Not if you're using recent hardware, at least. Runs like butter on my 6700k/1080.
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Forza Horizon 3 PC Performance Thread
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Not if you're using recent hardware, at least. Runs like butter on my 6700k/1080.
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
Wow, now I'm worried. 970 user here. Looks like everyone is having stuttering issues with this card? Fuck me. Just bought the Ultimate Edition thinking it'd run perfectly fine. I've got another 45 gigs to download. Gonna be a long nervous wait.
No way to get a refund is there? I don't have an Xbox so I might be fucked if this thing doesn't run like it should.
No way to get a refund is there? I don't have an Xbox so I might be fucked if this thing doesn't run like it should.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
It seems more like a 'one size fits all' at the moment, for easiest compatibility across different hardware. At the detriment to performance.
Well they are running on the same engine, so using that for comparison is just logical. High framerates are attainable in Apex, even when running 4K and lashings of AA.
The open world nature of this game would probably account for some hit in performance compared to Apex, but I doubt as much as what people are experiencing right now. With the right optimisation of course.
We can already see that the game isn't making much use of multi-core / multi-threading, so that's an obvious place to start working on.
Plus the PC version at the moment is far from running bad, it's just not running as well as it should be doing. And I bet that some good patches will fix most of it.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
Well, I expressed my feelings about that here,
I was only wondering about playground because I think it would be in their best interest to be as vocal as possible at the moment. Especially after as you said, people paid a lot to play early. It's going to leave a really bad taste in their mouths and I think being as open as possible right now in assuaging concerns is the best way to sweeten the bitterness so to speak.
Not that I like the trend of paying extra for early access but, A. it's your money, vote with it however you want, and B. If MS want's the trend to continue or soar or whatever then when stuff like this happens it's best to get out in front of it. IMO of coarse.
Stevey
Member
Hmm.
i7 3770k 4.1ghz
GTX 1080
372.90 Driver
Win 10
16GB RAM
Installed on SSD
Auto detected Ultra preset, getting a really rough 40-60 or so FPS in the intro,turned things down to high, no real difference.
Then when it changed to the off road car, loads of stuttering.
I'll just play the Xbox One version for now.
i7 3770k 4.1ghz
GTX 1080
372.90 Driver
Win 10
16GB RAM
Installed on SSD
Auto detected Ultra preset, getting a really rough 40-60 or so FPS in the intro,turned things down to high, no real difference.
Then when it changed to the off road car, loads of stuttering.
I'll just play the Xbox One version for now.
SeeNoWeevil
Member
Yet another example of paying the highest amount for the worst version. More so in this case.
Felix Lighter
Member
Sounds to be completely designed around 30 fps with all of the typical hitches and stutters at higher framerates that cannot be brute forced in these cases because the PC version at higher framerates was an afterthought and as long as an issue doesn't tank the lead platforms framerate below the 30 fps target, it's not something that's going to get much attention.
Stevey
Member
That's a valid point I think as, although it auto detected my system for Ultra, it auto set FPS to 36 rather than 144.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
This is exactly my fear at the moment. I had originally thought that MS had developed this game with PC in mind but it looks like development started much further back than MS's push for PC gaming.
paperspace
Member
That's disappointing to hear, but out of curiosity; wouldn't it be preferable to play at higher fidelity @ locked 30fps?
I haven't had butter in forever, but I suppose you mean it's very smooth? Even in the more urban areas, i.e. Surfer's Paradise, etc? I find it extremely difficult to believe anyone is achieving a perfectly steady, vsynced 60+fps throughout the different areas in this game. "Runs like butter" is a pretty bold claim to make about FH3 on PC at this time. No offense. Then again, there's a possibility our standards for butter differ quite a bit. ;-)
Stevey
Member
It's not locked though, it's a stuttery mess.
Where as the Demo on Xbox One was super smooth.
Uninstalled it for now, will keep my eye on this thread to see if it's worth reinstalling in the future.
opticalmace
Member
Gonna wait on the demo with this kind of feedback. ~_~
I know i have been getting them, and i'm on pc too
I haven't played too far into the game yet -- only have finished the buggy race to "Bust a move" so far. But yeah, it's been very smooth thus far for me.
