No, cracked versions of Resident Evil Requiem aren't performing better than the official game — but there are still issues with DRM

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• Despite inital fears, Resident Evil Requiem pirated versions don't perform better than retail version
• There were suspicions that gamers who bought Requiem were getting worse performance with Denuvo DRM
• There is still no Denuvo-less version of Resident Evil Requiem

Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem is among a long list of modern triple-A games from numerous popular studios using Denuvo DRM to prevent piracy, which is notorious for its performance impact on games — but that's not the case this time around, at least for now.