diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRender/xrRender_console.cpp b/src/Layers/xrRender/xrRender_console.cpp
index 614e020d196..099ecf94862 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRender/xrRender_console.cpp
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRender/xrRender_console.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ const xr_token qmsaa__atest_token[] = {
 u32 ps_r3_minmax_sm = 3; // = 0;
 const xr_token qminmax_sm_token[] = {{"off", 0}, {"on", 1}, {"auto", 2}, {"autodetect", 3}, {nullptr, 0}};
 
+u32 ps_r3_rendering_space = 0; // = 0;
+const xr_token rendering__space_token[] = {
+    {"gamma", 0}, {"linear", 1}, {nullptr, 0}};
+
 // “Off”
 // “DX10.0 style [Standard]”
 // “DX10.1 style [Higher quality]”
@@ -1100,6 +1104,7 @@ void xrRender_initconsole()
     //CMD3(CCC_Mask, "r3_msaa_alphatest", &ps_r2_ls_flags, (u32)R3FLAG_MSAA_ALPHATEST);
     CMD3(CCC_Token, "r3_msaa_alphatest", &ps_r3_msaa_atest, qmsaa__atest_token);
     CMD3(CCC_Token, "r3_minmax_sm", &ps_r3_minmax_sm, qminmax_sm_token);
+    CMD3(CCC_Token, "r3_rendering_space", &ps_r3_rendering_space, rendering__space_token);
 
 //  Allow real-time fog config reload
 #if (RENDER == R_R3) || (RENDER == R_R4)
diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRender/xrRender_console.h b/src/Layers/xrRender/xrRender_console.h
index d8008a948f3..3410deb83df 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRender/xrRender_console.h
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRender/xrRender_console.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ extern ECORE_API const xr_token qmsaa__atest_token[];
 extern ECORE_API u32 ps_r3_minmax_sm; //	=	0;
 extern ECORE_API const xr_token qminmax_sm_token[];
 
+extern ECORE_API u32 ps_r3_rendering_space; //	=	0;
+extern ECORE_API const xr_token rendering__space_token[];
+
 extern ENGINE_API int ps_r__Supersample;
 extern ECORE_API int ps_r__LightSleepFrames;
 
diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11HW.cpp b/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11HW.cpp
index 1a35dc5903c..d5b3266738a 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11HW.cpp
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11HW.cpp
@@ -271,15 +271,9 @@ bool CHW::CreateSwapChain(HWND hwnd)
     sd.BufferDesc.Height = Device.dwHeight;
 
     //  TODO: DX11: implement dynamic format selection
-    constexpr DXGI_FORMAT formats[] =
-    {
-        //DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT, // Do we even need this?
-        //DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM, // D3DX11SaveTextureToMemory fails on this format
-        DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,
-    };
+    sd.BufferDesc.Format = selectBackBufferFormat();
 
     // Select back-buffer format
-    sd.BufferDesc.Format = SelectFormat(D3D_FORMAT_SUPPORT_DISPLAY, formats);
     Caps.fTarget = dx11TextureUtils::ConvertTextureFormat(sd.BufferDesc.Format);
 
     // Buffering
@@ -329,16 +323,8 @@ bool CHW::CreateSwapChain2(HWND hwnd)
     desc.Width = Device.dwWidth;
     desc.Height = Device.dwHeight;
 
-    constexpr DXGI_FORMAT formats[] =
-    {
-        //DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT,
-        //DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM,
-        DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_SRGB,
-        //DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,
-    };
+    desc.Format = selectBackBufferFormat();
 
-    // Select back-buffer format
-    desc.Format = SelectFormat(D3D11_FORMAT_SUPPORT_DISPLAY, formats);
     Caps.fTarget = dx11TextureUtils::ConvertTextureFormat(desc.Format);
 
     // Buffering
@@ -389,6 +375,31 @@ bool CHW::CreateSwapChain2(HWND hwnd)
     return false;
 }
 
+DXGI_FORMAT CHW::selectBackBufferFormat() const
+{
+    if (ps_r3_rendering_space == 1)
+    {
+        constexpr DXGI_FORMAT formats[] = {
+            // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT,
+            // DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM,
+            DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_SRGB,
+            // DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,
+        };
+
+        // Select back-buffer format
+        return SelectFormat(D3D11_FORMAT_SUPPORT_DISPLAY, formats);
+    } else {
+        constexpr DXGI_FORMAT formats[] = {
+            // DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT,
+            // DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM,
+            DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,
+        };
+
+        // Select back-buffer format
+        return SelectFormat(D3D11_FORMAT_SUPPORT_DISPLAY, formats);
+    }
+}
+
 bool CHW::ThisInstanceIsGlobal() const
 {
     return this == &HW;
@@ -439,6 +450,7 @@ void CHW::Reset()
     DXGI_MODE_DESC& desc = m_ChainDesc.BufferDesc;
     desc.Width = Device.dwWidth;
     desc.Height = Device.dwHeight;
+    desc.Format = selectBackBufferFormat();
 
