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Pizza_Maker8
Seasoned Novice
5 months ago

FC 26 is a Complete Disaster , Input Lag, Slow Motion, FPS Drops Everywhere

I honestly don’t even know what’s going on with FC 26 anymore. This game is unplayable.

Here’s what I’ve been dealing with since day one:

Random input lag that comes and goes like it owns the place. Sometimes it’s fine, then suddenly it feels like I’m playing underwater.

FPS drops out of nowhere , I’m talking 5 to 10 frames per second on a setup that should handle this game easily.

The game randomly goes into slow-motion mode for no reason at all. It’s not connection-related, not hardware-related, just pure nonsense.

If by miracle the input lag disappears, it stays fine for about 3 minutes before going crazy again.

I’ve literally tried everything:

Every single in-game graphics combination possible.

Every video on YouTube about NVIDIA control panel settings.

VSync on, off, frame rate limited, unlimited  nothing makes a difference.

I’ve spent hours tweaking, restarting, reinstalling, testing… and still the same garbage experience.

This is not acceptable. I paid for this game expecting at least basic playability, and it’s been almost a month with no proper fix or acknowledgment.

My specs:

RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop)

Ryzen 5 5600H

16 GB RAM

Please, EA, fix this mess. It’s beyond frustrating at this point.

26 Replies

  • ahmedalig542's avatar
    ahmedalig542
    Seasoned Adventurer
    3 months ago

    We are experiencing severe delays and lag on PC. Is the issue caused by our PC specifications, or is it from your servers? Please be transparent so we know whether we should upgrade our devices or wait for a fix from your side. The situation is becoming very frustrating.

  • Arthur7even's avatar
    Arthur7even
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 months ago

    I've got almost the same specs and I M experiencing the same thing

  • On a desktop gaming computer ( i9 with a 3080 RTX alienware setup). I tried every setting possible and the input lag stays on menus, during all competitive & regular modes, rush is the only thing that seems to work somewhat.  Spoke to my computer designer, they optimized my system and every game works great as it has, except FC26.  Seems the lag is built into the game, has a mind of its own, the control inputs either dont register or remain stuck which make my defense move in the direction the input was going.  Impossible to defend, have to rely on AI, team press, and double team press because my manual players go off on a tangent. FFS....what is this?  Its not getting any better and the game promos of yesterday are impossible to compete for.  Please EA...do something, its your game.  No other game has this issue.

  • Pbcruiser's avatar
    Pbcruiser
    New Scout
    24 days ago

    ...start the game by showing  fluctuations of 18-48 fps.  During the game it fluctuates to the point where it says there is an unstable connection constantly.   The lag is always there...like as if the AI is always in some sort of 1-2 second delay and control.  Its not my connection that has the problem.  I see what happening from my ether provider.  

  • juventusu7000's avatar
    juventusu7000
    Seasoned Adventurer
    24 days ago

    Hello, The game has a bug where it automatically resets the settings to ultra every time the game is started. I had the same problems too. First, set the settings you play well with in the eafc 26 menu, either from the nvidia app or directly from the fcsetup.ini file. Then, try setting the configuration files (fcsetup.ini, fcsetup_default.ini, overrideAutodetect.lua) to read-only first, and then deny them write access for each user. That's how I solved it. However, I think the biggest problems or the settings that should be lowered are the rendering scale (even lowering the normal resolution to 720p, 1080p caused a drop in fps with the rendering scale at 100), Ambient Occlusion to medium-low, and setting Hair Strands to off. I hope this helps you solve the problem. Also be sure that your system is set to high performance

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