I'm thinking about trying to beat my old record but...there's a catch. The latest patch, that removed Denuvo, also caused intermittent stuttering. I assume it's down to specific hardware configurations as I've not been able to work out exactly what causes it but I've seen others post about them before in various places. It's rendered completely unplayable, they're not small stutters, the whole game can lock up for upwards of half a second. So far the only solution I can find is to revert to the older executable from before Denuvo was removed. I'm wondering if doing so would affect my eligibility to submit new times? I know my old pre-patch times are still there and I'm not even sure anyone would even be able to tell but I'd rather be safe than sorry before I pour hours into trying to improve my time.

So, as I'm sure those of you who play on PC are aware the game offers no official way to remove the ugly vignette or sharpening filter. Thankfully it can be removed with relative ease with the use of 3DMigoto to edit the shaders. Removal of these offers no advantage and, as I'm sure we can all agree, there should just be options in the graphics menu for them...but there aren't.

Before submitting my 4th Survivor run I checked the rules for that mode and saw nothing that would prohibit this so I thought nothing of it. However when I checked the rules for the main game it explicitly states: "Mods (including, but not limited to: first person, and "Gon' Give it to Ya") are not allowed."

Now personally I wouldn't consider removing these filters a mod...but what I consider a mod isn't important. I had them removed during my 4th Survivor run (if this means that gets rejected, so be it, I'd rather be open and honest and get a definitive answer one way or another) and I'd like to know on way or another if it's permissable going forward.