@jeisom As with most recent Sony ports that use the PSN overlay, the game fails to launch without the SteamDeck=1 %command% launch parameter. Sony uses that variable to disable the PSN overlay which doesn't work on Linux. Setting that parameter gets the game to launch successfully for me.

However, I am seeing major graphical glitches whenever Shadow Quality -> Ambient Shadows is set to anything besides Off. Ambient shadows show up as large, blotchy circular shadows around objects. Some shader error perhaps?

If Joel's body is overlapping those shadows, the outline of his body becomes blocky too.

Here's my system info: https://gist.github.com/urbenlegend/82b715a164b949ce351b4c4a7bb76be5
I am using Proton Experimental.

I am experiencing the same issue as @jeisom on Fedora, with an RTX 3080 TI.
I used the SteamDeck=1 %command% option, but the game crashes in the same way.
Takes a couple seconds longer to crash. Dunno if thats meaningful at all.

@jeisom As with most recent Sony ports that use the PSN overlay, the game fails to launch without the SteamDeck=1 %command% launch parameter. Sony uses that variable to disable the PSN overlay which doesn't work on Linux. Setting that parameter gets the game to launch successfully for me.

Thanks. That go it running.

@jeisom, do you see the same issues that I am seeing with Ambient Shadows?

@urbenlegend I have the same issues

@jeisom, do you see the same issues that I am seeing with Ambient Shadows?

No, I am not. I used the High preset + Aniscopic 16x. Maybe try the nvidia vulkan beta(570.23.07)?

@jeisom how can you try nvidia vulkan beta(570.23.07)?

@jeisom how can you try nvidia vulkan beta(570.23.07)?

The driver is here Nvidia vulkan driver Proper installation can depend on your distro though.

I am experiencing the same issue as @jeisom on Fedora, with an RTX 3080 TI. I used the SteamDeck=1 %command% option, but the game crashes in the same way. Takes a couple seconds longer to crash. Dunno if thats meaningful at all.

Ended up installing Ubuntu instead of Fedora and SteamDeck=1 in the options. Working fine now. Not sure why.
Had the same shadow issue, but I ended up just turning Shadow Details down to Low.
Hopefully a fix comes out for that.

Seemingly ignores the SteamDeck=1 variable in my case. Despite launching with it (quadruple checked), refuses to run citing lack of the Playstation SDK.

Same issue on fedora for me

Compatibility Report

Name of the game with compatibility issues: The Last Of US Part 2 Remastered
Steam AppID of the game: 2531310

System Information

GPU: AMD RADEON 7800XT
Video driver version: amdgpu
Kernel version: 6.13.9-200.fc41.x86_64
Proton version: Experimental/9.0-4/Hotfix

The "solution" for the shadows issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1jqzjba/the_last_of_us_2_on_arch_linux_nvidia_gpu/

Same issue on arch for me

Compatibility Report
Name of the game with compatibility issues: The Last Of US Part 2 Remastered
Steam AppID of the game: 2531310

System Information
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate [Discrete]
Video driver version: 570.133.07
Kernel version: 6.13.8-arch1-1
Proton version: 9.0-4

As a complete aside, anyone have any luck getting DualSense haptic feedback working? It does seem like a similar situation to Death Stranding DC (see [#5900](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/5900#issuecomment-1159353927) and related discussion). Adaptive triggers are functional both wire and wireless, but since the game expects haptic vibrations, both wired and wireless modes produce no vibration whatsoever, "traditional" or HD rumble.

I stumbled here from a reddit post that talked about broken Ambient Shadows on nvidia in this game. I actually have the same issue in Part I with a 2080 Ti. I could work around it by using the closed driver and disabling GSP. I made a report on nvidia's forum as I think it's an issue in the driver. The thread is here: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/broken-ambient-shadows-in-the-last-of-us-part-i-with-gsp/327956.

I am already using the closed driver with GSP off to workaround some performance issues with KDE and I am still getting the shadow issues.

