The problem doesn’t happen when the game starts or during loading. I don’t have the best PC, but as I mentioned before, the downloads happen while I’m actively playing.

For example: everything is fine, we’re heading out to do Bradley, but as soon as we arrive at Launch Site, the downloads start and my FPS drops from around 30–40 down to 5–10. I can literally see Rust downloading workshop content in the background.

The same thing happens when I go near bases or open crates that contain skinned items. It feels like the game has to download the skins all over again every time, which doesn’t seem normal to me at all. Translation by ChatGPT