Forum Discussion

StephenJHollowa's avatar
StephenJHollowa
2 years ago

Console lag spikes

These console lag spikes are getting ridiculous now, I play on a series x so I dont understand why the game lags and stutters like this. I'm not even saying this to be dramatic, it's making the game unplayable!! The lag spikes are getting worse and worse, you used to be able to do things like being up the options menu to get the lag to go away but even that doesn't work anymore. It's so bad. Is this being fixed any time soon? I don't understand why this game isn't optimised for next gen consoles. If they are going to keep adding packs to console then they need to do something about this lag.
  • lucombre's avatar
    lucombre
    New Spectator
    2 years ago
    I agree, my game has been suuuper laggy since I installed the new pack and I’m on PS5.
  • adamclark83's avatar
    adamclark83
    2 years ago
    What I hate about the lag is when I'm playing a household and I need to enter Build mode to alter something, I go back into Live mode and it pauses for a bit as if deciding whether to proceed without problem or to crash.
  • StephenJHollowa's avatar
    StephenJHollowa
    2 years ago
    "adamclark83;c-18262237" wrote:
    What I hate about the lag is when I'm playing a household and I need to enter Build mode to alter something, I go back into Live mode and it pauses for a bit as if deciding whether to proceed without problem or to crash.


    Yeah that's really bad, I noticed that too! I switched to pc recently and the lag isn't console specific, its the actual game itself. So I don't think that it will ever get fixed. I'm starting to think that its just an unfortunate side effect of the game being so old and there being so much DLC
  • roggek's avatar
    roggek
    2 years ago
    The console lag spikes is eminent on XBox Series S too.
    I think the culprit here is the memory handling and usage in the sims 4,
    since the XBox Series S has a SSD drive.
  • 8Faith8's avatar
    8Faith8
    2 years ago
    Ps5 here and the lag spikes are disappointing. I normally get rid off it by sitting in the options menu for a few seconds or restarting the game. Sometimes that doesn’t work so I close the game for the day ?
  • roggek's avatar
    roggek
    2 years ago
    It is funny how the Cloud play option (on Xbox) is suffering from less lag spikes, than if I play it on the console itself...
    But I have read, that the lag spikes is the "sims culling process":
    http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/905991/culling-relationship-culling-decay-current-status

    of the sims and general cleanup of the game, but I still wonder if that is the cause?
  • Jacqpinks's avatar
    Jacqpinks
    New Spectator
    2 years ago
    I have found when there is lag I save my game. I usually get lag when switching from build mode to live mode, I then save my game and the lag disappears :D I hope it works for you too.
  • Ravager619's avatar
    Ravager619
    2 years ago
    Sorry if this is considered necroposting, but I've discovered that if you click the three dots on the top right corner of the screen to bring up the options, ex: Save, Manage Worlds, Etc., it usually will solve the console lag. You don't have to actually save it either.

    It works in both live and building modes, too.

About The Sims 4 General Discussion

Join lively discussions, share tips, and exchange experiences on Sims 4 Expansion Packs, Game Packs, Stuff Packs & Kits.

33,192 PostsLatest Activity: 6 minutes ago