Re: Game becomes laggy in the middle of gameplay
@IceeyEra Try setting your system to always use the dedicated graphics card for Sims 4. This should happen by default, but it's easy enough to force the setting. Hit Windows key-i, select System > Display, and click Graphics settings. Under Graphics performance preference, make sure "Desktop app" is selected, click Browse, and add TS4_x64.exe. Then click Options, choose the high performance setting, and save. Restart your computer before playing.
By the way, please only play with the laptop plugged in. Not only will playing on battery drain the battery quickly, Windows may override any settings you've implemented and try to conserve power anyway.
If you still get fps drops, try playing in a clean boot, with no internet connection, just to see if there's something else in the background interfering with Sims 4. Here's how to do a clean boot:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-boot-windows-10
When you reboot, open the Task Manager and go through the background processes list, disabling anything that isn't absolutely critical. Don't open any other programs, even ones you may normally use while playing, e.g. Discord. Sign into Origin, put it in offline mode, and disable wifi or disconnect your ethernet cable before launching Sims 4.
I'm not saying you need to play like this going forward, just that it's a helpful test. Let me know whether it makes a difference.