Micro-freezes on new map Tsuru Reef - Season 4 - RTX 4070 Ti SUPER OC

Hi,

Since the Season 4 update (July 21), I get frequent micro-freezes / mini-rollbacks (less than 1 second, as if the game briefly rewinds my position) only on the new map. All the other maps run perfectly smooth. It happens even on low-ping servers (50-60 ms), so it's not a latency issue on my end.

Here is a video clip of the micro-freezes and FPS drops

Important detail: I just noticed the bug is directly linked to water. At the start of a round, when I spawn far from the water, everything is smooth, no freezing. It's as soon as I get close to the water that the micro-freezes start appearing. The closer I am to the water, the more it freezes.

My setup:

- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER OC 16GB (Gigabyte Aero) - Game Ready driver 610.74

- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

- RAM: 32 GB DDR4 3600 (DOCP enabled)

- Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II (stable BIOS 3636)

- OS: Windows 11 Pro

I also get, more rarely, big freezes lasting around ten seconds, on any map but mostly on Blackwell Fields and Golmud Railway. During the freeze, the image stays frozen and the overlay "sim" value stays normal. It's when the game "resumes" that the sim drops to 0 and everything fast-forwards to catch up to the present time. The CPU and GPU keep running normally the whole time. It looks like a simulation/streaming stall, not a GPU or FPS problem.

Here is a clip from the video showing the 10-second freezes

I can provide a DxDiag or video clips if needed. Is anyone else seeing this specifically on the new map (the micro-stutters)? Any official word on a fix?

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Ludovic97438
23 hours ago
Update: I opened a ticket with ExitLag. Support first had me test a standalone version (didn't fix my stutter), then told me to enable the 'counter' option in the PC Boost tab. And now no more stutter on Tsuru Reef for me! Tarkin22 teoqqi XorX86 SPBsktb1

17 Replies

SPBsktb1
New Traveler
19 hours ago
No I don’t run any of those besides the ultra low latency option within the in-game settings of Battlefield 6. Now that you turned off anti-lag performance what are using in-game settings, ultra low or just low latency?
Ludovic97438
New Scout
21 hours ago
Hi! The option isn't in the game or in Steam — it's in ExitLag (the ping optimization software), under the PC Boost tab.
So my question: do you use ExitLag? Because if so, that's where you'll find the 'counter' option.
If you don't use ExitLag:
Do you use an equivalent? (NoPing, WTFast, Haste, Outfox...) → same principle, look for a similar option in their boost/optimization menu.
If you don't use any software like this and still get the stutter → then my solution doesn't apply to you, and your issue probably comes from somewhere else (game-side). In that case it's a different problem than mine
Argos_Odeus
Rising Traveler
22 hours ago
We have almost the exact same system:

mobo: rog strix b550-a gaming (Bios 3641_beta)
cpu: 5800x3D
gpu: rx 9070 xt

I am also facing jitters on the Manhattan Bridge_Map
SPBsktb1
New Traveler
23 hours ago
Where is the option at? I bought it through steam and have a 5070 ti, can’t find this option anywhere
Ludovic97438
New Scout
23 hours ago
Update: I opened a ticket with ExitLag. Support first had me test a standalone version (didn't fix my stutter), then told me to enable the 'counter' option in the PC Boost tab. And now no more stutter on Tsuru Reef for me! Tarkin22 teoqqi XorX86 SPBsktb1
Ludovic97438
New Scout
2 days ago
Update: I think I've found the problem. Both myself and Punnyo have completely closed ExitLag along with its services, and the Tsuru Reef map worked again with no lag whatsoever. I've opened a ticket with ExitLag. Could you please confirm whether you also use ExitLag or not? I'd like to know if those of you experiencing the same stutters as me are also ExitLag users.
SPBsktb1
New Traveler
3 days ago
Same experience, sucks because I like this map but the micro-stuttering can get real bad
SPBsktb1
New Traveler
3 days ago
Yes this map micro stutters so much, was on 596.49 then updated to 610.88 with clean DDU wipe. Micro stuttered, rolled back to 596.49 but didn’t help, yes the first match after I updated the map ran pretty smooth but now it’s back to micro-stuttering all over the place
Ludovic97438
New Scout
7 days ago
Update: it's unfortunately back. I played 3-4 matches on Tsuru Reef yesterday with zero lag, but the next day after restarting my PC the freezes returned — the micro-stutters are back. So it held for exactly one day, just like Punnyo described earlier.
Ludovic97438
New Scout
8 days ago
Good news: NVIDIA driver 610.88 (released July 28, 2026) has fixed the micro-freezes on Tsuru Reef for me.
I retested extensively near water on Tsuru Reef — the exact spots that used to trigger the sub-second freezes — and it's now perfectly smooth. All other maps remain fine as well.

My specs (for reference):
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super OC
32GB DDR4 3600MHz
Windows 11 Pro
If you're still experiencing the water-related micro-freezes on RTX 40 series, update to 610.88.

However, several bugs are still present that I'm hoping will be fixed in a future EA patch:
Red ping not working from the jet(on all maps), you can't spot/mark an enemy with red ping, whether they're on foot, in a ground vehicle, or in an air vehicle. It only works rarely and randomly.
Jet spawn resupply zones not working (Only Tsuru Reef), the Pax Armata resupply zone doesn't rearm/refuel the jet. I haven't had the chance to test the NATO zone yet to see if it's the same issue.