I agree, however I think the main cause is studios/publishers just deciding where to allocate the time. Devs are just the ones implementing these shitty decisions.

It broke for me because gustav.pak was missing. Might be the sameissuee for you or something similar. Try repairing the game with Heroic. If that doesn’t work (didn’t for me because of space), try downloading it on a different PC and copy the files on top. That fixed it for me.

Also, disclaimer that this just worked for me and I can’t guarantee anything.