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Many people are experiencing Sons of the Forest frame drops, we’ve got some potential fixes here.
Sons of the Forest has been pre-released, allowing many to play the hotly anticipated game. The open world is beautiful, especially when playing on the best graphics settings. However, already people are experiencing stuttering and frame drops.
This is all to be expected with a pre-release that doesn’t stop it from being really annoying. Whilst there has been no official fix or announcement, we have got a few troubleshooting tips that could potentially solve the problem.
It is possible, however, that these won’t work and you’ll simply have to wait for an update, which will inevitably be in the works if it does prove to be an issue with the game itself.
Fixes for Sons of the Forest frame drops
- Can you run Sons of The Forest?
- Update your GPU drivers
- Verifying the game files on Steam
There are a few common issues that cause the frame rate of a game to drop and the good news is that the solution can often be simple too. We’ve listed the most common solutions above. Let’s break each of those down.
Can you run Sons of The Forest?
It is an obvious one, but often frame drops are simply a sign that your hardware is being pushed to its limits. If you want to play Sons of the Forest at high resolutions and frame rates you’re going to need some high high-end tech. If you want to play in QHD, for example, you’ll need the best GPU for 1440p and the best CPU to go with it.
Here are the minimum specs for Sons of the Forest, bear in mind these are for playing the game on the lowest settings. If your tech isn’t much better than this, try closing all unnecessary programs on your computer and lowering your settings.
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: INTEL CORE I5-8400 or AMD RYZEN 3 3300X
- Memory: 12 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD (Preferred)
Update your GPU drivers
This is another age-old issue that cause been causing frames to drop since the dawn of the modern GPU. If your drivers are out of date, performance issues are sure to ensue, so it’s definitely worth a check whenever you are experiencing problems.
To make sure your drivers are all up to date follow the links and instructions from the links below. There is support for both AMD and Nvidia graphics cards.
Try verifying the game files on Steam
It’s possible that some files were lost or corrupted in the download and installation of Sons of the Forest, when this happens they can easily cause frame rates or general performance to suffer. Fortunately, there is an easy fix for this
To check for and remedy this issue you simply need to launch your steam library. From there right-click on Sons of the Forest and go to Properties > Local Files > Verify integrity of game files.
Steam will take it from here and make sure everything is present and correct. When that’s been completed restart your computer and re-launch the game.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sons of the Forest PC only?
The pre-release of Sons of the Forest is limited to PC gamers only. No console release has been officially announced as of yet.
