As Leadbetter points out, though, if DRM is not to blame for the stuttering, the only remaining conclusion is that the cracked version both bypasses the DRM and fixes a performance issue unrelated to DRM.

In this case, we don't know all the variables: DRM may not be the only difference between the retail and cracked copies of Village. The claim that PC DRM solutions hamper game performance is common, but it's usually tricky to prove, because we don't get many opportunities to test game executables that are identical outside of one including DRM and the other not. Resident Evil Village wells (opens in new tab) : Get the Well Wheel Resident Evil Village masks (opens in new tab) : Escape the castle Resident Evil Village doll puzzle (opens in new tab) : Find every item Resident Evil Village bell puzzle (opens in new tab) : Ring all five Resident Evil Village tips (opens in new tab) : Ensure Ethan's survival Digital Foundry shows that this stuttering does not happen at all in the cracked version, suggesting that DRM processes are occasionally interfering with Resident Evil Village's ability to render new frames.

At certain moments, however, the time it takes to render a frame suddenly spikes in the retail version, causing a noticeable pause, or a stutter. To be clear, the cracked version does not deliver an overall frame rate increase. The tech reporters at Digital Foundry (opens in new tab) put that claim to the test, comparing Resident Evil Village's normal and cracked versions, and what do you know, it's true: The pirated version doesn't stutter like the retail version, Digital Foundry says.įor the most part, the two executables perform identically, as DF's Rich Leadbetter explains in the video embedded above. Original story: An interesting claim appeared over the weekend: that a cracked version of Resident Evil Village not only bypasses Capcom's DRM, but runs better than the Steam version.

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