>>715226423 (OP)i envy that you picked it up at this late stage, as Pocketpair put alot of extra effort into the early+mid game to fill it out, which i never got to experience (im not the type to start over, i like my progress and don't want to do fresh).
That being said, UE5 is fucking aids and dogshit. Flying around on my Jetragon, the games on a 990 Samsung pro gen 4 m.2, a 9950x3d, and the obscene amount of texture and asset pop-in when im flying around is just hideously immersion-breaking. Worst mainstream engine ever.
Helldivers 2 engine (the meme-tracing-free lighting, terrain interaction and movement systems are 10/10) and Planetside 2-era Frostbite are/were the best gaming engines imo.