Is Jedi Survivor’s HDR broken? How to fix for PS5, Xbox and PC

A fair few of us are asking whether Jedi Survivor’s HDR is broken, because it sure does look like it is. And if that’s the case, how do you fix it?

If you’ve been hoping to enjoy the best graphics settings for Jedi Survivor, chances are you’ve tried enabling HDR. This unfortunately might run you into all sorts of issues, regardless of whether you’re playing on PS5, Xbox Series X/S or PC. According to one Reddit user, enabling HDR has led to a “black mess” , or the game simply breaking.

It’s a real pain that the HDR feature is acting up. Indeed, if you’ve gone to all the trouble of getting one of the best HDR gaming monitors, what’s the point if you can’t even enjoy the feature?

Don’t worry though, in our experience we’ve found there’s usually a fix for everything. And no, we mean a proper fix, not just disabling HDR and hanging on for the day one patch.

How to fix broken HDR on PS5 for Jedi Survivor

If you want to fix the broken HDR issue on PS5, here are a couple of suggestions we’ve found from Youtuber GamingTech who’s been pretty helpful with this kind of thing.

Adjust your console settings

1. Navigate to ‘Settings’ indicated by s cog icon on the home screen
2. Go to ‘Screen and Video’
3. Select ‘Video Output’
4. Scroll down to ‘Adjust HDR’
5. Increase the brightness to the maximum for all three symbols

Then, adjust Jedi Survivor settings

Once you’ve completed the above step, go to the game settings in Jedi Survivor and follow the instructions below.

1. Go to ‘Settings’
2. Navigate to ‘Visuals’
3. Find ‘Color & Brightness’
4. Select adjust ‘HDR Brightness’
5. Change ‘HDR Brightness’ to 20
6. Change ‘HDR Black Point’ to 5

This easy trick should significantly improve your HDR visuals ahead of future patches which should iron out the issue.

If the above hasn’t worked and you’re desperate to try something, a final solution could be to switch to a TV that’s not the LG C1, CS or GX. These TV are the reported cultprits according to PS5 Reddit users. If you’re in need of a little inspiration, we’ve made a handy list of the best TVs for PS5 in case you can be tempted.

How to fix broken HDR on Xbox Series X/S for Jedi Survivor?

Same song, different tune when it comes to fixing the HDR issue on Xbox Series X/S. Simply follow the steps below as we navigate to the Xbox and game settings:

Adjust your console settings

1. Go to ‘HDR Game Callibration’
2. Click ‘Next’ and ignore the ‘Minimum Luminance’ screen and click ‘Next’ again
3. Set ‘Maximum Luminance’ to the highest brightness possible

Then adjust Jedi Survivor settings

Following this, boot up Star Wars Jedi Survivor and head to the settings menu. Once there, follow the steps below:

1. Go to ‘Settings’, then Visuals’
2. Find ‘Color & Brightness’
3. Hit adjust ‘HDR Brightness’
4. Adjust ‘HDR Brightness’ to 50
5. Adjust ‘HDR Black Point’ to 25

It’s worth noting these HDR brightness and black point levels should be adjusted depending on what kind of display you’re using.

Can you fix broken HDR on PC for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor?

Unless there’s since been an all important patch update, we haven’t seen any creative workarounds for the HDR issue on Jedi Survivor PC.

All we can recommend is disabling HDR until a future patch is released, that should be very soon.

Frequently asked questions

If the problem is persisitng, you’ve probably got a few questions surrounding possible fixes for the Jedi Survivor HDR issue.

Will the HDR issue in Jedi Survivor be fixed in the day one patch?

EA hasn’t specifically addressed the HDR issues, so we can only hope that they will fix the issue in the day one patch update.