Textures / Rails tearing and shadows

[N5VAV]

Hello All.
I've been doing TRAINZ for a long time, and this is a recent problem with a new computer.
I notice in TRAINZ 19 and 22 that along some rails and roads, there are textures "bleeding" into them, and showing dark shadow edges.
I also find that different textures seem to raise or lower the terrain under them, causing textures across roads, rails, and again causing dark shadow edges along the track and roads. It really doesn't look very good.
On my previous computer, I did not notice any of these things, and it all looked great in both 19 and 22.
I'm concerned now about the looks of the routes and that they aren't looking very nice.
Is this something with the video card, or a setting somewhere I can fix? I HAVE tried various settings, and only by turning off all shadows does the shadow effect go away on the track and road edges.
I have not found anything to keep the textures from raising and lowering the terrain. It seems to be especially prevalent with PBR textures, and almost being able to see through them.
Any help will be appreciated, as I'm not at all happy with the look of the routes now.
Thank you all !

 

[pware]

I would say with almost 100% certainty that the effects you are seeing are, as you mentioned, due to using PBR textures. PBR textures have a height component, hence they "seem to raise or lower the terrain under them". Please note that this is an "issue" in all games and sims that use PBR ground textures and is not unique to Trainz.

There is a section of the Trainz Wiki page on using Surveyor 2.0 that covers this issue and some suggestions on how to deal with it. See How_to_Use_S20_Tools_Using_PBR_Textures.

Personally, I much prefer PBR textures to the older "flat" textures and now use them everywhere throughout my routes. The issues you described and are covered in the Wiki link are minor inconveniences (in my opinion) and can be adequately dealt with.

 

[JCitron]

If you set your shader setting to Basic, this will remove the 3d-effect of the PBR textures. This also increases the performance as well since there's less work for the video card to process.