The Crew

The Crew

Performace suggestions?
From the highest graphical settings to the lowest, no matter what, I seem to only get 30-45 FPS

Any other ways to increase fps?
(Yes I have fps in game set to 60 as well)

PC specs:
Processor: AMD 6300 Six Core Processor 3.50 GHz
Ram: 8 GB
Video Card: GTX 760

(1920x1080)
Last edited by Eternal Bruhmeister; Oct 3, 2016 @ 6:24am
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Mno Oct 1, 2016 @ 2:02pm 
Get a better PC.

It's cliche but I honestly don't know what other asnwer you expect. There's only so much your PC can physically do.

I guess you could try some Nvidia settings but don't expect miracles...

-DSR enabled. I get like 5 - 7 extra FPS in almost every game I enable it in, but that doesn't seem to be the case for everyone. Plus I'm not sure it's supported by the GTX 7xx series. Also, in The Crew it's necessary to Optimize it from GeForce experience in order for DSR to apply.

-Threaded Optimization Enabled. I always have it enabled, IDK if it actually helps The Crew in any way.

-In-game V-Sync Disabled, Nvidia Adaptive V-Sync Enabled from NCP.

Also, ambient occlusion is the only thing that tanks the frame-rate in this game, the other options are pretty pointless since they don't seem to affect performance at all, even on low-end PC's. Setting it to SSAO instead of HBAO gave me around 7 - 10 FPS. I have a weaker CPU than you but a better GPU, so results may differ.

Miami and LA are the best places for benchmarking.
Last edited by Mno; Oct 1, 2016 @ 2:04pm
MeganeDamashii Oct 2, 2016 @ 1:02am 
Originally posted by Anarchy Blues:
ambient occlusion is the only thing that tanks the frame-rate in this game

AA seems to hit way harder for me. When I activate MSAA or TXAA, it goes down from 60 into the 30s. (I'm on a GTX 960, playing at 1080p)

But OP already mentioned that lowering the settings doesn't help, so yeah.
(Does that include lowering the resolution by the way? Might be worth a shot in dire situations.)

Perhaps your Nvidia drivers are way outdated. Try updating them.
Mno Oct 2, 2016 @ 2:28am 
Originally posted by MeganeDamashii:
AA seems to hit way harder for me. When I activate MSAA or TXAA, it goes down from 60 into the 30s. (I'm on a GTX 960, playing at 1080p)

AA hits performance in every game. I thought that was obvious...

Originally posted by MeganeDamashii:
But OP already mentioned that lowering the settings doesn't help, so yeah.
(Does that include lowering the resolution by the way? Might be worth a shot in dire situations.)

Well then he was either lying or he didn't benchmark it properly, 'cause even I notice a difference from Ambient Occlusion and I have a GTX 970.

Originally posted by MeganeDamashii:
Perhaps your Nvidia drivers are way outdated. Try updating them.

Unless he's using drivers pre-December 2014, that won't do anything.
MeganeDamashii Oct 2, 2016 @ 2:45am 
Originally posted by Anarchy Blues:
AA hits performance in every game. I thought that was obvious...

Yet you explicitly claimed AO was "the only thing that tanks the frame-rate in this game"."Obvious" is subjective. One could argue that your statement about AO being demanding (at least at max settings) is just as obvious.

Actually, based on my personal experience with the game, AO seemed surprisingly light on the performance, even maxed out. In contrast, 4x MSAA seemed way heavier than in other games. Again, just my personal experience, which might be partially subjective and may or may not reflect the behavior on other people's systems.

Originally posted by Anarchy Blues:
Unless he's using drivers pre-December 2014, that won't do anything.

Yeah, I guess. But we don't know what he's using right now. The 760 came out in 2013. Some people just buy a PC and install their stuff without doing a whole lot of maintenance.
I think OP himself can report on whether the suggestion did anything or not.
Mno Oct 2, 2016 @ 4:13am 
Originally posted by MeganeDamashii:
Yet you explicitly claimed AO was "the only thing that tanks the frame-rate in this game"."Obvious" is subjective. One could argue that your statement about AO being demanding (at least at max settings) is just as obvious.

Anti-aliasing is a signal processing method, it's the same for every game (even if some games lack certain options, the ones you see in-game are just presets anyway). Ambient occlusion is a rendering technique, it varies from game to game depending on it's application.

Originally posted by MeganeDamashii:
Yeah, I guess. But we don't know what he's using right now. The 760 came out in 2013. Some people just buy a PC and install their stuff without doing a whole lot of maintenance.
I think OP himself can report on whether the suggestion did anything or not.

