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Red Dead Redemption 2 arrived on PC today. Its launch should have been heralded (console gamers have been singing the game's praises since October 2018) but instead many players have reported crippling bugs that prevented it from even starting. Rockstar Games responded to those complaints, saying that many of the issues appear to have been caused by people relying on outdated graphics drivers.
Some issues with outdated drivers were to be expected--Nvidia and AMD only released their drivers optimized for the game on Monday. They don't appear to be the only cause of Red Dead Redemption 2's issues, however, because some players have reported bugs even after installing the most recent drivers. Complaints about unsteady frame rates, issues with Rockstar's launcher and other problems abound.
Rockstar announced yesterday that it released a new version of the Rockstar Games Launcher to address numerous problems affecting Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar said it fixed issues with the launcher failing to initialize, getting stuck during the preload decryption process and showing a “The Rockstar Games Launcher exited unexpectedly” message when starting the game. The company also said it fixed issues with opening the Rockstar Games Launcher or Red Dead Redemption 2 itself from the Epic Games Launcher.
Some issues with outdated drivers were to be expected--Nvidia and AMD only released their drivers optimized for the game on Monday. They don't appear to be the only cause of Red Dead Redemption 2's issues, however, because some players have reported bugs even after installing the most recent drivers. Complaints about unsteady frame rates, issues with Rockstar's launcher and other problems abound.
Rockstar announced yesterday that it released a new version of the Rockstar Games Launcher to address numerous problems affecting Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar said it fixed issues with the launcher failing to initialize, getting stuck during the preload decryption process and showing a “The Rockstar Games Launcher exited unexpectedly” message when starting the game. The company also said it fixed issues with opening the Rockstar Games Launcher or Red Dead Redemption 2 itself from the Epic Games Launcher.
