I didnt play for a while. Couple of weeks ago I rarely dropped below 60 FPS in Surfers Paradise, but now I have 40-50 FPS in certain areas. Standing still and just looking towards the inner city, i will have constant 50 FPS while my CPU runs at 50% and my GPU at 70%. Something broke the game again.
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Forza Horizon 3 PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter SmartWaffles
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RamaTheVoice
Member
From the forzamotorsport.net article about the new expansion:
Seems they've been listening...
E:
lol
Seems they've been listening...
E:
lol
Apoleptica
Banned
Really hope it's a significant performance improvement. The only way I've been able to play in a stable manner on my 1070 and i7 6700k is by locking the game to 48 fps, which is ridiculous. I'm also really curious what the new graphics options will be.
dgrdsv
Member
RamaTheVoice
Member
If anyone has the Creators Update and forgot to turn OFF Game Mode in Windows settings, do so right now. Cut down my loading times by about 80% for some reason.
SeeNoWeevil
Member
I really hope the additional graphics options give me a way to speed up the alpha effects (spray/dust) which hit my 980ti ridiculously hard for some reason.
Locked 60fps on Rain-forest Escape on a 980Ti, place your bets.
Locked 60fps on Rain-forest Escape on a 980Ti, place your bets.
dgrdsv
Member
First game start after a different GPU driver install will take ages because the game seems to be recompiling stuff in such cases and then running performance assessment again. This is likely to also happen on a first run after an update to CU and may not be Game Mode related.
RamaTheVoice
Member
I know. After CU install (with same drivers as before) it started taking longer to load. I thought it was just CU being CU. Updated drivers, still took a while in addition to the configuration. Replayed the next day, loading was still long. Turned off Game Mode: loading was back to pre-CU levels.
Wait till the new update on the 9th
I was having solid performance @60 (or close enough to it that there was no judder I could identify) since the Blizzard Mountain release patch, but I haven't played as much recently. I'm hoping nothing has shifted out of my favor since then. Mind you I'm on a recent PC build, so I expect I'm in a better boat than some. I wanna say the city area in parrticular still gave me some judder though (not Rainforest Escape though).
Uiki
Member
RedlineRonin
Member
Still been keepin an eye on this since launch.
Soooo, sounds like wait until May 9?
We gonna anniversary this thing before it finally runs properly?
Soooo, sounds like wait until May 9?
We gonna anniversary this thing before it finally runs properly?
Slackbladder
Member
Luckily didn't seem to impact me. Just got the CU and updated. Started FH3 shortly after and fine. That's the weird thing for me - the two issues I had with the game since at least January have been fixed; the CtD's when entering races in fullscreen (which was really fucking weird) and the terado issue with playing online. Both seem to have been fixed by driver/windows updates, nothing I did. Shame it took more than 3 months to get the game working again.
I mean I'd say still try it on the 9th since you already spent money on it
Oachkatzlschwoaf
Member
After changing my 3770 4.1Ghz for a R7 1700 3.8 GHz the game feels way smoother. I wasn't expecting anything, but it does make a surprisingly big difference.
Ok.
LelouchZero
Member
That's very interesting, how much memory did you have before and after the upgrade and how does your current CPU usage look if you don't mind me asking?
I noticed that CPU0 is intensely stressed on some systems with more than 4 threads and the intense stress on CPU0 can lead to frame-rate issues and stuttering.
Louis Cyphre
Banned
Was there a new update? Seems to be running better for me this week.
Nop. Next update is on the 9th
SmartWaffles
Member
It still instantly crashes to desktop before even reaching the menu screen, on a clean Windows install lmao.
TheAdmiester
Member
Does Alt+Enter on the game window do anything?
Snkfanatic
Banned
What? So you jumped the gun before they released the patch and then come back with this nonsense? Ok
Uiki
Member
I played fine for months minus the absimal performance.
Now the game won't even start (and it looks like i'm not alone...) on a fresh windows install and i'm the one in the wrong for not waiting for a patch.
Guess it's nonsense paying for something and expecting it to at least being able to launch it.
"ok".
Uiki
Member
Ok.
Skyr
Member
So I ran the game fine with the core 0 and low priority workaround on my GTX 1070. No hitching + nice and steady 60 fps.
Since I installed my 1080 Ti it's back to constant hitching again. It is baffling really. Maybe it's because of the newest nvidia driver, I don't know anymore...
I really hope this patch will finally fix this game.
