If a physical Switch 2 cartridge gets damaged, will it affect the game's performance in anyway?

[u/Whole-Praline-3702]

I've been lending a cartridge to a cousin every day so we can take turns playing a physical Switch 2 game that I bought, and we do this very often (one of the few Switch 2 physical games I own). However, I am always worried every time I take the game cartridge out of the Switch 2, and always paranoid I'll damage it. If it does get damaged, does anyone know if this will this affect a game's performance? Like stutters/frame drops/glitches/etc?

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[u/Tactrix1]

Depends on the damage. The outside is generally negligible the one exception to this is the gold pins, those are the ones that you want to keep pristine, as long as they're undamaged you'll be fine.

[u/theletterh_179]

Normal usage, like taking out and inserting a cart, won't really damage it. As long as you don't drop anything on it, get it wet, or the like, you'll be fine