2 days ago, I had my first problem with Tomb Raider where it was stuck in the loading process when I first start the game; after waiting for 3 minutes, I had to physically unplug Chromcast Ultra to power off the device and all is good thereafter. Today, I had a screen freeze after 2 hours of playtime on it. Any idea what the problem might be?
It may be worth testing exactly where the fault lies. It sounds like it is with the Chromecast Ultra hardware, but you could easily confirm that by launching Tomb Raider from a Chrome browser on a PC, as one option, after this happens on your TV. If the game is still running and you take over the session, then it has nothing to do with Stadia or the game itself. If the game session itself is freezing, that is a big problem.
For what it's worth, I purchased (before it became free with Pro, ugh!) Tomb Raider and played it for over 12 hours and this never happened to me a single time, so I believe the game itself is stable.
Are you using the Chromecast Ultra that came with the Founder's Edition, or is it an older one that was upgraded to work with Stadia? It should not make a difference, as far as Google has stated, but I would not be surprised if older Chromecast Ultras do not work as well as they may be slightly different hardware revisions.
The problem kinda went away thereafter and I have not encountered it since. A hiccup perhaps... All is good.
OT, but is this game worth getting into? I tried it a few days ago and was put off by the game's introductory tutorial that was borderline torture porn (in style) and the frequent quicktime button mashing (in gameplay).