L. A. Noire PC Sucks.

[Malachi De Lucifage]

How can I go about getting a refund for the purchase of this game or can I at all? I bought it just yesterday, downloaded it, went to play it and it lags like crazy to the point that I went to another Game Store today in person and just bought a console version of this game for the XBox 360. I know that it's not a problem with my computer because it runs the Entire Elder Scrolls Series with splendor and 0 lag even in Skyrim with the High Definition Add On, several other add ons and all of the DLC for Skyrim. So what can I do? Any help?

[Skoots]

It's a terrible port. The only reason I purchased it here was because its the only Rockstar game Im yet to play apart from man hunt. I love 50's theme in games like the mafia series or fallout. The atmosphere.. music, clothing, it’s all fantastic and I was really looking forward to this game. What I got was a terrible console port that just didnt work.

So look.. i've gotten past the fact that the game caps out at 30fps and uncapping to 60 makes some missions broken (resulting in you getting suck in the game). But my main issue is the game fails to keep a steady 30. On the lowest possible settings, my laptop can stick around 30 for the most part and then randomly dip to 19. Like wtf?! I really dont mind having to play at 30, but provided its a solid 30..

Im running this on a Lenovo Y50 - 4th gen Core i7 4700HQ 2.4ghz quadcore... 16gigs of 1600mhz ram, and a GTX 860m with 4GB dedicated video memory. All this says to me is "Wow rockstar.. You're code optimization was terrible in GTA IV, and you've gone and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up again with LA Noire. The game is not at all enjoyable at all like this"

If anyone- ANYONE could please link me to some performance fixes, 3rd party patches, commandline stuff.. Anything... I'll give you a cookie. Please help! :(

I got this game on sale for $5 instead of wiping the dust off my 360 and purchasing it for $20. I enjoy my laptop more and it should be 100% capable of playing this game..

[Resin]

@ Vtodom
i've messaged steam for a refund before on Aliens: Colonial Marines for various reasons, and basically they got back to me and said the only way they do refunds is if you pre-order and the game has yet to be released, as in even once its out its too late. there may be some rare circumstances they would refund you but basically id say your s*** outta luck. gotta be careful what u buy, sometimes it pays to check reviews first.

[DX♥™ZeroCool®✌☣]

It's your pc sorry i brought this game no lagg works perfect

[Skoots]

Cant seem to figure out exactly what there is about my PC that could be the issue. What system are you running? What framerate are you getting? and what OS + video drivers are you using for your hardware?

[Malachi De Lucifage]

Not my PC @Zero Cool. I've got a quad core CPU with 6G of Onboard DDR3 RAM, a 4 G DDR3 Stand Alone graphics card, and running Win 7 Ultimate Edition. I built my unit so I know that it's not my PC. Like a lot of the reviews that I've been reading say, it's the got danged PC Version of the game itself. Moving along.

Originally posted by ♥™ZeroCool™®(>‿◠)✌:

It's your pc sorry i brought this game no lagg works perfect :sadpanda:

[Malachi De Lucifage]

@Scotty Mclean. This is what I have. I built my own PC and I just copy/pasted what I just posted to the other guy about his snide remark. I've got a quad core CPU with 6G of Onboard DDR3 RAM, a 4 G DDR3 Stand Alone graphics card, and running Win 7 Ultimate Edition. Like I've already said, I run Skyrim with absolutely no issues but this one L.A. Noire for PC just blows. I mean 30 Fps for a PC Game? WTF.....?? It's not like I'm playing Daggerfall, an old DOS Game and on a 56K Dial Up Band. That's sarcasm. Sorry. But you get my point. I hope.

Originally posted by ScottyMclean:

Cant seem to figure out exactly what there is about my PC that could be the issue. What system are you running? What framerate are you getting? and what OS + video drivers are you using for your hardware?

[🅱🅾🆁🅶]

Originally posted by vtodom1979:

@Scotty Mclean. This is what I have. I built my own PC and I just copy/pasted what I just posted to the other guy about his snide remark. I've got a quad core CPU with 6G of Onboard DDR3 RAM, a 4 G DDR3 Stand Alone graphics card, and running Win 7 Ultimate Edition. Like I've already said, I run Skyrim with absolutely no issues but this one L.A. Noire for PC just blows. I mean 30 Fps for a PC Game? WTF.....?? It's not like I'm playing Daggerfall, an old DOS Game and on a 56K Dial Up Band. That's sarcasm. Sorry. But you get my point. I hope.

Originally posted by ScottyMclean:

Cant seem to figure out exactly what there is about my PC that could be the issue. What system are you running? What framerate are you getting? and what OS + video drivers are you using for your hardware?

Sorry to hear you're having issues mate, but I do have to clear up one thing. Running Skyrim maximum doesn't really prove a systems capabilities because the engine is just a heavily modified Gamebryo engine, same engine used in Fallout3/Newvegas/, its now called the "Creation engine". But my point is the engine is very light compared to engines designed to take full use of the resources a powerful PC has to offer. Basically the creation engine has nothing more than "Pre-baked", "PostProcessing" graphical features, such things are basically just filters or Illusions, they are not real-time rendered systems, this is why the engine is very light on resources and doesn't really demand much, so maxing Skyrim does not prove that ones system is powerful, it doesn't mean anything. Now engines like the Red engine 1,2,3 (Witcher 2), Cryengine (Crysis series), Frostbite 1,2,3 (Battlefield series) or whatever engine Metro series uses, these engines have realtime rendered systems for each graphical feature like Effects, Lighting, Weather, Physx, real Anti-Aliasing solutions as opposed to FXAA,SMAA, etc, this is what makes such engines demanding , things Skyrim simply doesn't have.

