How To Fix 'The Last Of Us' PC Performance & Shader Issues?

The Last of Us Part 1 is finally available on PC after years of waiting. However, the PC port of the game is reportedly plagued with crashes, shader building, and performance issues. Fortunately, the issue can be solved by using a few fixes to improve the performance of The Last of Us Part 1 on PC.

The PC port of The Last of Us Part 1 remake is made by Iron Galaxy, the same studio behind the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection. It seems even the Uncharted port had a few performance issues at launch, some of which are still not fixed. The main issue with the Remake is that the game takes hours to compile its shaders and has horrendous loading times.

How To Fix ‘The Last Of Us Part 1’ Memory Leak Issues?

Fortunately, one Redditor has pointed to a possible fix that can fix the performance and shader issues of the game. According to them, the developers/porters used a bugged release of the Oodle decompression library (2.9.6) which has confirmed memory-leaking issues.

The bugged Oodle decompression file can be replaced in the root directory of the game. Users can copy the non-bugged version (2.9.5) of the file from other games, such as FIFA 23 or Warframe. We recommend using the Warframe version, as the game can be downloaded for free on Steam.

Location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Warframe\Tools\Oodle\x64\oo2core_9_win64.dll

Players can also download the Oodle decompression file directly by searching for oo2core_9_win64.dll and clicking on the first link. The downloaded file will be the non-bugged version (2.9.5).

The Last of Us Part 1 System Requirements

Considering the PC port of the game suffers from such horrible performance, we recommend that you only buy the game if your PC meets the recommended specs.

Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 (Version 1909 or Newer)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or Intel Core i7-4770K
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470 (4 GB), AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (4 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB)
Storage: 100 GB available space (SSD Recommended)

Recommended System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 (Version 1909 or Newer)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or Intel Core i7-8700
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB), AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (8 GB), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER (8 GB), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (8 GB)
Storage: 100 GB available space (SSD Recommended)

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