I have tested the vulkan beta drivers and disabled GSP on my RTX3080TI just to be sure and still have the shadow issue, if Ambient Shadows are set higher than off. I used Proton Experimental Bleeding Edge, Proton Hotfix and Proton-GE9-27 and cleared shadercache inbetween testings.

I don't remember having the issue with the first part when I played it back on release, so my bet is on driver issue here. Maybe even only for certain cards, but I am only speculating.

My game also keeps crashing, even with SteamDeck=1 %command%. I'm using:

• OS: Fedora 41 (Workstation Edition)
• GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 7700 XT
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600
• Memory: 32GB
• DE: GNOME 47.5
• Kernel: 6.13.9

steam-2531310.log

I am also experiencing the same issue as @dylanwe and have a similar setup if that helps:

• OS: Fedora 42 Beta (Silverblue)
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• Memory: 32GB
• DE: Gnome 48
• Kernel: 6.14.0

I am using the Flatpak version of Steam and have tried a variety of proton versions. It seems that the launch options aren't being respected as MANGOHUD=1 does not make the overlay appear. This might be a separate issue (causing SteamDeck=1 not to be set and therefore the game to crash)

steam-2531310.log

@NZRosto you could try using the RPM version of steam, that worked for me.

@dylanwe just tried using the RPM overlayed with rpm-ostree and it's running now. Clearly something about the Flatpak version causes it to not work, although it should be noted this is the first game that I've had any issues running past the usual protondb tricks. Also of note I haven't experienced any issues with the shadows, but perhaps that's just an Nvidia thing.

Upgraded nvidia driver to 570.124.04. That solved the ambient shadows bug

@tomicul Hmm, I am getting the ambient shadow bug with 570.133.07. Did it regress then?

@tomicul Hmm, I am getting the ambient shadow bug with 570.133.07. Did it regress then?

Honestly I don't know. I've just upgraded my nvidia driver to 570 from 560 and that solved it, for me.

Upgraded nvidia driver to 570.124.04. That solved the ambient shadows bug

What is you gpu and system settings? Maybe I have to downgrade mine

Here's my config:
OS -> Ubuntu 24.10
CPU -> AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
GPU -> RTX 4060 Mobile
Memory -> 32 GB
Kernel -> 6.11.0-21-generic
All system settings and driver settings are default.

--- System Information for Bug Report ---

Hardware:

• CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K (13th Gen, 24 cores / 32 threads)
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
• GPU Driver Version: Mesa RADV 25.0.3-arch1.1
• RAM: 64 GB DDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (2x 32 GB Corsair CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40)
• Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 AORUS MASTER
• BIOS Version: F23 (Date: 09.03.2023)
• Storage (OS/Applications Drive): NVMe SSD, filesystem: Ext4
• Power Supply (PSU): NZXT C1200
• Monitor(s): 3440x1440 @ 180Hz

Software:

• Operating System: Arch Linux
• Kernel Version: 6.13.8-arch1-1
• Affected Application/Game: The Last of Us Part II Remastered
• Compatibility Layer: Proton Experimental, Proton 9.0.4, GE-Proton
• Desktop Environment / Window Manager: KDE Plasma / Wayland

Issue Description:

The problem occurs when attempting to launch The Last of Us Part II Remastered on Arch Linux using Flatpak Steam with various Proton versions (including Proton Experimental, Proton 9.0.4, and GE-Proton). The game crashes on launch, and no specific error message appears. The issue persists despite testing multiple Proton versions and ensuring that all the required dependencies and permissions are set.

Steps Taken So Far:

1. Proton Version Testing:

   • Proton Experimental
   • Proton 9.0.4
   • GE-Proton

   All Proton versions resulted in the same crash issue at startup.

2. Permissions Check:
   The Flatpak Steam has been granted filesystem access to all necessary directories, but the issue persists.

3. Proton Debugging:
   Enabling PROTON_LOG=1 provided detailed logs, which indicated potential issues related to missing libraries or incompatibility at game startup.

4. Game Library Location:
   The game is located on an external drive mounted via /run/media/, but this did not seem to be the root cause of the issue, as the crash happens even with the correct path configurations.

