Unreal Engine 5.8 Cracks Nintendo Switch 2’s Biggest Bottleneck With New Lumen Mode Hitting 60 FPS On Handhelds

Unreal Engine 5.8 Cracks Nintendo Switch 2’s Biggest Bottleneck With New Lumen Mode Hitting 60 FPS On Handhelds

A vivid promotional graphic displaying '5.8 Unreal Engine Preview' in bold, colorful text against a dark background.

Over the past few months, Epic has been hard at work addressing the performance issues seen in previous versions ofΒ Unreal Engine 5, and the work is far from complete. Unreal Engine 5.8, whose preview version was released a few days ago, continues to prioritize performance advancements, moving MegaLights into full production and testing a new Lumen mode that sounds extremely promising on paper, targeting 60 FPS on all gaming systems, handhelds included. “Lumen now supports medium quality Global Illumination using Irradiance Fields with Probe Occlusion,” reads the Lumen Medium Quality official description on the public roadmap for version 5.8. “It’s […]

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