Extreme lag when playing on MacOS?

[prinxcipe]

So I downloaded this game a little while ago through the Epic Games store but haven't had the chance to try it until today. Despite turning the graphics as low as possible there's still an unmistakeable lag problem resulting in low frame rate that makes it impossible to play. Audio and cutscenes are fine, but the actual gameplay's framerate is just incredibly low. The lag even shows up in the game's menu. I've checked the requirements and my computer meets the minimum requirements, so what's going on here? Is this game just not possible for me to play despite my computer meeting the requirements? Attached are my computer specs.

[Dr. S.]

I play on a very similar machine. Did you turn down the resolution in addition to lowering the quality? That makes the biggest difference. I play at 1440x900 (I think) and roughly "medium" quality settings.