Tutorials

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 uses depth of field by default. As a result, objects that are farther away from the camera’s focus will appear blurrier.

If you would like to disable this effect for this open-world superhero game, then you can check out this guide at Seeking Tech to see how you can properly do so.

1. Start off by heading to the Settings menu in the videogame if you haven’t done so already.

2. In Settings, you need to select Visual from the list of options.

3. You should now be inside the Visual Settings screen, which is where you need to move the cursor down to Depth of Field. This setting should show the following description:

Depth of Field provides a blurring effect for objects that are out of focus with the camera. When enabled, the further away the object is from the camera’s focusing point, the less sharpness detail it will have.

4. Make sure that you set the Depth of Field setting to Off.

5. Afterwards, exit the menus.

When you return to playing Spider-Man 2, you should notice that objects outside of the in-game camera’s focusing point should look sharper.

You may find that the rotating mini-map to be distracting and/or annoying when exploring in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. You can check out this guide at Seeking Tech to see how you can make it stay in a fixed position instead.

1. Head over to the Settings menu in the game if you aren’t there already.

2. From the front page of Settings, you need to select UI.

3. Once you get to the UI Settings screen, move the cursor down to Lock Mini-Map North option, which should be showing the following description:

When enabled, north is locked to the top of the mini-map regardless of which direction the player is facing.

4. Make sure that Lock Mini-Map North is set to On and then exit the menus.

When you return to playing Spider-Man 2, you should notice that the miniature map will no longer rotate as you turn the camera. Instead, it will stay in a fixed position where the top will stay pointed to the north direction.

You may notice that the graphics in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is a little bit blurry and out of focus on the edges of objects. This may be due to the use of chromatic aberration. To see how you can turn off this visual effect for this superhero videogame, you can check out this guide from Seeking Tech.

1. First off, you need to head into the Settings menu in Spider-Man 2.

2. Once you get there, select Visual from the list of options.

3. Inside of the Visual Settings screen, move the cursor down to Chromatic Aberration option. You should see the following description appear on the right side of the screen:

Enable Chromatic Aberration. Provides a film effect where colors appear slightly shifted and out of focus at the image’s corners.

4. Chromatic Aberration is set to “ON” by default. So, make sure you set it to “OFF” instead.

5. Exit out of the Settings menu and then return to playing the game. You should notice a clearer and sharper image quality with chromatic aberration disabled.

If you would like the graphics in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 to look as sharp as possible, then you might want to consider turning down the film grain effect. To see how you can properly do so in this open-world superhero game, you can take a look at this tutorial from Seeking Tech.

1. For the first step, you have to open the Settings menu from within Spider-Man 2.

2. In Settings, you need to navigate over to Visual.

3. In the Visual Settings screen, move the cursor down to Film Grain in the Screen Effects section. You should see the following description:

Adjust the intensity of the film grain visual effect. The 0 setting is the lowest and 10 setting is highest.

4. By default, the Film Grain slider is set to the maximum value of 10. Move the slider to the left to lower this effect. To completely disable it, make sure it is set to 0.

5. Back out of the Settings menu. You should now see less film grain when playing Spider-Man 2.

You may notice that the in-game camera will shake around in some instances while playing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. If you don’t like this visual effect, then you can check out this guide to see how you can disable it.

1. Make sure you open up the Settings menu if you haven’t done so already.

2. Once you get there, you need to select Camera.

3. You should now be in the Camera Settings menu. Here, you need to move the cursor down to Camera Shake, which has the following description:

Turns camera shake during gameplay ON or OFF.

4. By default, camera shaking is enabled. So, make sure to set it to OFF in order to disable it.

5. Once you are done, you can exit the Settings screen and then return to playing Spider-Man 2. The in-game camera should no longer shake during gameplay.

If you find that the motion blurring effect to be too intense in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, then you can check out this guide at Seeking Tech to see how you can disable this feature.

1. If you haven’t done so already, go ahead and open the Settings menu in the open-world superhero game.

2. Inside of the Settings screen, select Visual.

3. From the Visual Settings screen, move the menu cursor down to Motion Blur. It should have the following description:

Adjust the blurring effect created by camera motion and fast moving objects. Turning this setting on and off will enable or disable Motion Blur.

4. The Motion Blur setting is set to On by default. So, make sure you set it to Off to disable this effect.

5. Exit the menu and then return to playing Spider-Man 2. You should notice less blurring when moving the in-game camera and seeing moving objects.

Be default, you will hear certain sounds coming out of the Dualsense speaker when playing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. If you would like to lower, or completely mute, these sounds, then you can check out this guide from Seeking Tech.

1. First off, you need to open the Settings menu in Spider-Man 2 if you haven’t done so already.

2. From there, you need to make your way to the Audio section.

3. Inside the Audio Settings screen, scroll down until you get to the Wireless Controller Speaker area.

4. You should find the Controller Speaker Mode setting here, which is set to On by default.

You can use the left analog stick or directional pad to change it to Off.

5. Alternatively, you can use the Controller Speaker Volume slider underneath. You can make the sound output quieter or completely mute it by changing the value to 0.

6. After making your adjustments, exit out of the Settings menu.

When you start Spider-Man 2 again, you should no longer hear any sound coming from your DualSense.

While exploring the open-world in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, certain podcasts will automatically play. If you find that these radio shows to be annoying, then you can check out this guide at Seeking Tech to see how you can disable them.

1. Make sure you head into the Settings screen in Spider-Man 2 if you haven’t done so already.

2. In Settings, you need to select Audio.

3. You should now be in the Audio Settings screen. Here, you need to scroll down to the Podcasts section and then move the menu cursor over to JJJ Podcast.

If you want to disable the John Jonah Jameson show from playing in the game, make sure you set this setting to Off.

4. Next, you can move the cursor down to Danika Podcast.

To disable Danika’s radio talk show from playing in-game, make sure you set this setting to Off.

5. Exit the Settings menu.

When you are exploring New York City again in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, you should have a radio-free experience.

If you seem to notice a delay when pressing a button on the DualSense and the corresponding action that appears on the screen in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, then you can check out this guide at Seeking Tech to see how you can potentially fix your input lag issue.

1. For the first potential fix, you should make sure that you are playing with Game Mode enabled on your television set or monitor. This picture setting is designed to lower the input delay as much as possible.

2. Furthermore, you can try connecting your controller to the PlayStation 5 as a wired connection should be faster than a wireless one.

Afterwards, go to the Settings menu of the PS5 and then select Accessories > Controller (General) > Communication Method > USB Cable.

3. You should also make sure that you are playing Spider-Man 2 in Performance graphics mode. By doing so, the game will run at 60 frames per second instead of 30, leading to lower input lag.

You can find this Settings > Visual menu.

4. If your television set or monitor supports Variable Refresh Rate, then you should make sure that you enable it on your screen’s settings.

You should then check to see if you have VRR enabled on the PS5 by going to the console’s Setting screen and then selecting Screen and Video > Video Output > VRR > Automatic.

Next, you need to go to the in-game Settings menu of Spider-Man 2 and then select Visual. From there, make sure that VRR is set to either Smoothed or Uncapped.

VRR may help further lower the input latency in the game.

5. If possible, you can also try connecting your PlayStation 5 to a different screen. Some TVs or monitors are better at handling input latency when compared to others.