GeForce Experience (has been reported in some cases to increase loading times).

Kaspersky Antivirus (has been reported in cause FPS drops).

EVGA PrecisionX (this program can auto start even if you think it's disabled).

Avast Home Network Protection (Add Payday 2 and it's installation folder to the exceptions).

Avira Antivirus (Add Payday 2 and it's installation folder to the exceptions).

We would like to point out that we have not confirmed these issues but we have seen reports about these or issues that no longer appeared once the program was no longer running. There are a few programs that have been reported as causing issues when installed alongside PAYDAY 2, if you are using any of them and you are experiencing performance issues or crashes you might want to consider any alternatives. What can been done to resolve this issue? The issue occurs enough times to make the game nearly unplayable.Ī posting on the Steam Forums by a developer for Payday 2 states the following: The crashes occur mostly during game play, but it has crashed once while in the menu of the game as well. I do not have any mods, nor did I ever have any, since I only just got the game for PC.

Adjusted various graphical settings across multiple sessions.

Added my Payday 2 Steam folder to the exception list for my antivirus.

Turning on the 'Use HQ Weapons' option in the video settings of the game.

A render file trick pointed out in this Steam Post.

Update my Graphics Driver to the latest version (nVidia 398.11).

Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 7 (my computer runs Windows 10).

Verify the integrity of the game files on Steam.

I've read around on the internet and found some articles, such as this one, that suggests some things to try. Looking at the crashlog.txt file found in my AppData folder, every crash seems to be caused by the 'access violation' error. While playing the game, it unexpectedly crashes (quite often). I've recently purchased the Payday 2 Ultimate Edition on Steam.

Mass effect rendering thread exception