Any fixes yet for the poor frame rate?

[OldAsDuck]

My computer can more than handle this game. I even tried it on an 8 core 4.0ghz with 16gb of ram and a 4gb geforce gtx 680. There's absolutely no excuse it can't run on that computer. None. I've tried lowering the settings to low, putting the resolution to 720 or lower and it doesn't matter. What is happening is in track central I'll pick a map. The map will chunk through the entire run of it. If you hit a checkpoint and restart from the beginning it will run perfectly smooth up UNTIL that checkpoint and then will do the same thing. So the only way I can play a level on track central without the chunking is play through the whole thing and then retry it. As you can imagine when you're playing hards and extremes it makes this nearly impossible because everything is chunking so badly. Has anyone figured out a solution to this problem yet? I've looked at so many posts and it's just frustrating wasting $40 on this. I let my items not all being there slide but this is unacceptable.

[sizzle [music]]

It's been 2 weeks for me and no updates yet, I feel your pain man :-/

[OldAsDuck]

Sorry to hear you're dealing with it too. I really hope they can address it soon. I saw one thread saying it had to do with the lighting but if that's the case I find it hard to believe the tracks I'm picking are that highly rated. Surely if it chunked you wouldn't thumbs it up regardless each time, right?

[coop]

I think I've fixed this issue. Or, at least, I've fixed it on my rig.

The problem seems to be on modern CPU/OS combinations that make heavy use of Intel's SpeedStep technology to dynamically set the clock rate. If you are running Windows 7/8 and are using the "Balanced" power profile and have SpeedStep enabled in the bios, your CPU will dynamically raise/lower your system clock based on load. Even if you have a desktop.

So, here's what I think it happening. The developers are using a timing loop to sync the framerate when the mission starts, so the CPU is clocked up at this point. After the mission loads the CPU is clocked down, often dramatically (under 2 ghz), as the actual game engine isn't very CPU intensive.

The fix for this is simple, just switch to the "High Performance" power profile. This will ensure the CPU remains clocked over 2 ghz at all times and seems to resolve the issue. I haven't had a single slowdown issue since I changed this setting. My current rig is a Core i7 920, 6 gigs RAM and GTX 750 Ti. I'm running the game with the defaults @1080p, 60 fps and no issues (other than my lack of skill!). I'm using the latest Nvidia Beta drivers.

[OldAsDuck]

I've had high performance turned on. Still having major slowdown issues.

[coop]

Ok, I upped my graphics settings to "Very High" and encountered some slowdown issues again.

Interestingly enough, the problems seem to begin during the loading screen, as I could see the icon drastically slow down while the level was still loading.

So again, I think this is some sort of race condition caused by a system process interfering with the timing process.

To adress this I tried changing the priority of the task to first "High" then "Above Normal". No evidence of slowdown over the course of about two hours of play.

If you want to set the priority of processes automatically, check out "Project Lasso" or "TopWinPrio".

[OldAsDuck]

I always set the game I'm in to high priority, have tried lower resolutions and have everything to either low or off. Once again I should be able to run it on max so I think it's just something not optimized correctly. Thanks for the suggestions however.

[Juice]

Have you tried contacting https://support.ubi.com? We do have a tech support service that may be able to help you troubleshoot.

[boardunit]

i contacted the tech support and nothing helped and at the end the only said that i need to instal it on a new deskop because my grafics card is not supported

[Juice]

Originally posted by boardunit:

i contacted the tech support and nothing helped and at the end the only said that i need to instal it on a new deskop because my grafics card is not supported

Which graphics card do you currently have installed?

These are the minimum requirements:

Minimum:
OS: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1
Processor: Intel Core i3 550 @ 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTS450 or AMD Radeon HD770 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or higher)
DirectX: Version 11
Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 10.1 Compatible Sound Card
Additional Notes: DirectX 10.1 or higher required

Additionally, some mobile versions (laptop) of cards are not supported.

[boardunit]

i have a laptop and i have,

windows 7 SP1
Intel® Core™ i7-3520M
8GB (DDR3)
NIVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
directX11
more than 100 gb available space
and i got the rest also coverd

so the only reason i have the slomo bug is because my graphics card is not supported

[OldAsDuck]

It chunks on an 8 core 4.0 ghz amd fx 8350, 16gb ram, direct x11, well over 500gb of free space, geforce gtx 680 that has 4gb of memory all up to date driver wise. It's not the setup, it's the game itself. As I said, it will chunk then after playing through that section you can hit restart and drive up until that point lag free. There's something poorly optimized and it needs to be fixed. I didn't drop $40 for nothing. Not to mention something I was using to entertain my subs and a series I've done supporting your product since trials evolution while also dealing with season pass items not unlocking properly. I've been very patient but this is becoming a joke.

[OldAsDuck]

Also, might I add that I have over 700 games on Steam alone and more on Uplay and Origin and I do not have this problem with ANY of them. It is an issue within the game itself.

[Cephalopod]

Strange, I don't have any problems, I can max out the game and have a excellent framerate... everything's smooth... But I don't use Intel, I guess Ubisoft screwed this up :D.

Mmmh, the only solution is waiting... for a new patch?

[OldAsDuck]

That's the thing. I'm not on intel either. I suppose we can wait for a new patch but with no word of the issue at hand I can't see it being fixed. Maybe I can ask for a refund of some kind since it's basically unplayable.

[boardunit]

the problem is they only support a specific series of graphic cards ( only saw this in another post on the forum ) so if yours is not in that serie than it is not supported and this could occur