Tutorial - fix Crashing when starting NBA 2K21

This solution has worked for many games and multiple years

what about crashing when starting a match? is it an sse4.2 issue?

what about crashing when starting a match? is it an sse4.2 issue?

not sure. Never had that happen.

same problem with me tried every solution and updated all drivers and stuff but still crashing when game 100% loaded during Play Now

Damn bro I followed your instructions in the video step by step, and I made sure Steam was fully closed as well. I can open the .bat file(sde-win file) and it only stays open literally for a millisecond lol. I've tried other options as well like verifying the integrity of the game files etc. I have no idea what's going on. Game only crashes if I try to play a game on ANY mode. Loading to play a game reaches 100% but then it crashes before I even see the courts or hear the announcers. As always, thanks for the help on these type of issues TG!

And if it's any help to identify what I'm doing wrong, I literally bought the game off of Steam last night lol.

Edit: I also downloaded the latest version of the sde.win file and I also tried copying and pasting the .bat file from yours to the latest version, and while the cmd prompt actually stayed this time my game still crashed after loading 100% into a game.

Edit: Now I'm getting an application error with it lol

Last edit: Alright well I can actually start up the game normally now without crashing, only downside is that the loading time is bit longer now but I'm not really bothered by it. Lag stays for about like 10 seconds, so it's best to get the lag out in freestyle mode then you'll be good to go(If anyone else is in the same position)

Thanks again TG!

same problem with me tried every solution and updated all drivers and stuff but still crashing when game 100% loaded during Play Now

Same here.
I thin in my case it might be the old hardware.
I can run 220 on max settings, though.