Gearbox tries to prove to Borderlands 4 players that the game is optimised, actually, but just shows it's a load of Claptrap

"Borderlands 4 is getting lambasted everywhere online for just how poorly it performs for many players on PC. It's all anyone is talking about in the game's Steam reviews and elsewhere. The debacle has certainly given the game a certain image, and developer Gearbox clearly isn't happy with this current state of affairs. Unfortunately, the developer has decided to respond to the complaints in a strange way that ends up actually undermining its point."

"Gearbox's solution to all that negative feedback - which includes many hours of content from top tech YouTubers - was to release ideal settings for some of the most popular Nvidia and AMD GPUs on the market, which it suggests players use. There are two massive guides - one for each GPU brand - that list every single in-game setting, and the recommended value for each for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K."

Borderlands 4 suffers widespread poor PC performance that frustrates many players and dominates Steam reviews. The game runs on Unreal Engine 5 and includes Denuvo DRM, factors that attract blame when technical issues arise. Gearbox published two exhaustive GPU guides for Nvidia and AMD that list every in-game setting and recommend values for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K, including framerate targets and upscaling guidance. Those guides indicate that upscaling is necessary for almost every target, even on many higher-end GPUs. The reliance on upscaling and modest visuals point to significant optimization shortfalls relative to expected hardware capabilities.

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