5. Launch Options:
   Multiple launch options have been tested, including disabling ESYNC and experimenting with different Proton settings, but the game still crashes during initialization.

Problem Summary:

When attempting to launch The Last of Us Part II Remastered on Steam (Flatpak), the game crashes immediately upon start, regardless of the Proton version used. Despite setting the correct permissions and paths, the crash persists with no specific error message. The issue is isolated to this game, and other titles appear to function as expected.

steam-2531310.log

It seems there was a write access issue with the newly added Steam library. After fixing that, the problem was resolved and the game is now running.

Digging through the logs, a few things stand out...

3737.789:012c:01fc:err:seh:NtRaiseException Unhandled exception code c0000409 flags 1 addr 0x142866989

err:xrandr:xrandr14_get_adapters Failed to get adapters

4064.991:0130:0214:err:vkd3d-proton:vkd3d_file_map_read_only: Failed to MapViewOfFile for vkd3d-proton.cache.write.

Will continue to experiment.

Big update: switching from the Flatpak version of Steam to the .deb package seems to have made all the difference. I'm not entirely sure why, but the game now works really well.

It seems there was a write access issue with the newly added Steam library. After fixing that, the problem was resolved and the game is now running.

How did you fix it exactly? I can't get the flatpak steam version to launch and since I'm on an immutable distro, it's my only option

It seems there was a write access issue with the newly added Steam library. After fixing that, the problem was resolved and the game is now running.

How did you fix it exactly? I can't get the flatpak steam version to launch and since I'm on an immutable distro, it's my only option

I Mount the Filesystem with this option defaults,user,rw,nofail,exec 0 0
And set the SteamLibary to this Permissions

sudo chmod 755 /path/SteamLibary
sudo chown $USER:$USER /path/SteamLibary

Same here, tried various tricks mentioned here but the game crashes after the launcher. I'm on no-multilib Gentoo with flatpak, a custom 6.12 kernel config and an Radeon RX 6650 XT. With the same setup Part 1 worked great, I finished Part 1 and wanted to play Part 2 but no joy :-(

Today's update seems to have completely broken NVAPI. Specifying PROTON_DISABLE_NVAPI=0 now causes the game to completely crash when clicking Play in the launcher.

Good news is that the ambient shadows issue seems to have been resolved.

Compatibility Report:

• Name of the game with compatibility issues: The Last Of Us Part II
• Steam AppID of the game: 2531310

System Information:

• GPU: 7900 XTX
• Video driver version: Mesa 25.0.3
• Kernel version: 6.14.2-arch1-1
• Link to full system information report: https://gist.github.com/Doomguy1364/8df388cd250f4509426476b57702292a
• Proton version: Proton Experimental

I confirm:

• [ X] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
• [ X] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

steam-2531310.log

Symptoms:

Going back to the main menu/winning a run/dying in the side game mode "No Return" with Abby or any character under her in character select/in her home base will return to you to a black screen until the game is force closed; This does not happen with Ellie or any character from her home base!

I have tested on windows 11 with the same hardware and this issue is only present on Linux via proton.

Reproduction:
Always, Select Abby or any character under her in no return, click return to main menu/die/win run, will always return you to a black screen that needs to be force closed.

Video Evidence of the issue:
https://youtu.be/Oj7e9vow7xc

Today, with patch 1.2, even with SteamDeck=1, the games crashes on startup on Pop OS 22.04 with nvidia RTX 3060 laptop

Today, with patch 1.2, even with SteamDeck=1, the games crashes on startup on Pop OS 22.04 with nvidia RTX 3060 laptop

I've seen other Nvidia users not able to play the game since this patch on the steam discussions, PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=1 should let you play, keep in mind you won't be able to use DLSS.

