Arc Raiders

Livewire88 · 22 Jan 2026 at 09:07

Seb.F said:
Ok, drive changed and settings messed with a little and we're closer to 80 fps now. Still feels a bit janky at times but it's better than the 40

One thing I cant understand... you are running a NVIDIA 3090, but the frame generation tab shows AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation.

I know its turned off, but shouldn't it say NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation?

Begbie · 22 Jan 2026 at 09:08

BS Dave said:
What's the best place to find Bombardiers? My go to was the top of the car park on buried city but suddenly they've all disappeared

Killed on on car park roof last night

BS Dave · 22 Jan 2026 at 09:12

Livewire88 said:
One thing I cant understand... you are running a NVIDIA 3090, but the frame generation tab shows AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation.

I know its turned off, but shouldn't it say NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation?

DLSS frame gen is only 4 series and above

BS Dave · 22 Jan 2026 at 09:14

Begbie said:
Killed on on car park roof last night

I died on the car park roof last night trying to kill a bastion. I fell off the roof right in front of it, I managed to throw a snap mine and kill it but not before it racked me with its guns!!

Begbie · 22 Jan 2026 at 09:19

BS Dave said:
I died on the car park roof last night trying to kill a bastion. I fell off the roof right in front of it, I managed to throw a snap mine and kill it but not before it racked me with its guns!!

I just hid in the stair corridor, someone else randomly joined me which made it very easy.

BS Dave · 22 Jan 2026 at 09:34

Bastion or Bombardier?

BS Dave · 22 Jan 2026 at 09:36

Seb.F said:
Ok, drive changed and settings messed with a little and we're closer to 80 fps now. Still feels a bit janky at times but it's better than the 40

I think it's the unreal engine, moving from one part of the map to another. It's got less smooth for me recently

Distracted · 22 Jan 2026 at 13:30

Seb.F said:
These are currently my settings. Any advice appreciated. I've also noticed I'm always last to load into our games. We're talking like 10 seconds later. Such that if squad mates have pinged a location I'm not even in game to get it yet

I'm using a 3090 (stock) and a 5800x (stock no pbo) with 64Gb ram.

I played a couple of rounds with your settings @4K on Blue Gate.

I had no frame rate limit, and no vsync.

I saw an average of 104FPS at the end of the round according to the Xbox game bar overlay. Indoors saw the best performance, while being anywhere near the exit saw the lowest for some reason.

heatonpkmassive · 22 Jan 2026 at 13:53

Distracted said:
I'm using a 3090 (stock) and a 5800x (stock no pbo) with 64Gb ram.

I played a couple of rounds with your settings @4K on Blue Gate.

I had no frame rate limit, and no vsync.

I saw an average of 104FPS at the end of the round according to the Xbox game bar overlay. Indoors saw the best performance, while being anywhere near the exit saw the lowest for some reason.

All settings at Cinematic?

Distracted · 22 Jan 2026 at 14:13

heatonpkmassive said:
All settings at Cinematic?

no, all settings the same as the post i quoted. I'll update my post, i thought i had said that.

Edit - nvm, i did say that in the original post. No need to update it

I was using the same settings so that I could give @Seb.F something to compare to.

My render resolution is 67% 2564x1444 according to the settings page - I missed that, so my res (4k) and render res are both different. Everything else is the same as the screenshots @Seb.F provided

heatonpkmassive · 22 Jan 2026 at 14:30

Distracted said:
no, all settings the same as the post i quoted. I'll update my post, i thought i had said that.

Edit - nvm, i did say that in the original post. No need to update it

I was using the same settings so that I could give @Seb.F something to compare to.

My render resolution is 67% 2564x1444 according to the settings page - I missed that, so my res (4k) and render res are both different. Everything else is the same as the screenshots @Seb.F provided

My blind eyes didn't see that you'd stated that!

But what you're getting confirms what I initially thought with Seb's system having an issue, looks like he's made progress there using a different drive.

Distracted · 22 Jan 2026 at 14:42

heatonpkmassive said:
All settings at Cinematic?

With all settings set to Cinematic, at 4k with render res of 67% 2564x1444 I'm seeing avg 58FPS on Blue Gate while fighting the Matriarch and all her kids.

heatonpkmassive · 22 Jan 2026 at 14:56

Distracted said:
With all settings set to Cinematic, at 4k with render res of 67% 2564x1444 I'm seeing avg 58FPS on Blue Gate while fighting the Matriarch and all her kids.

That's not bad at all!

Distracted · 22 Jan 2026 at 18:33

heatonpkmassive said:
That's not bad at all!

It certainly surprised me. RTX Global illumination was set to static though, as thats in its own settings section, and doesn't change with the cinematic toggle.

I'll try setting that to epic the next time I play to see how it goes.

I wouldn't play the game with these settings all the time, but it does look nice.

Burton200 · 22 Jan 2026 at 23:27

gave this a go tonight found it very boring not my cup of tea can’t see myself what the hype is about

Si. · 23 Jan 2026 at 05:15

What am I doing wrong in this game? 25 hours in and I've not found a single weapon blueprint. I've tried everything, normal runs, cold snap, night raids etc. but I can't find anything. The only things I've found are flares and a few weapon mods, but no actual weapons.

I'm sick of playing with the standard 3-4 weapons and getting killed all the time.

Maximum Triceratops · 23 Jan 2026 at 06:00

Si. said:
What am I doing wrong in this game? 25 hours in and I've not found a single weapon blueprint. I've tried everything, normal runs, cold snap, night raids etc. but I can't find anything. The only things I've found are flares and a few weapon mods, but no actual weapons.

I'm sick of playing with the standard 3-4 weapons and getting killed all the time.

Night raid on Dam, red loot areas, check everything and be the first to loot the area, if you have keys use them.

randal · 23 Jan 2026 at 06:43

Burton200 said:
gave this a go tonight found it very boring not my cup of tea can’t see myself what the hype is about

Find the right people to play with. Engage with randoms, use the proximity chat, help people (or don't).

This game for me thrives on social interaction and unexpected team work.

Kill_Phil · 23 Jan 2026 at 08:06

Si. said:
What am I doing wrong in this game? 25 hours in and I've not found a single weapon blueprint. I've tried everything, normal runs, cold snap, night raids etc. but I can't find anything. The only things I've found are flares and a few weapon mods, but no actual weapons.

I'm sick of playing with the standard 3-4 weapons and getting killed all the time.

Yeah need to do be doing runs when there's events on maps. Twice the loot chance. Although surprised not come across a single one yet. Keep going and focus on upgrading benches

Livewire88 · 23 Jan 2026 at 08:15

Si. said:
What am I doing wrong in this game? 25 hours in and I've not found a single weapon blueprint. I've tried everything, normal runs, cold snap, night raids etc. but I can't find anything. The only things I've found are flares and a few weapon mods, but no actual weapons.

I'm sick of playing with the standard 3-4 weapons and getting killed all the time.

Go into games with a free loadout. If you spawn in and the game has already been running for more than 1 min, surrender and enter again. Just keep doing this till you get into a lobby that has just started. Plus it is much more of a thrill going in without a safe pocket.

Problem is, everyone knows where the good loot spots are. So if you load into a game already in progress you have a very small chance of hitting any of the good loot spots.