diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/SceneTemplates/Outdoors/OutdoorsScene.unity b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/SceneTemplates/Outdoors/OutdoorsScene.unity
index bf890535a2b..2d42c6fa6e7 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/SceneTemplates/Outdoors/OutdoorsScene.unity
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/SceneTemplates/Outdoors/OutdoorsScene.unity
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ RenderSettings:
   m_ReflectionIntensity: 1
   m_CustomReflection: {fileID: 0}
   m_Sun: {fileID: 0}
-  m_IndirectSpecularColor: {r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, a: 1}
+  m_IndirectSpecularColor: {r: 2155.1436, g: 2259.3691, b: 3297.336, a: 1}
   m_UseRadianceAmbientProbe: 0
 --- !u!157 &3
 LightmapSettings:
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Light:
   m_Type: 1
   m_Shape: 0
   m_Color: {r: 1, g: 1, b: 1, a: 1}
-  m_Intensity: 110000
+  m_Intensity: 130000
   m_Range: 10
   m_SpotAngle: 30
   m_InnerSpotAngle: 21.80208
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Light:
   m_RenderingLayerMask: 1
   m_Lightmapping: 4
   m_LightShadowCasterMode: 2
-  m_AreaSize: {x: 1, y: 1}
+  m_AreaSize: {x: 0.5, y: 0.5}
   m_BounceIntensity: 1
   m_ColorTemperature: 6500
   m_UseColorTemperature: 1
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_PointlightHDType: 0
   m_SpotLightShape: 0
   m_AreaLightShape: 0
-  m_Intensity: 110000
+  m_Intensity: 130000
   m_EnableSpotReflector: 0
   m_LuxAtDistance: 1
   m_InnerSpotPercent: 0
@@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_NormalBias: 0.75
   m_SlopeBias: 0.5
   m_ShadowUpdateMode: 0
+  m_AlwaysDrawDynamicShadows: 0
+  m_UpdateShadowOnLightMovement: 0
+  m_CachedShadowTranslationThreshold: 0.01
+  m_CachedShadowAngularThreshold: 0.5
   m_BarnDoorAngle: 90
   m_BarnDoorLength: 0.05
   m_preserveCachedShadow: 0
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/SceneTemplates/OutdoorsDXR/OutdoorsDXRScene.unity b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/SceneTemplates/OutdoorsDXR/OutdoorsDXRScene.unity
index d110c045da5..916370a735f 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/SceneTemplates/OutdoorsDXR/OutdoorsDXRScene.unity
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Editor/SceneTemplates/OutdoorsDXR/OutdoorsDXRScene.unity
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ RenderSettings:
   m_ReflectionIntensity: 1
   m_CustomReflection: {fileID: 0}
   m_Sun: {fileID: 0}
-  m_IndirectSpecularColor: {r: 0, g: 0, b: 0, a: 1}
+  m_IndirectSpecularColor: {r: 2155.1436, g: 2259.3691, b: 3297.336, a: 1}
   m_UseRadianceAmbientProbe: 0
 --- !u!157 &3
 LightmapSettings:
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Light:
   m_Type: 1
   m_Shape: 0
   m_Color: {r: 1, g: 1, b: 1, a: 1}
-  m_Intensity: 110000
+  m_Intensity: 130000
   m_Range: 10
   m_SpotAngle: 30
   m_InnerSpotAngle: 21.80208
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Light:
   m_RenderingLayerMask: 1
   m_Lightmapping: 4
   m_LightShadowCasterMode: 2
-  m_AreaSize: {x: 1, y: 1}
+  m_AreaSize: {x: 0.5, y: 0.5}
   m_BounceIntensity: 1
   m_ColorTemperature: 6500
   m_UseColorTemperature: 1
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_PointlightHDType: 0
   m_SpotLightShape: 0
   m_AreaLightShape: 0
-  m_Intensity: 110000
+  m_Intensity: 130000
   m_EnableSpotReflector: 0
   m_LuxAtDistance: 1
   m_InnerSpotPercent: 0
@@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_NormalBias: 0.75
   m_SlopeBias: 0.5
   m_ShadowUpdateMode: 0
+  m_AlwaysDrawDynamicShadows: 0
+  m_UpdateShadowOnLightMovement: 0
+  m_CachedShadowTranslationThreshold: 0.01
+  m_CachedShadowAngularThreshold: 0.5
   m_BarnDoorAngle: 90
   m_BarnDoorLength: 0.05
   m_preserveCachedShadow: 0
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Lighting/Light/HDAdditionalLightData.cs b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Lighting/Light/HDAdditionalLightData.cs
index ca7c4930573..fcafd16e59f 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Lighting/Light/HDAdditionalLightData.cs
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/Lighting/Light/HDAdditionalLightData.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public static BoolScalableSetting UseContactShadow(HDRenderPipelineAsset hdrp) =
         /// <summary>
         /// The default intensity value for directional lights in Lux
         /// </summary>
-        public const float k_DefaultDirectionalLightIntensity = Mathf.PI; // In lux
+        public const float k_DefaultDirectionalLightIntensity = 100000; // In lux
         /// <summary>
         /// The default intensity value for punctual lights in Lumen
         /// </summary>
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ public bool alwaysDrawDynamicShadows
         bool m_UpdateShadowOnLightMovement = false;
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether a cached shadow map will be automatically updated when the light transform changes (more than a given threshold set via cachedShadowTranslationUpdateThreshold
-        /// and cachedShadowAngleUpdateThreshold). 
+        /// and cachedShadowAngleUpdateThreshold).
         /// </summary>
         /// <value></value>
         public bool updateUponLightMovement
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ public float cachedShadowTranslationUpdateThreshold
         [SerializeField]
         float m_CachedShadowAngularThreshold = 0.5f;
         /// <summary>
-        /// If any transform angle of the light is over this threshold (in degrees) since last update, a cached shadow which is set to update upon light movement 
+        /// If any transform angle of the light is over this threshold (in degrees) since last update, a cached shadow which is set to update upon light movement
         /// (updateUponLightMovement from script or Update on Light Movement in UI) is updated.
         /// </summary>
         public float cachedShadowAngleUpdateThreshold
@@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ internal int UpdateShadowRequest(HDCamera hdCamera, HDShadowManager manager, HDS
 
                 shadowRequest.isInCachedAtlas = isSampledFromCache;
                 shadowRequest.isMixedCached = updateType == ShadowMapUpdateType.Mixed;
-                shadowRequest.shouldUseCachedShadowData = false;  
+                shadowRequest.shouldUseCachedShadowData = false;
 
                 Vector2 viewportSize = resolutionRequest.resolution;