[Bug] Massive stutter when picking up collectibles (Ultimate Edition)

Hi everyone,

I want to bring up an ongoing and very frustrating issue in Need for Speed Unbound that has been affecting players for a long time, specifically those of us who own the Ultimate Edition or have a large number of DLC cars.

The Issue: Every time I pick up a collectible (bear, billboard, street art) or complete an open-world activity, the game freezes/stutters massively for about a second. It completely ruins the flow of the gameplay and makes hunting for collectibles incredibly annoying.

The Cause: The community has already figured out why this happens: It’s a server synchronization issue. Because the Ultimate Edition adds so many cars and cosmetic items to the inventory, the save file becomes bloated. Every time a collectible is triggered, the game tries to sync this massive inventory with the EA servers, causing a heavy delay/stutter.

Steps to Reproduce:

- Have the Ultimate Edition installed (or an inventory with a massive amount of cars/items).

- Play in Story Mode while connected to the EA Servers.

- Drive through a collectible (e.g., smash a bear or a billboard).

- Observe the massive stutter immediately upon collection.

Current (Unsatisfactory) Workarounds:

Playing completely offline: This fixes the stutter because the game doesn't sync to the server. However, this is not a real solution as it can bug out or block Trophy/Achievement progression.

Selling cars: Keeping the combined garage (Story + Multiplayer) well under 200 cars mitigates the issue. But since we paid for the Ultimate Edition and its content, having to delete our cars just to make the game run smoothly shouldn't be the answer.

The Singleplayer experience is suffering heavily from this bug. Is there any chance the team could look into optimizing the save-file sync process or patching this issue?

Thanks in advance for looking into this!