I've played through the tutorial bit - Stranger now works for me at a playable framerate!
Yay!
Except for when some menus open (like the ammo selection screen) but I think that it's 'cause my PC is a little below the system requirements.
However I've got this bug with some NPCs - Their hats, eyes, weapons and other accessories animate with their model as they should, but their bodies stay still like this:
Seems to happen randomly with some NPCs but not others, and not all the time either, only when Stranger is close to some of them or when looking at them from some angles.
I'll try validating the files and see what happens.
Hats off to JAW though, it's playable now.
I'm loving how they upgraded the sound quality too.