It was very recently that the OpenGL backend was far inferior to the Direct3D ones, but that isn't the case anymore. I'd like to give a big shout out to Gregory for his massive improvements to GSdx lately. Hey friends In this video, I have shown the best PCSX2 settings for most games that are playable or supported by PCSX2. You can take a look back at our two previous reports for some screenshot examples of that. With the new accurate options, not only are those hacks no longer needed but the effects in question now render correctly. The hacks in question skip many different types of effects that were broken until Gregory worked his magic – things like fog, shadows, special shading, brightness, coloring and so on. Once someone ports some of the new changes over to Direct3D they will be able to be removed entirely. Its not perfect, but it looks okay to me. I also then increased the brightness in the shader settings. (Yakuza) Also took some so you can see the quality of the in game graphics Upscaled 4x. This is a fix for Yakuza 2 (not perfect) Change the Skipdraw Range to '2' and '2' under Advanced Settings and Hacks. Developer(s): Sega Publisher(s): Sega Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG Wikipedia: Link Game review links: Metacritic: 75/100 Game description: Just as Kazuma, a former rising star in the Yakuza, emerges from prison after a murder cover-up, 10 billion yen vanishes from the Yakuza vault, forcing him once again into their brutal, lawless world. The hacks are still present however, as they are still needed for the Direct3D backends. Heres a screenshot of my PCSX2 graphics plugin settings: Any other info you need let me know. In the OpenGL backend this negated the need for many game specific hacks. Along with all the changes you've read about in GSdx lately (if you've been following our reports), GSdx was bumped to version 1.0. Here's a picture of my best results and the ideal settings I found on the internet. This was given a brief mention last month, but I wanted to go over it in a little more detail because it is so important. Yakuza 2 ideal settings I've been having a lot of trouble with finding the right settings for Yakuza 2 and I have not succeeded even though I've tried to try everything.

Yakuza 2 pcsx2 settings