Save file corrupted — anything recoverable?

Posting this mostly so the next person searching finds an answer. Everything I read suggests it should just work, and for me it very much does not.

Would rather learn the right way now than build a bad habit.

Adding to the above: the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

Quick correction to the above: temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.

Quick correction to the above: worth testing on a second account to rule out something profile-specific.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Report back once you have tried it.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

Let us know which part worked.

Not the answer you want, but ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.

This comes up a lot, so: check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

I went through this last month. it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

The usual fix here is keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

Short version: worth testing on a second account to rule out something profile-specific.

Only partly related, but the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

Let us know which part worked.

Agreed on most of this, except verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.