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-<alert type="warning">This feature is not present in RW Enhancer 2 yet but will be included soon.</alert> 
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 =====Description===== =====Description=====
  
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 **Please read the following information to fully understand how this new renderer is working.** **Please read the following information to fully understand how this new renderer is working.**
  
-=====Compatibility=====+=====Compatibility / Important Notes=====
  
  
   * You need a GPU that is compatible with Vulkan 1.3 API. Any DirectX 11 capable GPU should be compatible. (RW Enhancer 2 require DX11 compatibility anyway)   * You need a GPU that is compatible with Vulkan 1.3 API. Any DirectX 11 capable GPU should be compatible. (RW Enhancer 2 require DX11 compatibility anyway)
-  * Please ensure that your graphic card/GPU drivers are up to date.+  * Please ensure that your graphic card/GPU drivers are up to date. The Vulkan renderer requires recent GPU drivers to be installed.
   * RW Enhancer 2 HUD can't be used **yet** when Train Simulator is in raw "FullScreen" display mode. Please select "Borderless" or "Windowed" mode if you want to use Vulkan and RW Enhancer 2.   * RW Enhancer 2 HUD can't be used **yet** when Train Simulator is in raw "FullScreen" display mode. Please select "Borderless" or "Windowed" mode if you want to use Vulkan and RW Enhancer 2.
- +  * Due to how the Vulkan renderer is working, the "Reshade" or "SweetFX" programs are not working with this Vulkan renderer. If you try to enable the Vulkan renderer, reshade/sweetfx files will be overridden. 
-<callout type="info" title="Please Note" icon="true">Once enabled in RW Enhancer 2, the Vulkan renderer can be used even if you are playing Train Simulator without RW Enhancer 2. Just like RW Enhancer 2 shaders effects.</callout>+  * You might need to clic one time anywhere on the screen at the beginning of a drive session if you want the RWE 2 HUD to appear. Same when you have done a drive session for the RW Enhancer 2 window to reappear on the screen. (this may be fixed in the future)
  
 =====Setup===== =====Setup=====
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 If Vulkan renderer is not working well on your PC, then just disable the same option and the default DirectX 9 renderer will be restored. Simple and easy !  If Vulkan renderer is not working well on your PC, then just disable the same option and the default DirectX 9 renderer will be restored. Simple and easy ! 
  
-<callout type="info" title="Please Note" icon="true">When enabled, the Vulkan renderer do not delete/overwrite any Train Simulator file, making this feature quite safe to use.</callout>+<callout type="info" title="Please Note" icon="true">When enabled, the Vulkan renderer doesn't delete/overwrite any Train Simulator file, making this feature quite safe to use.</callout> 
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 +<callout type="info" title="Please Note" icon="true">Once enabled in RW Enhancer 2, the Vulkan renderer can be used even if you are playing Train Simulator without RW Enhancer 2. Just like RW Enhancer 2 shaders effects.</callout>
  
 =====Pros and Cons===== =====Pros and Cons=====
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 ^ Pros                                                                                                           ^ Cons                                                                                                                                                               ^ ^ Pros                                                                                                           ^ Cons                                                                                                                                                               ^
 | Modern renderer and better supported by recent GPU drivers                                                     | May not work correctly on old hardware/GPU                                                                                                                         | | Modern renderer and better supported by recent GPU drivers                                                     | May not work correctly on old hardware/GPU                                                                                                                         |
-| Can give up to ~30% framerate boost when driving on complex routes with a lot of 3D geometry/3D vegetation     | Framerate may be a little bit worse than default TS renderer on some older routes (but framerate will be more stable). Will be improved in the future with updates |                                             +| Can give up to ~15% framerate boost when driving on complex routes with a lot of 3D geometry/3D vegetation     | Framerate may be a little bit worse than default TS renderer in some cases (but framerate will be more stable). Will be improved in the future with updates    |                                             
 | More stable framerate with less micro-freezes and micro framerate hiccups                                      | RW Enhancer 2 HUD not displayed when using raw fullscreen display mode in Train Simulator (Borderless fullscreen or windowed display mode must be used)            |                                                     | More stable framerate with less micro-freezes and micro framerate hiccups                                      | RW Enhancer 2 HUD not displayed when using raw fullscreen display mode in Train Simulator (Borderless fullscreen or windowed display mode must be used)            |                                                    
 | Better GPU/CPU usage and reduce/eliminate TS crashes when alt-tabbing and such operations                                | May be incompatible for now with some special technologies like Nvidia DLSS...                                                                                     |                                                                             | Better GPU/CPU usage and reduce/eliminate TS crashes when alt-tabbing and such operations                                | May be incompatible for now with some special technologies like Nvidia DLSS...                                                                                     |                                                                            
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   * CPU usage optimizations   * CPU usage optimizations
   * Global average framerate improvements   * Global average framerate improvements
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