Football Manager keeps crashing or freezing on PC

According to some of the gamers, Football Manager 2024/2022 crashes after launching and as per some other reports, the game crashes amidst a match. Hence, we have accumulated a list of the best solutions to help you if Football Manager crashes or freezes on Windows 11/10 PC.

Why is Football Manager crashing on PC?

There are multiple reasons behind the Football Manager game crashing on your computer. The very obvious one is a corrupted game file. But many times, the issue is not as severe as you may think. Sometimes, changing some settings can resolve the issue for you. However, you need to make sure that your computer is compatible to run the game. If not, you have to upgrade your system.

Football Manager keeps crashing or freezing on PC

These are things you need to do if Football Manager 2024/2022 game crashes or freezes frequently on Windows 11/10 PC:

Verify Game Integrity
Update Graphics Driver
Disable your Firewall or Antivirus
Delete Preferences and Cache folder
Use Low Configuration

Let us talk about them in detail.

1] Verify Game Integrity

As mentioned earlier, one reason you may encounter this issue is a corrupted game file. But there is a way to fix it. To repair Game files on Windows PC, follow the given steps.

Open Steam and move to the LIBRARY tab.
Right-click on Football Manager and select Properties.
Now, go to the LOCAL FILES tab and click VERIFY INTEGRITY OF THE GAME FILES.

Now, retry launching the game and see if the issue persists.

2] Update Graphics Driver

Another reason why a game might crash on your system is if you have not updated your Graphics Driver in a while. Hence, we recommend you update your Graphics driver and check if the issue persists.

3] Disable your Firewall or Antivirus

Maybe your antivirus or firewall is blocking your game. Therefore, you need to disable anything that is blocking the game from connecting to the server before playing the game. So, disable Windows Firewall or antivirus, temporarily, and see if the issue persists.

4] Delete the Preferences and Caches folder

The issue can be because of corrupted or glitchy cache, hence, we need to delete both the Preferences and Cache folders to resolve the issue. To do that, first, unhide Hidden items. For that, open File Explorer, click View, and untick Hidden items.

Now, go to the following location and delete the Preferences and Cache folders.

C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Local\Sports Interactive\Football Manager

Finally, try opening the game and see if the issue is fixed.

5] Use Low Configuration

If nothing works then you may want to have a moment of realization that maybe your current system is unable to run the game with high graphics. Hence, you need to set it to low and see if the issue is fixed.