How to fix the Dying Light 2 Ultrawide Black Bars Issue on PC

Ali Hashmi
Ali Hashmi
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Dying Light 2

Dying Light 2 is an open-world survival game developed and published by Techland. After several delays, and reports of troubled development, Dying Light 2 is finally out on PC, and various current and last-gen consoles. The launch has been huge on Steam, and the game has already surpassed the peak player numbers of the first title in a single day. It goes to show how many people were excited about this sequel. There are some technical issues, and limitations too, but for the most part, this is an excellent PC release. If you want to fix the Dying Light 2 Ultrawide Black Bars Issue, here is how you can do that.

If you are running into crashes, or a crash while trying to launch the game, make sure to check out our helpful suggestions in this guide. Players that want to skip the intro videos can also check out our guide, which lets them get into the game faster.

Fixing the Dying Light 2 Ultrawide Black Bars Issue

Dying Light 2 does have ultrawide support and actually looks great on some resolutions, but it is a bit incomplete. For higher resolutions like 32:9, there are black bars during cutscenes and various menus. To fix this, you will need to use Flawless Widescreen, which is an exceptional tool created by HaYDeN. To install it, use the steps below.

You can download Flawless Widescreen to fix ultrawide issues in various games
Download Flawless Widescreen
  • Launch the setup file and install it
  • With Flawless Widescreen installed, simply launch the software
  • Now, on your left, Under Available Plugins, you’ll see a list of various games
  • Scroll down and find Dying Light 2
This is a part of the list with supported games in the software
List of Games that Flawless Widescreen works on
  • Simply click that, and it will automatically download the plugin
  • Dying Light 2 should now show up under FWS Plugins
Enabling the fix here will fix Dying Light 2 Ultrawide issues
Dying Light 2 window in Flawless Widescreen
  • Launch the game with FWS running in the background, and you’ll immediately notice the difference

Keep in mind, that this will remove black bars from menus and interfaces as well. If you don’t like the changes it makes, you can simply untick the option in Flawless Widescreen.

Screenshots with Flawless Widescreen

This is how the game looks before and after the fix has been applied. Check out these screenshots provided by Reddit user OnkelJupp.

Dying Light 2 screenshot showcasing a cutscene without the flawless widescreen tool
Dying Light 2 Cutscene without Flawless Widescreen
Dying Light 2 screenshot showcasing a cutscene with the flawless widescreen tool
Dying Light 2 Cutscene with Flawless Widescreen
Dying Light 2 screenshot showcasing a a menu without the flawless widescreen tool
Menu without the fix
Dying Light 2 screenshot showcasing a a menu with the flawless widescreen tool
Menu with Flawless Widescreen

We hope this guide helped fix the Dying Light 2 Ultrawide issue. Let us know if you have any questions in the comments below.

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