Greetings,

This game ran fine on my last build (2700x /x470/ 1080 Ti /Sound BlasterX AE-5/ 16GB ram / Windows 10.) I just built a new system:

5900X
6900 XT
x470 (Asus)
32GB RAM (3600Mhz)
Sound Blaster AE-9
Windows 10
OS and drivers fully updated.

Mad Max now crashed during the splash screen, right before it updates to show company involvement. I lowered my RAM speed to 3200MHz and the game then ran perfectly at 4k with everything cranked up. After power down / power on, the game crashes again at any RAM speed setting. Using a program called dxcpl-directx-11-emulator.exe and checking "Force warp" gets the game to load to the menu, but CPU utilization is between 90-100% and it runs so slow that I can't select any options.

Event viewer offers this:

Information:

Fault bucket 120368807500, type 4
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: MadMax.exe
P2: 1.0.3.0
P3: 5628a448
P4: MadMax.exe
P5: 1.0.3.0
P6: 5628a448
P7: c0000094
P8: 0000000002f5c46e
P9:
P10:

Attached files:
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4A7.tmp.dmp
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER534.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER545.tmp.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER545.tmp.csv
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER565.tmp.txt

These files may be available here:
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_MadMax.exe_73d5b63053fc77261d5c7aba5a752ac49ce 5b2_cf0f2102_36df1eca-d455-411b-8839-9fc07e974893

Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 3ef3a16c-5901-4980-b34f-2d58e610900c
Report Status: 268435456
Hashed bucket: 538c0177f6255afad0763bcca4be9769
Cab Guid: 0

Error:

Faulting application name: MadMax.exe, version: 1.0.3.0, time stamp: 0x5628a448
Faulting module name: MadMax.exe, version: 1.0.3.0, time stamp: 0x5628a448
Exception code: 0xc0000094
Fault offset: 0x0000000002f5c46e
Faulting process id: 0x33ec
Faulting application start time: 0x01d7e332f2d44d8e
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Mad Max\MadMax.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Mad Max\MadMax.exe
Report Id: 3ef3a16c-5901-4980-b34f-2d58e610900c
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

I read random posts across the internet where a handful of people have the same issue, and I can't figure out what it is. I hope to solve it or have someone solve it, because this is a great game and I would like to finish it.

Try and cap the framerate with RivaTuner Statistics Server or Radeon Chill. Maybe make a game profile in the Radeon software and lower the GPU frequency.

Testing that RAM would be a good idea too.

Having the same issue. Just upgraded to a 3000 series video card and the game crashes to desktop after a brief loading screen appearance. Working perfectly with old 1000 series card.

So, an update. I deleted the game, and all save files/cloud and tried to reinstall. There must be an issue with my Galaxy as it refused to repair or download the game without error - even offline installers. I manually downloaded the latest offline installer and launched that. The game now runs.

Additional odd thing, the main menu options menu has only one item - game. The options are there as I can hear them get selected, but the text isn't visible. You have to get into the game and adjust the settings from there.

I have the same Issue...

The Game just don*t start. I also tried the DirectX Emulator with Force Warp

My problem returned, it seems to be a scaling issue though. 2 solutions to this for Nvidia on Win11:

Under Manage 3D Settings:
For the Mad Max (madmax.exe) profile change Image Scaling to on.

or

Under Desktop Size and Position:
Change Perform Scaling on to Display

Overriding DPI scaling via the shortcut failed to do anything for me.