Since I installed my 1080 Ti it's back to constant hitching again. It is baffling really. Maybe it's because of the newest nvidia driver, I don't know anymore...
I really hope this patch will finally fix this game.
chrominance
Member
I don't understand why we're giving someone shit for deciding that half a year after launch is enough time to decide it's not worth waiting for the PC port to be good.
icecold1983
Member
RamaTheVoice
Member
Has anyone played with today's new Nvidia drivers? Wondering if they break the game further or whether I can go ahead and install them.
SmartWaffles
Member
The culprit of the constant CtDs ends up being... Aida64 lol, yay 60fps (ish) FH3.
Also the new Nvidia drivers work fine for me, nothing has changed.
Also the new Nvidia drivers work fine for me, nothing has changed.
It does but I have to do it every time I load the game which is annoying as I don't have a keyboard handy when I play. Is this a UWP thing? It's real dumb
yeah, you can adjust the prefetched frames to a smaller number in an update a while back
LelouchZero
Member
One last post from me before the new update which hopefully fixes the PC issues.
For the PC players who are having performance issues I highly recommend checking out my previous post for tweaks in the NVIDIA control panel and the settings I previously used. I've since altered my settings and raised them and still have great performance.
My specs:
CPU: i7 4790K 4.7GHz
GPU: GTX 970 (Core at 1535MHz, Memory at 7560MHz)
Ram: Kingston HyperX Savage 16GB 2400MHz
Also, for those who have CPUs with more than 4 threads such as quad core i7s and upwards and are encountering high CPU usage on the first core which leads to stuttering I use a program called System Explorer which enables me to change the affinity and save this change so the game's process doesn't use the first core, like this:
These are the settings I currently use and it runs at a locked 60 fps for me with the exception of some areas in Surfers Paradise.
I took those screenshots with the game windowed, however I always play the game full screen.
I'll be checking out how the game performs with the new update when it goes live, I'm very excited to see what the new update brings!
For the PC players who are having performance issues I highly recommend checking out my previous post for tweaks in the NVIDIA control panel and the settings I previously used. I've since altered my settings and raised them and still have great performance.
My specs:
CPU: i7 4790K 4.7GHz
GPU: GTX 970 (Core at 1535MHz, Memory at 7560MHz)
Ram: Kingston HyperX Savage 16GB 2400MHz
Also, for those who have CPUs with more than 4 threads such as quad core i7s and upwards and are encountering high CPU usage on the first core which leads to stuttering I use a program called System Explorer which enables me to change the affinity and save this change so the game's process doesn't use the first core, like this:
These are the settings I currently use and it runs at a locked 60 fps for me with the exception of some areas in Surfers Paradise.
I took those screenshots with the game windowed, however I always play the game full screen.
I'll be checking out how the game performs with the new update when it goes live, I'm very excited to see what the new update brings!
martincrimson87
Banned
Hope I can get Xbox one performance with FX 6300 - GTX 760 and 8gb of RAM. It should, as it trumps the console in 95% of games. The good thing is that FH3 30 FPS are the smoother 30 FPS ever, so no problem playing with a FPS cap.
icecold1983
Member
I remember jermgaming did a report with same gpu but an overclocked intel 750 and could not get a good experience
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4gGH3NaTVFY
If this guy doesnt reccomend the pc version, then you can rest assured its extremely bad
LordOcidax
Member
Is the patch out? any info?
1 more hour and it should be
I've enountered some inconsistency on this recently, and I don't know what's causing it.
Just thought I'd point out for any new comers that disabling the Shader Cache in the Nvidia control panel will lead to extremely long load times. Just something to keep in mind. Hopefully the patch today will finally fix the CPU usage/stutter issues so that tweaks like this won't be needed (although I'm not sure how much of a benefit, if any, disabling Shader Cache currently is).
I believe they were saying 10 am PST (at least for the hot wheels expansion). The expansion can be pre-loaded currently, but can't be accessed in game yet.
I wish they released the update like..now.
There no way im purchasing any more expansions or car packs for this game until it runs good. This is the only update im waiting for to push me into purchasing BI, Porsche car pack and Hot Wheels. If this update doesn't fix the game im bailing on FH3 for good.
Ah for some reason I thought the expansion would come out first today and then the update. Thanks.
There no way im purchasing any more expansions or car packs for this game until it runs good. This is the only update im waiting for to push me into purchasing BI, Porsche car pack and Hot Wheels. If this update doesn't fix the game im bailing on FH3 for good.
Ah for some reason I thought the expansion would come out first today and then the update. Thanks.