Hunting for a The Last of Us PC crashing fix isn’t how players want to be spending their first few hours with the game. Unfortunately, crashing issues for TLoU on PC seem common, regardless of whether the game is booted from Steam or the Epic Games Store. Thankfully, there are some workarounds to help solve the issue. Here’s how to fix The Last of Us PC crashing.
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How to fix The Last of Us PC crashing
To fix The Last of Us crashing on PC, users should:
- Ensure the latest graphics card drivers are installed.
- Set all graphics options to “Low” to test the game’s stability.
- If the game is stable with Low settings, users can then increase the settings one at a time to identify what could be causing a crash.
- Limit the frame rate.
- Limiting the frame rate to 60 FPS by using a frame cap or V-Sync can help.
- Close unnecessary background apps.
- Task Manager is a helpful tool for finding background applications that are using resources.
- Other apps can cause a conflict with games and force a crash.
- Disable any overlays.
- Overlays from apps like MSI Afterburner or even Steam itself can sometimes cause a conflict with games.
- Disable any CPU or GPU overclocks, at least temporarily, to see if that helps.
For more The Last of Us guides, here’s how to fix building shared taking forever. And here’s the need-to-know info about any possible TLoU 1 Xbox, Game Pass, or Switch release.
