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TURKEYALP
2 months agoNew Rookie
Thanks for the suggestion.
I can confirm that this is not a hardware issue on my side.
My system runs FC 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 perfectly fine, and every other modern game runs stable as well.
FC 26 is the only game that:
- Barely uses the GPU
- Causes massive CPU spikes (15% → 80%+)
- Creates stutters and freezes even on low settings
I have already:
- Clean installed multiple NVIDIA drivers (including older versions with DDU)
- Tested different FPS limits, VSync on/off, power plans, Windows Game Mode, etc.
This clearly points to a CPU scheduling / engine-level issue in FC 26, not user configuration.
Rolling back to older NVIDIA drivers may reduce the issue slightly for some users, but it is not a real fix.
EA needs to acknowledge this as a known performance regression compared to FC 25 and address it in a patch.