Experience a breathtaking cyberpunk city in this innovative tech demo, powered by Unreal Engine 5.5.3. Created by artist Sciontidesign, this immersive walkthrough draws inspiration from the Samaritan UE3 demo, Blade Runner, and the visual style of Cyberpunk 2077. Showcased on high-end hardware—an NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPU, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM (6000MHz)—the demo showcases the power of dynamic lighting.
Nanite with Distance Field Meshes and Ambient Occlusion, combined with Screen Space Reflections, are the stars of this technical demonstration. Intriguingly, advanced features like Lumen, Path Tracing, RTX, DLSS, and baked lighting are absent, highlighting UE5's capabilities even without its most sophisticated tools.
The rain effect, while somewhat artificial, impressively renders detailed wet surfaces, enhancing the urban environment's depth. However, frequent invisible walls unfortunately detract from the overall immersion. While Unreal Engine 5 consistently delivers visually stunning tech demos, the transition to real-world game implementations often presents performance challenges.
