Fast Driving lag issue

[unknown]

Am I the only here who is having issues when you're driving so fast the game starts to stutter? Any Solutions?

[ThaVizinary]

Runs fine for me, specs and settings?

[Bioshocked]

Try turning off tesselation

[Keyru]

Same for me bro. Seems to be a memory leak issue : The game is "polluting" your RAM, and your RAM usage goes up and up and up...Until it reaches it's limit. Then, your HDD takes the role of "Virtual RAM" by creating a page file in order to compensate. But because the game is polluting him too more and more and he has to deal with it (But isn't made for it, HDD isn't like RAM), he starts to create a delay when the game asks him for files and informations, like sounds or textures/geometry => The game starts to stutter as it's waiting for info, especially when driving fast in the city or having a collision with cars/shooting with a gun, anything that requires a new sound effect. It is not an FPS drop, it is stutter and it makes the game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unplayable.


I didn't found any fix right now for it, but multiple solutions have been given. Problem is, some people think they got lag that come from this problem and some just have FPS drops because their driver isn't up to date, or some graphic options have to be tweaked.

If you wanna see if you have a memory leak problem, just run the game in windowed with the task manager opened. Look at the RAM and HDD usage, and you'll see the stutter appear when RAM usage and HDD usage reach around 100% without stopping. If it's the case, I'm sorry, I've nothing to propose to you, as I'm myself waiting for a solution.

If it's just a FPS drop, then try to do a clean re-installation of the latest Nvidia/AMD drivers, as your computer could be using the old one (Issue reported by a great number of players), or tweak Nvidia/amd options according to what has been said so far : http://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV/comments/32k9jk/grand_theft_auto_v_pc_release_megathread_1/?sort=new

I do hope for you you got the second problem, cause memory leak's a pain in the ass. We can't do ♥♥♥♥ until Rockstar decide to resolve the problem into the software.

Have a nice day !

[unknown]

Windows 8.1, 8gb ram, nvidia geforce GT 750m with 4gb dedicated VRAM

Originally posted by b҉́͞r̨̀͠a͢͞͝k͏̷̀͜:

Runs fine for me, specs and settings?

[unknown]

off already. still the same

Originally posted by Bioshocked:

Try turning off tesselation

[ImmunityZ]

Originally posted by Keyru:

Same for me bro. Seems to be a memory leak issue : The game is "polluting" your RAM, and your RAM usage goes up and up and up...Until it reaches it's limit. Then, your HDD takes the role of "Virtual RAM" by creating a page file in order to compensate. But because the game is polluting him too more and more and he has to deal with it (But isn't made for it, HDD isn't like RAM), he starts to create a delay when the game asks him for files and informations, like sounds or textures/geometry => The game starts to stutter as it's waiting for info, especially when driving fast in the city or having a collision with cars/shooting with a gun, anything that requires a new sound effect. It is not an FPS drop, it is stutter and it makes the game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unplayable.


I didn't found any fix right now for it, but multiple solutions have been given. Problem is, some people think they got lag that come from this problem and some just have FPS drops because their driver isn't up to date, or some graphic options have to be tweaked.

If you wanna see if you have a memory leak problem, just run the game in windowed with the task manager opened. Look at the RAM and HDD usage, and you'll see the stutter appear when RAM usage and HDD usage reach around 100% without stopping. If it's the case, I'm sorry, I've nothing to propose to you, as I'm myself waiting for a solution.

If it's just a FPS drop, then try to do a clean re-installation of the latest Nvidia/AMD drivers, as your computer could be using the old one (Issue reported by a great number of players), or tweak Nvidia/amd options according to what has been said so far : http://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV/comments/32k9jk/grand_theft_auto_v_pc_release_megathread_1/?sort=new

I do hope for you you got the second problem, cause memory leak's a pain in the ass. We can't do ♥♥♥♥ until Rockstar decide to resolve the problem into the software.

Have a nice day !

This is most likely the problem exactly, and you phrased/explained it extremely well. I also agree with you in that the forums (both here and R*) are filled with people that don't understand the difference between consistent low fps and massive dips due to momentary stutter. The former is easily addressed via updating drivers and tweaking in game options. The latter however cannot be addressed until R* manages to track down and plug the memory leak - which, in all honesty, may never happen.

Adding more system RAM is not the solution - it'll eventually fill up as well. They have to patch this, and hopefully soon.

