(guide is updated with new stuff. be sure to check back laterz)

Commands go into [Rage][base]rageconfig.cfg

com_allowConsole 1

enables the console but forfeits achevements
 

com_SkipIntroVideo 1

just that

vt_usecudatranscode 1

0 is off, 1 is smart mode 2 is always on. GPU transcode means that your graphics card does some calculations that otherwise your CPU would have done.


vt_maxppf 16

default is 128. 16 greatly alleviates the texture pop-in problems

vt_maxlockedpages 256

Increase that if you have lots of video RAM (over 1Gb)

vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly2 8192
vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly 8192
vt_pageimagesizeunique 8192
vt_pageimagesizevmtr 8192

This is max texture resolution, default being 4096. Only enable 8192 if you have at least 1Gb VRAM.

vt_minlod -1

Slightly negative LOD for a sharper image. This is the Negative LOD bias from your Nvidia control panel.

vt_maxaniso 4
 

Best left to 4. increase it if you have the video card for it.

vt_restart

Restarts the texturing system and applies vt settings. Put this last in your cfg file.

Moreover you can add a "+cvaradd g_fov 10" without the quotes to the game shortcut for a 10 degree increase from the default 80 FOV and so on.