If that's the case I think reformating the hard-drive is more urgent.
MeganeDamashii Oct 2, 2016 @ 4:25am 
True, if it is an issue caused by lack of maintenance (software-wise), reinstalling the OS is ultimately the cleaner approach.
Let's wait for a response from OP.
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JAKO Oct 2, 2016 @ 1:23pm 
Yes, AA matter´s for performance.
2nd most difference is to drop down the screen solution

I´ve got a GTX 670, older than yourse, but i´m reaching the adorable 60 FPS with:
1600px / FXAA / AO SHAO or similar / Blur and Death of Field = middle / acerage
The Rest is Ultra.

Mno Oct 2, 2016 @ 1:46pm 
Originally posted by JAKO:
Yes, AA matter´s for performance.
2nd most difference is to drop down the screen solution

I´ve got a GTX 670, older than yourse, but i´m reaching the adorable 60 FPS with:
1600px / FXAA / AO SHAO or similar / Blur and Death of Field = middle / acerage
The Rest is Ultra.

The GTX 670 is better than the GTX 760.

GPU matters very little for this game though. You need a good CPU.
Last edited by Mno; Oct 2, 2016 @ 1:46pm
JAKO Oct 2, 2016 @ 2:03pm 
This may explain why my Crew goes on 60fps. Got some good i7 inside.
I haven´t known that CPU makes the flow.
Mno Oct 2, 2016 @ 2:14pm 
Originally posted by JAKO:
This may explain why my Crew goes on 60fps. Got some good i7 inside.
I haven´t known that CPU makes the flow.

Yeah I have a GTX 970 and the only time I hit 60 FPS is in the garage, because my CPU is weak (first gen i5).
JAKO Oct 2, 2016 @ 3:40pm 
after all a jerkfree screwing in your Garage :) Now i´m glad that i´ve choosen a good CPU about 4 years ago (3rd gen i7). - cost´s still 200 EUR today.
Mno Oct 2, 2016 @ 11:56pm 
Originally posted by JAKO:
after all a jerkfree screwing in your Garage :) Now i´m glad that i´ve choosen a good CPU about 4 years ago (3rd gen i7). - cost´s still 200 EUR today.

Not if you know where to look...
Suprised this post blew up the way it did, I have updated the drivers from the new Nvida experience thing, I assume its my processesor thats just getting outdated, (and partially because its AMD) If you guys have any other suggestions I'm all ears :senpai:
VisciousFishes Oct 4, 2016 @ 6:42pm 
Use the control panel for Nvidia. Set the slider with the 3d preview to the middle setting. Activate the DSR in the settings too. Then go to Geforce experience and set it to do it's thing.



Originally posted by JAKO:
Yes, AA matter´s for performance.
2nd most difference is to drop down the screen solution

I´ve got a GTX 670, older than yourse, but i´m reaching the adorable 60 FPS with:
1600px / FXAA / AO SHAO or similar / Blur and Death of Field = middle / acerage
The Rest is Ultra.


Okay to save the whole "quoting all and sundry about AA and AO", depends on whether it's software rendered or GPU, GPU over-riding game or enhancing game, performance or quality, and a number of other things. Software AA seems to be a nightmare compared to GPU due to the blanket options. Nvidia inspector lets you use Colour Sample Anti-aliasing which is more economical on the hardware.

I haven't poked around the ini for this game yet but there might be something in there that can give more performance. Will check it out later.
Hyokkuda Oct 5, 2016 @ 4:42am 
You should take a closer look at your CPU usage (and your RAM sometimes). I suggest you restart your PC, kill some processes that you really don't need and start playing as soon as your ready while your CPU usage is still low. You might need to set a bunch of processes in low priority too. You can do it permanently by installing an application called Prio.

I don't have any low-end hardware in my computer, but I have a friend who plays the game on an Asus G75 gaming laptop. I don't remember what his processor is, but his graphic card is a GTX 660M and it got 8 GB of RAM. I tried to help him run the game smoothly enough by optimizing his system enough for him to be able to run the game. He can reaches 55 FPS mostly everywhere except at the "Pit Mines" right at the exit of New York, to your left. This place is hell in the game, everyone I was driving with through this place had their FPS cut in half I don't know why.

You should use FXAA instead for the anti-aliasing, make sure to optimize everything through the Nvidia control panel, do a bunch of testing, enable/disable shaders caching, threaded optimization, virtual reality/maximum pre-rendered frames between 1 and 4. Try 1, then try 4. Lower the resolution to 1600x900. If that's not enough then try 1280x720. If my friend can reach 60 FPS with a GTX 660M on high except for shadow and without ambient occlusion, then you should be able to do it as well. And I know his processor was not the best. Maybe something around 2.4 Ghz / 3.2 Ghz in turbo frequency with I'm guess an L2 Cache of 2 MB or 4 MB.

I hope this helps!
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