Spider-Man 2's PC port, despite promising initial performance benchmarks, has received a mixed reception on Steam due to widespread technical problems. A significant portion of user reviews (45% negative) cite frequent crashes, even on high-end systems equipped with cards like the RTX 4090.
One RTX 4090 user reported consistent crashes despite using the latest Nvidia drivers. Many players describe the game as "unplayable," with crashes occurring every few minutes, leading to numerous refund requests. Reviewers highlight a range of issues including: inconsistent lighting in cutscenes, extremely low frame rates in certain sequences, significant audio desynchronization, freezing, stuttering, and general performance instability.
A common error message points to display driver problems, suggesting potential causes such as outdated drivers, overly demanding in-game settings, GPU overheating, or inherent game bugs.
Further complaints include malfunctioning DLSS and ray tracing features, prolonged loading times, missing textures, and persistent audio glitches. Some users report performance degradation and eventual crashes after extended play sessions, possibly indicating a memory leak.
Nixxes Software, the porting studio, acknowledged the issues on the Steam forums, directing users to their support website for troubleshooting guides and urging them to submit logs and crash dumps for faster resolution. They also confirmed awareness of a bug affecting photo-op missions, suggesting lowering graphics settings or resolution as a temporary fix if frame rates drop below 20 FPS.
