Random frame plummet on very first mission.

[Blorbus Buckleton]

*3060ti, 32gb, AMD 5800*

I start everything on low just to be safe. Frame generation ON, DLSS balanced. At this point ive tried multiple other settings and quick fixes but this is how I started.

Right off the bat, cut-scenes unwatchable due to insane stuttering. So i hold space for about a minute until they are over. Great start. I then load in. 80-90 FPS. Hey not bad. I then take a SINGLE step forward and immediate drop to a hovering 16 FPS. Alright, stay calm, restart game, adjust nvidia control panel and windows power settings. Hop back in, 80-90 FPS, start heading towards the anomaly and boom instant drop back down to 16. Is anyone else experiencing this Bug? I literally cant even get past the first 10 yards of the mission.

Dont believe its a me things because it runs fine until I walk past a certain point.

Anyone else experiencing this?

[DemApples37]

I'm having the exact same issue. Good fps, have it locked to 60fps just so I don't get sudden drops, but yeah it tanks to about 6-10fps and I can't open any menus or barely move. Very frustrating, but I'm about 30 minutes into the prologue so I'm able to make progress, just slowly.

[Geeves]

Try saving, exit game, reload.

Or are you saying the entire game was like that from the start?

[Steven Silverheart]

Originally posted by DemApples37:

I'm having the exact same issue. Good fps, have it locked to 60fps just so I don't get sudden drops, but yeah it tanks to about 6-10fps and I can't open any menus or barely move. Very frustrating, but I'm about 30 minutes into the prologue so I'm able to make progress, just slowly.

How did you lock it? I did so in the Nvidia app and it still wont cap it at my preference.

[Blorbus Buckleton]

Originally posted by Geeves:

Try saving, exit game, reload.

Or are you saying the entire game was like that from the start?

Ive re-downloaded both my cpu and gpu drivers. Optimized it as much as could in both windows and control panel. Started new save, restarted game, restarted PC and now finally, I have re-downloaded the game. Still the same issues. On the very verge of refunding until issues like these are fixed. Was very very excited for this game, feel very sad now lol. Oh well, I kinda felt this coming.

[Blorbus Buckleton]

Originally posted by DemApples37:

I'm having the exact same issue. Good fps, have it locked to 60fps just so I don't get sudden drops, but yeah it tanks to about 6-10fps and I can't open any menus or barely move. Very frustrating, but I'm about 30 minutes into the prologue so I'm able to make progress, just slowly.

OOF. Not even worth the gameplay atp imo. what are your Specs?

[Blorbus Buckleton]

Originally posted by Steven Silverheart:

Originally posted by DemApples37:

I'm having the exact same issue. Good fps, have it locked to 60fps just so I don't get sudden drops, but yeah it tanks to about 6-10fps and I can't open any menus or barely move. Very frustrating, but I'm about 30 minutes into the prologue so I'm able to make progress, just slowly.

How did you lock it? I did so in the Nvidia app and it still wont cap it at my preference.

You can lock it in game, or via nvidia control panel. Right click desktop, 'show more options', nvidia control panel, 3d settings, program settings, select Stalker 2 as program and look for FPS cap.

[DemApples37]

Originally posted by Steven Silverheart:

Originally posted by DemApples37:

I'm having the exact same issue. Good fps, have it locked to 60fps just so I don't get sudden drops, but yeah it tanks to about 6-10fps and I can't open any menus or barely move. Very frustrating, but I'm about 30 minutes into the prologue so I'm able to make progress, just slowly.

How did you lock it? I did so in the Nvidia app and it still wont cap it at my preference.

The settings have an FPS cap, I believe under the Display settings (not Graphics). That's where I capped it, alongside within Nvidia.

[DemApples37]

Originally posted by wave84:

Originally posted by DemApples37:

I'm having the exact same issue. Good fps, have it locked to 60fps just so I don't get sudden drops, but yeah it tanks to about 6-10fps and I can't open any menus or barely move. Very frustrating, but I'm about 30 minutes into the prologue so I'm able to make progress, just slowly.

OOF. Not even worth the gameplay atp imo. what are your Specs?

Sorry just saw this bro, but these are my specs:
Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core
16GB RAM
8GB vRAM

Honestly, what has helped me and my friend so far was setting the overall quality to Medium, and fine-tuning the post-processing to whatever you like. Also, turn on any frame generation (I use DLSS). That has helped the most. I'd also recommend turning on one of the upscaling methods; I'm using XeSS/Native AA with 20% Sharpening. Otherwise, the foliage is honestly super sharp and shimmering for me. Hope this helps a bit! It's helped me get around 100-120fps consistently.

[KitKatBMO]

Intel i5-14400
Nvidia RTX 4060
32GB Ram
8gb VRAM

i was getting 32 fps in the game and very choppy frames here and there, i honestly requested a refund before it was to late. I only played for less than 1 hr, maybe the first mission