Fix Resonance Stuttering on Xbox / PC Game Pass

What is breaking

Steam users sit in the menu while the CPU compiles shaders, then the island stays smooth. The Microsoft Store / Game Pass build often never starts that pass. PSO cache files appear when you walk into a new biome, which is why hitching lines up with folder timestamps. Microsoft Advanced Shader Delivery cannot help if the game never asks for the warm-up.

This is not “buy a faster GPU.” People on 5090-class cards still stutter on Game Pass and go clean after moving to Steam.

What players are doing until a patch

Turn Frame Generation off. Set the in-game cap to Unlimited or to your display, then force vsync in the NVIDIA / AMD app if the built-in toggle fights you. Update the GPU driver once; do not chase daily branches. File a ticket with Focus so the hotfix is harder to ignore.

If you already own it on Steam, that binary is the practical fix. Play Anywhere saves do not come with you. Longer PC notes: optimization page.