Performane Issues

[z4qp3z]

I really love this game, but dropping framerates are a very big problem.

When driving the slower cars the stuttering didn't effect the gameplay very much.

But driving the monster cars is no fun. I really like the challenging handling of the cars which makes the game some kind of casual DIRT Rally.

But with the framerates dropping every few seconds the game is not playable on the required level.

I'm playing on a i7 6700k with 16 GB RAM and a RTX 2070 on a QHD-Display. I think I've tried all the Performance Tips you can find on this issue. But even playing on minimum quality (everything in advanced gfx off) windowed on lowest res won't fix it.

Is there any hope for a fix to come?

[MangoDrips]

Seconding this question, I haven't picked it back up since I bought it since the frame drops make playing it a bit of a chore.

[dune@funselektor]

What happens when you lower the resolution? That is very weird because I had a similar setup but with a 1070 and it ran on max. Are you sure the game is running off the external GPU and not the built-in Intel one that comes on the CPU?

Also, can you play around with framerate caps/vsync and let me know if that changes anything?

[z4qp3z]

Thanks for answering!

Yes, it's running on the RTX 2070.

As I said there's actually no hotfix around I haven't tried.

I just went for a try playing around with advanced ingame and GPU settings (including framereate cap to 30 and vsync on/off) but nothing had a noticeable/sustainable effect.

Playing on 720p in windowed mode is as troubled as the native 1440p fullscreen (and all the advanced setting variations).

It feels like it occours mostly when getting a vaster view into the landscape but at least it strikes by chance. Sometimes it begins just with the start of a stage. Later the same stage can start smooth and the stuttering begins after 4 curves. Same with going to menu: Sometimes the framerate will be stable after that, sometime it will get messy afterwards.

I installed the game on my laptop (i5 7300HQ, 8GB RAM, GTX 1050) and had the same issues down to lowest settings.

Looks like I'll have to let go the idea of going for competition.

Emotional rollercoaster: I picked up Absolute Drift on sale. It felt like a steal and not knowing about Art of Rally I thought: Wow, putting this into a rally szenario would be great. And then, after some hours in Absolute Drift, I randomly clicked on the Art of Rally button and BOOM there is this gem with its lovely visuals, challenging handling, cool soundtrack, love for the detail and charming humor...

But at least it's fun enough to ride free roam with my kids :)

[z4qp3z]

Nah, I'm not willing to turn this into rocket science for I have far to little time for all the other "must have played/seen/read/heard media" around.

Basic info on my setups behavior during a run can be seen here [imgur.com].

Doing all the tweaking stuff won't change the microstutters you can see as framedrops (but >60fps yet) and the corresponding peaks on GPU usage. Capping the framerate won't smooth it out.

[famj1981]

i have this problem too! but i know this start after heritage update

[dune@funselektor]

We'll be looking into this, this week guys! Keep posting up any more findings if you can.

[goodnews]

Originally posted by Miketsukami Bo:

Well, capping now doesn't work either after updating to 1.1.1 (gog). When I start the game it runs with some arbitrary graphics settings, even though it's reporting the settings I have selected previously. I noticed this, because it ran at a higher resolution than it was supposed to. Re-setting the settings gives me a stable framerate and frametimes, but the stuttering is still there.

Edit: Did a clean install of the game, but the issue is still there. Looks like it switches to the maximum available resolution when the stage loads.

Would you mind trying out this out?

https://forums.codemasters.com/topic/41690-fps-stuttering-pc-non-vr/

Seems that a user had a similar issue with Dirt 2.0 and this may be a solution to get it fixed. Let me know if that helps!

[z4qp3z]

OK, so far for no rocket science :)

I did everything as written in the post, but it didn't have any effect on the stuttering.

Kind of weird because in comparison the GPU had way less usage to handle:

https://imgur.com/a/X74GrKn

1440p, everything else on auto exept for the given tweaks. 60fps cap gpu and ingame, XBox-Controller, no Overlays etc.

[famj1981]

since 2 days ago, i had less problems too!

thx for fix it!^^

but still have fews fps down in random stages, but not frequently was be

[fidelio]

the team is still (and always) working on performance and optimization but that's good to hear Miketsukami Bo. small successes are still successes.

[z4qp3z]

After looking through this forum a few days ago and seeing some posts about the stuttering issue beeing fixed I just checked it out.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

It's running fine with default setting!

I just finished the Group S 1988 season 100% first place / top 25 % without any restarts. What a blast, for I started it like hundred times to check for the fixes to work and let it rest frustratedly for over a month without hope for a fix.

[z4qp3z]

OK... back to start :)

I just installed the new nvidia driver (465.89) and the stuttering is back. Maybe not as bad as it was, but clearly noticeable.

Any tips except using the previous driver?

[napoBapka.mp3]

jesus christ, how u can ♥♥♥♥ up perfomance THIS MUCH. This look as mobile, but hungry as ... mb mb ff15 win edition (even they much stable at fps)
1080ti 4k - 25-60 fps. Even with turned off AA and most PP.

[Zibob]

I do have odd frame stutter issues too.

CPU: AMD R7 3700X
GPU: R9 290
RAM: DDR4 3600MHz
SSD: Sabrant Rocket Q 2TB NVMe
Monitor: 120Hz

The game reports and I no doubt runs at 120Hz but the feel in game is that the frame pacing is far lower than 120FPS. I frequently see the game run stuttery or lower than the reported frame rate. Often on San Pietro and Finland's Snow stages,

[fidelio]

Originally posted by Zibob:

I do have odd frame stutter issues too.

you could try the "-window-mode exclusive" launch argument as well and see if it helps. if instructions would be helpful how to do that, click here