FPS drops to 10-15fps

[EveningBird]

Hi everyone,

I am having this weird issue for like 2 or 3 years now. I cannot seem to fix it at all. I've tried: reinstalling my drivers, reinstalling windows, reinstalling my game, power plan to high performance, etc. You name it, I've probably tried it out.

The problem persists.
My PC specs are:
i5 7600k, 3.8ghz
32gb ram
rtx 2060, 6gb

It's when I am in game and the frames will just randomly drop to about 10-15fps, when my normal fps is around 75fps. You cannot tell me that's normal.
Sometimes the trick of ESC works, but not always. And sometimes it just won't go away for a whole session at all. Even after multiple restarts.

I think it's mind boggling that this issue has not been addressed yet. There was supposedly a fix for it, but that didn't work, obviously.
Is there anyone who can figure out what's wrong?

Kind regards

[Xeriath]

Okey, I don’t tell you this is normal. I only tell you I get this issue too sometimes and my speccs are:

i7-13700k
64gb ram
rtx 4080

[Shaken_Widow]

you don't wanna hear it but it's normal lol.

my fps is regularly above 120

after a while of playing the game will bog down just as you said.

my only way around this is to simply pause the game, because that will sync up whatever actions are currently bugging the framerate.

then i unpause, and it's back to smooth frames.

i have to do this every like 30 minutes, even more often if im in build mode.

it's a sims pc game, this is NORMAL, the game has a time synchronization script that has to sync up every little detail from you fast forwarding,

the only real way to avoid this, is to simply NEVER fast forward because it's a bug with ALL sims games.

sorry not sorry.

also, if you see your sim struggling to do something as simple as eating or wiping down a counter where they're just seeming to stand still while hours go by in fast forward, that's because the ai system is stuck loading.

freezing time and pressing play over and over will tend to fix frozen sims.

[NiLL]

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

you don't wanna hear it but it's normal lol.

my fps is regularly above 120

after a while of playing the game will bog down just as you said.

my only way around this is to simply pause the game, because that will sync up whatever actions are currently bugging the framerate.

then i unpause, and it's back to smooth frames.

i have to do this every like 30 minutes, even more often if im in build mode.

it's a sims pc game, this is NORMAL, the game has a time synchronization script that has to sync up every little detail from you fast forwarding,

the only real way to avoid this, is to simply NEVER fast forward because it's a bug with ALL sims games.

sorry not sorry.

also, if you see your sim struggling to do something as simple as eating or wiping down a counter where they're just seeming to stand still while hours go by in fast forward, that's because the ai system is stuck loading.

freezing time and pressing play over and over will tend to fix frozen sims.

The frequency of fit happning when it used to not happen (600hrs plus of play) and have it happning EVERYTIME now says way more than "its just the game" bc then the devs wouldnt even come out with more content...

[Garce]

Its normal. It gets worse if you go from Live Mode to Build/Buy and back again. Usually, if you hit Pause - ESC key or the three dots on the upper right on the screen - the game "sorta" fixes itself.

The main reason I have so many hours - almost 9,000 hours. If I start the game and it runs smooth, I will leave it running for two or three weeks, or until EA updates it. Even if I don't actually play it all the much.

On a fresh restart, I can easily get 170 or higher FPS when the game loads.LIVE mode will drop to 80-120 FPS. Going into Build/Buy will often bring it down to 10-15 FPS (or less) after going back into LIVE mode.

Pausing the game after returning to LIVE mode can bring it back up to 60-80 FPS. Sometimes. Have to pause the game to let the broken coding catch up with itself.

I bought a reconditioned Haswell i5 - an i5 4570 - along with a GForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR 5 OC Edition graphics card. Pretty much the computer they designed the the game on. 24GB memory. Don't overthink.

It runs flawlessly until an update attacks. I have about 60 packs. About $2,000 Canadian worth of pretend pixels and polygons. I can toss Jess Besos $250 for a dedicated Sims 4 machine.

On the other hand, I just recently purchased my third copy of ESIV:Oblivion. That game hates this machine. I need to find a Core 2 Duo and install Windows Vista to make THAT game happy.

[Takashiwolf]

Sadly this is a common bug\issue with the game. I didn't have it until I got a few more packs last year, even then I have like 20% of the total this game has offered. I can't imagine what it would be like like to have every single one and the performance issues that would bring. Hitting esc key tends to work for me, at least for a couple minutes, but sometimes less. I guess it's a good way to remind myself to save often.

Baseline is, this game needs a code overhaul to make it more stable and run decently. Sadly, with EA's track record on bug fixing, I don't see this happening. With all the money this game brings in, you'd think they would want to keep a good imagine for themselves and to maintain a game which performs good. I'm no excepting perfection, all games have bugs, errors, glitches, etc. But when major Sims content creators ALL say "yeah that pack is bugged/doesn't work" and "never buy full price, wait for sales" that's a big problem.

Anyways off my soap box, I do love this game still and just wish the best for it.

[Senator Armstrong]

This happened to me as well. The game goes through periods of smooth and choppy af. My specs are more than capable to run this game. I just stopped playing altogether. I hate the dumb EA App taking up so much RAM.