What simply occurred? The Fashionable Warfare 2 official launch has already left many PC customers coping with crashes and in-game bugs. A tweet from the PC model’s lead studio, Beenox, identifies Nvidia’s most up-to-date driver package deal as the reason for a few of these errors. The tweet recommends that customers persist with Nvidia driver variations 516.59 or 522.25.
Nvidia’s newest Recreation Prepared Driver package deal claims to offer the very best gaming expertise for all main new releases. The package deal’s launch notes additionally state that the discharge is Home windows {Hardware} High quality Labs (WHQL) licensed, which is often an indication {that a} driver package deal has efficiently handed Microsoft’s software program testing suite and is prepared for widespread launch. Regardless of the declare and certification, the most recent driver package deal seems to trigger a number of Fashionable Warfare 2 PC points.
We have seen some stability points with the most recent NVIDIA drivers 526.47 on Name of Obligation #MWII. For now we would counsel you retain the 516.59, or 522.25 drivers.
— BeenoxCODPC (@BeenoxCODPC) October 27, 2022
Some points, resembling in-game events inflicting matches to crash, have already been acknowledged and are below investigation by Infinity Ward’s growth groups. The tweet from Beenox backs a number of different Reddit posts and studies citing instability and crashing for the reason that recreation’s launch. Nvidia later confirmed the difficulty in an e-mail to PC Gamer, stating, “sure, there’s a bug filed for this recreation, and we’re engaged on a hotfix.”
Nvidia’s e-mail seems to contradict their commonplace driver launch language, which claims “the very best gaming expertise for all main new releases.” The e-mail mentioned this conduct “…is precisely why our newest Recreation Prepared Driver wasn’t promoted or advisable for this title within the first place.” Nevertheless, most would argue that the most recent addition to the Fashionable Warfare lineup, certainly, qualifies as a significant new launch.
Nvidia is at the moment engaged on a repair to resolve the recognized bug. It has no further info or timeline concerning when it will likely be prepared. Nevertheless, Group Inexperienced is normally fairly fast in the case of these items and will launch an up to date package deal quickly.
Till a repair is launched, customers operating the latest driver and seeking to play Fashionable Warfare 2 ought to observe Beenox’s steering and revert to Recreation Prepared Driver model 516.59 or model 522.25. Nvidia additionally gives customers requiring the repair with detailed rollback and removing directions on their product data web page.