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PC Stability Issues – Crashes to Desktop & Full System Freezes
Hello EA Team, I’m experiencing frequent stability issues on the PC version of College Football 27. The game will sometimes crash to the desktop, and other times it will completely freeze my PC, forcing me to hold the power button to restart. The crashes most commonly occur after finishing a game and returning to the main menu, after simulating halftime in Dynasty, or while entering an online game at the team selection screen. I can also spend over an hour in Practice Mode without any issues, but the game often crashes during menu or game transitions. My PC Specs: Ryzen 7 9700X NVIDIA RTX 3070 (latest Game Ready Driver installed) 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM Windows 11 Troubleshooting I’ve already completed: Updated to the latest NVIDIA Game Ready driver. Repaired the game through the EA App. Reduced graphics settings to Low/Medium. Disabled Ray Tracing. Switched to Fullscreen mode. Disabled CPU Auto OC and returned to stock settings. Verified CPU and GPU temperatures while gaming (GPU stays around 60–70°C, CPU around 80–85°C in Ryzen Master, both within expected ranges). Verified GPU usage is normal during gameplay. Confirmed other demanding games, including Madden 25 and Call of Duty, are stable on the same PC. I’ve also noticed many other PC players reporting similar DirectX errors, crashes, and freezes on Reddit and the EA forums across different GPU brands, which makes me think this may be a broader PC stability issue rather than a hardware problem. My question is: Is EA aware of these PC crash and freeze issues, and is a hotfix or stability patch currently being worked on? If so, is there any estimated timeline for when players can expect an update? Thank you. I really enjoy the game and just want to be able to play it reliably on PC.
CFB 27 Keeps Crashing in the 4th Quarter of Games since the 6 August Update
Ok I'm pretty frustrated right now.....prior to the 6 August update I never had a crash. But since I've had every Dynasty mode game I try to play crash in the 4th quarter. I can't tell you it's in the same spot. I can tell you that I created a new save and it happened in that one too. Before the game crashes one of the announcers is talking, you'll hear a pause or pop in his voice....he'll resume talking and then crash. I'm using the most current version of windows 11, I have a 3080Ti FE graphics card and the drivers are up-to-date, a 5800x cpu with up-to-date firmware, and 32 gb of ram. I've validated the files, almost every time 3 files comeback unvalidated. Steam says it will retrieve them...but I check a little later and still 3 files that come back unvalidated. I've uninstalled and reinstalled...and then immediately validated the files after the re-install....and 3 files came back unvalidated. I give up...comeback the next day...check the files....Steam says all 566 files are good. I play the game...it crashes in the 4th quarter. I then re-re-re.....validate and 3 files come back unvalidated. I've also turned off the Steam overlay and started the EA app prior to playing the game....still no love!! I do nothing except attempt play the game, no recruiting, nothing....the one save (Air Force) I'm on the 10th game and in the new save (Wisconsin) it's the first game. Are you all actually working on fixing these issues since I'm not the only one who is affected by the game crashing since the update?Dynasty Mode 4th Quarter Crashes
Hello, I am playing in dynasty mode (currently in year 3) and towards the end of the 4th quarter (usually around the 2 minute mark) the game freezes for a bit in a cut scene and then abruptly crashes and kicks me back to Steam. This has happened a few times after the recent update. I have tried verifying game files a few times, lowering my frame rate and clearing shaders. I'm looking and open to any solutions so that i can continue playing my dynasty. Thanks Processor: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13600K (20 CPUs), ~3.5GHz Memory: 32768MB RAM NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060EA needs to fix this game for competitive players.
First off, I have played a good amount of football games going all the way back to madden 06/07 so I have been here to see the worst of spectacular catches making the game arcade-like, along with playing NCAA 14 (in my opinion a much more balanced game than even CFB 25). I want to see if anyone else is having these consistent problems at least on the PC edition, first if you have a custom playbook on offence randomly your play will not be the one chosen (about 1 out of every 10-20 plays in my testing). If you use a custom defensive playbook you cannot guarantee you will ever come out on kickoff in anything besides onside kick (how is that even a thing???). The game will randomly crash mid road to CFB playoff (not often but happens). If someone exploits what I can only assume is a bug they can kick an onside kick about 1 or 2 yards and then pick it up - 100% of the time used to be a penalty in every football game I have ever played in last 20 years and SUDDENLY WE MESS THAT UP TOO?!? If you are playing someone online weather a friendly or "competitive" match against a random if you go up 2+ scores it is very clear to me the game begins to "cheese" your defense basically making them not stick to their man in man coverage, abandon their zones (not in "beater plays") and get demolished against the run, to me if EA is serious about people playing this game and their being a competitive mode, why in the hell are we trying to make bad players able to compete with good players? So now this brings me to my final three points that should 100% be addressed, first is obvious: the run game... I am an avid run-first player so this year it feels nice that it is 100% too strong, but with that in mind how often in real life do we see teams averaging 300-500 rushing yards per game and multiple 40-60+ yard rushes? Secondly it seems they have adjusted the catch meter to be less OP witch is nice, but some players still know how to user their WR on a back shoulder fade and essentially render your defender useless no matter what you do to try and stop it (height is a factor here for sure but if its 100% of the time its time for a change). Last and this is something I am beginning to see used is the linebacker glitch against the run, if you are unaware you user the LB, put him in his gap and then as the ball is snapped turn around with your back facing the offence, the AI will never attempt to block the linebacker turning what should've been a 4-6 yard gain into a 2 yard loss because the AI in this game is legitimately very very bad. Now that I have ranted, I am only posting this not because I am going to stop playing, but I am going to stop grinding the game and trying to rank up in Road to CFP, the bugs and exploits have become so outrageous to play against that everyone I play I either win by 28 and then they some how get 3 kick return touchdowns with everyone on the field getting a pancake, OR I am playing someone who knows the onside kick glitch, will exploit every "cheese play". If anyone knows anyone at EA I would love to go in depth on this and even show them clips of these awful game mechanics, hell I will even compare it to NCAA 14 and show how the AI from 13 years ago can still to this day somehow cover the run AND pass better than the current AI... Please let me know any other game breaking bugs / exploits that you are consistently seeing so EA might finally put out a decent product and not just recycle the game year in and out.Proper Borderless Fullscreen Mode
