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Monster Hunter Wilds Player Thinks They've Discovered the Secret Behind Its Performance Issues

A Monster Hunter Wilds player runs a small experiment to find the game's notorious PC performance struggles may come from an unexpected source.
Dexerto

Monster Hunter Wilds players shocked to discover it runs better if you own more DLC

A Monster Hunter Wilds player has discovered that the game actually runs better based on how much DLC you’ve bought.

Redditor claims that Monster Hunter Wilds runs better 'the more DLC you own', and it does—but not by much on my machine

Monster Hunter Wilds is somewhat infamous for its performance woes, leading its Steam user rating to drop to "Mixed" since release thanks to a host of reported technical issues. However, redditor de_Tylmarande recently posted a potential fix —a homebrewed mod that skips a DLC check, which is said to massively boost performance.
Rock Paper Shotgun

Monster Hunter Wilds' PC performance might stand to be improved by limiting DLC checks, but that's not necessarily a silver bullet

Monster Hunter Wilds might perform better on PC if its DLC checks are limited, but that only appears to affect exploring certain areas in the game.
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