I'd love to play this but...

[Viilratha]

I'd love to play this game but despite having a rig that WAY outperforms the recommended requirements I get about 4fps once I'm actually IN game. What's even weirder is the main menu plays buttery smooth. Once I start a game the game grinds to a halt and it causes anything going on on my 2nd monitor to stutter and grind as well.

Does anyone have any idea on how to fix this?

[Paddy]

Originally posted by Viilratha:

I'd love to play this game but despite having a rig that WAY outperforms the recommended requirements I get about 4fps once I'm actually IN game. What's even weirder is the main menu plays buttery smooth. Once I start a game the game grinds to a halt and it causes anything going on on my 2nd monitor to stutter and grind as well.

Does anyone have any idea on how to fix this?

What are your specs?

[Viilratha]

Ryzen 5 1600 : actually below recommended but way higher than minimum
64 gigs ddr4 1066 dual channel ram
RTX 3060 Ti
game is installed on an ssd (not .m2)

[M4Wi]

Originally posted by Viilratha:

Ryzen 5 1600 : actually below recommended but way higher than minimum
64 gigs ddr4 1066 dual channel ram
RTX 3060 Ti
game is installed on an ssd (not .m2)

Seems to be a CPU issue. Just a wild guess, comparing to my old system:
- 9900K
- 1070
- 32GB Ram
running on 1440p with max graphics settings, working fine for me.

[Viilratha]

I suppose that's a possibility. If that's the case though, they REALLY need to update their minimum requirements. My CPU, while older, is still a fair bit better than their minimum spec.

I'm not entirely sure that's the only issue though. As mentioned, the game boots and runs perfectly fine on the menu. If it really is just a cpu issue I would imagine that even the menu would have some stuttering considering the huge drop in performance loading into a brand new world has.

[Cotaks]

Can be as simple as CPU bottlenecking the card. The GPU is to strong for the CPU. Then 64GB @ 1066? thats very slow 2400 is better, if you mobo supports it then 3600 is the sweetspot.

[Bjørn]

Not sure if this is helpful, but are you using any of those 'game booster' apps? The ones that automatically shuts down background tasks and such when starting a game.

I installed a new antivirus software a while back (Avira), and it came with a built-in 'game booster' as an extra feature, and it was enabled by default without me knowing about it.

First time I played this game after installing the virus-software, the game was sluggish, low fps, sound was skipping, and input lag was terrible. When I scrolled around the map, it kept scrolling long after I let go of the scroll keys, things like that.

Then I noticed the 'game booster' thing, disabled it (bad experience from using game boosters in the past), and then the game run flawlessly again.

I also have a CPU (Ryzen 7 2700X) that is considered a bottleneck for my RTX 3070 Ti, so I keep the fps locked at 60 or 72 in games (60 in this), never running it 'unconstrained', which also helps with stutters and power spikes. Was advised to never let the GPU run at 100% to avoid overheating and CPU problems, since I'm also only using a 750W PSU, where at least 850 W is recommended.

Rest of specs in profile, if relevant.

Good luck!