Monster Hunter Wilds has been plagued by performance issues since it launched last year. Unstable framerates, stuttering, and texture streaming problems are evident across all platforms, even on the most high-end PCs that should be able to run the game without issue. While it seemed to be the result of poor optimization on Capcom’s part, the issue may be immensely more frustrating than that.
Reddit user de_Tylmarande claims he’s discovered the root cause of why Wilds runs so poorly in the Monster Hunter subreddit. He says the game frequently checks for in-game DLC licenses in the background, causing performance to tank. And while he’s hopeful that Capcom will fix the issue in the near future now that it's been discovered, he says that he’s willing to release fixes himself if the developer doesn’t step in.
