This is a reshade I made for the PC version of RDR1 after playing around with several of the available Reshades intended for Reality Redemption. The problem I ran into was the available reshades either A) did very little and weren't much of a change or B) Had a ton going on and tanked performance

This mod aims to balance those things. I went through each Reshade fx and set each metric until I achieved an enhanced image through any time of day/night and weather while leaving out some of the expensive performance-hogging enhancements that IMO weren't worth the hit on performance. This preset avoids redundant fx and leverages the PC version's updated settings. Be sure you start follow the instructions for the in-game settings as this was designed with those in mind.

Goals for this preset were:
-Maintain a similar brightness to vanilla while enhancing contrast slightly, namely at night
-Utilize LUT and Color grading to enhance the color palette - namely shifting away from the green tint in vanilla
-enhance motion and sharpening
-give the image a more modern "look" and feel, without going too too crazy and changing it in any extreme way
-find a balance between useful fx and performance, avoiding any fx that is more performance-heavy than it's worth

At 1440p I went from maxed out 138+ fps (my own personal fps limit on my PC) to around 100-120 range on an RTX 4080 - so this will affect performance to a degree, but not nearly as much as some of the heavier reshades that use tons of FX.

Installation:

1) Install the current version of Reshade in your RDR folder with the RDR exe
2) In that same folder, drag or copy/paste this ini
3) Run RDR
4) In the in-game "Graphics" section, you'll want the following settings:
-Shadow quality "high" or lower is recommended
-Shadow softness CHSS recommended but personal choice
-Shadow blend "dithered"
-Anti-aliasing: I used AMD FSR 3 and Native AA, but you can improve performance with DLSS if preferred. Should you use AMD FSR 3, leave additional sharpening all the way down, because this preset utilizes its own CAS that looks better than that, but using both oversharpens and it starts to look crazy/cartoonish
-Motion blur set to "improved" - I played around with the various motion fx options, and found uber motion + in-game improved works best whereas vort motion blurs the minimap and seems to use more resources

As is default, you can open the Reshade menu with the home button. I added "numpad /" key as a toggle to turn reshade on and off so you can easily compare and see if this fits your tastes.

Optional:

It's important to note that NeoBloom and DOF will be subjective and you may find you prefer this without one or both. I think the Neobloom adds a nice touch - I've set it to be very mild, especially compared to some of the other presets out there, but ANY amount at all seems to really bloom the absolute h*** out of the menu, so if that bothers you, just uncheck it. DOF was carefully tailored to blur at an appropriate distance and not be SO intense but definitely gives a nice bokeh in cutscenes and some in-world situations.