Riders Republic is an open-world Sports game developed by Ubisoft Annecy. In this game, you can do many fun things like riding bikes, skiing, snowboarding, and flying in wingsuits. But all of this fun is missing when you can’t get the game to work. So in this guide let us take a look at how to fix crashing, game not starting, and launch issues in Riders Republic.
How to Fix Riders Republic won’t Launch, Crashing and game not starting issues
You can try some of these fixes if you play Riders Republic on PC.
- Buy the game from Ubisoft Connect: A lot of users on Reddit suggested this fix and it also worked for them. Simply purchase the game from Ubisoft connect instead of Epic Games Store. If you already got it from Epic Store then request a refund and buy it from Ubisoft Connect.
- Verify your game files: If your game files get corrupt then it might cause such problems. To verify files in Epic Games, launch epic games launcher, click on Riders Republic from your library and tap on settings then verify. And for Ubisoft Connect follow these steps. Launch Ubisoft connect, select Riders Republic from your games. On the left side, you can find properties, click on it, and lastly click on Verify files under local files.
- Update your Drivers: Keeping your drivers up to date is very important irrespective of which game you play. And in general, always keep your graphics driver up to date.
- Delete options.ini: You can try deleting the options.ini file. It can be found in the following location: Documents/My Games/Riders Republic/Default.
These are some of the general fixes that you can try irrespective of whether you play on Xbox, PlayStation, or on PC.
- Reinstall the game: This is an important fix especially if you were playing the Beta version of the game. Uninstall the game completely from your system be it console or PC. After that install the game again and it should start working.
- Restart your System: A very basic fix that can be quite helpful. Just restart your console or PC and it should start working better again.
- Launch the game again: This might sound silly but just try again. When you get the error close the game and then launch it again.
That sums up this guide on how to fix game not starting, crash and launch issues for Riders Republic. If you like playing this game then be sure to check out our other guides on how to check server status and why is bunny pack missing in Riders Republic.