Seems to me NVAPI is the culprit for the crash. NVAPI was working fine before today's game patch. I've attached my Proton log capturing the crash. Launch parameters were PROTON_LOG=1 PROTON_DISABLE_NVAPI=0 SteamDeck=1 %command%

steam-2531310.log

My untrained eye is drawn to the assertion below:

35442.617:0130:0134:info:nvapi64:<-NvAPI_GPU_GetGpuCoreCount: No implementation
35442.617:0130:0134:warn:debugstr:OutputDebugStringA "\n******************************************************************************\n*** ASSERTION: NVAPI_OK == status\n***\n***  Function: ndgi::Adapter::InitPerfInfo\n***      File: ndlib/render/ndgi/win/ndgi-adapter-table-win.cpp\n***      Line: 917\n***     Built: \n***********************"...
35442.617:0130:0134:trace:seh:dispatch_exception code=40010006 flags=0 addr=00006FFFFFC1CF97 ip=6fffffc1cf97
35442.617:0130:0134:trace:seh:dispatch_exception  info[0]=0000000000000154
35442.617:0130:0134:trace:seh:dispatch_exception  info[1]=00000000001199c0
35442.617:0130:0134:warn:seh:dispatch_exception "\n******************************************************************************\n*** ASSERTION: NVAPI_OK == status\n***\n***  Function: ndgi::Adapter::InitPerfInfo\n***      File: ndlib/render/ndgi/win/ndgi-adapter-table-win.cpp\n***      Line: 917\n***     Built: \n***********************"...

@urbenlegend You're probably using outdated dxvk-nvapi because I added a workaround specifically for this nonsense two weeks ago.

Try switching to bleeding edge maybe.

Today, with patch 1.2, even with SteamDeck=1, the games crashes on startup on Pop OS 22.04 with nvidia RTX 3060 laptop

I've seen other Nvidia users not able to play the game since this patch on the steam discussions, PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=1 should let you play, keep in mind you won't be able to use DLSS.

I've tried with PROTON_DISABLE_NVAPI=0 and worked.

Try switching to bleeding edge maybe.

Thanks @Saancreed for the heads up and the fix! Bleeding edge makes it work again. So good to have DLSS and Reflex back :D

Does anyone else freeze the game as soon as the gameplay starts (one minute later).

Maybe it's a bug after patch 1.2.

Edit: I had 550.120 driver envidia, I had updated right now to 570, probably that was the problem.
Edit2: its perfect now!

Compatibility Report

Name of the game with compatibility issues: The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered
Steam AppID of the game: 2531310

System Information

• CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800H with Radeon™ Graphics × 16
• GPU: RTX 3050 Laptop 4GB
• Video driver version: 570.133.07
• Kernel version: Linux 6.5.6-300.fc39.x86_64
• OS: Fedora 42
• Proton version: Proton Experimental (Bleeding Edge)
• Link to full system report: https://gist.github.com/danbarretto/f4b9a7fa613833ca7658a4115868e706

I confirm:

• [x] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.

• [x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

steam-2531310.log

Symptoms

The game starts normally, rendering around 30-50 fps on the menu screen and around 100-150 fps on the loading screen. However, as soon as the story begins, it drops to 1-2 fps making the game unplayable. This happens only when using the NVidia GPU. When using the Radeon integrated graphics I was able to render the game with around 30 fps using FSR at 720p.

Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/8585#issuecomment-2813265651

Putting your texture settings to Medium or lower seems to be a temporary work around for this bug!

Same issue on my side

Latest drivers
Rtx 4080
Fedora 42

Compatibility Report

Name of the game with compatibility issues: The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered Steam AppID of the game: 2531310

System Information

* CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800H with Radeon™ Graphics × 16

* GPU: RTX 3050 Laptop 4GB

The game starts normally, rendering around 30-50 fps on the menu screen and around 100-150 fps on the loading screen. However, as soon as the story begins, it drops to 1-2 fps making the game unplayable. This happens only when using the NVidia GPU. When using the Radeon integrated graphics I was able to render the game with around 30 fps using FSR at 720p.

Same issue here with the same gpu and same scenario where it is impossible to play the story as it is 1-3 fps when starting the story mode

I was able to repro the ~1 FPS ingame on a 3060 Ti. Seems to be caused by using too much VRAM. Here's the issue I think it's running into: https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/issues/1476

Try turning down your graphics settings, turning off DLSS/FSR, or turning off Dynamic Resolution Scaling.

