I've lost all the performance running ACC

[Oskies]

Hi everyone,

I know that the "optimization" and "performance" topic has been related already and for several times. But I've not found an issue as mine yet.

I own ACC since EA and, since then, it has been running flawlesly on my computer, with all the settings on High-Epic.

Since we are on quarentine I purchased the DLC and got my wheel plugged again, but now the game is running very poorly, as no other game does on the same computer.

The last time I played few months ago it was running on around 80 steady fps (with the classic stuttering, off course). Now the game oscillates from 30 to 59 fps, but the most part of the time it runs at 34-40fps, this mixed with the stuttering makes it unplayable :(

I've tried Nvidia experience to optimize the settings and I tried myself to low almost everything down aswell, but it makes very few difference and the fps swing still makes it unplayable.

I thought it was because of the new tracks, but I have the same problem with the old ones.

As I said, this is the only game I'm having problems with the performance, so I guess that it's not a hardware/temperature problem.

Maybe this ♥♥♥ helps you on identifying any issue?

https://gyazo.com/67faca58c16f5fb71d2d54d0d6de276c

My specs:
CPU i7-8750H
RAM 16GB
GPU RTX 2060
Running on SSD

Anyway, thanks in advance for reading.

[Protonv5]

First thing I would do, is uninstall the game and folders completely. Update the NVidia drivers and reinstall the game.

[#Fumi*]

Unistall and reinstall game and packages, Update windows and gpu drivers.
im on a 2600x +1070ti and it works fine on epic settigs, draw distance 260%
70/80fps

[Oskies]

Thanks for your replies guys.

I just did a clean uninstall and I actually installed it again on my newest SSD, which is even a bit faster.
My gpu drivers were already up to date and I did a few W10 updates.

Nothing changed, still really poor performance on the lowest settings...

https://gyazo.com/b8715a7cf49b2fe88a01b94d509343a6

Any other ideas?

[maelstrom_19]

İlk olarak Oskies Magnet tarafından gönderildi:

As I said, this is the only game I'm having problems with the performance, so I guess that it's not a hardware/temperature problem.

It still may be. Is this running on a laptop? ACC is very processor-intensive (more so than other racing sims) and laptops are notorious for throttling down the CPU clock when they start to get hot. Your CPU base frequency is only 2.2GHz which would be very low for this sim if the CPU isn't getting its max turbo frequency of 4.1GHz. Have you checked the processor load and temperature when you're running ACC? Something like MSI Afterburner will give you good information but make sure you set it to show individual CPU core loads rather than just the CPU average (which will be much lower). However, none of this would really explain why it previously ran well but it's still worth checking.

The latest NVIDIA drivers have caused problems for some people so it may be worth trying an older version. Have you installed any new background apps (anti-virus, anti-malware etc) recently? Have a look in the Windows Task Manager and check that no other apps/processes are using a lot of CPU time while ACC is running.

[Matt_ZRS]

I have basically the same laptop but with the 9750h instead. runs fine for me.
Make sure you have the graphics card selected in the control panel as it may of done an updated and defaults to the cpu graphics instead leaving the GPU turned off for power saving.

[Oskies]

Again thanks for helping me, fellows.
Older Nvidia drivers made no difference actually.

After checking with Afterburner seems like the CPU is hitting the 90ºC. This seems "normal" for my laptop, which is a "beautiful sh*t" when talking about cooling design. It's looks more like a notebook than a laptop so temps are always high when gaming.

https://www.techspot.com/review/1615-msi-gs65-stealth-thin/page3.html (same model with different gpu)

There is no dust inside and I'm using a cooling pad.

On menu with Low settings
https://gyazo.com/bf0c0565585b4f7ea6d383a29537f26d

On track with Low settings
https://gyazo.com/2990c23ebf238086898ad91fd6847733

On track with Epic settings
https://gyazo.com/ee673ce407056ece39cd4c55e517297d

EDIT: I've been tweaking with the fans and now I've gained some fps on MID settings, even if the temps are still the same.
https://gyazo.com/64975dbcb0ad6fdf2deaf92c04227c0f

I've been practicing on a mp server and I had stable 60fps, in Monza with around 10 cars on track.

Unhelphully this is yet too low because of the stuttering.

Thanks again and don't hesitate to come back if you still have some ideas.

İlk olarak Matt_ZRS tarafından gönderildi:

I have basically the same laptop but with the 9750h instead. runs fine for me.
Make sure you have the graphics card selected in the control panel as it may of done an updated and defaults to the cpu graphics instead leaving the GPU turned off for power saving.

Which settings in game are you playing with? Could you tell me your CPU temps when on track?

[Matt_ZRS]

Using ACC I run at 1440p plugged into 4k tv, mostly high/ultra settings. 70-90fps last time I checked. But V-sync at 60hz on my tv.

notebook cpu's are normally safe up to 100deg. well the 9750h in mine is anyway according to intel specs. But when I last checked it sat around 80-90 deg.

i7 9750h + rtx2060 + 16gb ram 2666 ddr4 + 2x 1tb M.2 nvme SSD's + 1tb HDD = My Laptop

[Stepy]

Did you try this : https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/i-got-my-fps-back.172350/

[Oskies]

İlk olarak stepy tarafından gönderildi:

Did you try this : https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/i-got-my-fps-back.172350/

Thanks mate, that did some of the job.

Now I've been able to finish all the track medals on single races with 23 cars on track and having around 50-60 fps.
Still far away from the way I used to run ACC before, but at least now it's playable.

[Stepy]

If your still having trouble maybe try this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=jZrnfWpENTo&feature=emb_logo

[Ron Dizzle]

İlk olarak stepy tarafından gönderildi:

Did you try this : https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/i-got-my-fps-back.172350/

Thanks this really helped, it took stress of off my CPU and then I realized I was running with 31 opponents lol I dropped that to 10 and now I get 60 plus FPS in 4K on Medium settings.

[Oskies]

İlk olarak stepy tarafından gönderildi:

If your still having trouble maybe try this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=jZrnfWpENTo&feature=emb_logo

Those settings were already the default ones on my system, but thanks anyway.