The game barely starting and running
So today i've been having an issue with starting the game. I double click the icon, Steam starts, R* launcher starts... game doesn't.
I tried a couple of times and after waiting up to 5 mins per try, I gave up and "closed" the game via Launcher. Some of the times the launcher threw an error that the game is already running so I tried applying a fix from a post in this thread "A game is already running" from 4years ago and I also restarted my PC.
So I took a break and just now tried again. The game launcher after about 7-8 ish minutes, while yesterday it was launching just fine almost instantly.
For some reason the game wasn't in full screen, nbd, so I went to settings and the game decided it doesn't know what Fullscreen means (choosing the Fullscreen setting and confirming did squat), I then tried changing resolution and then the game crashed. BUT not fully i guess - while the game closed the Launcher and Steam app saw it as still running.
I verified files in Steam and it came up just fine.
Is anyone else having this issue suddenly? Is it related to the connection issues the game has been throwing at all players recently? And most importantly can I do something about it?
Thank you all in advance for the help, and have a nice day C: