Game reverts to desktop every 10 minutes

[Chris Stansfield]

Since the last update, when i launch the game it all works fine, however, after approx 5-10 minutes the game will minimise and go to desktop. It doesn't actually crash though. If i click on the AMS icon in my task bar, the game reopens full screen and i can just carry on. Not exactly ideal, and becoming slightly annoying when racing. I have deleted settings/savegame folder, verified files etc, but still happening. Has anyone experienced this or found a fix??

[G.Heath]

must be something on your end, no issue of that sort here and I run mostly 27 laps.
and I run both windowed no border to make adjustments and configure other apps and full screen most of the time when racing.

[Nats]

Sounds like another app in Windows is doing that.

[pavig]

Yes, sounds like something else in windows is stealing focus. You may find you can minimise the problem by running automobilista 2 in borderless window mode rather than fullscreen, but I suspect it won't be reliable until you find the culprit.

[Zakalwe]

Originally posted by Chris Stansfield:

Since the last update, when i launch the game it all works fine, however, after approx 5-10 minutes the game will minimise and go to desktop. It doesn't actually crash though. If i click on the AMS icon in my task bar, the game reopens full screen and i can just carry on. Not exactly ideal, and becoming slightly annoying when racing. I have deleted settings/savegame folder, verified files etc, but still happening. Has anyone experienced this or found a fix??

Try setting the game to Full Screen, rather than Borderless. It sounds to me like a classic case of a stray input occurring off-app and causing the screen to lose focus. Anyway, it's almost certainly something on your specific system and not app-related.

[Chris Stansfield]

Thanks for the responses, yep, i had a feeling it might be something in the background on my system I'll start looking at closing some processes and see if that helps.

I honestly do appreciate the educated respectful responses. Unlike some of the threads i see on here.
See you all on track.

[Mahjik]

I seem to recall a conversation back when PC2 launched about Windows notifications interrupting the title. I couldn't find the discussion but I do remember it taking place as I think I got into a habit of shutting down my email client when playing (so it's notifications didn't interrupt PC2).

You might see if you have an application or if you have a browser open with notifications enable which coincide with when AMS2 minimizes.

[Mumblesh]

Old post I know, but this is the place for some info.

I still get this problem and have done for a long time, it can be very annoying and I know others who race a bit more regularly online still suffer this issue.

One suggestion was finding the game.exe file and changing properties under the compatibility tab, checking the box for "disable full-screen optimisations".
I tried this and it seemed to work for some time, but I had a minimise to desktop yet again just recently. And all it does is minimise, it doesn't crash, clicking the icon on the taskbar brings it back, by which time your car is wrecked in a barrier (and yes I do have the game set to full screen). Still worth a try

What the above option does is switch the OS to a legacy behaviour with regards to exclusive full-screen and windowed mode. Windows 10 adopts a slightly "better" way of managing full-screen and windowed mode in theory, which means full-screen isn't really full-screen but borderless, with your PC thinking otherwise. This is meant to improve efficiency when alt-tabbing while still handing over most of the resources to the game. As AMS2 is running on an old engine, there may well be quirks with some newer features of the OS.

I have windows notifications off, but even so, they never bothered other games and nor do other games minimise, just this one. I am also using the app Razer cortex, which has a game booster function which can turn off many background processes when a game launches if you feel that might be an issue.

Either way I am not sure what the issue is here, but this may help others. The game seems more stable these days with the problem behaviour quite rare.

[[SRS13]Rastus(TTT)]

I've not seen this in a long while myself but last time I moved the AMS2 Documents folder to my desktop, forced the game to create a new Docs folder.
Then moving over car setups replays and game settings from the desktop copy restored the in game settings etc..
It stopped the CTD's for me and it's a bit easier than faffing with the EXE or game files.
Also setting the exe to "run as admin" along with the desktop icon might help.
Seemed to sort out the game refusing to launch issues I'd had before.
Not sure but think this raises the games priority level or summat like that???

[MISTER WU]

MMmmmm yes I have only ever seen this when i had a Logitech wheel and didnt open the software before launching the game.

I would open event viewer and expand the Windows Logs/Applications and see what is app is stealing focus/handle that window but it does sound strange mate.

Also disable Game Mode in Win10-11

[BadWallaby]

Every Reiza title I own tabs to desktop on startup. When I open the game it shows the Reiza logo and then back to desktop but the game continues to load and I can alt tab back in. Must have something to do with resolution/aspect ratio switching or something? At least that’s what mine seems like it’s doing