What is going on with game user settings?

So what is really going on with game user settings in UE5? Changes never appear whether I apply and save them or not, not in the preview, not in the packaged game, and also the Standalone game’s only functionality is to go “not responding”. I know this has been an issue for several years (the game settings). We have Lumen and Nanite and infinite worlds and lots of high-tech gizmos already and this can’t be fixed? Why?