Other settings? Like what, the Shadows, SSR, etc.? I've tried many of those and nothing changed, if that's what you mean. And it's not ReShade, either, as I removed that to see if it'd fix it.
Your After Work Monday sounds like a solid plan, though on my part, I'm at a loss as to what to do.
I would be curious to see what Config settings you ended up with, as I wondered about doing that, too.