How to Fix Mouse Input Lag in Stalker 2
If you experience surprisingly high input lag while playing Stalker 2, here you will find some tips that will allow you to fix the issue.
At long last, after multiple delays, we finally are able to get back to the Exclusion Zone in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Sadly, the title suffers from numerous problems like stutters and crashes, HDR not working properly, controller issues or missing quest items like Slug. There are also inconveniences, however known to modern gaming, like long shader compilation process. To add salt to injury, there seems to be an input lag which makes moving around the camera like it was stuck in a bog. At least this challenge can be fixed easily, so let’s learn how to do it.
Mouse input lag fix in Stalker 2
Fluid and accurate controls are something that should be one of the most important matters for action-intensive games. Considering how many times GSC Game World has postponed the release date of Stalker 2, we can assume that it was a correct decision, because there are still multiple issues that the studio has to deal with. Input lag is one of those problems that are very easily noticeable. It is almost impossible to enjoy a production, where looking around feels like you’ve been woken up in the middle of the night. Fortunately, the biggest fans have found a way of dealing with this inconvenience… or actually a couple of ways.
There doesn’t seem to be one specific reason for the sluggish mouse movement, rather there are several things that you can attempt to improve the situation:
- If you use DLSS or FSR with Frame Generation, turn it off.
- Turning off V-Sync is said to fix the input lag for many players, though it can cause massive screen tearing. Interestingly, some fans claim that turning it off and on again alleviates both problems for them.
- Lastly, you can try running the game in exclusive fullscreen mode, which is also one of the ways of eliminating the mouse lag.
We can expect the developers to start addressing multiple issues that Stalker 2 has in the future patches, and hope that the input lag fix will be one of them. Till that happens, though, we have to rely on the workarounds found by the community. We trust that one of the solutions presented will allow you to have a great time in the Zone. Don’t forget to bring a map!
