Not a silly question...
I think the game is forcing that as I went in and cranked up graphics for the purposes of getting some screen shots...
As soon as am done with my rough edit clips I am going to load the game back up to see if the settings had reverted...
The game has this weird override that if you exceed limits on settings it automatically drops them back a notch or two....
I think that is what is going on....
Will report back here what I find out once the rough film cuts are made
Oneway