     CHK_DX(m_pSwapChain->ResizeTarget(&desc));
     CHK_DX(m_pSwapChain->ResizeBuffers(
diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11HW.h b/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11HW.h
index 116149d492b..306411a05c0 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11HW.h
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11HW.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class CHW
     XRay::Module hD3DCompiler;
     XRay::Module hDXGI;
     XRay::Module hD3D;
+    DXGI_FORMAT selectBackBufferFormat() const;
 };
 
 extern ECORE_API CHW HW;
diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11Texture.cpp b/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11Texture.cpp
index 7c5fa805ef6..d72faf503cc 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11Texture.cpp
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11Texture.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ ID3DBaseTexture* CRender::texture_load(LPCSTR fRName, u32& ret_msize)
     fix_texture_name(fname);
 
     bool force_srgb =
-        !strstr(fname, "_bump")
+        o.linear_space_rendering
+        && !strstr(fname, "_bump")
         && !strstr(fname, "_mask")
         && !strstr(fname, "_dudv")
         && !strstr(fname, "water_normal")
diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11TextureUtils.cpp b/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11TextureUtils.cpp
index d86d0431fe0..55e1d395661 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11TextureUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRenderDX11/dx11TextureUtils.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ TextureFormatPairs TextureFormatList[] = {
     // D3DFMT_X4R4G4B4 Not available
     {D3DFMT_A2B10G10R10, DXGI_FORMAT_R10G10B10A2_UNORM},
     {D3DFMT_A8B8G8R8, DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM}, // & DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_SRGB
-    {(D3DFORMAT)666, DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_SRGB},
+    {D3DFMT_HACK_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_SRGB, DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_SRGB},
     // D3DFMT_X8B8G8R8 Not available
     {D3DFMT_G16R16, DXGI_FORMAT_R16G16_UNORM},
     // D3DFMT_A2R10G10B10 Not available
diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRenderPC_R4/r4_rendertarget.h b/src/Layers/xrRenderPC_R4/r4_rendertarget.h
index a0cde0c26fc..5a2f39c417e 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRenderPC_R4/r4_rendertarget.h
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRenderPC_R4/r4_rendertarget.h
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ class CRenderTarget : public IRender_Target
 
     void DoAsyncScreenshot();
 
+
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
     void dbg_addline(const Fvector& P0, const Fvector& P1, u32 c)
     {
@@ -407,4 +409,13 @@ class CRenderTarget : public IRender_Target
     void dbg_addline(Fvector& /*P0*/, Fvector& /*P1*/, u32 /*c*/) {}
     void dbg_addplane(Fplane& /*P0*/, u32 /*c*/) {}
 #endif
+private:
+    float toLinearSpace(float c) {
+        return RImplementation.o.linear_space_rendering ? std::pow(c, 2.2f) : c;
+    }
+
+    Fvector4 toLinearSpace(const Fvector4& c)
+    {
+        return Fvector4{toLinearSpace(c.x), toLinearSpace(c.y), toLinearSpace(c.z), c.w};
+    }
 };
diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRenderPC_R4/r4_rendertarget_phase_combine.cpp b/src/Layers/xrRenderPC_R4/r4_rendertarget_phase_combine.cpp
index 7fa0bb65a22..68b75080421 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRenderPC_R4/r4_rendertarget_phase_combine.cpp
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRenderPC_R4/r4_rendertarget_phase_combine.cpp
@@ -5,18 +5,6 @@
 
 #define STENCIL_CULL 0
 
-namespace
-{
-
-float srgbToLinear(float c) { return std::pow(c, 2.2f); }
-
-Fvector4 srgbToLinear(const Fvector4 c)
-{
-    return Fvector4{srgbToLinear(c.x), srgbToLinear(c.y), srgbToLinear(c.z), c.w};
-}
-
-} // namespace
-
 void CRenderTarget::DoAsyncScreenshot()
 {
     //	Igor: screenshot will not have postprocess applied.
@@ -228,8 +216,8 @@ void CRenderTarget::phase_combine()
         RCache.set_c("Ldynamic_color", sunclr);
         RCache.set_c("Ldynamic_dir", sundir);
 
-        RCache.set_c("env_color", srgbToLinear(envclr));
-        RCache.set_c("fog_color", srgbToLinear(fogclr));
+        RCache.set_c("env_color", toLinearSpace(envclr));
+        RCache.set_c("fog_color", toLinearSpace(fogclr));
 
