You Can Turn ARC Raiders Into an FPS, But Beware of the Jank

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An ARC Raiders player has discovered that the game has a first-person view mode accessible in the PC version, but it's one that requires a bit of digging and is, by far, the worst way to play the game.

ARC Raiders is a third-person PvPvE extraction shooter, where the player must explore the surface world for loot, as humanity has been chased underground by dangerous machines. The maps in ARC Raiders are vast, so players need to be aware of their surroundings at all times.

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ARC Raiders is usually locked to a third-person viewpoint, but it's possible to change it in the PC port. A user on the ARC Raiders Reddit has discovered a first-person mode accessible via console commands.

ARC Raiders Has Secret First-Person View (But Only On PC)

While the first-person mode in ARC Raiders is technically accessible, it's not ideal for playing the game. For one thing, the game wasn't designed with first-person in mind, so there are tons of clipping issues, arms going off-model, and stretching all over the place.

The other issue is that ARC Raiders has such big environments that the player needs to be able to see the surrounding area, especially as threats can attack from all angles.

While the first-person mode in ARC Raiders is technically accessible, it's not ideal for playing the game.

It would be nice if the developers included an official first-person view mode as a difficulty/realism option, possibly pitting them against each other in a special mode. The problem is that this would require a ton of work for something that most players would likely never use, as they want the competitive edge of being able to see all around their player character.