Game won't start - loading bar stucks

[LaBellaRosa]

I was able to play without problems until a few days ago. Now i keep having the problem, that i launch the game at steam and i see a loading bar about 50% filled. It will never move.
I also start the rockstar launcher before pressing play in steam.

I keep crashing the game in task manager then, restart my whole pc and sometimes it just starts then. but it is very annoying ofc.

I also already tried to repair the files. Anyone has the same problem and a solution for this?

[FizzyCerb VT]

If your using 30 series nvidia it seems to not be playable, no clue when it will be fixed

[apafelyido]

I've got the stuck loading bar problem in the past when I was experimenting with the compatibility settings of the RDR2.exe app. It only ever happens in my case whenever I set the compatibility settings to run at a lower Windows version (Windows 7 and 8), and the graphics API of the game is set to DX12.

You can open the settings.xml file of the game in your Documents > Rockstar Games > Red Dead Redemption 2 > Settings folder with a text editor and change the API to vulkan (if it isn't already) by going to the "<API>kSettingAPI_DX12</API>" and changing "DX12" to Vulkan, making it "<API>kSettingAPI_Vulkan</API>". Save the file and close the text editor.

Also update your Windows version if it isn't yet. Type "winver" in run (windows key + r) to see what Windows version you currently have. If you have version 20H2 of Windows 10, you got the latest. Try also updating your graphics card to its latest graphics driver.

[Bloodysod]

I'm sure I'll get flamed for saying this, but when that was happening to me I deleted everything in the settings folder and all was fine after.
If anyone knows a better solution, do tell.
P.S. I was using an old r7 240 or some such at the time.
When I went to GTX 970 this stopped happening.
Also I don't use the latest driver updates. Maybe roll back a bit.

[LaBellaRosa]

hey, i'm using a Radeon 580 series. I just checked the settings and already have vulkan and the latest updates.
yesterday i started the game via the rockstar launcher and i had no problems, it started right away.