I've noticed that in game the shadow quality fades drastically about 10 or so feet from your character. Does anyone else have this issue? My PC is more than powerful enough to run the game at ultra, so it seems strange there's such a jarring issue with shadows at such a low distance, it's really distracting.

Someone on the steam discussions said this issue was introduced a few patches ago, possibly as an optimization. Will there eventually be an option to disable the shadow quality fading?