Stutter/Spike(?)-Lags/FPS-drops

[Digidani]

Is there any way to solve this problem? It´s here since all the latest F1 Games (2016, 2017, 2018 and now 2019). More on the one circuit, less at an other.

Good to see in this video (not from me):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcwPgrockms

[Raddie]

weird, you set up is so similar to mine, and yet it's the opposite of me

[sharpbyte41]

I have the same issue, and unfortunately for me it's worse than in F1 2018. I tried both dx11 and 12, it's the same with both, can't do a single lap without the game/PC locking up completely for 0.1-0.5s once or twice, sometimes more, just like in the linked video. It happens at random parts of the track. I play plenty of games, mostly racing games (like Assetto Corsa, Raceroom, etc), I don't have this issue in any other game.

As a huge F1 fan, it's really disappointing, makes the game unplayable for me, and as I don't expect a fix anymore (the problem exists for years...), I'll have to get a refund.

[SpaceNinja88]

Pretty sure it's Denuvo. Which, by the way, still isn't listed on the store page and still isn't directly mentioned in the EULA. How can Codemasters get away with this?
2018's Denuvo-free exe made that game run flawlessly on Ultra High. 2019, I'm running on Ultra Low. You can't tell me there's this much of a difference.

[Mr. Petrucci]

lol, I had these drops sometimes in F1 2018.
Now in F1 2019 they are completely gone

[Pimp Daddy G]

Originally posted by Smelly Cat:

I had a lot of these stutters in the F1 2018 (trying the dx12 beta didn't work)

For more context I have this specs:

I5 9200K
RTX 2070
16 GB RAM 3000 MHz

Just for curiosity, which card are you using and which version of the game are u using (plus windows)?

My specs are AMD Ryzen 7
GTX 1080 Ti
and i use windows 10 just today i started encountering these insane FPS drops like from 90 to 16 fps.
I dont know how to solve this problem

[Necrotic]

Originally posted by Digidani:

Is there any way to solve this problem? It´s here since all the latest F1 Games (2016, 2017, 2018 and now 2019). More on the one circuit, less at an other.

Good to see in this video (not from me):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcwPgrockms

runs flawless on ultra settings i7@4.7 ghz 8 gig mem at 2800 mhz. a rtx 2060 max oc. i run well above 120 fps CONSTANDLY no dips no drops. 1080p btw.

[Necrotic]

Originally posted by Mr. Petrucci:

lol, I had these drops sometimes in F1 2018.
Now in F1 2019 they are completely gone

same had the same in 2018....... no drops in 2019 tho.... also in 2018 u could fix it its just a grafical setting. no biggy.

[Wee Woo]

I feel like I had these issues in 2018 and using windowed mode seemed to help

[bunder]

Fwiw, I get screen freezes in 2017 on Linux, unless feral ported denuvo too, I doubt its that.

[ErickReynolds]

change the game direct from 12 to 11 when you load up the game, it makes almost all of the stuttering disappear

[Francis_Mallman]

Originally posted by Gibson:

This is actually the first time I've ever experienced an issue like this in a game and I assure you this has to be the issue.

And I can assure YOU that Denuvo is NOT the issue. This issue pre-dates Denuvo's existence by many years.

[SpaceNinja88]

Originally posted by Gibson:

Originally posted by Waggy:

Some guy on Youtube compared F1 2018 with and without Denuvo.

Without Denuvo there is no lock up and loading times are many minutes faster.

Is it anti-piracy or is it anti-user?

It's BOTH, that's the issue. It's a flaw in the software.

See this is what I don't get. The game connects to online services at launch.
Why not just not allow the game to be played on a pirated version and drop denuvo altogether? It'd significantly increase performance, get rid of crashes (that are not dx12 related), and the loading times would also be reduced by a large amount of time.

[Digidani]

For me DX12 fixed the issue. Using the latest Geforce driver, DX12 with Steam overlay and disable Nvidia Ansel. No stutter for the moment. :-)

[Sheep]

Using dx 12 and disabling steam's in game overlay for the game worked well for me.

Originally posted by Digidani:

For me DX12 fixed the issue. Using the latest Geforce driver, DX12 with Steam overlay and disable Nvidia Ansel. No stutter for the moment. :-)

[hawkbs]

Go into Audio Settings / Advanced and turn AUDIO UPLOAD RATE down to LOW. This fixed it in F1 2018 for me and was the first thing I did in F1 2019 and I have no stuttering in either game now. Audio Upload Rate affects CPU and Framerates if you read its description

https://www.racedepartment.com/threads/how-i-fixed-my-stuttering-issue.158522/