Let's conduct a #Stalker2 2.0.5 (#UnrealEngine 5.5?) experiment. I've just started #Steam, after ~10 h, and immediately, i get a 3.4gig #Shader pre-cache update. And another 1.5gig on top. I'd bet, when i start the game, it's gonna compile shaders, regardless. We'll see; i'll start a stopwatch - twice, launching the game with pre-cache vs. self-compiled/hot cache. Edit: +2 pics, all right, if it's not a content update, you "lose" only ~40 seconds on #Vulcan processing.