After installing the Newest Nvidia driver updates as of 2/18/2025 and a reboot, The game is performing way worse. Very choppy and laggy, when this didn’t exist at all previously. Literally, the only change to my system was the Nvidia driver update.
Performance is worse, but it crashes way more seldom.
I had the same problem and then I activated Nvidia Optimus and is smooth again. Btw this fix works on laptops only.
I had this happen after last patch (the lunar event), but for me I don’t even think I downloaded any drivers. Machine is a couple years old, but ran every setting maxed out just fine until a couple weeks ago. I lowered a couple things and it still freezes but only occasionally.
I’m really going to hate it if this becomes the new normal, they didn’t even update any graphics.
Don’t update your Nvidia drivers unless you have to when they’re rolling out new software.