Arc Raiders is an exciting game, but some players report that it crashes too much when they play it. For example, one player’s Reddit post says, “My Arc Raiders was crashing every 1-2 minutes, totally shutting down my pc and forcing it to reset.” Regular crashing like that makes Arc Raiders hard to play, even when the game starts ok. This is how you can fix regular in-game Arc Raiders crashing on a Windows PC.
Turn Off the Discord Overlay
If Discord is on your PC, try turning off its overlay feature. Some players confirm that turning off that overlay has fixed their in-game Arc Raiders crashing. You can turn off the Discord overlay like this:
- Start your Discord software.
- Click the User Settings button in Discord.
- Select the Game Overlay tab.
The Game Overlay tab
- Turn off the Enable in-game overlay setting.
Disable Hardware Acceleration in Discord
Some players have also confirmed that they’ve fixed the in-game Arc Raiders crashing by disabling hardware acceleration in Discord. Thus, hardware acceleration is another Discord feature that evidently causes Arc Raiders issues when enabled. This is how you can disable Discord’s hardware acceleration:
- Run the Discord app.
- Click on Discord’s User Settings button.
- Turn off the Hardware Acceleration setting in the Advanced tab.
The Advanced tab
Reset the AMD Adrenaline Shader Cache
Some players with AMD graphics cards have fixed Arc Raiders crashing by clearing the Adrenaline shader cache. Clearing that cache might eradicate corrupted data. You can reset the AMD Adrenaline shader cache like this:
- Right-click on the desktop area to select AMD Software.
- Then, select the Gaming tab.
- Click the Graphics tab.
The AMD shader cache setting
- Then, click the Reset Shader Cache option.
Disable Ray Tracing
Ray tracing is a very demanding graphical feature that can cause Arc Raiders crashing issues to arise. To be more specific, ray tracing is the Global Illumination setting in Arc Raiders. So, try turning that setting within Arc Raiders like this:
- Start your Arc Raiders game.
- Then bring up the Settings menu.
- Select the Graphics tab to access its options.
- Change the Ray Tracing Global Illumination setting to Static from there.
Update Graphical Drivers
Updating graphics drivers is a relatively routine troubleshooting method for in-game crashing that you should try applying. As Arc Raiders is a new title, NVIDIA has already rolled out graphical drivers that are more optimized for it, as announced on this page, for example. So, try updating the driver for your graphics card manually or with an AMD or NVIDIA tool. Our guide to updating graphics drivers covers various methods for applying this potential fix.
The NVIDIA graphics driver download page
Verify Arc Raiders’ Files
Verifying game files is another routine troubleshooting method that might fix regular in-game Arc Raiders crashing for some players. It’s not unusual for games to start crashing because of corrupted or missing files. Applying this potential fix is a way to repair corrupted or missing files for games. Check out these Steam help and Epic support pages for further details about how you can run verification scans with those gaming clients.
The Verify integrity of game files option
Other Possible Ways to Fix In-Game Arc Raiders Crashing
There may be more ways to fix regular in-game Arc Raiders crashing beyond those discussed above. Try applying these additional potential remedies if the game continues to crash too much:
- Turn off the Steam overlay.
- Clear the DirectX Shader Cache and erase all other file types with the Windows Disk Cleanup tool.
- Execute the sfc/ scannow command as covered on this Microsoft page.
- Select the High-performance graphics option for Arc Raiders in Windows Settings.
I hope one of the potential resolutions fixes the regular in-game Arc Raiders crashing on your PC. Nothing is guaranteed to fix in-game crashing, but the potential fixes above have been effective for some players. You can also ask for more potential crash fixes by submitting a support ticket from this Arc help page.
