Optimizing Your PC Settings: No More Freezing in ‘Fall Guys’

Fall Guys is lit, but it’s still a new game, which means players should expect a series of game errors, such as crashing, lagging and freezing. If Fall Guys keepsfreezing during your game, you can try these methods to fix it.

Try these fixes

You may not need to try all of them. Simply work your way down until you find the one that does the trick.

1. Lower in-game settings
2. Disable Steam overlay
3. Update your graphics driver
4. Verify your game files
5. Stop overclocking your hardware
6. Disable your peripherals
7. Check if it’s a server problem

Fix 1: Lower in-game settings

Sometimes your game freezes when it’s graphically too challenging for your computer. If you’re not sure whether your gaming rig meets the game requirements, trylowering the in-game settings and see how it goes. This can also root out some compatibility issues when a new game is still improving on optimization.

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout system requirements (Minimum)

You can lower your in-game graphics settings according to the list below:

• Preset: Custom
• Resolution: 1920×1080 60Hz
• Windowed: Off
• V-Sync: Off
• Texture Detail: Half Res
• Shadows Detail: Low
• Motion Blur: Off
• Bloom: Off
• Depth Of Field: Off
• Ambient Occlusion: None
• Antialiasing: None
• Anisotropic Filtering: Off
• Screen Space Reflections: None

If Fall Guys still freezes at the lowest graphics settings, please take a look at the next fix.

Fix 2: Disable Steam overlay

Some gamers reported that the freezing issue might be related to the Steam Overlay feature, so you can try to disable this function and see whether it helps or not.

Here’s how:

1. Open Steam client and clickSteam on the top left corner. SelectSettings .
   
2. Navigate to theIn-Game tab, uncheck these boxes to disable the overlay feature. ClickOK to save the changes.
   
3. Launch Fall Guys and see if it freezes again.

If this fix doesn’t give you any luck, please move on to the next one.

Fix 3: Update your graphics driver

In some cases, you’ll have glitches during the game if you’re using afaulty or outdated graphics driver . That’s why updating your graphics driver is usually the thumb rule when troubleshooting game errors. Driver updates not only repair bugs but often come with a performance boost.Updating your graphics driver could be a potential fix to the freezing issue.

You can update your graphics drivers manually, by going to the manufacturer’s website (NVIDIA /AMD ) and searching for the most recent correct driver. If you don’t have the time, patience or computer skills to update your video and monitor drivers manually, you can, instead, do it automatically with Driver Easy :

1. Download and install Driver Easy.
2. Run Driver Easy and click theScan Now button. Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers.
   
3. ClickUpdate All to automatically download and install the correct version of_all_ the drivers that are missing or out of date on your system.
   (This requires the Pro version – you’ll be prompted to upgrade when you click Update All. If you don’t want to pay for the Pro version, you can still download and install all the drivers you need with the free version; you just have to download them one at a time, and manually install them, the normal Windows way.)
   

The Pro version of Driver Easy comes with full technical support. If you need assistance, please contact Driver Easy’s support team at [email protected] .

After updating your graphics driver, restart your computer and check if Fall Guys freezes again.

If updating the graphics driver does you no good, please continue to the next method.

Fix 4: Verify your game files

Corrupted game files can also cause your game to behave abnormally. So you can run some tests to verify the integrity of your game files.

And here’s how to do it:

1. Open the Steam client and navigate to theLIBRARY tab.Right-click Fall Guys and select Properties .
2. Navigate to theLOCAL FILES tab and clickVERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME FILES… . Then wait until the process to complete.
   
3. Launch Fall Guys and test your gameplay.

If the issue reappears, simply check out the next method.

Fix 5: Stop overclocking your hardware

Many people would like to exploit the full potential of their hardware by overclocking. It’s true that overclocking gives you a zero-cost performance boost, but the instability it brings along is also prominent.

If you’re overclocking your CPU or GPU, you can try stopping it before launching Fall Guys, by closing apps likeMSI Afterburner andIntel XTU or byrestoring BIOS settings .

If you’re not overclocking, go on and try the next fix.

Fix 6: Disable your peripherals

If you’re using peripherals (e.g. controllers) with Fall Guys, try disabling them before starting the game. There’re reports that gamers stop having crashes or freezes after disconnecting their peripherals.

This usually indicates a driver issue with your peripherals. You can try installing or updating drivers for your peripherals, either by visiting the manufacturer’s website, or by usingDriver Easy , a smart driver downloader.

If the freezing issue is not peripheral-related, take a look at the last method.

Fix 7: Check if it’s a server problem

If you tried all the methods above and none of them works, you should then check if it’s just a server problem. Fall Guys is still a new game, and the surge of players could crash the server from time to time. You can check out theFall Guys Server Owl Twitter to see if the server’s down. Or you can visit theFall Guys support page and consult the staff.

So these are the solutions to your Fall Guys freezing issue. Hopefully, your game has stopped freezing and you can easily grab a crown now. As always, if you got any questions or suggestions, please feel free to leave a message.

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