Initially, I thought it was network-related but it seems to be disk usage. FC24 runs on my SSD at about 35% (disk usage) and will at random points during an online game spike to 100% for 5-10 seconds causing the game to freeze and then speed up making it unplayable during this period.I have reinstalled Windows, EA and FC24 but this still takes place. I've also moved the documents folder for FC24 onto the same drive & added it as an exception for antivirus.Does anyone have a fix, that can assist with troubleshooting?

Hi, my issue has now been resolved.I did a complete wipe of all drives and reinstalled the OS and FC24 onto the same drive which in this case was an M.2.The initial boot of FC24 had a re-occuring stutter but after a re-boot the game has been playing smoothly with no 100% issue for a full week.

FC24: SSD 100% usage, speed up lag

14 Replies

EA_Barry
Community Manager
2 years ago
@GrimeyRL

This could potentially indicate your SSD is about to expire.

Backing up any important files from that drive is advised.

FC 24 is not heavy in terms of loading files from the drive so I suspect an issue with the SSD.

Thanks.
GrimeyRL
2 years ago
Thanks for the response, I think this might be the case.
I have moved all FC24 files to my new m.2 which has reduced the issue but still occurs.
My operating system is on the C: SSD, could this still be causing the in-game spikes?
I will try move the OS files and see if this resolves the problem.
Regards
vwtdl5o9upxq
2 years ago
Did it solve the problem for you? I have the freez/speedup too. But i have yet to found a fix. My internet is not the problem
J4CKSON_2000
2 years ago
Hi, I also have this issue. Multiple times, every game, both offline and online. My SSD usage will spike to 100 percent and freeze the game for anywhere from 5 seconds up to a minute. It is not an issue with my SSD as I have now uninstalled and reinstalled on three different drives and have the same issue. Also I have seen multiple others have the same issue and there is no way that lots of people have this same issue and for it to be our hardware. A solution or update would be greatly appreciated thanks.
Nodlocnost
2 years ago
EA are always quick to blame the players and their hardware, but that is not the case.
I just found a reddit post from 3 years ago about the same issue. I personally had the 100% disk problem since FIFA23 that persisted now too.
Anyways here is what fixed my issue and I am spreading the word so people can actually play the game.

Here is what I did:

Press Windows Key + R, type %appdata%

From there:

Local > Temp > FC 24

In there is the file _replay0.bin, right click it and check the mark Read Only, apply and close. Since I did that not a single stutter occured and I played a whole 12 minute match with no issue. I hope that helped...
GrimeyRL
2 years ago
Hi, my issue has now been resolved.
I did a complete wipe of all drives and reinstalled the OS and FC24 onto the same drive which in this case was an M.2.
The initial boot of FC24 had a re-occuring stutter but after a re-boot the game has been playing smoothly with no 100% issue for a full week.
SilverBolted
2 years ago
It's a game issue I've had since FIFA 23 or 22
When the game is on my drive where the windows is installed in my case a snWD_BLACK SSD(it's almost brand new not expiring) the game runs perfectly until disk usage just goes to 100% and then speed up lag for 2-3 seconds.Weirdly enough when my game in on the HDD no such thing occurs, but the game doesnt feel as smooth and thats where my problem is, I just can't play properly and have my game on my SSD for 3rd year in a row now i gotta pray EA listens and helps
SilverBolted
2 years ago
@GrimeyRL Brother what do you mean by complete wipe, did you reinstall windows without keeping any data or do you mean something else?
zenith_whisper
2 years ago
I discovered something weird. This freeze happens everytime the disk usage reaches 25%. It goes to 1% for some minutes, than starts to increase and exactly at 25% the game freezes, then after some seconds it goes back to 1% and the game unfreezes.
It's not a problem of disks because i tried on three different disks (SSD, HDD, M2) and this happens everywhere.
marco_iol
New Traveler
2 years ago
I have the same problem: playing any match at a certain point the usage of the hard disk (a ssd nvme m.2) is 100% for about 10 seconds. It happens only with FC24. I have already tryed to repair the installation system reinstalling W11, I tryed scannow and chkdsk as well. I cleaned the cache in the EA app and repaired the game. The issue still remains. Any idea to solve it?