Need for speed Undercover LAG issues
there seems to be a problem with the game need for speed undercover no matter what you do:
My rig:
i7 4790k
gtx 970
8GB RAM
SSD (tried to install the game on with the same result)
HDD (tr...
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your solution didn't work.. as for all the solutions .. problem persists and i don't think EA cares enough about this...
Assuming your system has a dvd reader (probably reader/writer), and if you are not running Windows 10, I recommend buying the original EA DVD version of Undercover, which is less than $10 at online stores like Amazon, but new copies will be getting scarce soon. With the EA DVD version, the graphical lag issue was fixed with patch 1.0.1.17 or better still patch 1.0.1.18 which also adds the challenge series which includes 3 special tier 1 cars you can use. It appears that EA shutdown their ftp and http sites that had the patches, so you'll need to do a web search to find and download patch 1.0.1.18.
Perhaps it's because I'm still running Undercover on Windows XP, with the original EA DVD version, patch 1.0.1.18, I'm not getting lag, except in some rare cases when I'm recording a video using fraps. In this video, you can see the blue screen lag at 42 seconds into the video. I go a bit slower on the second lap to avoid this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJfVaU3OPK8
In this video, I run the Audi R8 speed test vehicle up to 453 mph, no lag.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1sQAayKZcQ
In this video, although the game gets slightly behind in rendering track side objects , there is no lag:
could you share your PC specifications? and also your game, where are you playing it?
one more thing is to mention the update you're running too
I forgot to mention, I have an old monitor and I'm running at 1600x1200 or 1280x960. For the old youtube videos I made, I ran at 1280x720. As mentioned earlier, I'm running the EA DVD version with patch 1.0.1.18 installed. Either patch 1.0.1.17 or patch 1.0.1.18 are supposed to fix the lag issues, but they only work for the EA DVD version. Patch 1.0.1.18 also adds the challenge series where you can win 3 special tier 1 cars, and use them at the start of career mode if you want.
My system is older - CPU: Intel 3770K 3.5 ghz. Motherboard: Intel DP67BG. Video card: Geforce 780ti enthusiast. Sound card: Creative Fatal1ty X-Fi. Everything is old enough to run Windows XP and new enough to run Windows 10. It's a quad boot system, Win XP Pro (32 bit), Win XP X64 Pro, Win 7 Pro 64 bit, Win 10 Pro 64 bit. I run the older games from Windows XP, and newer games from Windows 7. I rarely use Windows 10.
