Audio drops out shortly after launching game

EA Report ID: 8f0ba891-c255-4636-abe2-cd3dee1890a5

Currently using RME HDSPe driver version 4.61, released 2026-01-18. This issue also occurs on RME HDSPe driver version 4.50, released 2025-01-16

Update - 
I determined that the HDMI audio output from my GPU still works after the RME audio driver cuts out, but this it not an acceptable solution for me. I use my RME PCIe sound card for all system audio, speakers, headphones, microphone, and routing. For some reason, it would appear that this latest patch causes compatibility issues with my RME audio drivers. Surprising, considering this card works seamlessly with every other application I've used. 

I'm unfortunately having the same problem. Unfortunately, two days ago, I've also developed a new problem with my AMD Ryzen 7 5800X: my CPU is doing more than my RTX 3090 Ti 24GB. After 277 hours, I can no longer play the game normally; I can't make any progress. Literally two days ago, I was still playing the game without any problems, and then one day I woke up and the game was unplayable. I've tried everything to fix it; the CPU isn't giving any errors. It's literally the game itself that's become unplayable. It started with the audio bug, and I got this thrown in for free. I hope you don't experience this, but I wouldn't be surprised if you do too, because I know several people with the exact same problem, even on consoles with the audio bug and then the CPU problem. Unfortunately, they're not responding to bug reports or anything; they deny the bugs in the game. The standard answer you usually get is, "It's your PC, not the game." That's something I heard several times.