i have a 2080 super and for the longest time i couldnt figure out why the game was forcing low 4:3 resolutions. i had to turn off all scaling options in the nvidia control panel and windows compatablilty scaling options. this is with multiple drivers including the latest.
that means no scaling under the sharpening option, no scaling under the size and position options, set to monitor to do scaling, set to no scaling, uncheck overide game and app scaling, and remove all custom resolutions. and finally under the windows compatibility options set to let app control scaling. and boom metro redux 2033 and last light work as intended.
maybe one day nvidia will fix it...