Neverness to Everness Guide: Best PC Settings for Optimization

Quick Answer: Neverness to Everness runs on Unreal Engine 5, meaning it looks stunning but can absolutely punish older hardware. To fix lag and boost FPS, ensure you are utilizing DLSS/FSR, heavily reduce your View Distance on lower-end rigs, and lower the in-game Traffic density to relieve your CPU.

Official PC Requirements for NTE

Before you start tweaking sliders, you need to confirm your hardware actually clears the baseline. Hotta Studio has provided the following system requirements.

If your GPU sits below a GTX 1660, you are going to have a rough time regardless of what settings you change. The RTX 3060 / RX 6700 recommended tier directly reflects the heavy overhead of UE5.

Related Guide: Once your game is running at a buttery-smooth 60+ FPS, you can actually start enjoying the game’s fast-paced combat! If you want to melt bosses without dropping frames, you need a fully optimized team. Check out our complete Sakiri Build Guide: Best Arcs, Cartridges, & Teams to learn how to turn the ultimate S-Tier buffer into a damage-boosting powerhouse.

Best PC Settings by Hardware Tier

Here is the exact configuration you should run based on your hardware tier. Settings marked as “preference” do not meaningfully affect your frame rate.

Crucial Setting Tweaks Explained

• View Distance (The FPS Killer): If you are on a low-end machine, drop View Distance to Very Low immediately. This single setting has the biggest impact on your frame rate during open-world traversal.
• Frame Generation: For low and mid-range rigs, leave Frame Gen On. You need every synthetic frame you can get to hit a playable frame rate. However, if you have a high-end machine that naturally pushes 120fps, turn Frame Gen Off. It introduces a small amount of input latency, which isn’t worth the trade-off if your raw GPU power is already sufficient.
• Motion Blur: While technically a preference, motion blur adds unnecessary visual noise during fast-paced combat and provides zero frame rate benefits. Turn it off.

The Secret Lag Fix: Reducing Traffic Load

If you applied the optimal settings above and are still hitting random stutters while driving or exploring, the Traffic Density slider is your next best friend. The engine has to simulate every vehicle on the road, which creates a massive CPU bottleneck.

Here is how to fix it:

1. Pause the game and click the Gear icon to open Settings.
2. Navigate to the Others tab (the fifth tab from the left, marked by three circles).
3. Locate the Traffic option and reduce it.

Lowering the traffic cuts down the number of vehicles the game needs to render at once, directly reducing CPU and GPU load in the open world. It is a surprisingly effective fix for intermittent lag spikes.

Note: The developers have acknowledged that memory leakage can affect some PC configurations, causing performance to degrade over time. If you experience this, restarting your game temporarily fixes it. Keep your game updated to catch future optimization patches.

What About 1440p on Mid-Range PCs?

If you have a mid-range PC but play on a 1440p monitor, set your DLSS/FSR to Quality and let the upscaler do the heavy lifting. Keep your Textures and Post Processing at Medium and start with the Balanced graphics preset. Attempting to run Cinematic mode at 1440p on a mid-range card will almost certainly drop you below 60 FPS in dense city areas. Keep Frame Gen turned on to pad out the difference!

If you want to keep your roster completely optimized as the meta evolves, be sure to browse more of my character builds and strategies here.

For a complete breakdown of Hethereau’s secrets, including character builds, boss strategies, and city life tips, check out our Ultimate Neverness to Everness Guide: Everything You Need to Know.