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James Bentley

Arc Raiders' overpowered aim assist gets stronger at high frame rates, and I feel like I'm cheating when I use it

A screenshot from Arc Raiders, showing a zoomed in reticule.

I remember the days of other children on the playground telling me I could 360 in a zombies map to get the ray gun. These sorts of 'hacks' never worked, unfortunately. That's why I felt a twinge of scepticism in me today when I spotted this report from IGN pointing out players on the Arc Raiders subreddit found you can magically get better aim by cranking up your fps. But I've tested it, and it's true.

This saga all started when a viewer of streamer Nickmercs noticed Nick's aim snapped onto Arcs (the bots in the game) as he was shooting. Nick uses a controller, which is key to the whole affair. After some took to accusing the previous Faze member of cheating, others discovered that the aim assist for controller players appears to be stronger in Arc Raiders, the higher your fps is.

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