ARC Raiders Optimized Graphics Settings for PC

Despite being built on Unreal Engine 5, ARC Raiders is one of the most optimized games that's been released on PC. While the game runs smoothly, even on mid-range hardware, it occasionally stutters and drops frames. This usually happens during intense combat encounters with ARC machines and other players. To ensure consistent performance, here are the best PC settings that will optimize the game and prevent FPS drops from hindering your extractions.

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Most Optimized PC Settings for ARC Raiders

There are several graphics settings for ARC Raiders that players can tweak to optimize the game's performance on PC. Each setting is divided into a subsection, like display, graphics, and quality. You can freely tweak settings from each category, which will impact different aspects of how the game looks and works on your hardware.

So, without any further delay, let's work on optimizing ARC Raiders by using these best settings on PC.

Setting Type	Name	Best Settings	Notes
Display	Window Mode	Borderless Fullscreen	-
	Display Resolution	Native	Selecting any resolution lower than native will make textures blurry. It's best to use an upscaler instead of lowering the base resolution.
	Nvidia DLSS Frame Generation	Off	While DLSS Frame Generation massively improves FPS, it can cause latency, which isn't optimal considering the competitive nature of the game.
	VSync	Disabled	-
	Nvidia Reflex Low Latency	On	This helps further reduce latency.
	Frame Rate Limit	Unlimited	It's best to avoid capping your frame rate to enjoy a smooth experience with ARC Raiders.
Resolution Scaling & Anti-Aliasing	Upscaled Resolution	100% - Native	It's recommended to keep the resolution slider to 100% to avoid a loss of clarity in textures. Instead, you'll get performance gains by using an AI Upscaler.
	Resolution Scaling Method	DLSS or FSR	ARC Raiders supports the latest versions of both AMD FSR and Nvidia DLSS. For RTX GPU users, DLSS is the way to go. AMD FSR does an equally great job at upscaling resolution for other GPUs.
	Nvidia DLSS Quality	Balanced	Balanced is a great sweet spot between great visuals and performance.
	Nvidia DLSS Model	CNN	The performance gains from the Transformer model are a lot less compared to the CNN model. While the Transformer model is newer and meant to look better, it introduces awkward light-trails and ghosting in-game, which is quite distracting in ARC Raiders.
Graphics	Field of View	Player's Preference	Cranking up the field of view will allow players to expand their viewable area on screen. It's best to start at 60 FOV and adjust the slider from there for an optimal experience.
Graphics	Motion Blur	Off	-
Ray Tracing	Nvidia RTX Global Illumination	Static	Ray Tracing heavily costs FPS and isn't recommended to be used in a multiplayer-focused game like ARC Raiders. Best stick with Static.
Quality	View Distance	High	ARC Raider features expansive maps, and this is the best setting on PC to allow players to view far-off objects and enemy players.
	Anti-Aliasing	Medium	Since AI Upscalers are doing their job, you won't need to set AA to more than medium.
	Shadows	High	High has a moderate impact on performance compared to Epic, but will allow you to see the player's shadows more clearly in daylight scenarios.
	Post-Processing	Epic	-
	Texture	GPU VRAM Dependent	4GB VRAM: Medium, 6GB VRAM: High, 8GB+ VRAM: Epic
	Effects	Epic	-
	Reflections	Medium	Another taxing setting that will drop your FPS in areas with reflective surfaces, e.g., inside research facilities or near bodies of water.
	Foliage	Low	While putting foliage to low does improve performance, it also disables dense bushes, which are a popular hiding spot for players in ARC Raiders. If you set Foliage to low, you'll be able to clearly see enemy players hiding in bushes.
	Global Illumination Resolution	Medium	Global Illumination is another taxing setting, which should be set to medium to avoid stutters and FPS drops.

So, these were the best settings for ARC Raiders that are geared towards optimizing the game's performance on PC. These optimized settings were tested on a PC with an Intel i9-14900HX CPU, Nvidia RTX 4080 GPU, and 32GB RAM.

The FPS averaged around the 150 FPS mark, while 1% lows were at 120 FPS, which are some staggering numbers compared to other poorly optimized UE5-based games. ARC Raiders optimization is exemplary, and it'll hopefully improve even further with future performance passes.

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