Previous RCs had a nasty habit of crashing during A-Life spawns (when the game populates the world with mutants and stalkers). RC3 feels tighter. The archive includes a patched alife.ltx file that seems to throttle the spawn rate just enough to keep your framerate from tanking near Rostok.
If you are starting fresh, or you’re tired of the memory leaks in RC2, The archive is clean, the file structure is logical, and the performance gains in garbage-heavy areas like Yantar are noticeable. GAMMA RC3.7z
(Do not post direct links, but search for "GAMMA Discord" or "ModDB GAMMA" for the official RC3.7z hash.) Previous RCs had a nasty habit of crashing