Discover how the new Nanite Programmable Rasterizer in Unreal Engine 5.1 enables you to leverage features like World Position Offset, Pixel Depth Offset, custom UVs, and more—and see the system in action in <em>Fortnite Battle Royale </em>Chapter 4!

Discover how Lumen elevated the lighting in <em>Fortnite Battle Royale </em>Chapter 4 with accurate global illumination, ray-traced reflections on glossy surfaces (even indoors), and dynamic lighting that reacts to game events in real time.&nbsp;

Explore how Virtual Shadow Maps combine with the power of Nanite to efficiently render accurate shadows—from close range all the way to the horizon—in <em>Fortnite Battle Royale</em> Chapter 4.

In this blog, we’ll look at some of the Unreal Engine 5 features that benefited from being put through their paces in <em>Fortnite Battle Royale </em>Chapter 4, and the resulting improvements in UE 5.1 that will empower you to create more detailed and faster open world games.