Sunset Overdrive is an open world action game developed by Insomniac Games. Originally released in 2014 as an Xbox One exclusive, the game made its way to PC in November 2018. It includes all of the DLC from the original version, but lacks the Chaos Squad online co-op mode.
All content that was originally unlocked via pre-order, the Weapon Pack DLC, or Chaos Squad has been moved to the in-game shops. Missions will reward OverCharge (in-game currency) even when replayed, rather than just the first time[1], presumably to compensate for the increased amount of it required to unlock everything.
The PC version of Sunset Overdrive launched with some issues, most notably a mouse sensitivity bug that was later patched.[2]
The port was criticized for being basic, with a lack of graphical settings and a fixed 16:9 aspect ratio.[3]
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
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Separate volume controls |
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Music, Sound Effects, Dialogues. |
Surround sound |
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Up to 5.1. |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
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Sub |
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English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Latin American Spanish |
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Issues Unresolved
Save files appear corrupted
The game can display a warning (that can be safely closed and ignored) about corrupt save files whenever the game is started or when going back to the main menu. The cause of this is unknown. Only one corrupted save file will be listed in the load menu as Corrupt Save and attempting to load it will take you to the start of the game. The rest of the save files in the other save slots are fully functional, can still be played and won't get corrupted by this issue.
Attempting to delete the listed corrupt save in-game will make the game crash when going back to the main menu, and it will just appear again. Deleting the save files in-game or manually, disabling Steam Cloud for this game and deleting steam_autocloud.vdf
does not solve the issue.[4]
Issues fixed
Game application doesn't launch or crashes upon starting new game
Add the game's .exe-file to exceptions for ALL antiviruses and/or firewalls running on your system[5]
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Green glow and green flickering screen corruption when depth of field is enabled
- Unknown if issue also occurs on AMD hardware
Nvidia: update graphics driver to 465.89 or newer
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- Issue was fixed by Nvidia driver update 465.89 from 30 March, 2021[6]
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Workaround: Disable depth of field[7]
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- Go to the in-game Video (Advanced) menu.
- Disable Depth of Field.
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Workaround: Lock FPS to 30 using in-game options[citation needed]
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Textures and shadows flickering on Windows 7
Set the resolution to 1080p or higher[citation needed]
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- Set the resolution to 1080p or above through the in-game menu.
- Restart the game.
Notes
- Game needs to be restarted after every resolution change in order to avoid the bug.
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Resolution not scaling correctly with non default DPI scaling
Enable "High DPI scaling override"
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- Go to
<path-to-game> .
- Right click on Sunset.exe.
- Select the Compatibility tab.
- Click on Change High DPI Settings.
- Check High DPI scaling override and select Application.
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Stuttering while traversing though the world
Install the game on a HDD instead of a SSD[dubious – discuss][8]
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- Issue may be worse on a NVMe drive.
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Changes to weapon switching keybinds won't stick
Click on "Apply Changes" to swap the two keybinds.[9]
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- The keys for Next Weapon and Previous Weapon swap whenever you apply changes to key bindings.
- Setting the two keybinds to the inverse of what you want will have them set correctly.
Notes
- Any time you make changes to other keybinds, you will need to apply changes, leave the menu, re-enter, and apply changes again to keep these two keybinds set how they are.
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Corrupt save game
Delete contents in steam_autocloud.vdf with text a editor.[10]
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- Disable Steam Cloud for Sunset Overdrive.
- Go to save game data location.
- Open
steam_autocloud.vdf with a text editor.
- Delete all the contents within and save.
- Mark
steam_autocloud.vdf as read-only.
- Launch the game.
- Enable Steam Cloud for Sunset Overdrive.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
Havok |
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Audio |
Wwise |
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Interface |
Scaleform |
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Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
8 |
10 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i5 3470 3.0 GHz AMD-FX-6300 |
Intel Core i5 4690 3.5 GHz AMD-FX-8350 |
System memory (RAM) |
8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
30 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti AMD Radeon R7 260X
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290X |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
- Steam version also runs on Windows 7 despite minimum requirements on the store page.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References