You can monitor VRAM usage of your Nvidia card by running: watch nvidia-smi

Try turning down your graphics settings, turning off DLSS/FSR, or turning off Dynamic Resolution Scaling.

Doing this doesn't actually solve the issue — the game uses around 2.8 GB of VRAM out of 4 GB on my rtx3050m at 720p resolution with all settings set to very low. When starting the story, the game still runs at just 1–2 FPS.

Compatibility Report

• Name of the game with compatibility issues: The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered
• Steam AppID of the game: 2531310

System Information

• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
• Video driver version: Mesa 25.1.1
• Kernel version: 6.14.8-200.nobara.fc42.x86_64
• Link to full system information report as Gist: https://gist.github.com/davernos/e350558b532a5177af62dedaee2ad726
• Proton version: Tried all of them

I confirm:

• [x] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
• [x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

Game is not starting. I've tried multiple proton versions, and launch parameters (PROTON_LOG=1 PROTON_DISABLE_NVAPI=0 SteamDeck=1 %command%) without success. I can see the launcher, black screen for some seconds after clicking on Play, and it returns me back to Steam.

steam-2531310.log

@davernos Not sure if it's related to your crash, but you should not be trying to enable NVAPI with PROTON_DISABLE_NVAPI=0. You have an AMD GPU not an Nvidia one.

You also don't need SteamDeck=1 anymore. It was necessary during launch but works fine with out it now.

@davernos does the initial launcher appear for you? I tried with a rdna2 card, mesa git and mesa 25.1.1 to match yours but had no issue with the game.

Just in case, does PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 %command% help?

@davernos Not sure if it's related to your crash, but you should not be trying to enable NVAPI with PROTON_DISABLE_NVAPI=0. You have an AMD GPU not an Nvidia one.

You also don't need SteamDeck=1 anymore. It was necessary during launch but works fine with out it now.

@urbenlegend Thanks for letting me now. I tried many options at this point :)

@davernos does the initial launcher appear for you? I tried with a rdna2 card, mesa git and mesa 25.1.1 to match yours but had no issue with the game.

Just in case, does PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 %command% help?

@simifor That was it! Game is starting now. Yes, I had the initial launcher showing all the time.
What is PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE doing exactly? Never used it before.

@davernos it affects how disk information is queried, in your case it's possible the length of the path for your game is too long

@simifor Can confirm that PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 was also a fix for my startup crashess on atomic fedora/flatpak steam

The game crashes every time when I tried to continue the campaign.

System Information

• GPU: AMD Radeon 7900XTX
• Video driver version: Mesa 25.2.0-devel
• Kernel version: 6.16-rc1
• Link to full system information report as Gist
• Proton version: 1748966679 experimental-10.0-20250603b

Proton log: steam-2531310.zip

Workaround with PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 %command% didn't help, but with SteamDeck=1 %command% I can continue the campaign.

For reproduction you can use my save: Naughty Dog.zip

Just select STORY->CONTINUE (Hillcrest)

Or load manual save Seattle Day 2 - Hillcrest (MANUAL SAVE 6)

I haven't played in a while, but I think I'm now experiencing a frame drop to 2-4.

Also imposible to play.

Edit: Okay, somehow the shadown had been set to high, and the texture (now in trilinear) works better at around 40 fps.
Edit 2: in hillcrest there is a huge drop in fps; I don't think you can play like before.

Has anyone experienced this? Tried switching proton versions, graphics settings, turning on and off DLSS, etc., but nothing works.

@VirtualBoost couldnt get the same effect on my end with a 4060m with nvidia 580.105 on plasma wayland. Tried with proton experimental, going through all graphic presets, switching between dlss and other upscaling methods. I'm kinda curious if the glitch is tied to that snow effect and if the game would look normal in other areas

gist

Link to my gist can be found here.

EDIT: It seems to happen from any volumetric effect in the game, like the dust/particles that gathers around your characters flashlight, or from smoke when the characters are smoking, etc., so I will embed a few more screenshots.