As of now borderless fullscreen mode still acts like exclusive fullscreen mode. I have no control over my mouse on my second monitor and when I do tab out to use my second monitor, the game pauses and/or mutes. It would be great if in a future update we could get improved control with multiple monitors while in borderless fullscreen mode.Road to Glory Freezes on EA Flag Loading Screen During High School Games
Platform: PC / Steam Mode: Road to Glory Issue Type: Freeze / loading screen crash I am experiencing a recurring issue in Road to Glory where the game freezes when attempting to load into high school games. The issue occurs on the EA flag loading screen before entering the game. The flag animation suddenly stops, the music/audio also stops, and the application becomes completely unresponsive. No error code is displayed. This first happened in the high school portion of RTG as a WR, specifically when trying to load Game 5: Senior Night. However, after creating a new Road to Glory save, the same issue still occurs when trying to load into RTG games in different games, as if the animation was not available thus the game just stops. It does not appear to be limited to one corrupted save file. The game itself launches normally, and I can access the main menu, but I cannot reliably progress in Road to Glory because the loading screen freeze prevents me from entering games. System specs from DxDiag: OS: Windows 11 Home 64-bit System: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RJ CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS with Radeon Graphics RAM: 16 GB DirectX Version: DirectX 12 Please investigate this issue, as it currently makes Road to Glory progression impossible on PC.Dynasty is broken!
Ive been grinding on dynasty for two weeks now and all of a sudden it cant connect to my account and kicks me out every time i try to get on. Every other mode works except dynasty. Ive already verified the files, checked for an update, and even restarted my pc and nothing fixed it.Game Crash on Steam
Every 4th quarter or sometimes middle 3rd quarter the game crashes in dynasty. I just spent $70 excited to play this game and I can’t even get through a full game, I verify files and 3 come back errored. I have a high end PC there should be no reason for a crash, at least if there’s a crash at minimum once loaded back in it should be implemented to pick up where you left off. It’s getting ridiculous, please fix this issue.Constant freezing with PC
It seems like I cant even complete a game anymore due to the constant freezing and full system crashes in this game. Is this not an issue, EA? People paid money for this game, give us a product that remotely works, or at the very least is stable enough to warrant 70 dollars. This is not my first rodeo with EA, but this is very frustrating because it could be the best way to play CFB, if a little more effort is put in.MVP Edition is a Scam
the MVP edition is a scam, do not buy it, they still don't know how to give the preorder bonuses yet, and the game has been available for 17 days now, and they still don't know how to give the 100 Dynasty Coach points. the Problem is clearly on EA's side on the EA app side of things and they keep deleting all the complaints about it, I put it under Bug reports?. Deleted... Dynasty?...deleted... General discussion?... Deleted PC feedback? Deleted... Give me what I paid for EA...Classmate conversation
Playing on PC through Steam. When in RTG, game freezes at start of classmate conversation between games 1 and 2. I can do all the player set-up and play the first game's highlights, but am completely unable to advance past the classmate (Lane) after the 1st game. No conversation options. Nothing. Just a hard exit from the game to stop.audio
I'm having an issue with EA Sports College Football 27 on PC where I have no in-game audio at all. The game launches and plays normally, but there is no sound from the menu, commentary, crowd, music, or gameplay. Every other game and application on my PC has audio, so the issue seems to be specific to College Football 27.
Kicking game, audio sync, skill training
Just wanted to point out a couple of bug(gy) things happening in the PC version of CFB 27: Kicking Game vs CPU (Play Now) Kick-offs and Punts are WAY too over-powering. Punts are like 80 yards consistently and User kickoffs consistently go through the endzone. Even trying to under-power kicks is difficult Skill Training ( Slide / Give up) This was a problem in the Beta and still is a problem where there is no way to complete the skill no matter where you double-tap X (XBOX controller) to complete the move. The skill will not complete. Audio Sync It happened to me once and I don't remember the full circumstances, but the audio did get out of sync and was quite behind the action during a Play Now vs CPU game. I may have paused the game and loaded a saved roster or something similar, but I did notice the commentary was way out of sync for a while. I will look to see if it happens again and what circumstances made the situation occur.No Audio in College Football 27
Hello EA Support, I'm experiencing an issue with College Football 27 where I have no audio at all during gameplay. I've already checked my console/PC audio settings, confirmed the game isn't muted, restarted the game and system, and the problem still persists. Could you please help me troubleshoot this issue or let me know if it's a known bug? I'd appreciate any assistance or information on a possible fix. Thank you for your time and support.
Customization/Create-A-Player
As a fan who has not played since NCAA 14, it was honestly disappointing that there is no create a player or that you are unable to edit and customize the real players. I loved creating random players and just putting them on different teams to see how they would progress through dynasty mode. The RTG create a player is perfect but not being able to do that outside of RTG is a huge let down for me. Please consider adding back the ability to create players instead of having to find a fictional character to edit and even then, you cannot edit their appearance, numbers, etc.