I will add that I've only had this fancy new gaming PC for a few weeks, and for many years have been console only. So yeah, my standard may not be as high as yours. But I've had the FPS counter on and seemed like it stayed around 60 all the time and that's with no dynamic settings on, everything maxed on ultra settings.
So I have a 970 and an i5 4670K at 4.0GHz, and I just want to play this at similar fidelity to the Xbox One version: 30 fps lock, maybe medium settings, some AA on. Is that reasonable? I'll be playing this on a larger TV instead of my monitor, but I don't want to lay down $60 in a week and be disappointed. Maybe I'll just wait for the demo, but I was curious how this framerate smoother was doing for people with similar specs.
Eduardboon
Member
With that rig you should expect 60 lock on high. Come on! Ridiculous to expect less. on 1080P at least.
I've seen a ton of stuff in this thread of people reporting wayyyy lower framerates on a 1070, no less, when going into city environments. I would LOVE to expect 60, but people with higher specs than mine at 1080p don't seem to be happy, am I wrong?
EDIT: I think I read your post wrong, as you've had problems too. Yeah, I mean I expect 60 with this card, but considering I'm thinking about borrowing an Xbox One to play this, I'm trying to just weigh my options here. I'll probably wait this out for a patch if one comes out, but I'd really just like to experience a fun racing game again (which hasn't really happened for me in a while, personally)
That's fair, I too thought it ran pretty well during the first couple of races. Then I reached the city, and hit what seems to be some kind of bottleneck related to CPU utilization. In any case, thanks for clarifying it for us. I just want to make sure everyone is on the same page here so that developers know what the issues that must be addressed are.
Papacheeks
Banned
why the fuck play it at 30fps when your GPU cost you 659.99? That's pure garbage especially it being a console developed game. Makes no sense especially with other somewhat recent driving games like project cars running 4k@60fps.
I understand this is open work style racing but seriously not having a card that came out couple months ago that currently makes most games at 4k or at least all at 1440p with some being 60fps is ridiculous.
FunkyDealer
Banned
Haven't made it to the city yet. But dynamic high at 1080p is delivering very smooth 60FPS.
Radeon RX 480.
Radeon RX 480.
Forever Changes
Banned
Any words on a patch?
Hawk269
Member
Game does not support SLI.
Papacheeks
Banned
I'm not too sure for Windows store games but if the application exe is in the game folder usually under client so for Windows there may be a folder for store installed purchases. If there is then U can add it to non-steam game option under games on top left.
I wish I had scrounged up the extra $10 for the non-N variant of Windows 10.
Some games (like this one) require the Media Pack to even launch and it's such a pain in the dick to install because you actually need to find and download a specific installer in order for it to actually work.
Wouldn't be so bad if the last Windows update hadn't fucking erased the Media Pack for no goddamn reason.
Some games (like this one) require the Media Pack to even launch and it's such a pain in the dick to install because you actually need to find and download a specific installer in order for it to actually work.
Wouldn't be so bad if the last Windows update hadn't fucking erased the Media Pack for no goddamn reason.
LostDonkey
Member
Been out for a while. Any updates on the missing VIP content from the Ultimate edition for PC?
Pretty pissed off after paying 80 quid to not get what I paid for.
Also what the hell is up with the interior view on the Subaru Impreza 22b. It's just a black reflection of the dashboard. Can't see fuck all.
Pretty pissed off after paying 80 quid to not get what I paid for.
Also what the hell is up with the interior view on the Subaru Impreza 22b. It's just a black reflection of the dashboard. Can't see fuck all.
paperspace
Member
Cjdamon042
Member
i5-3570K @ 4GHz (I know...)
GTX 1070 8GB
16GB RAM
Latest NVidia drivers
Installed on SSD.
Can get 60fps with settings on max with MSAA, but as per most people in this thread I get sudden hitches down to 45fps which then jumps straight back up to 60fps and it's really jarring. Hindering my enjoyment of the game right now. Just want a steady 60fps but can't seem to get it, even with lowering settings. And locked 30fps doesn't feel like 30fps for some reason, seems sluggish.
