Fix The Last Caretaker FPS Drops & Stuttering

**The Last Caretaker** is experiencing FPS drops, stuttering, or poor performance. This is a *widely reported issue* with likely solutions. Performance issues typically relate to GPU/CPU bottlenecks, memory leaks, shader compilation stutters, or background processes consuming resources. **What's causing it:** • session sync delay (68% likely) • server overload (52% likely) These steps should resolve it for most players: 1. increase timeout window. 2. retry handshake logic. 3. Check if shader pre-compilation is available in settings — enabling it trades longer load times for smoother gameplay. 4. Disable Windows Game Bar and Game Mode (Settings → Gaming) as they can introduce micro-stutters. 5. Cap your framerate to your monitor's refresh rate using the in-game limiter or NVIDIA Control Panel / AMD Adrenalin. 💡 *Quick tip:* Try adding `-dx11` or `-dx12` to launch options to switch rendering API. 📊 *8 reports* of this issue tracked — trending at 0.9 reports/day.