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One of the biggest issues currently plaguing Helldivers 2 is the PC performance. As the game has expanded with new content this has only worsened, with many seeing regular crashes as well as frame rate decreases and stuttering gameplay. Thankfully, it looks like it could be addressed in a future update.
The Helldivers 2 Community Manager Twinbeard took to Discord to share that the team is currently working on PC performance fixes, including high RAM usage which has been causing drastic performance issues including low frame rates and stuttering gameplay for some players.
“We’re digging deep in this and apart from various fixes, we have a theory of high RAM use we’re checking. I don’t think I’ll have time to elaborate on this in the same way as I did with the SPM, but we have NOT forgotten about it. I wrote a lengthy post on it internally y-day and got some good info. TLDR: we know, we’re working on alleviating it and we haven’t forgotten it.”
Helldivers 2 also suffers from major memory leak issues, with it increasing the amount of RAM it needs over time, as well as not releasing the resources. This causes an overall decrease in PC performance and can even extend beyond your time playing the game. I have noticed this many times and often have to restart my PC to fix the performance issues.
With Arrowhead Game Studios currently on vacation, this may not be something that is immediately addressed, but the team has still been bringing new content, including the Commando Rocket Launcher that is available to try during the remainder of the current Major Order. This comes following the developers releasing the 01.000.404 update to fix some issues before development quietened down for a few weeks.
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Helldivers 2
- Release Date: February 8, 2024
- Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 5
- Genre(s): Action, Shooter, Third Person
