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Mohammadyas34's avatar
Mohammadyas34
Seasoned Newcomer
11 hours ago

Re: Severe FPS Drops (5-10 FPS) in every game mode, even in Menus

Platform:
PC – Windows 11
GPU: GTX 1650
CPU: Intel Core i7-10750H
RAM: 24 GB
SSD: 1 TB

Game Version:
EA Sports FC 26 (Latest Patch – October 2025)

Description:
There is a serious performance issue in Ultimate Team mode that causes the FPS to drop dramatically (from 120 FPS down to 5–10 FPS or even freeze) during matches or sometimes in menus.

This issue does not happen in other modes such as Kick Off or Career Mode — only in Ultimate Team.
I have already tried every possible fix, including:

Disabling all overlays (Discord, NVIDIA GeForce Experience, etc.)
Updating graphics drivers to the latest version
Lowering in-game settings (Ambient Occlusion = Low, Strand Hair = Off, VSync = Off)
Running both EA App and the game as Administrator
Deleting cache and settings files
Capping FPS and enabling Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling

Despite all that, the problem persists only in Ultimate Team.

My hardware runs FC 25 and other recent games perfectly fine with stable FPS, which clearly proves that the issue is related to FC 26 or its latest update, not to my system.

Steps to Reproduce:

Launch EA Sports FC 26.
Enter Ultimate Team mode.
Start a match.
After a few minutes, FPS suddenly drops to single digits and stays unstable until quitting the match.

Expected Result:
Smooth and stable gameplay similar to other modes (around 120 FPS).

Actual Result:
Massive FPS drops only in Ultimate Team despite good system performance and temperatures.

Additional Notes:
This issue is widely reported by many players on the EA Forums and Reddit.
Please confirm whether EA is investigating this problem and if a fix is planned soon.
As an Ultimate Edition buyer, I have been unable to properly play since launch because of this bug.

4 Replies

  • ME7G0RE's avatar
    ME7G0RE
    New Veteran
    10 hours ago

    "Please confirm whether EA is investigating this problem and if a fix is planned soon."

    -> No, they didnt say a single word about the PC issues. Take a look at Reddit or FC26 Discord. There are tons of threads about poor PC performance. EA isn't interested. A patch is not planned.

  • gazmodus's avatar
    gazmodus
    Rising Novice
    10 hours ago

    Early Access started nearly 4 weeks ago and still EA is unable to fix it. This is ridiculous. They have marked this as Solved here on this forum, but Solved only means they are aware... In professional life Solved means it is now working and not an issue anymore and you would be fired from your job for not being able to fix it in 4 weeks. I bet the only thing we can do is to wait and try to find some workarounds (or maybe just play a different game). My workaround, which works for like 60-70% of the matches is:

    • Optimise the game in NVIDIA App for the lowest possible settings
    • Run the game in Windowed mode
    • Upon restarting the game, settings might reset

    This is not working always and you still get the lag instantly or from the 2nd half of a match, but sometimes it can work for a while. I know Windowed is rubbish, I don't want to see my system tray during games, but Borderless is lagging instantly and Fullscreen is only OK in like 20-30% of the time, based on my experience.

  • majk860707's avatar
    majk860707
    Rising Rookie
    4 hours ago

    Guys I think we need upload some video to show everyone what is going on here. As soon as bug will appear again, probably today ill try to record an mp4 and post it here. If anyone can do it faster plz upload the mp4 file showing everyone else how the problem really looks like.

    Here is my problem, really similar to this one:
    https://www.reddit.com/r/EASportsFC/comments/1nvle6a/fc_26_pc_crash_severe_fps_drop/

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