From DailyBits: “Applying a crack to the latest entry in Capcom’s long-running series solves many of the performance issues that plague the game, including sudden frame drops when killing enemies and compromised performance when screen-filling particle effects are shown.
Capcom’s response: We reached out to Capcom for comment, and they told us that a patch is coming and will be released soon; “The team is currently looking into the reported PC performance issues and are working on a patch that should be available soon well follow up with more details shortly.”
Source: N4G PC Pirated Resident Evil Village runs better, Capcom comments on DRM issues