How much does the frame rate go up by with the crack applied I wonder…

> ChillyWillMD ran a quick comparison between the two versions, and the cracked one delivers roughly 5% better FPS, a shocking 1.5 to 2 GB drop in VRAM, and sometimes close to 1 GB drop in system memory usage

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/denuvo-pr...

is this the first since EMPRESS? these seem few and far between nowadays

No, there have been a bunch of new cracks in the recent months by the same author who made this crack. RE9 is the first time they've cracked a game that just very recently came out. This means that any upcoming games will likely be cracked quickly as well, unless the Denuvo developers make some big changes in how their protection works.

Pure sorcerery