[Unleashed3k]

get the same probs after an hour into the game, on high speed or with much explosions etc, game stutters like scatman john... win 8.1, gtx 960, 16gb ram, i7-4770k + installed on ssd. tried lower settings, no tes, etc i can play on high or very high with full fps but get the same drops with overall normal settings and every possible advanced graphics turned off... so i bet its a software issue as i always full install new drivers and dont overwrite the old ones + i am running FarCry4, BF:HardLine, COD, even ARMA3 with fully maxed settings and mostly in nvidia 3d vision with googles but my system never broke down like that. even on arma3 with 12km view distance, ultra details and as an online-serverhost with up to 300-400+ AI bots and 63 other human players playing on it without desyncs ^^

[Keyru]

Originally posted by Immunity:

This is most likely the problem exactly, and you phrased/explained it extremely well. I also agree with you in that the forums (both here and R*) are filled with people that don't understand the difference between consistent low fps and massive dips due to momentary stutter. The former is easily addressed via updating drivers and tweaking in game options. The latter however cannot be addressed until R* manages to track down and plug the memory leak - which, in all honesty, may never happen.

Adding more system RAM is not the solution - it'll eventually fill up as well. They have to patch this, and hopefully soon.

Thanks : ). I think the phrasing comes from the sad fact that I've passed quite some time looking for a solution...But I am quite puzzled as why some people experience this leak, and some others don't. And why people having 4Gb of RAM like me feel it the same way as people with 16Gb does too.

There seems to be a way to overide the problem by using the command line "-memrestrict" with the game. I'm tweaking at the moment, but it seems to have an effect. I'll tell if it works for me.

[Unleashed3k]

yeah please, would be great to get rid of that stealthly created dump =)

[AMD Ryzen 7 5200HX 2.9GHz]

Originally posted by kenpute:

Am I the only here who is having issues when you're driving so fast the game starts to stutter? Any Solutions?

Same question, different day.

Download GeForce Experience and let it "optimize" your game.
Download AMD Beta Driver if you using AMD GPUs.

My nearly 5 years old PC can run GTA V Online without stuttering while driving.

Good luck.

[ShellShock]

I found this really helped reduced stuttering with my GTX 970 (from a post here http://gtaforums.com/topic/784994-stuttering/).

Create a .bat file with the following in it, and use it to run the game:

@echo off
start steam://rungameid/271590
timeout 60
wmic process where name="GTAVLauncher.exe" CALL setpriority "idle"
wmic process where name="GTA5.exe" CALL setpriority "high priority"

The bat file runs the game, and then (after 60 seconds) lowers the execution priority (how much CPU it gets) of the launcher process, whilst boosting the priority of the game's process. It seems R* optimised the game process, but forgot to do the launcher too. They probably did not use the launcher in their internal system/performance testing (as it controls DRM etc, which they would not have used), so never saw the stuttering that we're getting. That launcher is sh*t.

[Unleashed3k]

Originally posted by DeltaForce:

Originally posted by kenpute:

Am I the only here who is having issues when you're driving so fast the game starts to stutter? Any Solutions?

Same question, different day.

Download GeForce Experience and let it "optimize" your game.
Download AMD Beta Driver if you using AMD GPUs.

My nearly 5 years old PC can run GTA V Online without stuttering while driving.

Good luck.

good for you dude, no offense, but as I mentioned, done that, and still after about an hour into the game, I have full fps, then something big goes boom and it drops down to 10 for a sec and the faster i drive, the more often it happens, and just talking bout freeplay, not able to race anything since pc version went online, heist work fine, deathmatches over 10players seem to get worse with every new player that joins.

[Charleep]

Exact same issue, the game is totally fine in all areas and it runs fine when driving fast for a few mins, but then we suddenly start jumping from 60 frames to 15, then back to 60 and then back to 10. It is incredibly frustrating

[Keyru]

I don't really know if it's a placebo, but I think the situation got a lill' bit better by using this trick :

1) Create a file called "commandline.txt" inside the GTA V folder, where GTAV.exe is located.

2) In it, write "-memrestrict 209715200", "-" inculded.

3) See if it has an effect for you.


This command seems to restrict a bit the RAM used by the textures. I feel like the game is at least playable now : Stutter are less frequent and aren't as big as before.


But again, it is maybe just a placebo or mere luck of not running into places that doesn't require too much loading. In the end, the problem is still there, and it's really anoying as it hurts the eyes and break any immersion or action for now.

I really hope Rockstar is gonna patch this.

[PootyRoot]

Originally posted by Keyru:

I don't really know if it's a placebo, but I think the situation got a lill' bit better by using this trick :

1) Create a file called "commandline.txt" inside the GTA V folder, where GTAV.exe is located.

2) In it, write "-memrestrict 209715200", "-" inculded.

3) See if it has an effect for you.


This command seems to restrict a bit the RAM used by the textures. I feel like the game is at least playable now : Stutter are less frequent and aren't as big as before.


But again, it is maybe just a placebo or mere luck of not running into places that doesn't require too much loading. In the end, the problem is still there, and it's really anoying as it hurts the eyes and break any immersion or action for now.

I really hope Rockstar is gonna patch this.

Question for ya,
Does the number 209715200 apply to how much RAM you have, the setting you currently have for textures in game, or neither?

You seem to know what you are doing, and that is worth a try, I just want to make sure I understand what I am doing..
Thanks