Advice for Game Optimization?

[Nicky Grimes]

I've put 5 hours into the game, and I'm loving it! However, I'm barely meeting RAM requirements. My computer can hold only 8GB at the moment (looking into getting more this weekend).

Problems I'm experiencing: Gameplay runs fine for 2 minutes, and then stutters for a solid 10 minutes. If I'm in the open world, it stutters during gameplay and before cutscenes. Stutters caused me to die the first few times against the first giant boss. Cutscenes runs perfectly, though...

Steps taken: Lowered the game to 1280 x 720 resolution, changed all graphic settings to LOW/OFF, and decreased FPS to 30.
Streaming it on OBS is also a pain, it's completely stopped at some points causing the entire stream to freeze.

Is there anything else I can do for smoother gameplay? I was planning to buy a physical copy but settled for digital as it seemed it wasn't in the works. If anyone else has experience and resolved the issue, any advice is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[GTCv Deimos]

Mind sharing your specs? This is generally best practice when speaking to others about performance. Does your resource monitor or hardware scanners confirm that memory is the bottleneck?

In lieu of technical information, it's pretty hard for me to imagine HFR stuttering. The game is pretty svelte, and generally runs very well on potato hardware, like the Steam Deck for example (full 60 fps, 720p, medium settings). You have me interested in checking out what the memory utilization is for the game, but I have a hard time believing it requires much. This is not a simulation-heavy game, so the only thing that I can think of that would bottleneck memory/cpu is the dynamic music score. This isn't Starfield, this isn't Sims, this isn't Cities Skyline, or GTA.

So at a glance, you have me scratching my head. Frankly, I'd probably be looking to things that are not HFR (like background software, services, etc) to determine where the stuttering is coming from.