         RCache.set_c("ssao_noise_tile_factor", fSSAONoise);
         RCache.set_c("ssao_kernel_size", fSSAOKernelSize);
diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2.cpp b/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2.cpp
index d1433aecefc..6b9429f43a5 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2.cpp
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2.cpp
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ void CRender::create()
     o.tessellation =
         HW.FeatureLevel >= D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 && ps_r2_ls_flags_ext.test(R2FLAGEXT_ENABLE_TESSELLATION);
     o.support_rt_arrays = true;
+    o.linear_space_rendering = (ps_r3_rendering_space == 1);
 #else
     o.support_rt_arrays = false;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2.h b/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2.h
index 52c4a6be11d..cb626dcf5f9 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2.h
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2.h
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ class CRender final : public D3DXRenderBase
 
         // Yohji - New shader support
         u32 new_shader_support : 1;
+
+        u32 linear_space_rendering : 1;
     } o;
 
     struct RenderR2Statistics
diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2_rendertarget.cpp b/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2_rendertarget.cpp
index 1196b421336..aa370a2ef1d 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2_rendertarget.cpp
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2_rendertarget.cpp
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ CRenderTarget::CRenderTarget()
     const u32 SampleCount  = options.msaa ? options.msaa_samples : 1u;
     const u32 BoundSamples = options.msaa_opt ? 1u : options.msaa_samples;
 
+    const D3DFORMAT mainColorFormat = options.linear_space_rendering ? D3DFMT_HACK_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_SRGB : D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8;
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
     Msg("MSAA samples = %d", SampleCount);
     if (options.msaa_opt)
@@ -327,7 +329,7 @@ CRenderTarget::CRenderTarget()
         if (options.mrtmixdepth)
         {
             // NV50
-            rt_Color.create(r2_RT_albedo, w, h, (D3DFORMAT)666, SampleCount);
+            rt_Color.create(r2_RT_albedo, w, h, mainColorFormat, SampleCount);
             rt_Accumulator.create(r2_RT_accum, w, h, D3DFMT_A16B16G16R16F, SampleCount);
         }
         else
@@ -358,10 +360,10 @@ CRenderTarget::CRenderTarget()
         }
 
         // generic(LDR) RTs
-        rt_Generic_0.create(r2_RT_generic0, w, h, (D3DFORMAT)666, 1);
-        rt_Generic_1.create(r2_RT_generic1, w, h, (D3DFORMAT)666, 1);
+        rt_Generic_0.create(r2_RT_generic0, w, h, mainColorFormat, 1);
+        rt_Generic_1.create(r2_RT_generic1, w, h, mainColorFormat, 1);
 #if defined(USE_DX11) || defined(USE_OGL)
-        rt_Generic.create(r2_RT_generic, w, h, (D3DFORMAT)666, 1);
+        rt_Generic.create(r2_RT_generic, w, h, mainColorFormat, 1);
 #endif
         if (!options.msaa)
         {
@@ -370,8 +372,8 @@ CRenderTarget::CRenderTarget()
         }
         else
         {
-            rt_Generic_0_r.create(r2_RT_generic0_r, w, h, (D3DFORMAT)666, SampleCount);
-            rt_Generic_1_r.create(r2_RT_generic1_r, w, h, (D3DFORMAT)666, SampleCount);
+            rt_Generic_0_r.create(r2_RT_generic0_r, w, h, mainColorFormat, SampleCount);
+            rt_Generic_1_r.create(r2_RT_generic1_r, w, h, mainColorFormat, SampleCount);
         }
         //	Igor: for volumetric lights
         // rt_Generic_2.create			(r2_RT_generic2,w,h,D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8		);
@@ -631,7 +633,7 @@ CRenderTarget::CRenderTarget()
 
     // BLOOM
     {
-        D3DFORMAT fmt = (D3DFORMAT)666; // D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8;
+        D3DFORMAT fmt = mainColorFormat;
         u32 w = BLOOM_size_X, h = BLOOM_size_Y;
         constexpr u32 fvf_build = D3DFVF_XYZRHW | D3DFVF_TEX4 | D3DFVF_TEXCOORDSIZE2(0) | D3DFVF_TEXCOORDSIZE2(1) |
             D3DFVF_TEXCOORDSIZE2(2) | D3DFVF_TEXCOORDSIZE2(3);
diff --git a/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2_types.h b/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2_types.h
index 78262aabf25..5386a68aa78 100644
--- a/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2_types.h
+++ b/src/Layers/xrRender_R2/r2_types.h
@@ -151,3 +151,5 @@ IC float u_diffuse2s(Fvector3& c)
 {
     return u_diffuse2s(c.x, c.y, c.z);
 }
+
+#define D3DFMT_HACK_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_SRGB ((D3DFORMAT)666)