I've tried that 'prefer maximum performance' setting but it doesn't seem to improve it that much for me.
GTX 1070 8GB
16GB RAM
Latest NVidia drivers
Installed on SSD.
Can get 60fps with settings on max with MSAA, but as per most people in this thread I get sudden hitches down to 45fps which then jumps straight back up to 60fps and it's really jarring. Hindering my enjoyment of the game right now. Just want a steady 60fps but can't seem to get it, even with lowering settings. And locked 30fps doesn't feel like 30fps for some reason, seems sluggish.
I've tried that 'prefer maximum performance' setting but it doesn't seem to improve it that much for me.
just saying what I have. I have not diasabled it. So however many cards its using it runs great!
bodine1231
Member
Gsync doesnt fix the stuttering
theonerayman
Member
I know a few places reviewed the PC version of the title as well, and I don't remember any of them mentioning this frame rate stutter. DId they just not notice is (which seems unlikely) or did the reviewers review code differ from the release one?
Hawk269
Member
Was just mentioning it doesn't. I have 2 Titan X Pascal and it only uses one card. I am getting decent performance at max settings/4k. Main issue is the slight stuttering that happens ever 10 seconds or so. It is very annoying. When I get drops it is not too much and not too noticeable unless near the big city where I can go from 60fps to about 45 and then back up to 60.
Maybe the reviewers simply didn't insist on turning everything up to the highest settings?
JackAubrey
Member
So over the last day I've battled with settings. Never getting rid of the stuttering despite high frame rates otherwise. But a stuttery 60fps on my PC is worse than the lovely smooth gameplay on my Xbox One version.
However in the last couple of hours I've hit on - at least until the game is hopefully fixed - a good IQ/framerate compromise.
i5 5470K
16GB
GTX 1070
Been messing with all kinds of settings. But tried locked 30fps, no-vsync, DR Ultra and 1440p. And this is the only setting so far that's been almost stutter free. Smooth as silk most of the time thanks to the motion blur. Obviously I'd prefer 60fps, but these settings are very playable. IQ is lovely at least - it's like playing a super version of the Xbox One game.
However in the last couple of hours I've hit on - at least until the game is hopefully fixed - a good IQ/framerate compromise.
i5 5470K
16GB
GTX 1070
Been messing with all kinds of settings. But tried locked 30fps, no-vsync, DR Ultra and 1440p. And this is the only setting so far that's been almost stutter free. Smooth as silk most of the time thanks to the motion blur. Obviously I'd prefer 60fps, but these settings are very playable. IQ is lovely at least - it's like playing a super version of the Xbox One game.
Stevey
Member
Oh, I didn't think it was that bad.
It's really annoying. It's not a constant stuttering but its every few seconds which is enough to make me not want to play.
Just tried the Xbox One version, no stuttering at all.
bodine1231
Member
According to this Ars Technica article the developers are aware of the hitching.
''A Microsoft Studios spokesperson confirmed that the specific hitching issue I noticed in some otherwise smooth scenarios has been replicated by the game's PC development team; "you can expect a game update to fix this issue in the near future," the representative told Ars. Those gains may not come from DirectX 12-related fixes, however, as the representative confirmed that this engine is already built on a DirectX 12 foundation.''
''A Microsoft Studios spokesperson confirmed that the specific hitching issue I noticed in some otherwise smooth scenarios has been replicated by the game's PC development team; "you can expect a game update to fix this issue in the near future," the representative told Ars. Those gains may not come from DirectX 12-related fixes, however, as the representative confirmed that this engine is already built on a DirectX 12 foundation.''
JackAubrey
Member
That's good to know. Thanks for posting that.
Forever Changes
Banned
This works for me except the input lag is fucking terrible at 30fps, way worse than the Xbone verison.
Pretty sure some people just cannot perceive micro stutter. They're incapable. It's there, but they're just not sensitive to it. Kinda' like the people who can't tell the difference between 30 and 60fps, but to a lesser degree. I'm speaking in general, not just this game itself.
Stevey
Member
Cool, hopefully it will get sorted soon.
Resolution?
Stevey
Member
1920x1080
Ugh. Well my 1070 obviously will be worse. I guess I'll wait for a patch.