"Oblivion Remastered: 'Ultimate Engine Tweaks' Mod Boosts PC Performance"

If you’re a fan of *The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered* on PC, you might have encountered its fair share of performance issues. According to the tech experts at Digital Foundry, the game's performance on PC has been described as "dire." Video producer Alex Battaglia has gone as far as to call it "perhaps one of the worst-running games I've ever tested for Digital Foundry."

Battaglia elaborated, "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." He also pointed out that the game is unusually resource-intensive, stating, "And beyond the hitching, we are looking at one of the most bizarrely resource-intensive games I've ever tested - so even if you're OK with lurching stutter, you'll be turning down the settings just to keep the average frame-rate looking acceptable."

Given these performance woes, it's no surprise that the most popular 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 amassed an impressive 386,604 downloads 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 explained, "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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Feedback from those who have downloaded the mod has been overwhelmingly positive. "Stutter be gone! Simply amazing, thanks!" exclaimed 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!!" said BabaSmith.

Despite these issues, *Oblivion Remastered* continues to enjoy massive popularity, boasting an impressive concurrent peak player count on Steam and over 4 million players across all platforms. On Steam, the game maintains a 'very positive' user review rating.

However, a recent hotfix released on April 25 has impacted Microsoft Store players’ UI settings for graphics, specifically related to upscaling and anti-aliasing. At the time of writing, 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 fix.

For more on *Oblivion Remastered*, we've covered a fascinating report about a player who managed to break out of Cyrodiil to explore Valenwood, Skyrim, and even Hammerfell, the rumored setting for *The Elder Scrolls VI*.

Additionally, we offer a comprehensive guide to everything in *Oblivion Remastered*, featuring 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.