Running 40 or 50 FPS on RTX 20 series cards with still plenty of GPU power could

Product: GRID Legends
Platform:PC
Summarize your bug Low GPU usage on Nvidia cards on the EA Desktop / Origin version of the game. Seems myself and several other Nvidia GPU users are only getting around 90% GPU usage, we are all running the game through either Origin or the EA Desktop app. I've noticed that the Steam version is not suffering the same issue and GPU usage is normal on that version. Can this please be looked into?
Please specify your platform model. Origin
Did you have cross-play enabled? Yes
In what game mode did the bug occur? Offline Story
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Reinstalled game, cleared cache, reinstalled Nvidia driver and checked for any pending Windows Updates.
What happens when the bug occurs? GPU runs at 87 to 91% usage regardless of settings used.
What do you expect to see? As my GPU is only a GTX 980 I would expect this game even on low settings to push my card to 100%

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Low GPU usage on Nvidia cards when playing the EA Desktop / Origin version of the game.

I have the same thing too but with my RTX 2070 where it doesn’t take full utilization of the GPU I’m guessing this is a Nvidia issue or a codemasters issue for poor optimization for Nvidia drivers

I've just tried the Steam version of the game and saw the same issue.  So far I've seen this affecting 3070's, 3090's, my 980 and a handful of 1000 series cards.  On the other hand I've seen a 3060Ti and a 1050Ti running the game without issues also this doesn't seem to affect AMD cards.

@takumigamecore 

Some graphics setting will push the CPU harder than the GPU and vice versa. 

Experiment with the settings to find a good balance between the two. 

Do check that Windows and your video drivers are up to date and you are not running other resource hungry applications at the same time as the game.

Thanks.

@EA_Barry

In my case I'm running an i9 9900K which is only about 15 to 25% utilised so I'm definitely not CPU limited.
I should however be heavily GPU limited but that is definitely not the case. On another Forum a developer has said that a GPU optimisation patch is on the way, can you confirm that and do you know when it will be made available?

So the patch is out on both Origin and Steam and it's made zero difference in either version.  GPU is still not being fully utilised even if I push the resolution to 1440p the GPU still only gets 88 to 91% usage.

For reference all other games are running just fine so it's not an issue with my card so there's definitely an optimisation issue with this game.

Welcome to Codemasters games. Dirt Rally 2.0 had the same problem you guys are describing when the crowd is set to high/ultra. The crowd shadows basically were the issue. In more crowd heavy parts of the stage the GPU usage would tank low and cause stutter. Only present on Nvidia GPUs, AMD cards were fine. I reported to Nvidia and they confirmed it, but never got fixed on driver end. I'm guessing because it was a game issue. It's still present to this day. This game I can't even play yet due to that annoying license check failed bug I'm dealing with.

I think it's the Denuvo DRM that causes all the frame drops. It's expensive for CPU and or GPU. I have same Issue with RTX 3070 and CPU 9900k.