S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl: (2025-11-18) "Unreal Engine 5.1.1" SIRCAA Test (Update 1.7)

this is a test of the 1.7 Update before the engine upgrade to unreal engine 5.5.4
recorded at 4k resolution bitrate 50Mb/s
game is running on native 1080p
GPU Driver version 25.10.2 updated from 25.6.1
Chipset drivers for AM4 B550 are version 7.06.02.123

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x-non3D
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32GB (2 X 16GB) DDR4 3600 C18
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK
Graphics Card: XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 10GB

all the setting are pretty much the same
not bad for Optimization
before    • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl: (2025...  

The list below is just the tip of the iceberg. A lot of things were done under the hood to increase performance on all platforms, setups, and graphic presets.
Optimized Foliage Meshes (changes in performance may be particularly noticeable in the Red Forest).
Optimized Foliage Materials.
Optimized Rostok buildings (Architecture meshes and collision improvements).
Optimized Duga region buildings (Architecture meshes and collision improvements).
World streaming optimizations on most intense locations (Zalissya, Rostok, Slag Heap).
Optimized Lighting on Slag Heap, Zalissya, SIRCAA, Rostok.
Optimized NPCs skeletal meshes.
Optimized Grooms.
Optimized and adjusted Skeletal Mesh budgeting.
Optimized usage of Morph Targets.
Optimized Tick Rate of simulated Components by prioritizing visible primitives with higher screen size.
Optimized update of items used in Contextual Actions.
Optimized Cloth Simulation.
Optimized animation update of placed in world Skeletal Meshes.
Steam Patch notes
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1643...