Buying all DLC for Monster Hunter Wilds unlocks twice the FPS performance — higher FPS accidentally paywalled by resource-hogging background check for paid content

Monster Hunter Wilds eats FPS.

A performance-crushing bug in Monster Hunter Wilds appears to vanish once all of the game's DLC is purchased and added to the game. Redditor de_Tylmarande highlighted this strange issue with the game, where DLC-rich folks can enjoy double the FPS compared to base game owners, and has been in touch with Capcom developer contacts.

Coincidentally, Capcom has just announced a performance patch is coming to the game, designed to reduce PC Steam “processing load.” The OP’s investigations pointed to aggressive background DLC ownership checks being the central performance issue.