For video games, 2025 is full of surprises.At the end of the year, everyone expected "Battlefield 6" to take the gaming world by storm, but no one expected that EA's masterpiece, which cost more than $400 million, would eventually be surpassed by "Arc Raiders."Embark Studios' extraction shooter does so well that it even attracts players who might not otherwise be interested in the genre.

Although it is also an Unreal Engine 5 game, its performance is excellent.According to Shumaosha’s recent analysis video, the reason behind the optimization of “Arc Raiders” is that the developers of Embark Studios abandoned some key features of the Unreal 5 engine, such as Lumen, Nanite and virtual shadow maps.

With these key features removed, CPU performance is extremely smooth.Lumen, Nanite and virtual shadow maps consume a lot of resources, especially CPU performance requirements.With these features removed, Arc Raiders runs smoothly even on mid-range PCs.

In order to further optimize, "Arc Raiders" also provides a large number of setting options for players to freely adjust, helping players find the best performance configuration while sacrificing some image quality.

Digital Foundry did a comprehensive review video of Arc Raiders and found that the game's frame times are nearly perfect when locked.Even with the frame rate unlocked, stuttering is often imperceptible and more like animation artifacts.It seems that Embark Studios has overcome the lag problem of Unreal 5 engine.

"Arc Raiders" may not be the best-looking Unreal 5 game, but as a multiplayer evacuation shooter, its graphics are still quite stunning.