Victoria 2 keeps crashing? How to quickly fix it

Victoria 2 is a grand strategy game released in 2010, and ever since it has become a cult classic. In it, you are able to control one of approximately 200 states of the world between 1836 and 1936. You’ll be in charge of managing the economy, science, domestic politics, diplomacy, army, and navy.

The game can be played as a single-player, or even multiplayer.

Since it was released in 2010, you would think that Victoria 2 will be having issues while playing on Windows 11.

And truth is, several older games have been experiencing issues on Windows 11: Mirror’s Edge, and Gothic 2, for example, are some of them. But it seems Victoria 2 keeps crashing on Windows 11, Reddit users agree.

But don’t worry, there is a simple fix to solve this issue.

Here’s how to fix Victoria 2 on Windows 11

First of all, for this game crashing might be because the Smart Access Memory on AMD systems is turned on, or Resizable Bar on NVIDIA systems is turned on. So to fix this issue, you need to disable these features, depending on the system that you have.

If you have an NVIDIA video card you’ll need to enable/disable it from BIOS. Make sure you have the latest BIOS installed on your motherboard.

1. Restart your PC and go to the BIOS setup.
2. Go to Advanced Mode > Settings > IO ports > Re-Size BAR Support.
3. Turn it from Auto to Disabled.

On AMD systems, you need to disable SAM (Smart Access Memory), and this is pretty simple.

1. Follow the BIOS steps, and enable your BAR support.
2. After restarting your PC, open AMD Adrenaline and go to the Performance label.
3. Once there, go to the Tuning pane and scroll down.
4. You’ll see that the AMD SmartAccess Memory is enabled. Disable it.

Reddit users confirmed that Victoria 2 was working again after disabling these features. However, if you’re playing other games, especially, newer games, then make sure the feature is on. When this feature is on, it optimizes GPU performance, but on older video games it might cause the game to crash, or lag.

In AMD Adrenaline, for example, you can easily disable/enable it. In NVIDIA, you can do that in BIOS.

Are you playing Victoria 2? Have you encountered this issue? Let us know in the comments section below.