Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Bloober Team's Layers of Fear has reached Nintendo Switch 2 - and with it, an interesting surprise. To the best of our knowledge, it's the first Switch 2 title running on Unreal Engine 5 using the computationally taxing Lumen global illumination system, the software-driven ray tracing solution developed by Epic. What's more, the game is targeting 60 frames per second. Oliver and Alex compare notes - what new information have we learned about UE5 on Switch 2?
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00:00 Overview
00:54 Lumen: UE5 ray tracing on Switch 2
04:10 Lumen cuts and compromises
15:34 Visual settings, image quality, and performance
19:49 What does Layers of Fear tell us about UE5 on Switch 2?
Digital Foundry is now fully independent! Join the DF Supporter Program and support the team: bit.ly/3jEGjvx
Bloober Team's Layers of Fear has reached Nintendo Switch 2 - and with it, an interesting surprise. To the best of our knowledge, it's the first Switch 2 title running on Unreal Engine 5 using the computationally taxing Lumen global illumination system, the software-driven ray tracing solution developed by Epic. What's more, the game is targeting 60 frames per second. Oliver and Alex compare notes - what new information have we learned about UE5 on Switch 2?
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00:00 Overview
00:54 Lumen: UE5 ray tracing on Switch 2
04:10 Lumen cuts and compromises
15:34 Visual settings, image quality, and performance
19:49 What does Layers of Fear tell us about UE5 on Switch 2?
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