RedM crash on startup – vulkan-1.dll+6DC48

What is the issue you’re having?

Hello,
RedM keeps crashing on startup with the error “vulkan-1.dll+6DC48”.
The crash window shows the following stack trace:

What have you tried already to fix the issue?

Reinstalled Vulkan Runtime (latest version)

Checked both Vulkan DLLs in System32 and SysWOW64 (same size, no corruption)

Verified the game files on Rockstar Launcher

Reinstalled RedM

Disabled Steam Overlay and other overlays

Updated GPU drivers (NVIDIA)

Deleted cache folder in the RedM directory

Restarted PC multiple times

Tried launching RDR2 standalone (works normally)

Error screenshot(s)

Windows version

Windows 11

System specifications

GPU: RTX 3060

CPU: Intel i5-11400

OS: Windows 11

Drivers fully up to date

RDR2 runs fine; only RedM crashes

Antivirus software

Windows Defender

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