Devs Fatshark say theyre looking into whats causing the problems.
We are working closely with our hardware partners to resolve this as soon as possible.
Until then, ray tracing is turned off by default to avoid any issues in playing the game.

Fatshark also noted theyre continuing to work on optimisation and performance for Darktides ray tracing.
Turning all your graphics to low and setting DLSS on balanced are also claimed to help.
Just don’t go thinking this is going to shake-up the Vermintide formula.

I reckon it’s more of an extension, if anything.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is out onSteamand theMicrosoft Storefor 33/$40/40.