If you're experiencing frequent crashes on PC, try deleting your shader cache and relaunching the game. On Windows the shader cache file is %appdata%\Arrowhead\Helldivers2\shader_cache\pipeline_library.cache. You'll notice some stuttering after the shader cache is deleted, particularly during the hellpod drop scene. That's shaders recompiling in the background, it should stop after a few games. I had one CTD when the Arc weapon bug was first introduced, deleted my shader cache file and have had zero CTDs across many games since then.

Edit: This is with an RTX 3080 and Ryzen 7 5700X on a B450 mobo, with Nvidia v551.86 drivers installed. YMMV depending on your rig.

If you're experiencing frequent crashes on PS5... Condolences, I guess? 🤷‍♂️

I’m sure they’re working on removing all the crashes that they can replicate but I wish returning from a crash was more graceful. Currently if you crash there’s no way to go back into the squad unless they’re in your friends list.

Well at least I'm not the only one

The ideal game never crashes in any scenario ever. Any update that moves HD2 closer to that ideal is an improvement

If you're crashing on PS5, reduce or disable the screen shake effect in your settings. Certain shockwaves that are close enough to you (I notice it mostly with hellpods landing next to me) will shake your screen so hard that the game crashes. At least, that's my theory; I've seen a LOT less crashing since turning down the screen shake.

I don't know about you guys, but my game was only crashing when using the arc thrower before. But last night it crashed a couple times even with no arc weapons in the game.