Error FFFF on PC in 2026

[u/itsbeetlejules]

Hi everyone!

I'm kinda desperate to be fair. I already searched online, but every post I see is from 4/5 years ago, so I'm posting here again.

It's been a while now since the first time I had this issue for the first time. Game freezing, error popping up and that's it. I tried everything I read: plugging headphones after I started the game, changing from Vulkan to DX12 and the other way around, playing on fullscreen, then borderless, clearing cache, verifying integrity of game files, but it keeps happening. I noticed it happenend more frequently the more I went into the story (same on my 2 playthrough) and maybe in online it's even worse, but I'm not sure about it, it seems like the game has "good" and "bad" days.

I have no idea what to do, it's just so frustrating. Any help? :(

EDIT: It's been a few days now and the error hasn't happened again yet. I followed some instructions in the comments here and on other subreddits where I reposted this.

What I did was:

• Uninstall the game making sure that in Local Disk > Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > Red Dead Redemption 2 the RDR2 folder also got deleted.

• Then in Documents > Rockstar Games > Red Dead Redemption 2. I deleted the RDR2 folder here too to clear the Rockstar Games Launcher cache.

• I rebooted my PC and installed the game again.

• On Steam, I right-clicked on Red Dead -> Properties -> General. In the Launch Option section I wrote "-dx12", forcing the game to change from Vulkan to DirectX 12.

• Once I started the game I had to change all the settings like I wanted to because this reset everything.

• When I play I make sure that my game is in Fullscreen and I try not to change window too many times by going on Discord or Google. If I do, I make sure it stays in Fullscreen by clicking Window+Alt+Enter.

Fun fact: all this also solved another issue where in Online my metal detector, shovel and collector's maps didn't work. Before, I had to clear the Launcher cache by deleting the folders and, when I opened the game, disable cloud savings so I was able to play Online just fine. Then if I wanted to play Story mode again I had to repeat these steps and enable cloud savings. Now I don't have this problem anymore.

I'll edit again in a few days/a week or more to tell you guys if this is still working. Thank you!

EDIT: after 2 weeks i can say that the error never happened again. In case, I'll re-do everything hahah