diff --git a/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/CookAssetsStep.cpp b/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/CookAssetsStep.cpp
index 7f2824c42..be4dca78d 100644
--- a/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/CookAssetsStep.cpp
+++ b/Source/Editor/Cooker/Steps/CookAssetsStep.cpp
@@ -1081,12 +1081,12 @@ bool CookAssetsStep::Perform(CookingData& data)
 
     data.StepProgress(TEXT("Creating assets cache"), Step2ProgressEnd);
 
-    // Create asset paths mapping for the root assets.
+    // Create asset paths mapping for the assets.
     // Assets mapping is use to convert paths used in Content::Load(path) into the asset id.
-    // It fixes the issues when in build game all assets are in the packages while engine parts are requesting in-build assets by name.
+    // It fixes the issues when in build game all assets are in the packages and are requested by path.
     // E.g. game settings are loaded from `Content/GameSettings.json` file which is packages in one of the packages.
-    // Additionally it improves the in-build assets loading performance.
-    for (auto i = data.RootAssets.Begin(); i.IsNotEnd(); ++i)
+    // Additionally it improves the in-build assets loading performance (no more registry linear lookup for path by dictionary access).
+    for (auto i = data.Assets.Begin(); i.IsNotEnd(); ++i)
     {
         if (Content::GetAssetInfo(i->Item, assetInfo))
         {
diff --git a/Source/Engine/Content/Cache/AssetsCache.cpp b/Source/Engine/Content/Cache/AssetsCache.cpp
index 049064b63..71faef533 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Content/Cache/AssetsCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Engine/Content/Cache/AssetsCache.cpp
@@ -245,12 +245,22 @@ bool AssetsCache::FindAsset(const StringView& path, AssetInfo& info)
     {
         return FindAsset(id, info);
     }
+#if !USE_EDITOR
+    if (FileSystem::IsRelative(path))
+    {
+        // Additional check if user provides path relative to the project folder (eg. Content/SomeAssets/MyFile.json)
+        const String absolutePath = Globals::ProjectFolder / *path;
+        if (_pathsMapping.TryGet(absolutePath, id))
+        {
+            return FindAsset(id, info);
+        }
+    }
+#endif
 
     // Find asset in registry
     for (auto i = _registry.Begin(); i.IsNotEnd(); ++i)
     {
         auto& e = i->Value;
-
         if (e.Info.Path == path)
         {
             // Validate file exists
diff --git a/Source/Engine/Platform/Base/FileSystemBase.cpp b/Source/Engine/Platform/Base/FileSystemBase.cpp
index 9ec1bc095..4eeeee6e2 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Platform/Base/FileSystemBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Engine/Platform/Base/FileSystemBase.cpp
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ void FileSystemBase::NormalizePath(String& path)
     }
 }
 
-bool FileSystemBase::IsRelative(const String& path)
+bool FileSystemBase::IsRelative(const StringView& path)
 {
     const bool isRooted =
             (path.Length() >= 2 && StringUtils::IsAlpha(path[0]) && path[1] == ':') ||
-            path.StartsWith(TEXT("\\\\")) ||
+            path.StartsWith(StringView(TEXT("\\\\"), 2), StringSearchCase::CaseSensitive) ||
             path.StartsWith('/') ||
             path.StartsWith('\\') ||
             path.StartsWith('/');
diff --git a/Source/Engine/Platform/Base/FileSystemBase.h b/Source/Engine/Platform/Base/FileSystemBase.h
index 1e0db6aa7..bc8aadd3f 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Platform/Base/FileSystemBase.h
+++ b/Source/Engine/Platform/Base/FileSystemBase.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public:
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="path">Input path to check</param>
     /// <returns>True if input path is relative one, otherwise false</returns>
-    static bool IsRelative(const String& path);
+    static bool IsRelative(const StringView& path);
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Retrieves file extension (without a dot)