Battlefield 2042 HDR not working or grayed out in menu after 4.0 update on PS5? Here's what you need to know

Battlefield 2042 arrived in October of last year (2021) as the latest installment in the Electronic Arts FPS action game series.

The game is available on multiple consoles, both current and previous generation, as well as Windows OS devices.

One of the graphical options available on Battlefield 2042 is HDR support. This technology helps improve image quality by offering a better dynamic range.

However, Battlefield 2042 players on PS5 are currently facing an issue where the HDR option is not working or grayed out in the settings menu after the latest 4.0 update (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10).

According to multiple reports, Battlefield 2042 players on PS5 are currently unable to activate the ‘HDR’ option in the settings menu as the toggle appears grayed out.

HDR issue on PS5

Hi, anyone else experience going to the menu only to find ‘HDR: off’ in the video Settings and not being able to turn it on as it is grayed out? I’m on a PS5, using the PS5 hdmi and I have an LG C1 tv.
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HDR in PS5 no work

This is also an issue on my Battlefield 2042 settings HDR is also not able to be toggled it is grayed out?

can someone please identify if this is something that will be activated or is there an issue.

I am on a PS5, and HDR without proper calibration is stale?
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Apparently, the latest Battlefield 2042 4.0 update brought the problem.

Trust that to be the case, tbh update 4.0 add more bugs than they fixed lool
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The vast majority of reports on the issue come from PS5 users. However, there are also some PS4 players experiencing the same situation.

HDR issue

I have a brand new top spec 4k tv with HDR capability, my PS4 has HDR enabled and it works with other games.

When i go to the BF2042 settings, the HDR options are greyed out and i can’t select anything HDR related.

Any ideas?
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An Electronic Arts Community Manager confirmed that the glitch in question has already been escalated to the development team for investigation. But, there are no details on an ETA for a fix yet.

Also, a member of the EA Dice team shed more light on the matter and further confirmed that a fix will come in a future update:

I checked up on this for you. The HDR options actually shouldn’t be visible in-game on console. It’s enabled automatically if supported, so we have a fix incoming in a future update that removes this option from the menu.

What we’ll add in stead is a calibration screen for HDR.
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Meanwhile, there is a potential workaround that reportedly allows you to enable the HDR option in auto-mode:

We will update this story once more details emerge in the future.

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