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natta2310's avatar
9 months ago

3 files failed to validate" and Game Performance - EA SPORT FC 25

I am experiencing a persistent issue with EA SPORT FC 25, purchased through Steam. Every time I verify the game files after exiting, it reports "3 files failed to validate and will be reacquired." This issue occurs consistently, even after I have attempted various troubleshooting steps. Additionally, the game lags significantly, especially during, making it difficult to enjoy the game.

Here are my system specifications:
- OS: Windows 11 latest version
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4060 (notebook, driver version 566.36
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7
- RAM: 32GB
- Storage: SSD 439 GB free

Steps I have taken to resolve the issue:
1. Verified game file integrity multiple times (problem persists after validation).
2. Reinstalled both the game and Steam.
3. Moved the game installation to a different SSD drive.
4. Disabled all overlays (Steam Overlay, GeForce Experience) and closed background programs.
5. Tested the game without mods or online play.

The problem occurs every time I exit the game and verify the files. I suspect this issue may be related to temporary files, the Steam validation process, or specific game configurations that are not being stored properly.

Thank you for your assistance

7 Replies

  • BIacksmith's avatar
    BIacksmith
    Seasoned Newcomer
    7 months ago

    Have you found a fix yet? I still have a very similar problem.

  • kosher07's avatar
    kosher07
    Seasoned Novice
    7 months ago

    I also experience this. 

    My game crashes after a few minutes when I try to play a match.

    It is completely unplayable.

  • R44Bert's avatar
    R44Bert
    Seasoned Newcomer
    6 months ago

    I'm also experiencing this, every time I play pro clubs with friends it won't let me rejoin the lobby after playing a game. It won't let me play rush with my friends. The only reason I play this game is for my friends and I feel awful having to make them wait for me to close my game and restart between each game.

  • DarkSoul9712's avatar
    DarkSoul9712
    Seasoned Newcomer
    6 months ago

    Im having the same problems, sometimes I try to play Seasons or Friendly match online and after hit ready it keeps loading forever to end giving disconnection errors. I know when it will give such errors because it says, where its supposed to be the name of the stadium, STADIUMNAME1.

  • So I finally got my game files to validate completely. I forget what the EXACT number was but it says "All 411 game files have been validated." Mighta gotten lucky but I just CLEARED MY STEAM CACHE. Hope this works for you too. 

  • PannyRIpper14's avatar
    PannyRIpper14
    Newcomer
    19 days ago

    did it still happen tho cause im playing madden 26 and i cleared my cache and it still pops up for the 3 files failed 

  • Hmm i have had this problem also gotten worse after the last update. It's like the game is holding on to something that should be dumped or something, after restarting my first game is always smooth, good playable even. I have the idea that after every goal there is made it's stuttering a little more, also if not playing but doing sbc's/ and or opening pack's. its fine on the first one but it gets just slower and slower and more lag the time i spend in the menus. So i guess those 3 files, should be missing if it's after you close the game. and they will be created whenever you launch it again. I'm pretty sure they are working on a fix for it. 

    Me personal, i did rollback my Nvidia driver yesterday, becuase after the latest i didn't get any smooth gameplay anymore. not even after restarting. & pretty much unplayable. lowering resolution from 1980x1080 to 1280x720 & it didn't have impact on either the stuttering & lagging, Which really took my hope away.. And i have also Disabled Hyper Threading in the BIOS which noticeably improved my game performance on BFV & also on FC25, I'm using a ASUS TUF F15 506H..c?...b? with 16gb ram, 11400 Intel i5 11th gen (2.70ghz) Nvidia RTX 3050 Laptop GPU DDR6 (4gb) 512gb SSD par HDMI to external 144Hz 27inch Samsung Monitor

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