Doom: The Dark Ages is scheduled for a release on May 15, 2025, but players who have bought the premium edition of the game already have advanced access to its content as of writing this. Unfortunately, the experience hasn’t been very pleasant for such players. A ton of them have been reporting that the game is crashing on their systems when they try to launch it. A message appears stating, “Please ensure you are on the latest drivers” and when the Play button is clicked, instead of the game launching, it crashes. This can be very frustrating, especially if you have bought the premium edition and want to enjoy the game before it gets released globally. That said, here’s everything you need to know about fixing this issue for good.
This issue is related to the GPU driver version you are currently using. Usually, whenever a game detects that the system it is running on has old GPU drivers, it alerts the users about updating to the latest version and then gives an option to bypass this alert and play the game. Marvel Rivals does it too. However, in Doom: The Dark Ages, even after clicking on the Play button, players are unable to launch the game as it just outright crashes. So, how to fix it?
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Update Drivers
Well, this is obviously the most obvious thing you’d do when the game just crashes after flashing the Please ensure you are on the latest drivers message. So, head over to the official Nvidia or AMD website and then download the latest GPU drivers for your specific GPU. But if the crashing persists, try the next workaround.
Downgrade Drivers to a specific version
Players in the Doom: The Dark Ages Steam Discussion forum have shared that while the crashes persisted in the latest GPU drivers, downgrading to an older driver version fixed the issue for them. Some advised downgrading to the old Nvidia Driver version 566.36. So, consider giving this a try and then check whether the issue persists. Some also recommended the Nvidia Driver version 576.40.
Disable Overclocking/Undervolting
If you have overclocked your CPU/GPU or undervolted your CPU, it is possible that these settings are causing the game to crash. So, we recommend that you switch to the factory settings of your CPU/GPU and then launch the game to check whether the issue persists.
Reinstall
Finally, if none of the workarounds have been of any help, consider reinstalling the game. It is the only surefire way to ascertain whether the issue is related to the system itself or just a bad installation. If the issue persists even after reinstalling, then you will have to contact Bethesda support for additional assistance.
That said, we hope that you find this guide informative. Consider visiting Android Gram daily for more such interesting reads on all things gaming.
