Very low FPS. Tragic game optimization. 18 FPS!!!

[AlterGrrr[PL]]

Game performs tragically bad. Only 18 FPS at full screen 1920x1080, 100% scale at medium settings. GTX1650. i5 16GB RAM.

To have 30 FPS I had to lower the scale to 70% and set almost everything to low or medium and mirrors to off.

[Melalo]

Is this your first time launching the game? Or does it show 18 fps after the update? How far have you come (are you already in the Zone)?

I have the same rig (my CPU is i5-9600K 3.70GHz) and it runs perfectly. I have everything on high except shaders and shadows — those are on medium. My first advise — try switching from fullscreen to borderless or to windows. This parameter seems bugged and can give you a great FPS boost.

[AlterGrrr[PL]]

Thanks, I will try. Using fullscreen. Using two laptops - one is i7 gtx980m and the second is as stated in OP. This older laptop is performing little bit better- but as expected.
18 FPS is about 30-60 minutes later in the gameplay... The opening scene, just the first time in the car, gives me about 24-28 FPS in default settings and about 40-45 FPS after reducing them as stated in OP. In later locations it drops... 18 if using default settings.

[AlterGrrr[PL]]

Yep. Borderless windowed mode is better and gives approx. +10-15 fps. But still game is way too much demanding vs the graphics quality.

[bruderdeskonflikts]

I don't think you can achieve more with a 1650. I have a 1660S which is curve tuned in Afterburner and running at over 2 GHz and I still can't achieve 30fps in 1080p Medium (yes borderless window too). There is nothing you can do on a 1650.