How to resolve Hunt Showdown 1896 Freezing, Lagging, Stuttering, or Low FPS Drop issue on PC

Hunt: Showdown 1896 is an exciting game, but performance issues can ruin the experience. If you’re struggling with freezing, low FPS, lagging, or stuttering, don’t worry. Here are some solutions to get your game running smoothly:

Solution 1: Restart Steam and PC

Restart your Steam and then try to launch the game. If that doesn’t help then simply restart your PC and then check.
Tip: Run Steam as an admin and then launch the Hunt: Showdown 1896 and check.

Solution 2: Update Windows

Update Windows to the latest version, Windows 11 users update it to version 23H2, use Windows 11 Installation assistant.

1. Click on Windows icon and then click on Settings.
2. On the left click on Windows Update and then click on Check for updates.
3. If any update is available, then Download and install it.
4. Restart your PC and then launch the game.

Solution 3: Update graphics card driver

Make sure your graphics card drivers are updated so that you can get better performance in the game. Remember, if the drivers are outdated then several kind of issues can occur.

1. Go through the website of your graphics card drivers manufacturer (NVIDIA GeForce | AMD Drivers and Support for Processors and Graphics).
2. Check for the latest drivers.
3. Select your correct grahpics card driver and update it.
4. After updating the graphics card driver, launch Hunt: Showdown 1896 and see if your problem is fixed or not.

Tip 1: Perform a clean installation of graphics driver if needed.

Tip 2: For AMD users can try previous version or roll back to version 22.11.2.

Solution 4: Modify game launch options

Try -dx11/-d3d11/-dx12 in launch options

1. Open Steam.
2. Right-click on Hunt: Showdown 1896 game and select Properties.
3. In the Launch Options, type “-dx11” and close the tab.
4. Now, launch te game and check if it solves your issue or not.
5. If not, then type “-dx12” or “-d3d11” in the Launch Options and then check again.

Solution 5: Run the game on dedicated graphics card

1. In Windows Search, type “Graphics Settings” and open it.
2. Click on “Browse” and add “Hunt: Showdown 1896” exe file.
3. To do this, browse to C:\Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > Hunt Showdown 1896 > bin > win_x64 folder.
4. Select “HuntGame” exe file and click on “Add“.
5. After adding, click on Options and select High Performance and then click on Save.
6. Now, launch the game and check.

Solution 6: Allow Hunt: Showdown 1896 through firewall/antivirus

If you are using any third-party antivirus like Comodo, Avast, AVG, McAfee, Norton, bit defender, then allow the game exe to your antivirus program. Windows Security users allow the game exe file to controlled folder access and firewall

1. In Windows Search type “Windows Security” and click on it.
2. Clic on “Firewall and network protection” and then click on “Allow an app through firewall“.
3. Chick on “Change settings” and then click on “Allow another app“.
4. Then click on “Browse” and add Hunt: Showdown 1896 exe file.
5. Browse to C:\Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > Hunt Showdown 1896 > bin > win_x64 folder.
6. Select “HuntGame” exe file and add it. After adding it, make sure both Private and Public is checked.
7. Also, allow Hunt: Showdown 1896 through antivirus program or disable it for a while.

Solution 7: Close conflicting or unnecessary programs

Close all the overclocking application MSI Afterburner/Rivatuner, remove the undervolt

End the task for Afterburner, Rivatuner, Hwinfo, Razer Synapse or MSI Dragon Center from Task Manager.

Close all of your tabs to free up RAM and relaunch the game.

1. First, open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys.
2. Now, tap on Processes to check higher consuming resource.
3. Tap on that particular process > choose End task.

Solution 8: Unplug external devices

Disconnect external USB drve, mouse, disconnect additional joystick/controllers, multiple monitor connected to PC.

Unplug external devices such as hotas, pedals, racing wheel, Razer Tartarus, disconnect all the additional USB adapter connected to PC, disconnect additional joystick/controllers connected.

Unplug the Logitech or Thristmaster racing wheel.

