No matter how much Epic bangs the drum about the shiny dev tools and beautiful looks, the unfortunate reality is that Unreal Engine 5 has become synonymous with 'performance issues' for most games.
Whether that fame is warranted and how much of it is the engine's fault versus studios going too ambitious or skimping on optimization is another story, but one of the poster children for looking great and running terribly on UE5 is Gray Zone Warfare.
Following a popular but premature release in early 2024, the game has gone through a redemption thanks to serious updates that have fixed bugs, added content, and improved performance. However, the latter is still a sore point—the game went from struggling to run early on to being playable, but release builds are still punishing on weaker rigs.
It might have taken Madfinger Games a while, but it looks like the game might finally lose its performance hog fame with the upcoming 0.3.5.0 patch, helping the UE5 reputation in the process.
Gray Zone Warfare 3.5.0 Shows UE5.5 Performance Potential
The next patch for Gray Zone Warfare has gone through an extended round of public testing in the beta branch, and developers...
