THE FINALS Console Settings Guide (Season 12)

THE FINALS plays great on a controller, but the default settings won’t show you that. Whether you’re on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S, here are the settings that matter and how to set them up. Everything below is as of Season 12 — Embark reworked the HUD and menus this season, so some options moved around.

First: performance mode

Before touching anything else, check your console’s video output options and pick a frame-rate-oriented mode if your console and TV support it. In a game this movement-heavy — grappling, dashing, jump pads, destruction — smooth frames matter more than visual fidelity. Also make sure your TV is in game mode so your console’s work isn’t wasted on display lag.

Field of view (FOV)

FOV is personal, but there’s a right zone to work in:

• Too low and you lose peripheral awareness — in THE FINALS, enemies come from above and behind constantly.
• Too high and everything at the center of your screen shrinks, which hurts your aim at range.
• Start in the middle of the available range and nudge from there. If you die to things you “never saw,” raise it. If you lose duels you should win, lower it.

Sensitivity and the response curve

This is the setting console players most often leave in a bad state.

• Find a sensitivity where you can do a full 180-degree turn without leaving the stick’s travel — THE FINALS is full of vertical flanks, and spinning to face a rooftop camper is a core skill.
• Response curve matters as much as the number. A linear curve gives you a direct, consistent relationship between stick and aim. If your aim feels unpredictable in close fights, try a more linear curve.
• Aim acceleration and aim smoothing: turn them off if the options exist. You want your aim to do exactly what your stick does.

HUD and the Season 12 changes

Season 12 reworked the HUD and menus, and the new options are genuinely useful on console:

• The crosshair now has its own settings tab. Pick something with high contrast against busy arena backgrounds; a thin dot can disappear against neon cityscapes.
• HUD scaling options exist now — if you sit far from a smaller TV, scale elements up rather than squinting.
• Quick Settings lets you pin the options you change most, so you can tweak between matches without digging through menus.

Audio settings

Don’t sleep on these. Season 12 rebuilt the footstep audio system entirely, and sound is now your best information source. Headphones are the single biggest competitive advantage available on console. Keep effects loud enough to hear directional cues, and if there’s a dynamic range option, favor clarity over cinematic bass. Music can come down; footsteps can’t.

A sane starting setup

1. Frame-rate-oriented video mode (if available), TV in game mode
2. FOV mid-range, adjust after ten matches
3. Sensitivity that allows a full 180 within stick travel, linear-ish response curve, smoothing/acceleration off
4. High-contrast crosshair, HUD scaled to your viewing distance, headphones on Then stop fiddling. Most aim problems on console are sensitivity inconsistency, not a wrong number — find something workable and keep it for a week. PC players should use the best settings and FPS guide instead, and new players should start with the beginner guide.