When the new season of Fortnite kicks off next week, it will bring with it new Epic settings for players running the game on high-end PCs who want their games to look as impressive as possible. These new quality presets shake up the current landscape of Fortnite specs, and even if you don't opt into the new Epic settings, your game may be affected. Here's what you need to know.

　　Those who enable Epic settings in the Quality Presets options will unlock improved Storm and cloud effects and enhanced smoke and liquid simulations, which, Epic says, equates to "cooler-looking explosion, fire, and Slurp effects." The new settings tier will also improve effects such as bloom, lens flare, and shadows.

　　Epic said these effects are already being enjoyed by players on Xbox Series X|S and PS5, so the update merely catches PC up to consoles, which is admittedly a bit backward compared to the usual course of cross-platform games.

　　In an uncommon move, it's Fortnite players on PC that will be catching up to consoles.Players who previously played on High settings will inherit the pre-version 17.00 Epic settings, so you may want to double-check that your PC can keep up with the incoming performance boost. Anyone playing on Low or Medium settings, as well as the Performance mode still in alpha, will not be affected by this change.

　　With that said, Epic has revealed the new specification benchmarks players will want to meet for the remodeled quality presets.

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