[KNOWLEDGE SHARE] - nVidia DLL Driver fail

[Isaac Chavira]

So, I got another crash again for the first time in a few days. This time cause by nVidia.

To my surprise I uninstalled the Graphics Driver. And course everything on my screen got real big. So, I then adjusted my screen resolution back to 4K and icons back down to 100%. I also turned off GeForce Experience from the task bar. The game still ran at medium setting with no stutters or issues.

I think Windows 10 is installing the GPU driver automatically in another folder and it is competing with the GeForce Experience Driver download in it's folder. Because nothing is changing. I can still watch 4K YouTube videos and play Destiny 2 and Warframe with no issues.

might be worth a try fellow SIM Racers.

 

[Majuh]

I think Windows 10 is installing the GPU driver automatically in another folder and it is competing with the GeForce Experience Driver download in it's folder.

Nope, that's not how drivers work...

 

[B Stu]

GeForce Experience is evil and should never be allowed near a pc.

 

[maelstrom]

Much better to set Windows 10 so that it doesn’t automatically update drivers: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-automatic-driver-updates-windows-10

Far safer to be in full control of driver updates and do them only if you really need to - often not the case with graphics drivers. Newer often doesn’t mean better. You should only update if there’s a real reason to such as a bug in the existing driver or a security update which is essential.

 

[Isaac Chavira]

Nope, that's not how drivers work...

Well I'm running the game somehow, now on high setting and car LOD at 85%. No GPU drivers at all.

 

[Majuh]

Well I'm running the game somehow, now on high setting and car LOD at 85%. No GPU drivers at all.

That's impossible. You either didn't uninstall the Nvidia driver properly, or Windows automatically installed it again via Windows Update.