Whilst the performance needs improving, Last Epoch is something like 20gb

Go compare that to an ARPG like PoE2 or D4…

At no point did I say that “I added a centre speaker to my soundbar setup”

I ditched my old setup for a new

If you have a 5.1 system then I’d question the centre speaker or settings. A good centre speaker and you definitely won’t have this issue.

Back when I had just a soundbar I was experiencing the same issue. I added a centre speaker to my now 3.1 setup & haven’t looked back since