, which is often cited as less stable than the original DirectX 11 version. Why Does This Happen?

In simple terms, the game is trying to send instructions to your graphics card using DirectX 12 (DX12), and your graphics card is either not understanding those instructions, running out of memory to process them, or encountering a driver conflict. When the instruction fails, the game cannot draw the next frame, resulting in an immediate "Fatal D3D Error" and a crash.

Launch the game with nothing running in the background except Steam.

The "Renderdevicedx12.cpp" Fatal D3D error is a common crash in the PC version of Resident Evil 2 (RE2) Remake

Mr. X is scary enough without your PC crashing. Follow this guide, and you’ll be dodging zombies in no time. Good luck, officer.