The best Fortnite settings for PlayStation 5

May 2022 · 8 minute read

Fortnite may look like it has everything figured out from a distance, but the game’s in a constant stage of development, trying to improve the game with the help of latest tech. The next generation of consoles arrived in 2020 and Fortnite was ready to enhance the gaming experience of all of its users who made the switch to a PlayStation 5.

The more powerful hardware on the PS5 allowed Epic games to increase the overall visual quality of the game alongside introducing more performance tweaks. While Fortnite runs considerably better on the PS5 compared to PS4, the default settings aren’t perfectly optimized for a competitive gameplay experience.

Visual quality might not mean much to competitive Fortnite players since they’ll need the most amount of frames and performance to unlock their high refresh rate monitors. This’ll be impactful to reduce your overall reaction time, even if it’s by milliseconds. Though the number of settings that you can customize will be significantly lower than PC, you can still apply a few treks to take your Fortnite experience to the next level.

Optimizing your settings won’t make you a better player as soon as you click on “Apply,” but you can easily increase your overall effectiveness throughout a Fortnite match as you get used to your new and better configurations.

Here are the best for Fortnite on PS5.

Video settings

Game settings

Controller options

Most professional Fortnite players who use controllers prefer using the Builder Pro layout or a variation of it. Builder Pro lets them build faster in a more accurate way that can also challenge mouse/keyboard players.

Start running Fortnite at 120 FPS

When Fortnite was first introduced to PS4 and Xbox One, players were only able to run the game at 30 FPS. Though Epic improved the performance and enabled the 60 FPS option later on, it was till nowhere enough for competitive gamers.

Frame rates around 60 may be decent for a smooth gameplay experience, but you’ll need to push those numbers above 100 to experience the benefits of owning a high-refresh rate monitor.

One of the most important performance tweaks you can apply to Fortnite on PS5 will be enabling the 120 FPS mode, and you’ll need to enable the Performance Mode first so you can see the option in the settings menu.

Once you’re done laying down the groundwork, you can launch Fortnite.

Turning on the Performance mode for your console will force games to run at 1080p and prioritize performance to increase frame rates. If you’d like to keep gaming at resolutions higher than 1080p, you’ll need to keep the setting at “Game Default” or Resolution mode.

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