Knowing how to fix Sons of the Forest crashing, stuttering, and lagging on PC is key to getting it to run smoothly and without annoying hiccups. Happily, there are a number of steps to take to help with performance issues. Here’s how to fix Sons of the Forest on PC.
Sons of the Forest PC Fixes: Stop crashes, frame drops, stutters, and lag
To fix Sons of the Forest crashing, stuttering, and lagging, PC users should:
- Ensure the most recent graphics card drivers are installed.
- Make sure you install new game updates.
- Check for new updates, as the developer may have rolled out a stability fix.
- Shut down any unnecessary background applications.
- Unnecessary background apps can sometimes cause conflicts, causing the game to crash.
- Apps that have overlays are a common issue. For example, MSI Afterburner, which is a common hardware monitoring app.
- Play the game at the lowest settings, before increasing the quality one step at a time.
- Setting all options to Low and then gradually increasing them is a reliable way of finding which graphics option is causing issues.
For more Sons of the Forest guides, here’s the need-to-know info about character creation and whether or not players can change their gender or race. And here’s the latest on a VR version of the game.
