Come on, what could possibly require 2042 at this stage to need a driver update first?

@Itzan wrote: Requesting to update is one thing, but outright refusing to start is another. It's understandable that using older drivers would lead to degraded performance if the new driver brings something new to the driver profile for the game. But considering i was on 522.30 and the game asked me to upgrade to 525.XX which was released a week later and brought no changes to the driver outside a few game profiles then yeah, I feel that's a bit annoying. This is quite normal for games & other certain software, that they won't launch if you have outdated drivers or your driver is corrupted. It doesn't seem to be an issue for many, since this is the only thread so far. But we will monitor it.

Haha, what? Can you cite another game refusing to even start with an error message and asking for a new driver? Especially when the game's been out for year and a half?

Applications (like games) have dependencies related to drivers, so if there is a new dll or something along those lines, the application won't run without it. Not really a big deal. I have been prompted to update Java, .NET, etc and never rage quit Adobe Acrobat because of it.

@Itzan wrote:@AnaghyaI've played all of those and I usually update my driver once or twice a year if they actually feature a performance increase or a driver for a game I'm playing and I've never had a game arbitrarily refuse to start because of my driver being out of date. Also here we're talking about a game that came out a year and a half ago, not a brand new game requiring a driver that has the game profile in it.The driver was out for 3 weeks so this game build more than likely used that driver and there is something in there that was not in the driver you had installed. They can't prevent the game from not launching if you are using old dependencies. Could they have put something in the patch notes, sure but the only complaint right now that EA and DICE need to see is the lack of a server browser.

Did you really need to force us into a Nvidia driver update?

62 Replies

MackTKau
Rising Ace
3 years ago
off to a great start.. started hard locked minimised..
Adamonic
3 years ago
Driver update? The latest one I can see is 528.49 from 02/08? Is there a newer one?
EA_Leeuw
Community Manager
3 years ago
@Adamonic wrote:

Driver update? The latest one I can see is 528.49 from 02/08? Is there a newer one?

No, that is indeed the most recent Nvidia driver.

@MackTKau, it is quite common for a game to require up-to-date drivers. Was your driver outdated?
Itzan
3 years ago
Haha, what? Can you cite another game refusing to even start with an error message and asking for a new driver? Especially when the game's been out for year and a half?
EA_Leeuw
Community Manager
3 years ago
@Itzan, I am sorry, but I am really not sure what the issue is here. You don't think it is okay that the game is requesting you to update your drivers, if you have outdated drivers?
MackTKau
Rising Ace
3 years ago
@EA_Leeuw By about a month. Not "outdated" really.
Anaghya
3 years ago
@ItzanBattlefield 1, Doom Eternal, Red Dead Redemption 2 to name just a couple. It's not so rare... 😉
Adamonic
3 years ago
Applications (like games) have dependencies related to drivers, so if there is a new dll or something along those lines, the application won't run without it. Not really a big deal. I have been prompted to update Java, .NET, etc and never rage quit Adobe Acrobat because of it.
Itzan
3 years ago
Requesting to update is one thing, but outright refusing to start is another. It's understandable that using older drivers would lead to degraded performance if the new driver brings something new to the driver profile for the game. But considering i was on 522.30 and the game asked me to upgrade to 525.XX which was released a week later and brought no changes to the driver outside a few game profiles then yeah, I feel that's a bit annoying.
Itzan
3 years ago
@Anaghya I've played all of those and I usually update my driver once or twice a year if they actually feature a performance increase or a driver for a game I'm playing and I've never had a game arbitrarily refuse to start because of my driver being out of date. Also here we're talking about a game that came out a year and a half ago, not a brand new game requiring a driver that has the game profile in it.