Hi everyone,
These are the typical settings I use but I find that it seems to work only when the sun is at certain angles. Also, the settings can be slow sometimes.
I was wondering If you guys can all give your two cents and offer some quick tips and changes that could speed up the rendering times, better quality, etc.
THANKS!
Re: Critique my SETTINGS! 
Most of those settings will not affect render times. The biggest one I see off the bat is the DMC GI - stay the heck away from that. That’ll kill your render times. Use IR Map and Light Cache as your secondary. I use an IR Map at -3 and 1 for finals and I use an LC setting of 900-1200 for finals. Also you want to change your Image Sampler to .007-.005 for finals, but if time is an issue use .01 - you won’t get great AA though. The other setting to be mindful of is your DMC Sampler - I use .007 noise threshhold for finals. I am pretty certain that your secondary engine is the major issue though. Light Cache is much much faster.
