There is really not much of a setting in Cubase regarding this.
The thing is, retro-recording works well for others like myself and from our point of view it is hard to figure out why it doesn’t work well for you, too.
For testing purposes you can try to go to Edit → Profile Manager… and create a NEW profile there. Then please activate it and restart Cubase. Play around with RR if it works then.
If the problem still persists you can switch back to your previous profile at any time.