Grid Legends exe Blackscreen then crash
I recently downloaded Grid Legends after my friend wanted me to, but I had this issue where I'd launch the game, the application would start, but it would only show me a black screen and it would crash after 2 or 3 seconds. I then went through an ungodly amount of troubleshooting steps, about 5-6 hours worth. There is a form describing this same issue on here, but it's last response was 2 or 3 years ago and I need people to see this is still an issue. I've tried every step I could possibly find bar updating my BIOS as I don't feel that I'm technologically capable of not bricking my pc. DXDiag showed me what I could find to be correct, I've installed the newest NVIDIA driver, the newest AMD driver, updated both DirectX and C++ to the newest version just to be safe, tried every drive on my computer, (C: SSD, G: HDD, S: SSD) I've ran it through every single combination of disabling fullscreen optimization + compatibility mode + running as administrator, I've unplugged everything, did a clean boot, disabled any recording or virtual audio softwares, I've changed the game settings in the file to attempt to make it run at a lower resolution, I've tried my second monitor, I've tried lowering my main monitor's resolution, uninstalled my GPU drivers again and reinstalled them to have clean settings, I genuinely am at a loss for what to do. half the links regarding any problem with grid legends are now purple. I've got the proper Vmemory on my SSDs, there are no error messages in Event Viewer, no problems with any of my disks getting overused, my temps are all good, tried both standard and overclocked, what I think are crashlogs are mostly in like Chinese or something?? Repair files does me no good, I've used the EA App recovery feature to no avail, clearing the cache does nothing, clearing my computer cache does nothing, clearing my temp files does nothing, clearing my brain does nothing, I'm so confused how I was able to play this a while ago but now I am physically incapable of doing so. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if I'm just missing the most obvious thing ever, or its some niche internet thing that the average common peasant doesn't know about. PLEASE send help 💔
PC STATS (taken from nvidia app)
NVIDIA system information report created on: 03/19/2026 23:42:23
NVIDIA App version: 11.0.6.383
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, Version 10.0.26200
DirectX runtime version: DirectX 12
Driver: Game Ready Driver - 595.79 - Tue Mar 10, 2026
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
RAM: 32.0 GB
Storage (3): HDD - 3.6 TB,SSD - 465.8 GB,+1 more
Graphics card
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Direct3D feature level: 12_1
CUDA cores: 6144
Graphics clock: 2685 MHz
Resizable BAR: Yes
Memory data rate: 28.00 Gbps
Memory interface: 192-bit
Memory bandwidth: 672.048 GB/s
Total available graphics memory: 28562 MB
System video memory: N/A
Shared system memory: 16335 MB
Dedicated video memory: 12227 MB GDDR7
Video BIOS version: 98.05.36.00.cd
Device ID: 10DE 2F04 1439196E
Part number: G147 0070
IRQ: Not used
Bus: PCI Express x16 Gen4
Display (1): LG Electronics LG HDR WQHD
Resolution: 3440 x 1440 (native)
Refresh rate: 100 Hz
Desktop color depth: Highest (32-bit)
Display technology: G-SYNC Compatible
HDCP: Supported
