11 months after TS2 LC release, still no crash fixes
After countless hours trying every fix I could find online—official forums, YouTube, the second page of Google, Reddit, and everything in between—I’ve finally given up on getting The Sims 2 Legacy Collection (2025) to run properly on my modern PC. It’s simply not worth the effort to chase a fix that shouldn’t even be part of the "gaming" experience.
TLDR:
The game crashes every 15–30 minutes—even after the 2025 re-release and promised spec upgrades. If you somehow made it work or reduced the crashes to a tolerable level, good for you—but I paid €30 for a game that doesn’t run on a 2024 gaming rig, and that’s frustrating.
Long story longer:
I’ve spent hours analyzing crash reports and digging through game files. Here’s what I found:
Missing sound directories
Large parts of the sound files are completely absent—even in the English version. The game keeps trying to load them until the memory (unchanged from the 2004 release!) gives out and crashes—no warnings, no error messages.
I managed to fix this by copying the missing sounds from TS2 Ultimate Collection, which for some reason still included all the necessary files, but not the TS2 LC. But that only revealed the bigger issue:
Outdated coding & hardware limitations
The game still runs almost exactly on the same memory and DirectX specs as 2004. Multiple layers of limitations were patched on top to make it run at all since the 2025 re-release. Even following all the standard “fixes/workarounds”—turning off shadows, running as admin, using Windows 7 compatibility, etc.—doesn’t stop the crashes and the inconvenience. Modern hardware simply isn’t supported properly. (Although this was the reason people were so hyped for this re-release in the first place)
I’m sharing this because I love the franchise and want the community to be aware. While trying to fix the game on my own, I came across countless fellow gamers in the same situation—looking for a game that at least runs for more than 30 minutes without crashing and without relying on endless workarounds.
My goal isn’t to blame the developers—they were probably forced to release this without the time or resources it truly needed—but the game still needs to work as promised.
If anyone has a real fix please share.
