If you're a fan of *The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered* on PC, you may have encountered some significant performance issues. According to the tech experts at Digital Foundry, the game's performance is "dire." Video producer Alex Battaglia described it as "perhaps one of the worst-running games I've ever tested for Digital Foundry."
"Even if you're running the most powerful hardware around, the stuttering is egregious, dragging down the experience to the point where I really don't understand how this was considered good enough for release," Battaglia stated. He further noted that the game is unusually resource-intensive, forcing players to lower settings just to maintain an acceptable frame rate, despite the persistent stuttering.
Given these issues, it's no surprise that the most-downloaded mod for *Oblivion Remastered* on Nexus Mods is P40L0's 'Ultimate Engine Tweaks (Anti-Stutters - Lower Latency - No Film Grain - No Chromatic Aberration - Lossless),' which has been downloaded an impressive 386,604 times in less than a week.The mod's description reads: "Definitive Unreal ‘Engine.ini’ changes with the goal to remove most stutters, improve performance and stability, decrease input latency, improve picture clarity. All with no visual loss."
P40L0 elaborated, "After months of UE5 testing, I would like to share my definitive custom ‘Engine.ini’ changes for the game. My goal was to just include as many optimizations as possible (both for CPU/GPU/RAM/SSD) in order to remove most stuttering, improve performance, reduce input latency and improve picture clarity (e.g., by removing Film Grain & Chromatic Aberration, optimize DLSS/FSR upscaling and more) all without any visual loss nor introducing glitches or crashes."
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The response from those who have downloaded the mod has been overwhelmingly positive. "Stutter be gone! Simply amazing, thanks!" said chubbyd07. "This .ini is a miracle. From 15-20 fps outside the prison to 65-70 stable. Running on 3600XT and a 2060 with 20GB of RAM (yes)," added yeeto51. "Uhm, what the hell! I went from 60fps on High Preset around Waynon Priory to 90-110fps on the same location. Wizardry!!" exclaimed BabaSmith.
Despite the PC version's issues, *Oblivion Remastered* remains incredibly popular, boasting an impressive Steam concurrent peak player count and over 4 million players across all platforms. On Steam, the game enjoys a 'very positive' user review rating.
However, a recent hotfix released on April 25 has affected Microsoft Store players' UI settings for graphics, particularly related to upscaling and anti-aliasing. At the time of this article's publication, players on the Microsoft Store (including those using Game Pass for PC) are unable to adjust these settings due to the issue with the settings UI. Bethesda has acknowledged the problem and is working on a solution.
For more on *Oblivion Remastered*, we've covered a player's adventurous escape from Cyrodiil to explore Valenwood, Skyrim, and even Hammerfell, the rumored setting of *The Elder Scrolls VI*. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive guide that includes an expansive Interactive Map, complete Walkthroughs for the Main Questline and every Guild Quest, tips on How to Build the Perfect Character, Things to Do First, every PC Cheat Code, and much more.