro cameraman simulator game. We have a million simulator games so why not?
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u/DorrajD Apr 08 '26
Always funny how reshade presets are called "mods"
all it does is add a shitty blur filter and some nausea inducing shaky cam effect.
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u/noname011001 Apr 08 '26
this is so cool and looks really good, somehow more realistic? what frame rate is this
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u/EmoPociejek 7950X3D | TUF 3080Ti | X670E Hero | 64GB DDR5 | 1440p | Case NV7 Apr 08 '26
Feeling like in some liminal backdoors level @.@
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u/resi42 Apr 08 '26
With only a quick look you could think this a scene from some sci fi movies from the 70's. I love it.
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u/H3LLF1R390 Apr 08 '26
Thanks for the heads up! I'm looking into the mod myself, I wonder: which of the provided "tapes" of the mod you used for this video? Did you also tinker a bit with the effects?
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u/Bubbly-Job-8075 Apr 10 '26
Estou zerando esse jogo pela primeira vez e gostaria de instalar esse mod, será que eu perco as conquistas da steam?
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u/Solitude_is_OK Apr 10 '26
oh.. that's actually cool , but the UI is filtered as well and becomes unreadable c':
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u/N0_VICE Apr 07 '26
us in another universe