Nvidia Finally Kills the 'Night Vision' Cheat in Arc Raiders

NVIDIA just flipped the switch on the custom filters that let you turn the Buried City into a brightly lit parking lot.

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It is finally over. If you were one of the many raiders relying on software-assisted night vision to avoid getting jumped in the shadows, your green-team privilege just got revoked. NVIDIA has officially disabled Game Filter support for this specific third-person extraction shooter. It has sent a specific part of the player base into a full-blown meltdown because, for the first time in weeks, they actually have to look at the game the way the developers intended.

The End of the High-Contrast Cheat

The "night vision" exploit was a total slap in the face to anyone trying to play the game legitimately. By messing with the brightness and contrast via NVIDIA’s overlay, players could see clear across a map that was supposed to be pitch black. It turned every night raid into a one-sided slaughter for the guys with the right GPU settings.

The Buried City, specifically the Galleria or Library at night, is a place where you should be feeling a constant sense of dread. If you can just "delete" the darkness, the risk-reward balance of the loot economy falls apart. It’s a survival game. If you aren't struggling to see what is hunting you, then you aren't really playing the game.

Yes, the Flashlight is Still Trash

Look, I am not going to sit here and pretend the default flashlight is some masterclass in gear design. It is a narrow, pathetic beam of light that feels like it belongs on a toy rather than a raider’s kit. It sucks. I hate it too. But the answer to a weak flashlight isn't "legalized" cheating through your graphics card. It’s part of the struggle of a world ravaged by a mechanized threat.

Fair Play in the Shadows

I am glad to see this gone because it restores some level of competitive integrity to the raids. The culture of this game is surprisingly "nice," with one in five players being total pacifists, but the ones who do hunt need to do it on even ground. You shouldn't be able to bypass a core environmental hurdle just because you have a fancy overlay.

If the darkness is too much for you, then stick to the day cycles or bring a squad that actually knows how to watch each other's backs. The rest of us will be fumbling around with our shitty flashlights, trying not to get decapitated in the dark. It is a grim picture, but at least now it is a fair one.

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