I've got a fix for Battlefield 6's blinding brightness, and no, it's not wearing sunglasses

Battlefield 6 world brightness: A soldier dragging a downed ally while holding a syringe. Other soldiers can be seen taking cover and moving forward in the periphery. — (Image credit: EA)

For all its modern graphical bells and whistles, I have one major gripe with Battlefield 6's visuals. And no, it's surprisingly not to do with the performance, as it's one of the only games in recent memory that actually runs really well. My gripe is much more odd: why is the sun so bloody bright?

Battlefield 6 can be blindingly white at times, especially when looking/moving in or out of buildings. It's like my soldier's eyes are adjusting to the light in real time, but it instead causes my own retina to burn when viewing bright areas, or trick me into thinking I've gone blind when transitioning to dark areas. It's an issue almost everywhere, but it plagues maps like Operation Firestorm and Liberation Peak, where the contrast is even greater.

Thankfully, I can put down my sunglasses, as there is actually a bandaid solution hidden in the game's menus. Simply head into the settings and look for the 'world brightness' option—you'll find it in the accessibility section when you first open settings, or at the top of the graphics tab.

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Battlefield 6 world brightness: The world brightness option in the graphic settings menu. — (Image credit: EA)

What this does is that it makes all the lighting on the map darker or lighter, depending on your setting—it doesn't impact UI or anything like that, which handily has its own setting. By lowering the world brightness, you can tone down some of the extreme contrast.

By default, world brightness is set to 50, but I recommend turning it down to around 30-40, based on your preference. Turn it too low and everything will be too dark, and please, don't turn it up higher than the already blinding default setting, or you really will need some sunglasses to hand.

While you're in the graphics settings, I'd also recommend you:

Check out the screen space AO and GI options and see what works best for you
Disable or enable HDR based on your monitor
Disable vignette, film grain, and chromatic aberration for cleaner visuals

The good news is that the settings menu is semi-transparent, so you can get an idea of what each tweak looks like as you cycle through them. Changing world brightness isn't a perfect fix, but it'll do the trick until Battlefield Studios, hopefully, eventually tweaks the lighting.

Rory has made the fatal error of playing way too many live service games at once, and somehow still finding time for everything in between. Sure, he’s an expert at Destiny 2, Call of Duty, and more, but at what cost? He’s even sunk 1,000 hours into The Elder Scrolls Online over the years. At least he put all those hours spent grinding challenges to good use over the years as a freelancer and guides editor. In his spare time, he’s also an avid video creator, often breaking down the environmental design of his favourite games. If you can’t track him down, he’s probably lost in a cave with a bunch of dwarves shouting “rock and stone” to no end.

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