The newest season ofFortniteis just around the corner, and, as per usual, the rumor mill has been churning out all sorts of guesses about upcoming changes to the game. Now, in a blog post, Epic Games confirmed thatFortnitewill be seeing enhanced graphics options for players on higher-end rigs.
As players are nowbeing abducted inFortnite, the assumptions are leaning heavily towards an alien invasion to herald the coming of Season 7. In an effort to spruce up the game, Epic revealed its plan to make changes to both the current High and Epic graphic options—with greater system requirements for players opting for Epic graphics.
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Since the changes are targeted at the highest option level, the current High setting will essentially be replaced by what is currently known as Epic, and the new Epic level will introduce “improved postprocessing features for bloom and lens flares, as well as improved shadow quality.” This means thatwhenForniteSeason 6 ends, both players on High and Epic settings will see an increase in recommended system requirements, but the change will not affect the lower graphics options.
Of course, these changes are mostly just bringing PC players up to speed with the next-gen console changes. AsFortniteSeason 7 rolls out, it will bring in enhanced visual effects like explosion quality, that players on the PS5 and Xbox Series X are already used to. Alongside animation changes, Season 7 will also bring “improved Storm and cloud effects, as well as enhanced simulations for smoke and liquid.” Fortunately, the upcoming changes will also have no bearing on thecontroversial Performance rendering mode inFortnite, which gives some PC players a massive advantage by offering quick frame rates paired with reduced visual clutter.
Although the forthcoming graphic changes are exciting, the system requirement increase will be far from prohibitive for most already high-end players. The new recommended requirements for Epic quality will be for:
While these requirements mean that would-be Epic quality players need a relatively powerful rig, it still keeps the requirements below battle royale peers likeCall of Duty: Warzone, meaning that as gamers gear up for theSeason 7 alien invasion, they won’t have to stress too much about upgrading their computer unless they were already struggling to meet the requirements for the previous Epic graphic settings.
Fortniteis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
