Borderlands 3 Benchmarked! [15 Graphics Cards Tested]

Known Issues and Fixes

Xbox One / PlayStation (all variants)

Performance drops when one player enters a menu in splitscreen. The fix for this one is basically don’t open a menu when someone is in combat. Wait to you retire to the side, and take a menu break.

FPS/Scaling issues in splitscreen. Dropping FOV to 70 for both players, and also forcing your console to 1080p non-HDR mode can help.

Tiny UI text. Unfortunately, there’s no fix for this one at the moment other than sitting closer to the TV.

PC and Consoles (all)

Player drifting to one side. A simple one, if you’re playing on a controller, set the inside deadzone on the left stick just a little higher than the default.

Aiming latency seems high. Again, a simple fix, just set the inside deadzone lower on the right stick to sharpen it up a bit.

PC Only

Aiming through a scope or similar causes huge FPS drops. Plus, other general performance drops. This is a strange one, but an easy fix for now. Rather than settings the game to High, Ultra, etc, graphics. Set it to LOW or MEDIUM. Then manually turn up the settings to High or above. This seems to massively improve performance. I’m guessing there’s a bug in the default profile. This doesn’t seem to have an effect on the in-game benchmarking too though.

More Bugs

It’s a huge game, there are other bugs. However, those above are the only real big ones we ran into. However, I suggest this thread on reddit if you find any more, it helps to keep them all in one place.

Latest HotFix [19/09/2019]

“A hot fix is automatically applied at the Main Menu when Borderlands 3 is connected to the internet. In general, hot fixes are used to temporarily address issues between major updates. Hot fixes are not permanent – they are temporarily stored in memory during the game session and lost upon exiting Borderlands 3. To ensure that you receive hot fixes, make sure that your system is connected to the internet when Borderlands 3 boots up and hang out on the Menu screen for a minute. We are aware that the below list does not include issues that the community is immediately concerned with. We are hard at work evaluating performance problems and potential solutions for them. In the meantime, these are some balance updates that we can do quickly” – Gearbox

Bugs

• Yellow paint has been added to Ambermire to mark a more obvious path to complete the Sabotage Crew Challenge.
• The New-U Station in front of the Halcyon Suborbital Spaceport (used during the “Space-Laser Tag” Mission) in the Meridian Metroplex now has a larger activation range.
• The New-U Station in front of Titian’s Gate (used during the “Atlas, At Last” Mission) in the Meridian Metroplex now has a larger activation range.
• The first Guardian a player runs into during the “Beneath the Meridian” mission is no longer over-leveled.
• The Eridian chest by the Grotto in the Jakob’s Estate is no longer invisible.

Balance

• Eridium crystals in Voracious Canopy grow less frequently.
• Scaled down the amount of loot drops in Mayhem Mode.
• Torgue shotgun sticky damage has been reduced.
• Reduced E-Tech shotgun elemental damage from “flesh off your bones” to “a lot”.
• Chupacabratch dropped too much of his hard-earned loot.
• Adjusted spawn rate of Loot Tinks in Mansion. They’re special again.
• Removed pain-sounds from Troy for his boss fight.