So long story short, a very old weak PC could be capable of maxing Skyrim out just fine as well. Now if you would tell us that you max out a very demanding game with a real PC designed engine, then I would understand your Pc's capabilities more.

[Skoots]

Originally posted by Prometheus:

Originally posted by vtodom1979:

@Scotty Mclean. This is what I have. I built my own PC and I just copy/pasted what I just posted to the other guy about his snide remark. I've got a quad core CPU with 6G of Onboard DDR3 RAM, a 4 G DDR3 Stand Alone graphics card, and running Win 7 Ultimate Edition. Like I've already said, I run Skyrim with absolutely no issues but this one L.A. Noire for PC just blows. I mean 30 Fps for a PC Game? WTF.....?? It's not like I'm playing Daggerfall, an old DOS Game and on a 56K Dial Up Band. That's sarcasm. Sorry. But you get my point. I hope.

Sorry to hear you're having issues mate, but I do have to clear up one thing. Running Skyrim maximum doesn't really prove a systems capabilities because the engine is just a heavily modified Gamebryo engine, same engine used in Fallout3/Newvegas/, its now called the "Creation engine". But my point is the engine is very light compared to engines designed to take full use of the resources a powerful PC has to offer. Basically the creation engine has nothing more than "Pre-baked", "PostProcessing" graphical features, such things are basically just filters or Illusions, they are not real-time rendered systems, this is why the engine is very light on resources and doesn't really demand much, so maxing Skyrim does not prove that ones system is powerful, it doesn't mean anything. Now engines like the Red engine 1,2,3 (Witcher 2), Cryengine (Crysis series), Frostbite 1,2,3 (Battlefield series) or whatever engine Metro series uses, these engines have realtime rendered systems for each graphical feature like Effects, Lighting, Weather, Physx, real Anti-Aliasing solutions as opposed to FXAA,SMAA, etc, this is what makes such engines demanding , things Skyrim simply doesn't have.

So long story short, a very old weak PC could be capable of maxing Skyrim out just fine as well. Now if you would tell us that you max out a very demanding game with a real PC designed engine, then I would understand your Pc's capabilities more.

I fully understand that.. Im a 3D digital artist myself I have a working knowledge about different engines and their rendering methods. My point of bringing up Skyrim was based on LA Noire's release era. Both games came out roughly around the same time. My point in bringing up Metro and BF4 were to conclude that more modern games have no struggle on my system. Let's face it.. Rockstar is PRO console and they built their previous games on an Xbox360/PS3 architecture. Nearly every time they ported something over to x86, it turned out to be a horrible mess in terms of optimization and framerate complaints.

I dont have much else to say to explain my PC's capabilities.. You've read my specs, you can get a rough idea how it plays out in modern games. LA Noire should not at all be a struggle. Its just a shame were it left a lot of us. At this point.. Im playing the game on the lowest settings at 1080p DX9 just to ensure I have 30fps with some drops to 24ish. I paid money for the game and I dont at all expect Steam to refund me based on Rockstars faults. Just want to put it out there for the record tho: It should not be allowed for certain games to be released when they are this broken. I've got a fairly modern setup FAR above the recommended requirements and the game struggles to run. Its not exactly fraud, but its certainly not fair to their customers..

Surely im not alone on this.. I just hate seeing games marketed in the sense that "oh, here is what you need to run the game well" (you have above and beyond that setup and still the game is crippled.)

Im ficken happy I got the game on sale and didnt purchase it full price. Because had that been the case, i'd really be pissed off. lol

[Zocky]

My game lagged to the point where it was unplayable. In the launcher, I went to options and I changed the threading to single rather then mutli, then I changed the renderer from DirectX9 to DirectX11.

Now the game works perfectly fine on the highest settings. No lag or any other issues at all.

Try that and see if it fixes the problem.

Also, as a side note, many people have said the reason the game is locked at 30 FPS is because the actor's facial features were recorded in 30 FPS. If they bumped it up to 60 FPS the voices and the facial movments in-game would be out a sync.

[Orge Lambart]

alot of times it isn't the game but something on your PC which is interacting with the game, stop trying to torrent porn, games, movies and music while you game and you'll notice a major improvement with the preformance of your system.

[Malachi De Lucifage]

@Orange Lambert. For starters, I don't Torrent anything as you put it because that is illegal friend. What I have is paid for. Though I don't need to explain anything to anyone. Just to clarify. I know that doing other things while PC Gaming on the same PC is a good way to slow your system down. What? Do you think that I'm like 5 or 6 years old? Nope. I love how it seems people even get on Steam Discussions and troll away. Good day.

Originally posted by Orge Lambart:

alot of times it isn't the game but something on your PC which is interacting with the game, stop trying to torrent porn, games, movies and music while you game and you'll notice a major improvement with the preformance of your system.

[rnwbart]

Zocky,I did what you said and am getting much better frame rates but it won't go full screen any hints?

[rnwbart]

Got it working now thanks

[Rackham34]

Brought this game 2 days ago and ive played it fine with no lag, it runs smooth!

[Malachi De Lucifage]

@Zocky. I just now tried your suggestion and things are better than they were. However their is still just a real small lag that's only noticable from the transition between walking and running. Anymore advice that may work for this?