POOR OPTIMIZATION / THE GAMEPLAY IS NOT SMOOTH

[JDG30001]

So, yesterday I bought this game and I tried to play it on ULTRA settings then I got around 100 fps and I was happy with that at first but it turned out that the gameplay wasn't that smooth and like there is stutters every 5 seconds then I turned on the frame rate smoothing option then it fixed it a little bit but I just don't feel comfortable when I play ..So I turned the settings to LOW and I got around 150 fps but I guess it was exactly the same thing and I got the same problem I just don't feel comfortable with that, and I don't know what to do...but I know one thing and it's that this game is poorly optimized.

MY PC SPECS:
Ryzen 3 3100 3.6ghz
GTX 1650 SUPER 4GB GDDR6 GIGABYTE WINDFORCE
16 GB DDR4 3000MHZ (8x2)
ADATA 120 GB SSD
LENOVO 2TB HDD 7200RPM (I installed the game here)
Cooler Master 500W Elite V3

[JDG30001]

+ 75hz monitor

[JDG30001]

Btw does it require a SSD to work properly ? (I know that it's recommended but is it required)

[Phlix]

An SSD would probably reduce most if not all stutters.

[Judge Lazar]

This game needs to be on an SSD. I used to hate people telling me that but after getting one and putting the game on it almost all my problems disappeared.

[Arthur von Tule]

SSD helped me a lot. On HDD I had stutters as well because it's low end machine and it takes some time to load all textures and stuff but now on SSD works like a charm.

[A Phantom]

Look for Launch options for your game in its properties and type in -Noglobalinvalidation

[-ExiLe`]

Originally posted by JDG30001:

+ 75hz monitor

I don't understand why so many ppl play games uncapped and unsynced. higher hz than monitor does not give any advantage and only problems like tearing and unsmooth frames.

Would suggest enabling fast-sync (yes v-sync sucks) for sandstorm in the nvidia panel, and cap to 75 ingame. This works to get smooth frames in many games.

For huge stutters/freezes, try what executioner said.

[JDG30001]

Thank you guys for your replies, I'll try to free up some space im my 120gb ssd and I'll move it to it ...but before that I'll first try what Executionner has said to me

[JDG30001]

Originally posted by ImTimK:

Originally posted by JDG30001:

+ 75hz monitor

I don't understand why so many ppl play games uncapped and unsynced. higher hz than monitor does not give any advantage and only problems like tearing and unsmooth frames.

Would suggest enabling fast-sync (yes v-sync sucks) for sandstorm in the nvidia panel, and cap to 75 ingame. This works to get smooth frames in many games.

For huge stutters/freezes, try what executioner said.

Like I can cap the frames using a software I have, but vsync or even fast vsync are absolutely trash so I'll never enable any of them

[JDG30001]

Originally posted by Executioner:

Look for Launch options for your game in its properties and type in -Noglobalinvalidation

Can you tell me more about this option ? Btw does that launch option(-preload) or something like this work in this game ? I don't remember how it's called exactly but i do remember that it's making the game loads the whole map in the loading screen so the loading screen will take a few more seconds but once it's loaded to the map nothing will load after that (so I guess it will help in this situation

[JDG30001]

Originally posted by ImTimK:

Originally posted by JDG30001:

+ 75hz monitor

I don't understand why so many ppl play games uncapped and unsynced. higher hz than monitor does not give any advantage and only problems like tearing and unsmooth frames.

Would suggest enabling fast-sync (yes v-sync sucks) for sandstorm in the nvidia panel, and cap to 75 ingame. This works to get smooth frames in many games.

For huge stutters/freezes, try what executioner said.

I tried to cap the fps at 75, and u know what ?Yes, u knew it, it's a complete mess where screen tearing is always there ...Despite that I love the game itself, I just hate its optimization :(

[-ExiLe`]

Originally posted by JDG30001:

Originally posted by ImTimK:

I don't understand why so many ppl play games uncapped and unsynced. higher hz than monitor does not give any advantage and only problems like tearing and unsmooth frames.

Would suggest enabling fast-sync (yes v-sync sucks) for sandstorm in the nvidia panel, and cap to 75 ingame. This works to get smooth frames in many games.

For huge stutters/freezes, try what executioner said.

I tried to cap the fps at 75, and u know what ?Yes, u knew it, it's a complete mess where screen tearing is always there ...Despite that I love the game itself, I just hate its optimization :(

Well obviously you will have tearing without any sync. Reason you don't like fast-sync?

For me it works very well, no tearing, smooth frames and don't notice any additional input lag like v-sync (can't stand that).

My bad if your monitor has adaptive sync, you didn't mention though. But if you then still have tearing it's just bad optimization indeed.

[JDG30001]

Originally posted by ImTimK:

Originally posted by JDG30001:

I tried to cap the fps at 75, and u know what ?Yes, u knew it, it's a complete mess where screen tearing is always there ...Despite that I love the game itself, I just hate its optimization :(

Well obviously you will have tearing without any sync. Reason you don't like fast-sync?

For me it works very well, no tearing, smooth frames and don't notice any additional input lag like v-sync (can't stand that).

My bad if your monitor has adaptive sync, you didn't mention though. But if you then still have tearing it's just bad optimization indeed.

tbh I never tried the fast sync, but I guess that it causes an input lag aswell but it's just not as noticeable as the v-sync's one... Or maybe i'm mistaken. Anyways I'll give it a try, thanks !!

[JDG30001]

Originally posted by JDG30001:

Originally posted by ImTimK:

Well obviously you will have tearing without any sync. Reason you don't like fast-sync?

For me it works very well, no tearing, smooth frames and don't notice any additional input lag like v-sync (can't stand that).

My bad if your monitor has adaptive sync, you didn't mention though. But if you then still have tearing it's just bad optimization indeed.

tbh I never tried the fast sync, but I guess that it causes an input lag aswell but it's just not as noticeable as the v-sync's one... Or maybe i'm mistaken. Anyways I'll give it a try, thanks !!

So I tried it and it was ok with a small bunch of stutters but I honestly preferred to keep it as it was before changing these two settings(like on ultra with the frame rate smoothing option enabled). After all, it's playable and specially enjoyable like this, so if I want to completely get rid of those stutters the solution is clear which is moving the game to the SSD.

[฿ØØ₲₳ᄂØØ ₵ЯØO]

turn vsync off in the game and inside of nvidia control panel select fast sync for sandstorm , its money