diff --git a/bin/resources/GameIndex.yaml b/bin/resources/GameIndex.yaml
index 1bfadcd8b4c3a..cbca64f7981b9 100644
--- a/bin/resources/GameIndex.yaml
+++ b/bin/resources/GameIndex.yaml
@@ -12951,6 +12951,7 @@ SLED-50117:
   region: "PAL-E"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -14667,6 +14668,7 @@ SLES-50383:
   compat: 5
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -14676,6 +14678,7 @@ SLES-50384:
   region: "PAL-I"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -14685,6 +14688,7 @@ SLES-50385:
   region: "PAL-S"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -26243,9 +26247,9 @@ SLES-54674:
   compat: 5
   gsHWFixes:
     textureInsideRT: 1 # Needed for post processing effects.
-    halfPixelOffset: 4 # Fixes offset post processing.
+    halfPixelOffset: 2 # Fixes offset post processing.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes bloom intensity.
-    nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post processing.
+    nativeScaling: 2 # Fixes post processing.
 SLES-54675:
   name: "Street Warrior"
   region: "PAL-E"
@@ -27265,6 +27269,8 @@ SLES-54997:
   gameFixes:
     - EETimingHack # Flickery textures.
   gsHWFixes:
+    minimumBlendingLevel: 2 # General lighting improvement over basic blend.
+    recommendedBlendingLevel: 4 # Further improves lighting on things like plants.
     nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post lighting.
 SLES-54998:
   name: "Mercenaries 2 - L'enfer des Favelas"
@@ -27272,6 +27278,8 @@ SLES-54998:
   gameFixes:
     - EETimingHack # Flickery textures.
   gsHWFixes:
+    minimumBlendingLevel: 2 # General lighting improvement over basic blend.
+    recommendedBlendingLevel: 4 # Further improves lighting on things like plants.
     nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post lighting.
 SLES-54999:
   name: "Mercenaries 2 - Inferno di Fuoco"
@@ -27279,6 +27287,8 @@ SLES-54999:
   gameFixes:
     - EETimingHack # Flickery textures.
   gsHWFixes:
+    minimumBlendingLevel: 2 # General lighting improvement over basic blend.
+    recommendedBlendingLevel: 4 # Further improves lighting on things like plants.
     nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post lighting.
 SLES-55000:
   name: "Mercenaries 2 - World in Flames"
@@ -27286,6 +27296,8 @@ SLES-55000:
   gameFixes:
     - EETimingHack # Flickery textures.
   gsHWFixes:
+    minimumBlendingLevel: 2 # General lighting improvement over basic blend.
+    recommendedBlendingLevel: 4 # Further improves lighting on things like plants.
     nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post lighting.
 SLES-55001:
   name: "Mercenaries 2 - World in Flames"
@@ -27293,6 +27305,8 @@ SLES-55001:
   gameFixes:
     - EETimingHack # Flickery textures.
   gsHWFixes:
+    minimumBlendingLevel: 2 # General lighting improvement over basic blend.
+    recommendedBlendingLevel: 4 # Further improves lighting on things like plants.
     nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post lighting.
 SLES-55002:
   name: "Need for Speed - ProStreet"
@@ -29076,6 +29090,7 @@ SLES-82009:
   compat: 5
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -31535,6 +31550,7 @@ SLKA-35001:
   compat: 5
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -32158,6 +32174,8 @@ SLPM-55110:
   name-en: "Mercenaries 2 - World in Flames"
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gsHWFixes:
+    minimumBlendingLevel: 2 # General lighting improvement over basic blend.
+    recommendedBlendingLevel: 4 # Further improves lighting on things like plants.
     nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post lighting.
 SLPM-55112:
   name: "三國志11 with パワーアップキット"
@@ -32738,6 +32756,8 @@ SLPM-55230:
   name-en: "Mercenaries 2 - World in Flames [EA:SY! 1980]"
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gsHWFixes:
+    minimumBlendingLevel: 2 # General lighting improvement over basic blend.
