SeeNoWeevil
Member
Does this game work offline? Mine won't even load without a connection. I wouldn't be surprised if network access was causing stutters for people.
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Forza Horizon 3 PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter SmartWaffles
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The game doesn't seem that stuttery at ultra at 1440p on a 1070, unless I am modding a car - for some reason that causes a ton. But actual racing/driving I very occasionally get dips to 55 FPS but it is more often than not at 60 FPS. Haven't tried the CPU affinity stuff yet which could potentially eliminate all stuttering but I was expecting a much worse situation after reading up on it here.
exmachina64
Banned
It wasn't.
I beleive you need a net connection to get the decryption keys at startup. Pull the net connection afterwards and it should continue to play.
TheAdmiester
Member
When my connection is cut or goes down the game quits without warning. I had it happen right at the end of a Goliath race once.
Check under Warnings as well, see if there is any under Display around the same timeframe.
| Praxis |
Banned
There are no warnings.
Are you looking at the Event logs?
Edit: I would check the info messages right after a crash. Usually the nvidia driver would be posted with the crash error code. (not as an error, but an info message. but it gets posted at the same time with the Microsoft Opus error log entry.
Anyway, have you tried the Auto detected settings?
Ok, i've had the game crash once, and the display driver crashed at the same time. I see some people also reporting this behaviour on their forum. The same happened to me on No Mans Sky before it was patched. I think it's the stuttering that sometimes makes it seem like the driver is timing out. NMS used to stutter like crazy as well, and that's when i used to crash.
People crashing could check their reliability history as well (search for it in the taskbar). Mine looked like this at the time of the crash: http://i.imgur.com/SBzUoVL.png
''Hardware error'' being the TDR event.
NaughtyPrawn
Member
Bought the game hoping it would run okay on my 6600k 980ti but I got terrible performance and stuttering making it unplayable. Tried all suggestions on here but none fixed the issue. Asked for a refund from microsoft support and they gave my money back immediately. Very dissappointed as it was one of my most anticipated games of the year.
Sword Of Doom
Member
Just got to the desert outback festival and it's running much better. Stuttering is tolerable at 60fps.
4670k
16gb ram
1070
The more strain there is on the GPU the less it stutters for me. I think playing on ultra at 1080 with shadows on high + 8X MSAA has helped. I don't know though, this game is just such a mess technically.
Only reliable solution for me has been locking the game at 30fps with nvidia inspector
4670k
16gb ram
1070
The more strain there is on the GPU the less it stutters for me. I think playing on ultra at 1080 with shadows on high + 8X MSAA has helped. I don't know though, this game is just such a mess technically.
Only reliable solution for me has been locking the game at 30fps with nvidia inspector
Did you try 30fps/v-sync on?
Performance went down on me when Defender was scanning and then a notification popped up saying it was all done. Performance was back up.
The first listed error is pointing to connectivity. It "was terminated because it took too long to suspend." seems to indicate some resource is unreachable at that point in time.
Try a few things, if you have time.
Check if the Forza Hub app is installed.
Check the network diagnostics tab in the Xbox App. (check if the Teredo adapter is connecting)
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
Running the game on:
Core i7 4790k
GTX 970
16GB RAM
1TB 7200RPM WD Black
I can run everything on ultra as long as I cap the framerate at 30. So I basically have a nicer looking Xbox One version. If I uncap the framerate it hovers around the mid 40's. I guess it's fine but I would much rather it be able to hit 60 with my hardware. Maybe the 970 is starting to show some age or the game is just that unoptimized?
Core i7 4790k
GTX 970
16GB RAM
1TB 7200RPM WD Black
I can run everything on ultra as long as I cap the framerate at 30. So I basically have a nicer looking Xbox One version. If I uncap the framerate it hovers around the mid 40's. I guess it's fine but I would much rather it be able to hit 60 with my hardware. Maybe the 970 is starting to show some age or the game is just that unoptimized?
I'd pull some settings down, 40s seem kinda low as an avg. Some settings are not realistically noticeable while playing and you can get better IQ elsewhere I personally think. I have a 970 and do a mix of med-high, have DSR at 2.5x with fxaa on and its gorgeous since that hides all the aliasingflicker while staying sharp, and this is at 50-75fps (there are some bad spots like the oil factory that dip to 30). I do have gsync thougj so I can't say if the fluctuations would be bad or not. Maybe adaptive would help.
Not sure if you need to uninstall Avast, but it has been confirmed to cause launch issues. If putting the FH3 folder in your exceptions doesnt work, nor does temporarily disabling Avast, then you might need to get rid of it (for the moment atleast).
Slackbladder
Member
I had to uninstall Avast as temporarily disabling it didn't work. Don't know if making an exception would work as I assumed it wouldn't if FH3 couldn't run with it disabled.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/tuna luv/video/22011759
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/tuna luv/video/22011788
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/tuna luv/video/22011790
free roam is 99% locked at 72 except a few streets in surfers
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/tuna luv/video/22011788
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/tuna luv/video/22011790
free roam is 99% locked at 72 except a few streets in surfers
Same specs; the only solution I found was to cap my framerate to 60 IN-GAME. This reduced stuttering almost entirely. Literally everything else didn't work for me.
Sword Of Doom
Member
In the game set vsync off and FPS to unlimited. Go into nvidia inspector and in the profile for FH3, set the FPS limiter to 30fps.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
I set the preset to High and unlocked the framerate and I get a mixture of 60fps in fields and forests and it dips all the way down to 30fps in city areas. Normally this way it rides on average in the mid 50's.