I am using the latest driver, 590.48.01, so maybe a roll back to the latest 580 could fix it?

https://i.ibb.co/4wLJ6ssX/Sk-rmbild-20251221-122918.png

https://i.ibb.co/93S3hggs/Sk-rmbild-20251221-123031.png

@VirtualBoost I am getting the exact same issue in the Flooded City:

Steam Runtime Diagnostics

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.2-arch2-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor
Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (62.4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 w/ 590.48.01 drivers (nvidia-open)
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7

I can provide the save files if necessary.

My two cents when running this game

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X with 32 GB RAM
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Driver/LLVM version: Kisak Mesa 25.3.3
Kernel version: 6.17 OEM on Ubuntu 24.04
Proton version: Experimental and latest Proton GE

Everything seems to be fine, including forced FSR4 with ProtonGE, but this time is audio weird. I have Pipewire virtual surround sink 7.1 (hesuvi) with Atmos.wav preset. No matter what i choose in game audio settings, surround effect is not quite right. Even first game, ported by Iron Galaxy has this thing OK, but here no matter what choices i combine in settings, surround effect is weird with strange soundstage. Propably problem with middleware or something else is going on..

Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/8585#issuecomment-3678405345

It is most likely caused by the nvidia driver , i am dualbooting with another os with older nvidia driver and there are no issues at all!I could bet it is the 590 driver that breaks things. In 590 driver and cachy os it is exactly like the photos you posted , no matter the settings there is this chekerboard thing!In pop os with older driver all perfect!

I haven't played in a while, but I think I'm now experiencing a frame drop to 2-4.

Also imposible to play.

Edit: Okay, somehow the shadown had been set to high, and the texture (now in trilinear) works better at around 40 fps. Edit 2: in hillcrest there is a huge drop in fps; I don't think you can play like before.

@Hicks79 how did you solve the 2-4 fps issue, was it due to iGPU+dGPU?

I haven't played in a while, but I think I'm now experiencing a frame drop to 2-4.
Also imposible to play.
Edit: Okay, somehow the shadown had been set to high, and the texture (now in trilinear) works better at around 40 fps. Edit 2: in hillcrest there is a huge drop in fps; I don't think you can play like before.

@Hicks79 how did you solve the 2-4 fps issue, was it due to iGPU+dGPU?

The only solution has been to lower the graphics quality to “medium”; before, I could easily set it to “high” without any issues.

Now, on “high,” I'm getting about 2 FPS; I'm not sure if this is a regression in Proton.

Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/8585#issuecomment-3706353408

I can confirm this is an Nvidia driver related issue because I'm also experiencing it with the latest driver Ver. 595.58.03. Also, Nvidia seems to know about it according to their forums, but I'm not sure if they're working on a fix for it.

Update: please report this problem to Nvidia on their forums so they can fix the issue. Here

Nvidia Forums
Reddit

I haven't played in a while, but I think I'm now experiencing a frame drop to 2-4.

Also imposible to play.

Edit: Okay, somehow the shadown had been set to high, and the texture (now in trilinear) works better at around 40 fps. Edit 2: in hillcrest there is a huge drop in fps; I don't think you can play like before.

Adding this PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=1 SteamDeck=1 %command% makes the game playable but DLSS will not work and still there is the artifacts.

@simifor, fixed.
Checked dmesg, and it was screaming about resizebar.
Bios:
Above 4G Decoding -> Enabled
Re-Size BAR Support -> Auto / Enabled

Don't think that it was disabled at the first run, but maybe it was fixed with a bios update / reset.
(s2h b550m, updated to f19)

@kisak-valve https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/8585#issuecomment-4237903334 resolved.

Any updates regarding this? I have a 4050 and still facing this bug of smoke being checkers pattern

@tr1xem please share your display and graphics settings for the game, and a save file close to a point where the issue can be reliably triggered

Here are the logs
launch.log
Graphic Setting is in game medium
This bug happens in every settings across all dlss fsr xess and taa

I found that if downgrade nvidia driver verison to 580.178.04 every thing work as expected.

@ltwell If the issue only happens with newer nvidia drivers, then it should be reported to them https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/c/gpu-graphics/linux/148