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FreakSpirit
Seasoned Novice
9 days ago

Re: [PC] Stuttering from the second half

I am experiencing a very specific issue in EA FC 26 on PC. 
The game runs perfectly during the first half of a match, with smooth gameplay and no FPS drops. 
However, immediately at the end of the first half, when the second half starts, the game begins to stutter/jump/lag heavily, even though FPS remains normal. 
This also happens in the menu after exiting the match. 

I have tried: 
- updating GPU drivers (NVIDIA/AMD), 
- clearing shader cache, 
- running in Fullscreen mode, 
- disabling overlays (Steam, Discord, NVIDIA/AMD), 
- verifying game files. 

Nothing fixes the issue. It happens **every match** at the exact moment the second half starts. 

This does not happen in any previous FIFA or EA FC games I have played. It seems like a bug triggered when the game loads the second half assets or switches scenes.

9 Replies

  • ksyhung's avatar
    ksyhung
    New Rookie
    9 days ago

    I’m experiencing the same issue. For me, the FPS drop doesn’t only happen at the start of the second half, but also:
    - During the intro cutscenes before matches (fans entering the stadium, opponent’s lineup).
    - When opening packs with walkout animations.

    The gameplay itself runs very smoothly, but these scenes always cause heavy FPS drops (down to around 25–40 FPS) for a few seconds.

    I’ve also reported this problem to EA, but haven’t received any response yet. Hopefully, they will notice and fix it soon, since I see quite a lot of players experiencing the same thing.

    By the way, are you using an AMD CPU? I noticed that most people facing this issue are on AMD CPUs, myself included.

  • FreakSpirit's avatar
    FreakSpirit
    Seasoned Novice
    9 days ago

    No, I'm on Nvidia, for me the moment the animation for second half started, the gameplay for whole second half is lagging constantly but I also notice the pack opening lag as well, but currently it's unplayable on competative mode

  • tapinmerchantgod's avatar
    tapinmerchantgod
    Newcomer
    13 hours ago

    same problem here ☹️ i have lost many ultimate team games due to this. would EA please respond?!?!

  • Taliannoo8's avatar
    Taliannoo8
    New Novice
    7 hours ago

    Same problem, sometimes after the match, sometimes after 2 match or as the creator of this post said, from the second half (as soon as the half time menu pops up). I have tried everything,  making the graphics settings file to only readable, update driver updates, running the game as administrator, but nothing worked. Its a bit sad that the game came out almost 2 weeks, and for those who have this problem (a lot of people as i see), the game is unplayable☹️

  • kostinio7's avatar
    kostinio7
    Newcomer
    4 hours ago

    I have the same problem. Half time lags and then for a coule of seconds at the start of the 2nd half.

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