v2 is also known as stage9.
This version has an added VAE.
As previously, I tried to maintain high resolution quality and realism. I found it works pretty well with the 8x_NMKD-Superscale_150000_G upscaler which you can find here : https://icedrive.net/s/43GNBihZyi.
Compared to the previous version, this one should probably have a bit sharper and less messy skin textures, while still maintaining the beautiful skin imperfections.
You can play with the factor in (worst quality, low quality:1.7), reducing it to 1.3 for example will yield an image where skin is a less textured. This can be useful if you find that the skin is too shiny or has too many moles.