ARK: Survival Ascended – How to Fix Render Thread Crash

It took me 5 days of testing different console commands and almost anything.

Launch the game and then face to the ground to avoid crash.

Configure the settings on the menu:
Disable HLOD = ON (right down)
UI => Disable Menu Transitions (left down)

On console command type this:
ark.VertexCountScaling 1

You need to repeat this command every time you launch the game.

It works with all settings in Medium but you can set:
Advanced Graphics to High and
Effects Quality in High

For more FPS use:
r.VolumetricCloud 0

I’ve tested this extensively with fly mode and hasn’t crashed.
My rig is an Intel i5 7400 with a GTX 1070 and 8 GB Ram.
Ask is installed into an M2 SSD.

If you cannot get past character creation screen, launch your game with -dx11 as launch param in order to create your character.
Then restart without any parameter.