Monster Hunter Wilds sleuth has seemingly uncovered bizarre reason for performance drops: "I refused to believe what I was seeing"

Saturday January 17 - Added additional details thanks to testing from Digital Foundry.

Monster Hunter Wilds was one of last year's biggest releases, and still draws in huge crowds each day. Capcom's beast-slaying co-op game may be a hit, but even now as it approaches its first birthday in February, the game is still held back by performance issues - particularly on PC. Capcom has taken many swings at improving the experience, and it is notably better than at launch, but frame rate drops remain a mysterious thorn in Wilds' side that the developer has been unable to fully remove. However, one Monster Hunter Wilds player believes they've found an unusual reason why performance issues persist despite all of Capcom's efforts - it may be tied to how much DLC you own.

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