Solution 9: Check graphics settings

When your graphics settings are not properly setup like texture quality, resolution etc. then it directly impacts the game. And this is where the game can crash or suffer from other issue as it play a vital role. So make sure to setup the settings properly or even lower the graphics settings to avoid the unwanted issue.

Solution 10:Disable Overlay

Close all the overlay apps (Discord, GeForce Experience, Nvidia shadow play overlay, AMD overlay).

Disable Steam Overlays: Go to Steam Library > right-click Hunt: Showdown 1896 > Properties > Turn off “Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game“.

Disable Discord Overlay: Launch Discord on your PC. Then click on Gear icon in the app bottom left corner. Click on “Game Overlay” on the left panel and then toggle off the “Enable In-Game Overlay“.

Disable NVIDIA Overlay: Open NVIDIA GeForce Experience > Settings > General > Turn off “In-Game Overlay“.

Similarly disable overlay in all apps or close all other overlay apps. (GeForce Experience, NVIDIA Shadow Play Overlay, AMD Overlay). And then launch the game and check.

Solution 11: Run Hunt: Showdown 1896 as an Admin

Run the game as an administrator from the game installation folder, try running the game in compatibility mode.

1. Open Steam.
2. Go to Library, right-click on “Hunt: Showdown 1896” and click on Manage > Browse local files. It will open the Game Installation folder. The path is C:\Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > Hunt Showdown 1896 folder.
3. Open bin > win_x64 folder. Right-click on “HuntGame” exe file and select Properties.
4. Go to Compatibility tab and check for “Run this program as an administrator“.
5. Then click on Apply and OK.
6. Now, launch the game from the installation folder, from here itself and check problem fixed or not.

Solution 12: Modify compatibility settings of Hunt: Showdown 1896

1. If running the game as admin does not work, then check the “Disable fullscreen optimizations“.
2. Also, check for Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows 8 or Windows 7.
3. Click Apply and OK.
4. Now, launch the game from the installation folder and check.

Solution 13: Verify integrity of the game files

1. Open Steam and go to Library.
2. Right-click on Hunt: Showdown 1896 and select Properties.
3. Go to Install Files tab.
4. Click on Verify integrity of game files option.
5. Now, check if your problem is solved or not.

Solution 14: Install Visual C++ Files

1. Go to Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable latest supported downloads page.
2. Download both x86 and x64 Visual C++ files and install it.
3. Restart your PC.
4. Launch the game and see if problem solved or not.

Solution 15: Clear download cache

1. Open Steam, click on word Steam at the top left and select Settings.
2. Go to Downloads tab.
3. Click on Clear Cache next to the Clear Download Cache.

Solution 16: Increase the Virtual Memory

1. In Windows Search, type view advanced system settings and click on it.
2. Go to Advanced tab, under Performance, click on Settings.
3. Go to Advanced tab, under Virtual Memory, click on Change.
4. Uncheck “Automatically mamage paging file size for all drives“.
5. Select your Windows drive (usually C:).
6. Choose “Custom size” and set the Initial size and Maximum size.
7. Set Initial Size: 1.5 x Total RAM and Maximum Size: 3 X Total RAM
8. For example, if your PC installed RAM is 16GB, then enter the value as follows:
   Initial Size (MB): 24576
   Maximum Size (MB): 49152
   if your PC installed RAM is 32GB, then enter the value as follows:
   Initial Size (MB): 49152
   Maximum Size (MB): 98304
   if your PC installed RAM is 8GB, then enter the value as follows:
   Initial Size (MB): 12288
   Maximum Size (MB): 24576
9. Click Set and then OK.
10. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect and then check again.

Solution 17: Uninstall the game

If nothing seems to work, then uninstall Hunt: Showdown 1896 game from your PC. Restart your OC and re-install the game and then check again.

1. Go to the game installation folder and delete the game folder.
2. Restart your PC.
3. Reinstall the game to C Drive/if already installed to C drive, then install the game to another SSD.

By following these troubleshooting steps, you should be able to resolve the freezing, low FPS, lagging, and stuttering issues in Hunt: Showdown 1896. Don’t let performance problems hold you back from enjoying this thrilling game!