Sometimes the answer is right there in front of you on the screen, and its not until you type it off into the internet that you see it.
Why am I on 5.16.1 hdrp?
This other desk is dolling out 5.7.2 for new project wizard hdrp, and it works.
But if you manually add hdrp via package manager it defaults to handing out 5.16.1.
This where the problems are.
Changed out my project to use 5.7.2 and green problem solved. And my FPS went way up, bonus.
