Battlefield 6 mouse aiming feels incredibly choppy but feels perfectly smooth with a controller. No combination of settings were able to fix this for me. This is a minor issue in Battlefield 1 for me, it’s not as bad. Same thing happens in Helldivers 2 but turning on mouse smoothing in game fixes it. I’ve seen a handful of people mention this from the beta which I also played, but it seems much worse at launch.
Mouse and controller aim both feel perfect in Battlefield 4, Doom Eternal, The Finals, and Cyberpunk 2077.
Edit 11/19/2025 after testing suggestions from replies:
Reddit thread discussing the issue - https://www.reddit.com/r/Battlefield/s/3HsqOoqUVb
Sorry for posting this everywhere, but I've logged my experience below to try and help and put this in multiple threads for visibility.
Anyone know if we can report this to EA directly?
I easily average over 100fps even on the bigger maps, but panning the camera with mouse input makes the game feel like it's running at 15fps despite no drops.
In-game reporting confirms it's running perfectly, as CPU/GPU are always rendering within 10fps of eachother.
Connect a controller though? Buttery smooth camera panning, and easy to track enemies. No hitches or stutters, just butter.
I've tried:
- All polling rates, from 125hz up to 4000hz
- Toggling raw input on/off
- Enabling/disabling Nvidia reflex
- Changing USB ports, changing to different mice, wired/wireless
- USB power saving etc all turned off
- I even tried a driver/Nvidia CP restore, but as controller is super smooth, this was a long shot in the first place
Unfortunately the game is unplayable using a mouse on PC due to this. It's next to impossible to track targets, and you quickly get a headache from the micro stuttering when panning. The effect is very similar to Helldivers 2 on PC, when you turn off 'Mouse Smoothing', as that game has serious issues with raw mouse input.
Happy to hear suggestions on how to fix this.
Mice tried:
- Keychron M4
- Logitech G305
- Logitech G604
- Razer Naga Hyperspeed
- AttackShark M1
I've also tried on an entirely different PC, same results. OLED as always exhacerbates the issue too, due to the awesome pixel response times. I fear many won't see it due to slower LCDs.
Specs are:
5700x3d
3060ti 8GB
32GB DDR4 3600 CL16
AW3423DW (Gsync module version)
This is on a fresh Windows install, up to date drivers (tried DDU as well to be sure), but honestly since it's running beautifully with a controller, this looks to be purely a mouse input issue.
No other games exhibit this issue other than... Helldivers 2, and Battlefield V. BF1 is butter on mouse, as are BF3 and BF4. Helldivers 2 can be fixed by turning on mouse smoothing in game.
I almost bought a GPU upgrade before testing the Xbox controller, saved myself £600.
