Review: Dr Cheat for ARC Raiders
I've been using Dr Cheats ARC Raiders for about 3 weeks now. Overall, it's a solid choice for farming, but it has some real issues if you want to PVP.
1. Features
The features are a mixed bag. Utility is great, but combat needs work.
- Aimbot: Prediction isn't working and No Recoil isn't working. The biggest issue is that it doesn't target ARC weak parts, it just focuses the middle of the enemy. For arcs like Bastion, you'll be shooting it for 3 business days because you are hitting the most armored part. No prediction means any arc or raider further than 20 meters will not be hit consistently, if even at all.
- Menu/UI: Some options seem ported from other cheats and don't actually change anything. Radar size is fixed and looks way too small on my 4K monitor.
- Exploits: Item TP is smooth. The "Unlock Doors" feature is actually very cool. It just turns the door around so you don't have to hunt for the button like with other providers.
- Misc: Noclip cam is fun to look around, but your character actually moves while you fly, so it's dangerous. You make sound and could fall off a ledge.
Rating: 6/10
Prediction is important and it's broken right now. Weakpoints are missing. I saw people suggesting these additions in the Discord, so this is a good opportunity to see if Dr. Cheats actually listens to user suggestions.
2. Performance
This is the biggest downside. The drawings are very unoptimized.
- Without the cheat I get roughly 140 FPS. With it injected, I drop to 60-90 with stutters into the 20-40s.
- As soon as you look at ESP/Drawings, CPU Render time spikes 2x or 3x higher than normal. I am not the only person with this issue, as I have asked others in their DMs about it. They also confirmed this, so it's not only for me.
- Framegen doesn't work. The cheat hogs so much CPU that the UI starts moving faster than the game and response time gets huge.
Rating: 1/10
The performance hit is massive. I have a high-end PC and I honestly can't repurchase it after my key ends just because of this.
3. Setup
Setup is super easy, but the platform support is annoying (only supports the XBOX App as of now)
- MS Store Only: Currently it only supports the Microsoft Store version. This means slower updates and you can't view Steam profiles or those of your friends. No easy commenting on other profiles, no ragebait comment farming. This is sad because to me personally this is a really fun aspect of the game (but that is sort of subjective)!
- The Loader: The actual setup is quick and I never had a major issue or crash.
Rating: 7/10
Easy setup, but MS Store is just inferior to Steam.
4. Update Times
Updates take about 2 to 10 hours, regardless of if it is a major patch or a tiny hotfix.
It's a bit frustrating coming home from work to a minor update and having to wait hours. However, the developer reads the Discord actively and gets to work as soon as someone tells him there was an update, which is good.
The Verdict
Dr Cheats is a solid choice if you don't mind the FPS drop and you just want to farm. It is best used on the side for Item TP and opening locked doors.
TLDR: Buy it if you are an item farmer. Don't buy it if you want to focus on PVP. The lack of prediction and the performance hit makes PVP really hard.
Final Score: 5.5/10 - Good for Farmers, bad for PVPers