How To Fix Red Dead Online Crashing After An Update | Xbox One | New in 2025
The new Red Dead Online August 2020 update (1.21) brought some issues with it, with some Xbox One users complaining that the game is now crashing and sometimes, won’t even load. If you are one of these unlucky gamers, this troubleshooting guide might give you an idea how to fix it.
Why is Red Dead Online crashing on your Xbox One?
There’s been a growing list of Xbox One players reporting to us that their Red Dead Online game has become broken and keeps crashing after installing an update. If you haven’t figured out what’s causing your own game to crash at this point, check out the possible reasons below.
Random game or console bug.
Some Xbox One games may crash at random but doesn’t mean that there’s a serious issue going on. In some cases, errors may show up which may result to the system crashing issue as well.
If you noticed that Red Dead Online seems to be crashing and there’s no obvious pattern that you can identify, the problem may be caused by a random game glitch.
Slow or intermittent internet.
Some online games like Red Dead Online may fail in the loading screen or while in the middle of the play due to bad internet connection. Try checking your internet connection at home to see if it’s dropping.
If the connection is too slow or there’s not enough bandwidth, some online games may crash and fail to work properly as well.
Coding glitch.
If Red Dead Online was working normally before you updated it, it’s possible that the cause of the problem may be the August 2020 update.
At this time, there are many players experiencing problems with this game right after the update 1.21 was installed. Issues range from crashing to the dashboard to showing errors similar to PS4 CE-34878-0 to total shut down of the console.
Corrupted system cache.
Some Xbox One games may crash due to a corrupted system cache. Learn how to clear the system cache on your Xbox One below.
Xbox One hardware malfunction.
Majority of game crashing problems on Xbox One are caused by minor issues and sometimes, by coding glitches after updates. There may be a few users who will encounter crashing issues due to more serious hardware problems.
If you have other games crashing aside from Red Dead Online, you should consider troubleshooting the hardware or by having it checked by a professional.
Some Xbox One consoles may overheat and cause games or the system to crash. While overheating is usually due to poor ventilation, some other causes of overheating can be traced to hardware malfunction.
How to fix Red Dead Online crashing on Xbox One?
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