Critical Bug: VRAM Memory Leak Causes FPS Drop to <5 After Cinematic (PC)

Game: EA SPORTS FC 26 
Platform: PC

Summary of the Issue: There is a critical memory leak bug tied to a specific pre-match cinematic: the one that shows the view from outside the stadium. This bug causes the GPU's VRAM to completely saturate, leading to a massive and permanent performance drop to under 5 FPS. This issue has been consistently replicated in Ultimate Team modes (Squad Battles, Rivals) and Pro Clubs, making the game unplayable and forcing a full application restart to restore performance.

Detailed Description: During normal gameplay, the game runs with excellent and stable performance, exceeding 90 FPS. However, after the specific stadium exterior cinematic with people walking is played before a match, the VRAM usage reaches its maximum limit. Once this cinematic concludes, the allocated memory is not released. This results in a drastic performance drop to less than 5 FPS. This low-performance state is permanent and persists throughout the subsequent match and into the post-match menu screens.

Exact Steps to Reproduce the Bug:

1. Start a match in Ultimate Team (Squad Battles, Rivals) or Pro Clubs modes.
2. Wait for the pre-match cinematic that shows an exterior view of the stadium with people walking.
3. Once the cinematic finishes and gameplay begins, observe that the FPS has dropped to less than 5.
4. Play through the match and enter the post-match menus to confirm that the poor performance persists indefinitely.

Detailed Root Cause Analysis: After extensive diagnostics, the following has been confirmed:

• Cause: The issue is a memory leak. During the stadium exterior cinematic, VRAM usage on a 4GB GPU reaches its practical limit (~3.7 GB) and is not deallocated afterward.
• Technical Symptom: During the FPS drop, hardware monitoring shows that the GPU's clock frequency (MHz) remains high and stable, but the GPU Load percentage is extremely low. This confirms a severe bottleneck in the memory subsystem (due to paging or "thrashing") and not an issue with the GPU's processing power.

Bug Persistence and Recovery Method:

• The only 100% reliable way to fix the issue after it has occurred is to completely restart the game application.
• On some occasions, returning to the main menu after a match can clear the VRAM and restore performance, but this behavior is inconsistent and does not always work, making it an unreliable solution.

System Specifications:

• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
• NVIDIA Driver Version: 581.29
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
• RAM: 16 GB DRR6 4800 mhz
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Single Language - Versión 10.0.26100 compilación 26100