Horrible performance

[Icky Thump]

Is nobody else dealing with horrible performance on this game?? I have had it since 2019, been through an i5 6600k and now a Ryzen 7 3700x, as well as a GTX 1070ti and now an RTX 3070, and STILL get horrible utilization, resulting in AT BEST ~58fps on absolute minimum settings and STILL get frame stutters even then... wtf is wrong with this game's performance and why is no one else talking about it?

[RedPandaViking]

This is very odd, I personally run an old 1070 and achieve 60fps at high settings at 3440x1440 resolution. Something very strange is happening here if you are unable to achieve more than 60fps. Can you double check that you don't have the frame rate limiter on? And also double check that if you have vsync turn on this will limit your frame rate to match your monitor.

With regards to the stuttering, we have found the having pedestrians will sometimes cause stuttering for people, and this is something we are looking at. You can turn these off when creating a new game.

[Icky Thump]

Frame limiters are off and I never use vsync as I have a 165hz GSYNC monitor. The GPU usage is always all over the place, both on my last card and now this. If I stare at the ground, I MIGHT jump to 110fps for a moment but halts right back down to a stutter mess when looking around..

[SolidusF0X69]

yeah same here on a 2700x and rtx 3090 32gb ram its not really that I can't get over 60 fps its the very noticeable stutters even with pedestrians turned off

[Decker]

same... even on the lowest graphic settings... you guys will find the issue, i have no doubt...keep at it guys...youre doing great...i need to get a new pc for win11 anyway ... but im not going to whine about this until then lol .. thx for the new map and work you guys do...youre appreciated. (sry poster this is meant for the devs)

[SolidusF0X69]

Yeah tried that as well turned the settings as low as they'd go and that stutter is still there its a shame cause its pretty fun game but the stutter seems to happen at the worst times

[Numenorean]

Same here; Ryzen 9 3900 XT CPU and Radeon RX 6700 XT as GPU and the game is a stutterfest and even changing the settings show horrible popping of assets.
Running Forza Horizon 5 at Ultra...

[Aspen Ridge]

It happens to everyone..regardless of hardware/PC Gaming laptop etc...the fanboys and developers just keep defending what is essentially just a broken platform that has some cool features but just hasn't addressed solid play-ability yet...maybe in another 2 years...lol

[cycleboxer]

I am on a RTX 2060 SUPER on a Alienware Aurora haven't had any of these problems yet.

[Icky Thump]

Originally posted by Decker:

same... even on the lowest graphic settings... you guys will find the issue, i have no doubt...keep at it guys...youre doing great...i need to get a new pc for win11 anyway ... but im not going to whine about this until then lol .. thx for the new map and work you guys do...youre appreciated. (sry poster this is meant for the devs)

lol it has been JUST like this for literal years... but okay.

[Icky Thump]

I can play Forza Horizon 5.. 1440p... not just Ultra, but pushing the certain settings to the even higher Extreme setting... and get a butter smooth 90-120fps. I know thats apples to oranges, but im saying its def not my hardware lol

[Jinksy]

Just popped on as I haven't played on the new map for a while, I've never known it to run so poorly. Even with settings pushed all the way down it doesn't play smoothly, never use to have a problem and I can run more demanding titles at high/ultra settings. What's changed so much?
Also I put the headlights on and the game locked my computer up. That's a first!

[[PixelHaven] Chrimim]

Same thing here, the problem is, the Game and the Engine are Programmed very bad. Thats one of the Reason why the Physics are one of the biggest Reason the Game is having Performence Problems.
The Developers should Focus on the Graphics and the Physics.
Its not your System or Graphic Card you running, its probably the Game, who cant handle his own. Just wait until next Updates.
The Problem of the Game will be 2 the Titel of the Game is Horrible, too long.
"Flashing Lights" would be Perfect but "Flashing Lights - Police, Fire Department, Ambulance-Simulator" nobody wants to click on such a long Name. Idk what the Developer thinked about such a ♥♥♥♥.

But fact is, its not your Computer.
Its the Game, who cant deal is own Programming.

[Aspen Ridge]

Originally posted by Christopher 天ノ弱:

Same thing here, the problem is, the Game and the Engine are Programmed very bad. Thats one of the Reason why the Physics are one of the biggest Reason the Game is having Performence Problems.
The Developers should Focus on the Graphics and the Physics.
Its not your System or Graphic Card you running, its probably the Game, who cant handle his own. Just wait until next Updates.
The Problem of the Game will be 2 the Titel of the Game is Horrible, too long.
"Flashing Lights" would be Perfect but "Flashing Lights - Police, Fire Department, Ambulance-Simulator" nobody wants to click on such a long Name. Idk what the Developer thinked about such a ♥♥♥♥.

But fact is, its not your Computer.
Its the Game, who cant deal is own Programming.

100% correct...the devs and fanboys keep defending it...just fix it..or bring it down to a level that is playable for most people instead of constantly adding more and more stuff that just makes it lag continuously.

[A11Archer]

Year, GTX 580. 32gb Ram, SSD, Core i7 FPS dropped from 80 to 10. I can confirm that there is lag when fire is burning. Smoke effect is laggy. There was no such trouble year ago. Looks like some features are not optimal. So it is not core trouble, its was several effects added in 2021. I have no troubles with such effects in other games. As example Titanfall with its heavy graphics. smoke effects are strange.

[Sanguinem Luna]

Same on the performance issues. Game's installed on an SSD, got an i7-6700K w/ subpar cooling & a GTX 1060 6GB that is limited to 3GBs VRAM at best b/c of a hardware fault I can't afford to fix. And even I can run a lot of the newer, more demanding games like Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, etc at a decent FPS w/ a decent mix of graphics settings w/ only maybe a hitch here or there. Meanwhile, I turn Flashing Lights to all its lowest settings & I STILL get constant frame drops of up to 20 FPS & stuttering that, at times, literally physically hurts. None of this happens in other games w/ my scrapheap PC.

600, if you're seeing this thread, please for the love of God fix the optimization of this game before doing any further content additions. Hire someone to fix it if you have to. There's a decent enough amount of content for the time being w/ the new map, all of the callouts ported now, etc. There really hasn't been much change or additional content to the game outside of the new map, two new vehicles, and some skins over the last year or more, and people clearly still love to play the game despite the super slow drip-feed of content. We can live a while longer with everything there is if it means this game will get optimized to a much more playable state.

I love this game. I really do. It offers things that no other emergency services game does, like lighting customization for one. I swear 90% of my time in this game is spent futzing around creating lighting patterns. Dead serious. That feature alone is ridiculously enjoyable. At the same time though, it's really not so fun running Code 3 at 80 MPH down the interstate, just for a stutter/frame hitch to happen & suddenly you're into a jersey barrier or off in the dirt/sand... The poor performance is a large part of why I barely actually play the game, excluding all the time I spend customizing lights.