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b3nn2121's avatar
1 year ago

PC Game Freeze then Speeds Up

Hey there, I'm playing FC25 on PC via Steam. I have a mid-high end PC and very stable internet connection (at least when playing other games). The game runs smoothly for me 95% of the time, but every so often (1-2 times a match) the game completely freezes for a couple of seconds then replays the skipped frames at hyper-speed. I doubt its a hardware issue because my PC works great otherwise and this seems like a silly way to display missed frames. I guess it could be a connection issue? but again, this seems like a goofy way to manage skipped packets? wouldn't the game just teleport around and display what it can from the packets it receives successfully, ya know, like traditional game lag? In order to show this sped-up gameplay, wouldn't the server/client have to receive all the packets successful in some way? Perhaps they are retried until successful and the game devs thought this would be an epic way to make the gameplay experience 'smoother', but in reality it just looks more like a bug than packet lag. Also if it is connection related then do I need to be directly wired into the damn FC server? I live in a major city, get 20ms generally and no packet loss... why must the game be so demanding.

Anyway, I hope someone can help because this makes me want to uninstall the game frankly. This footage specifically was recorded from FUT Rivals. Please help. Thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-__s-L3NWc

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  • After more thought this is the exact kind of thing you'd expect to happen when the server itself is lagging... It falls behind then 'panics' and sends a bunch packets to client to try catch it up, seen it occur in other games when the server has issues. Could be worth looking into. I'm playing on the PC Oceanic servers, so presumably Sydney. Hope this helps.

  • Exact same thing happens to me but I am on ps5. Did u end up fixing it ??? Thanks 

  • b3nn2121's avatar
    b3nn2121
    1 year ago

    Nope, I’m thinking it’s something on EAs end. This is exactly what you’d expect to happen when a server can’t keep up with incoming requests. Of course, they’ll fail to consider this and instead ask us to run a bunch of useless tests.

  • Exact same thing happening to me, 3-5 times a game. On pc, never had a problem like this before or on any other game that I play. Factory reset my pc twice, didn’t help. Settings are completely fine and nothing wrong with my pc settings. Can’t play the game I just spent £80 on.

  • VanilleK0ekje's avatar
    VanilleK0ekje
    Rising Rookie
    1 year ago

    Welcome to EA's poor PC optimisation.

    This happens for a few FIFA's/EA FC games now. Only when the servers are suffering. They won't acknowledge it's their poor game on the forums or even try to fix it.

    All i can say, get used to it. It's not your pc. It's the servers.

  • ok i think i find the solution, after 7 days searching and doing some things, the only thing i didnt do is upgrade my windows from 23h2 to 24h2, and today i do it and my game run smooth like we all want, maybe the problem for you guys is the same for me, try it and be happy

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