Hyper Scape – Lag, Stuttering and FPS Drops fix

Hyper Scape lag, stuttering, fps drops fix – Hyper Scape is the new Battle Royale game in the block. The game is from Ubisoft and is completely free-to-play. The primary mode of the game is quite similar to other battle royale titles. Up to 99 players are dropped on to a map that slowly shrinks over time. The main objective of the players is obviously to seek and eliminate the competition. The game however differs in that once the last sector closes a crown appears, any player that is able to hold on to the crown for 45 seconds is automatically declared the winner. Alternatively the game also end when only one player or team remains.

A lot of player have already started experiencing performance issues like lag, stutters and fps drops while playing Hyper Scape on PC. Therefore, here is a guide to fix some of those issues.

Hyper Scape – Lag, Stuttering and FPS Drops fix

How to fix lag, stuttering and fps drops in Hyper Scape

Compare the system requirements of Hyper Scape with your PC specifications

Minimum requirements

  • Operating System – Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
  • Processor – Intel Core i3 3220 @ 3.3GHz or AMD FX-4130 @ 3.8Ghz
  • RAM – 6 GB
  • Video card – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2 GB), AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2 GB) or Intel HD 520
  • Hard Drive – 20 GB available storage
  • Sound – DirectX-compatible sound card with latest drivers
  • Peripherals – Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse, or controller

Recommended requirements

  • Operating System – Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
  • Processor – Intel Core i7 4790 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
  • RAM – 8 GB
  • Video card – NVIDIA GTX 970 (4 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 480 (4 GB)
  • Hard Drive – 20 GB available storage
  • Sound – DirectX-compatible sound card with latest drivers
  • Peripherals – Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse, or controller
Now when you look at Hyper Scape for the first time, you might think that it is a light game. But it is not. You can easily tell by looking at the System Requirements. I won’t consider the minimum requirements as they will only allow you to play the game at 720p. And I doubt people play games at 720p nowadays.

Hyper Scape Best Graphics Settings

Graphical Quality
  • Overall quality – Custom
  • Animation quality – Medium
  • Anti-aliasing quality – FXAA
  • Atmospheric quality – Medium
  • Resolution scaling – Fixed 100%
  • Geometry scaling – Fixed 100%
  • Frame rate quality – 144 FPS (Depends on the refresh rate of your monitor)
  • Lighting quality – Low
  • Shadow quality – Low
  • Sharpness – 25%
  • Sound quality – Ultra high
  • Texture quality – High
  • VFX quality – Medium

Click here to read the detailed guide on best graphics settings for Hyper Scape.

Disable Uplay overlay

The Uplay in-game overlay is known to malfunction for many games. Since this game is new, I can imagine it being the case here as well. Here is how to disable Uplay Overlay:

  • Launch Uplay
  • Click on the icon on the top-left corner (3 lines)
  • Select General from the left sidebar
  • Un-tick “Enable overlay for for supported games”

Turn off Windows Background Recording

If you have Background Recording on on your Windows then it can cause FPS drops or Lag. Basically the feature constantly records in the background when you are playing a game. Here is how to disable Windows Background Recording:

  • Open Windows Settings
  • Click on Gaming
  • Select Captures
  • Now turn off Background Recording

Disable Xbox Game Bar

The Xbox Game Bar feature for Windows can cause stuttering and lagging in games some times. Try to keep it off. Here is how to do it:

  • Open Windows Settings
  • Click on Gaming
  • Select Xbox Game Bar
  • Now turn it off

Verify the files of Hyper Scape via Uplay

The Uplay launcher allows you to manually verify the game files of games and repair them. You can do that for Hyper Scape as well. Here is how to verify the game files of Hyper Scape:

  • Launch Uplay
  • Go to your Games
  • Click on Hyper Scape
  • Select Properties from the left
  • Now select Verify Files located under Local Files
  • Wait for the process to be completed
  • Restart the launcher


These are all the fixes that we have at the moment. We can guarantee that all of these fixes are safe to try and none of these are advanced methods. There are some advanced methods as well but we don’t want to include them as of now. If you want us to include them you can comment below! Then if we see enough requests we might update this article with the advanced ones added.

If you think this guide has helped you then let us know in the comment section below. Also, If you are facing problems that are not mentioned on this article then also you can comment below. We will try come out with a fix. Good luck!


That’s all folks!

Last Updated on July 17, 2020

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