New games on Unreal Engine 5 often have a variety of technical problems, such as stuttering. Because of this, UE5 has gained a reputation as not the best engine.
However, not everyone shares this view. Some believe that the game creators are to blame, not the engine — that's according to indie developer Aherys from Deep Worlds:
«Many games released or about to be released on Unreal Engine 5 have no performance issues (e.g. The Finals, Marvel Rivals, Clair Obscur, Fortnite, Arc Raider...).»
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Poor performance is mainly the result of poor development, not engine shortcomings (and Epic is doing a huge job to provide excellent optimization/documentation on many aspects).
Personally, I'm very tired of gaming bloggers spreading misinformation (or is it provocation?) to get clicks in [blog].»