A reminder to PC players to ensure the best experience:
SSD Required: HDDs (slower mechanical drives) are not supported and may cause severe loading issues, missing assets, stuttering, and crashes.
Update your drivers: please ensure all NVIDIA, AMD or Intel drivers are updated, and the game is installed on an SSD. Recommended drivers are:
AMD: 26.7.1
NVIDIA: 610.74 or newer
Intel: 101.8864
Aim Assist - Missing clarification in Settings that Aim Assist only affects Campaign and Horde Siege game modes. Versus will not be affected. Text to be added at launch.
August 12 Fixes and Improvements:
Thank you for all of your feedback from the first weekend of the Beta. Below is a list of fixes and improvements for the second weekend.
Prototype Lancer - Increased base damage and reduced perfect reload damage
Hit Detection Delays - Improved hit detection delays players were experiencing in Horde Siege
Anti-cheat protection - Improved anti-cheat protection and took enforcement action against verified cheaters
Drone-Snub Error Code - Implemented mitigations for the drone-snub error code. As part of this change, we have updated our port requirement from UDP 443 to UDP 3074. If you continue to experience this issue, please ensure the required ports are open on your network. For more information, visit Xbox Live Network Ports
Stability - Improved stability and reduced frequency of crashes across all platforms
Connection Timeouts - Implemented mitigations to address connection timeout errors
Matchmaking Improvements- Made further improvements to our Matchmaking system in Versus (Social & Ranked)
Third-Party Controller Support - Improved an issue where some third-party controllers were not recognized upon game launch on Steam
Account Linking - Improved issue where players were not able to link their Microsoft accounts
Xbox Series S - Made further improvements to reduce hitching on Xbox Series S
The Open Beta is open to all players on all eligible platforms, regardless of their pre-purchase status, and is scheduled to begin on August 13 at 12pm PT and end on August 17 at 10am PT.
For more information and an FAQ, visit the Open Beta FAQ at gearsofwar.com.