Increasing your sampling steps can sometimes help "dampen" the over-saturation caused by a high CFG.
If high CFG is making your images look "glossy" or "plastic," add terms like oversaturated or plastic skin to your negative prompt. best.cfg
Use the "X/Y/Z Plot" script in your UI to generate a grid of images across different CFG values (e.g., 5, 7, 9, 11) using the same seed to show the exact effect. Increasing your sampling steps can sometimes help "dampen"
Usually recommended between 3.0 and 5.0 to avoid over-saturation. Pro Tips for "Proper" Posting best.cfg