+    recommendedBlendingLevel: 4 # Further improves lighting on things like plants.
     nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post lighting.
 SLPM-55231:
   name: "サイレントヒル シャッタードメモリーズ"
@@ -34961,6 +34981,7 @@ SLPM-62043:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -39269,6 +39290,7 @@ SLPM-65077:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -39283,6 +39305,7 @@ SLPM-65078:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -43099,6 +43122,7 @@ SLPM-65754:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -47733,6 +47757,7 @@ SLPM-66503:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -49498,6 +49523,7 @@ SLPM-66792:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -49509,6 +49535,7 @@ SLPM-66793:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -50639,6 +50666,7 @@ SLPM-67002:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -50683,6 +50711,7 @@ SLPM-67008:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -50824,6 +50853,7 @@ SLPM-67515:
   region: "NTSC-K"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -51057,6 +51087,7 @@ SLPM-68503:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -51606,6 +51637,7 @@ SLPM-74255:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -51617,6 +51649,7 @@ SLPM-74256:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -51919,6 +51952,7 @@ SLPM-74901:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -59541,9 +59575,9 @@ SLPS-25856:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gsHWFixes:
     textureInsideRT: 1 # Needed for post processing effects.
-    halfPixelOffset: 4 # Fixes offset post processing.
+    halfPixelOffset: 2 # Fixes offset post processing.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes bloom intensity.
-    nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post processing.
+    nativeScaling: 2 # Fixes post processing.
 SLPS-25858:
   name: "灼眼のシャナ [電撃SP]"
   name-sort: "しゃくがんのしゃな [でんげきSP]"
@@ -60048,9 +60082,9 @@ SLPS-25946:
   region: "NTSC-J"
   gsHWFixes:
     textureInsideRT: 1 # Needed for post processing effects.
-    halfPixelOffset: 4 # Fixes offset post processing.
+    halfPixelOffset: 2 # Fixes offset post processing.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes bloom intensity.
-    nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post processing.
+    nativeScaling: 2 # Fixes post processing.
 SLPS-25947:
   name: "サモンナイトグランテーゼ 滅びの剣と約束の騎士"
   name-sort: "さもんないとぐらんてーぜ ほろびのけんとやくそくのきし"
@@ -61729,6 +61763,7 @@ SLUS-20144:
   compat: 5
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -63758,6 +63793,7 @@ SLUS-20554:
   compat: 5
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.
@@ -69596,9 +69632,9 @@ SLUS-21555:
   compat: 5
   gsHWFixes:
     textureInsideRT: 1 # Needed for post processing effects.
-    halfPixelOffset: 4 # Fixes offset post processing.
+    halfPixelOffset: 2 # Fixes offset post processing.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes bloom intensity.
-    nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post processing.
+    nativeScaling: 2 # Fixes post processing.
 SLUS-21556:
   name: "Konami Kids Playground - Dinosaur Shapes & Colors"
   region: "NTSC-U"
@@ -70171,6 +70207,8 @@ SLUS-21650:
   gameFixes:
     - EETimingHack # Flickery textures.
   gsHWFixes:
+    minimumBlendingLevel: 2 # General lighting improvement over basic blend.
+    recommendedBlendingLevel: 4 # Further improves lighting on things like plants.
     nativeScaling: 1 # Fixes post lighting.
 SLUS-21651:
   name: "Noddy and the Magic Book"
@@ -71919,6 +71957,7 @@ SLUS-29003:
   compat: 5
   gameFixes:
     - InstantDMAHack # Fixes broken half-bottom artifacts.
+    - BlitInternalFPSHack # Fixes internal FPS detection.
   gsHWFixes:
     recommendedBlendingLevel: 3 # Fixes broken skin colour on Vlad and others.
     autoFlush: 1 # Fixes motion blur effect.