Watch_Dogs
21:9
Fix Required
32:9
Fix Required
Gameplay Scaling
Hor+
HUD
Centered
Centered HUD
Mod available
Cutscenes
16:9 pillarboxed
Menus
16:9
FOV
Narrow
Black Bars
Menus and cutscenes
Flawless Widescreen
Required
Community Fix
Available
Online Safety
Safe
Overview
The original 2014 Watch_Dogs has no native ultrawide support and needs a third-party fix: PCGamingWiki lists ultrawidescreen and FOV as 'hackable' via either Flawless Widescreen or Lyall's WatchDogsFix ASI plugin. Both fixes were independently confirmed to exist: the FWS module 'WatchDogs' is present in the official FWS repo XML, and the Codeberg repo page for WatchDogsFix was fetched directly and its description confirms it 'fixes ultrawide FOV'.
Compatibility details
21:9 SupportFix Required
32:9 SupportFix Required
Gameplay ScalingHor+
HUD BehaviorCentered
Centered HUDMod available
Cutscene Support16:9 pillarboxed
Menu Support16:9
FOVNarrow
Black BarsMenus and cutscenes
StretchingNone observed
Fixes
Recommended fix
Lyall's WatchDogsFix
UltraWideCheck links to third-party mods and tools but does not host or distribute mod files.
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Flawless Widescreen - Watch Dogs moduleConfirmed present in the official FWS repo XML as module 'WatchDogs', SubVersion Release 1, described as fixing FOV issues; this is the original 2014 Watch_Dogs, not Watch_Dogs 2 or Legion.
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Patch history & verification
Current Steam buildSep 23, 2026
Verified via PCGamingWiki wikitext plus two independent corroborating sources: the official FWS repo XML (confirmed module NameSpace='WatchDogs', distinct from any Watch_Dogs 2/Legion entries, avoiding the same-title trap) and the live Codeberg page for Lyall's WatchDogsFix, whose title/description explicitly mentions ultrawide FOV fixes. Exact WatchDogsFix version tag was not confirmed in this session (GitHub mirror API returned 404; only the Codeberg page itself was fetched), so that detail is left generic rather than invented.