Game more unstable than a red-flag relationship
Before reading, if anyone has more issues to note, please add it in the comments.
It's been like 2 weeks since the release of EAFC 26. Knowing the specs for this game, EAFC 26 should be able to run on a potato. However, this gaming company with a market cap of a whopping $48.378 billion USD is unable to fix the instability, but amazingly worsened with Update 1.0.2.
After looking through endless articles on this thread regarding constant problems on PC despite people having superior gaming setups to mine, I seriously think whoever who is doing the fixes is probably testing the patch out on a bloody Chromebook while sitting on a golden throne, or maybe those who are testing the patches before publishing do it on a custom gaming setup strongly influenced by the infamous Verge PC building video (Which explains the instability of the game). Ok besides this, now to the never-ending issues.
1. My CPU can go all the way up to 100% usage while playing any game mode. Seriously, how screwed up is the optimisation or coding that my GPU runs at 30% or lower?
2. Constant FPS Drops. The game is so volatile that every time I load up EAFC 26, I have to go into Kick Off & constantly benchmark the game to experience the amazing FPS drop from 60fps down to 10 frames when going through the cutscenes & entering the actual game. That's got to be some amazing programming. Or, entering the menus in Ultimate team & seeing the FPS drop to 30-40 frames. When I enter every game mode, I have to pray the game works properly aka run at 60fps & not kill my CPU. And, if it seems it was running well, no, the game decides to occasionally drop to 30fps or worse depending on its mood. This major issue is faced even when I tested the High/Medium/Low/Auto graphic presets, which is kinda messed up.
It's like the game needs to warm-up like a engine that's never been switched on for a while, JUST THAT this game needs a bloody warm-up everytime I load it up. Pretty disappointing if you ask me.
3. Controller input lag or non-responsive. In online modes which require 11v11 (Rivals, Live Events) the controller tends to have a mind of its own. In attacking corner scenarios, the controller just doesn't work, not allowing the user to shift the trajectory of the ball before crossing it, which forces me to spam the pass button as it cannot even detect my controller input. After passing the ball, the controller is occasionally unresponsive/stuck to a random input for 5 seconds before I can regain control & hope my opponent doesn't score courtesy of an non-existent controller.
4. Graphics settings resets on its own. Does the settings page have a hidden "rebel" programmed into it? I think so. Every time I customise the preset for graphics like switching on/off motion blur or strand-based hair option then restart the game, the settings like the revert it back, defeating the purpose of custom graphics settings when the game basically overrides your changes.
5. Chemistry style search bar has a mind of its own. On the minor side, everytime I search up a player on the transfer market with a specific chemistry style in mind then scrolling through the list of cards before going back to the search page, the chemistry style resets on its own, forcing me to change it back to desired one THEN searching again.
The PC community probably has way more problems besides this, but these are probably the BIG issues y'all have to fix as soon as possible or else the 1st Weekend League is going to be a **bleep**storm for everyone. Anyone has more issues to lay out, please add it in the comments.
Attached would be the amazing FPS in both Rivals & Rush, where in Rivals I was completely unable to control my players, rendering me vulnerable to conceding a goal.
My PC Setup is probably pathetic compared to others but if I can play GTA V properly or even just Growtopia, I can't understand how EAFC 26 becomes a bloody nightmare.
Processor: Intel i7-4770 CPU @3.40Ghz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (4GB)
RAM: 24GB
Storage: Crucial 1TB SSD
