Opened game folder in desktop mode and deleted the Epic Online Services folder.

Had an issue where the game crashed halfway through the cutscene after the first mission, after which the game would never start, It got stuck at the spinning steam logo. In desktop mode it would say I was in-game despite the game never actually starting. Digging into the processes I found Epiconlineservices were running and using my network but seemingly not actually doing anything. Upon force stopping those processess the game started. I subsequently deleted the epiconlineservices folder from the games install directory and now the game launches and runs as expected in gamemode. There doesnt seem to be any downside to deleting the eos as everything still works as it should without it.

Running the game at medium settings, fsr2 to quality and the fps limited to 30fps via steam settings.