I had the game crash on me in the middle of a race too that I was almost done with. I think I'll just stick with the Xbox One version until they patch this a few times.
Ugh, I'm getting lots of input lag at 30 fps, and this is with vsync off in-game and using nVidia inspector for a 30 fps lock w/ max prerendered frames=1. It's really obnoxious and makes me not want to play at all until they get a patch out. I don't think input lag is listed in their "known issues" thread on the official forum either 
been looking at this game recently... and whatever happened to there being a pc demo?
Not sure how my setup will run at 1440p. 980ti is fine, but i think my 3570k will be a bottleneck.
Is there a decent option setup that can get me stutterfree 60fps?
Or should i just wait for patches first?
Not sure how my setup will run at 1440p. 980ti is fine, but i think my 3570k will be a bottleneck.
Is there a decent option setup that can get me stutterfree 60fps?
Or should i just wait for patches first?
The demo is still coming at some point. I'd suggest just waiting for it if you're concerned about performance. With your CPU, I don't think a solid 60fps is something you'll be able to achieve with the game in its current state.
Apoleptica
Banned
I'm running the game on mostly ultra at 1440p with 8x msaa at a locked 48 fps (if unlocked the fps ranges from 50 to 80 fps), only settings I turned down were mirror to medium, windshield reflection to medium, and reflections to High. 1070 @ 2GHz and 6700k @ 4.5 GHz. I really don't get how others with specs similar to mine or slightly below (980 ti, i5, etc) get significantly worse performance. I suggest trying the dynamic setting as well as that also works great.
jediyoshi
Member
Any point in installing this game on an SSD instead?
I get this too. It's fixed for me by alt tabbing to reselect the game. Then it just immediately goes.
I get this too. It's fixed for me by alt tabbing to reselect the game. Then it just immediately goes.
IMACOMPUTA
Member
I have the same exact setup as you. My 3570k is oc'd to 4.5 ghz.
I have to lock it at 30fps because the framerate is too inconsistent between 40-60 otherwise. Makes it feel like shit.
That being said, I'm able to down sample from around 4K with 8xmsaa and all settings max and still keep 30fps 99.99999999999% of the time.
The game feels decent at 30fps (I've never said this before).
Dying for a patch so I can play at 60fps but the game is totally playable at 30fps.
They said the demo for PC will come after release. Seeing as it performs like crap we won't see one for some time.
scorpian007
Member
Getting mostly 60fps at 3440x1440 21:9 (Ultra, except Shadows on High and 2x MSAA)
i7 4770K @ 4.3, 16GB RAM, 980Ti SLI (although only one card is being used) and game is installed on a 1TB SSD.
Even when the GPU usage is around 80-90% I get random stuttering even though the FPS is at 60. Game is still very playable (and a lot of fun), just hoping the next patch can iron out the hitching.
i7 4770K @ 4.3, 16GB RAM, 980Ti SLI (although only one card is being used) and game is installed on a 1TB SSD.
Even when the GPU usage is around 80-90% I get random stuttering even though the FPS is at 60. Game is still very playable (and a lot of fun), just hoping the next patch can iron out the hitching.
John Wick
Member
Maybe because the game was designed from the ground up for the Xbox 1?
Maybe the PC port isn't fully optimised?
Patrick S.
Banned
Turning on 8x MSAA does indeed reduce stuttering. I deactivated the 50 fps lock I had set in nvidia inspector and turned on 60 fps limit + vsync in the game to try it out, and it runs very nicely. It occasionally drops to 56 or so fps, but the game doesn't stutter so horribly while doing so. I'll be playing like this from now on.
It does use more CPU now, my 4690k is at 4.2 ghz and yesterday usage spiked to 96 or 97%, which is around 5% more than when I had the game locked at 50 fps.
I'd overclock the CPU a bit more, but my system crashes after a few minutes with this game at that speed. I could play around with the CPU voltage, but I don't really want to do that.
It does use more CPU now, my 4690k is at 4.2 ghz and yesterday usage spiked to 96 or 97%, which is around 5% more than when I had the game locked at 50 fps.
I'd overclock the CPU a bit more, but my system crashes after a few minutes with this game at that speed. I could play around with the CPU voltage, but I don't really want to do that.
apieceofstrange
Member
I'm running on a 5820K, 980Ti, 1440P, using the GeForce experience optimized settings and turned v-sync on in game. It's a smooth 60fps for the most part, but there are occasional dips into the 40s. No noticeable stuttering though. When I had the frame rate unlocked there was some stuttering and lots of screen tearing though. I tried playing at 30fps but 60 just feels much better despite the occasional dips. It's not perfect, but far from unplayable.
Sword Of Doom
Member
8XMSAA in addition to in game 60fps vsync made the game actually playable for me so that's how I've been playing as well.
Patrick S.
Banned
It's really counterintuitive, but yeah.
Dalibor_San
Member
I know this is the performance thread, however since this is for PC gamers I'll ask here as more of you would know then just people playing on XBOX.
LostDonkey
Member
It's now telling me I'm not VIP anymore and asking me to pay 16 quid for cars I already have in my garage before I can use them.
Fucking hell.
Fucking hell.
SmartWaffles
Member
This game is very mysterious.
Lighthouse
Member
SlaughterX
Banned
How much RAM do you have? I have a similar set-up and it runs fine for me when it auto detected settings. I then tried the suggest nvidia settings via the GeForce Experience optomized settings and got bad input lag.