I finished RDR 2 yesterday. There is much about that game that I like a bit, but also much that is irritating and annoying.
The characters grow on you, even the assholes (even "I got a Plan"-Dutch). The sidestories are pure gold (the French painter, the widow and many more), sad that you can miss a followup when you skip chapters too quickly. Even the epilogue and its more mundane quests fit the greater story really well. The game looks and sounds amazing. I had 1 crash the whole Playtrough on PC, so I may have been lucky here. 50-70 FPS on High Settings @ 1440p, the graphics are fantastic.
But then there is playing the actual game. Animation priority everywhere. And animations take long ass time, every single time you are skinning, mounting, crafting, or changing equipment it takes forever and more. Who ever thought that consumable system should be in the game is insane. And just controlling Arthur is a pain in the arse.
Still 65 hours played so I guess that is on me.
Don't get me wrong, my main problems will make sense (I think) once I expose them here and in a VEEEERY long review I'm planning, tbh, story is good just that some things doesn't fit, and yes, side stories are absolutely AMAZING and most of them are or very entertaining or top tier, such a shame that you can miss them, that's why everyone should take their time on each chapter, not going to lie, I missed some but I will probably re-play the game in a few years so I'm not too worried about missing anything in the long term, so far I'm into 30 hours/Chapter 5.
Speaking of performance, I must say that I'm in the same boat as you, my experience is nothing but good, 1440/60-70 with a mix of High, Max and Medium, looks absolutely great (except some minor shadow visual artifacts) and same as you, just one crash but to be honest that was my computer finishing a process that affected the game.
About the animation priority, here's where I think I'm with the minority, I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS PACE, I never had problems with the animations and the slow pace of actions when I played on the PS4, my problem was mainly the pace of the story, yet I think the work (and crunch unfortunately) done here is just another galaxy level, everything is natural and smooth, slow but we are slow animals so.... it's realistic haha
Anyway, at the end of the day I will have to decide my thoughts and impressions very carefully cause' it's going to be really difficult to decide, is it one of my favorite games ever aside of the story or it's a game that I just enjoy cause' the setting? like or dislike? so many questions I will need to answer to myself.
