Game doesn't maintain speed

@KDav42 

Please try the following:

• Exit your game and Origin.
• Move your 'The Sims 4' folder ( Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 ) to your desktop. (Save this "The Sims 4" folder for reference.)
• Then start the game, and a new 'The Sims 4' folder will be created by the game.
• Exit your game and Origin. 
• Now re-add a copy of the 'options.ini', 'screenshots' folder, 'saves' folder, and 'tray' folder from the "The Sims 4" folder on your desktop into your new "The Sims 4" folder ( Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 ). Replace/overwrite the newly generated files/ folders with the old files/folders from the desktop "The Sims 4" folder. 

Now please enter your game and begin a new game save and see it the issue is present in the new game save. If its working fine you can test in your old save in the same household you were having issues with. 

If you have Mods or CC do not re-add your old Mods until after you've done all of the above tests. If all is working fine then you can begin to re-add your Mods a little at a time re-checking after each to see if any of them were causing the issue.

Hello

Thanks for your help. Unfortunately, this didn't solve the problem. I decided to start fresh and deleted my saved game yesterday which seemed to fix the problem for a little while but now it's happening again. I've also freed up more space on my computer but this doesn't seem to have helped. Do you have any other suggestions? 

Thank you!

@KDav42 

• Do you have Mods or CC - or did you previously have them?
• When this issue occurs where the fast speed does not maintain and seems to snag, is the game (or your computer) acting overwhelmed (lagging or acting up otherwise)?
• Please try closing all other programs on your computer that can be closed, plus browser tabs, to see if this helps.
• Please try playing in offline mode. (Setting is in Origin)
• From the main menu, please go to "Options Menu" > "Game Options" > "Graphics" and set "Display Type" to Windowed; Set "Graphics Quality" to medium; make sure 'retina' 'post-processing effects', and 'Uncompressed Sim Textures' are unchecked; Then press the button "Apply Changes" and save and exit the game. Then test to see if the issue remains.
  

Can you please provide a DxDiag file and attach it to your reply here? Directions: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

Thanks again! I tried all of the above but the problem is persisting. The changes slowed the loading of the game (not sure if this is relevant?) but when I got through to gameplay, the speed up still didn't work. 

I don't have any mods or ccs and I haven't noticed any other kind of lag or issue with the game. I've created a DxDiag file and attached it. 

Thank you again for your help! 🙂

@KDav42  Try freeing up free space on the system drive.

@KDav42 

• What packs to you own?
• Are you possibly playing in an apartment via the City Living pack? Does this Bug Report sound like the issue you're seeing? https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-CL-Time-Jumps-in-apartments/m-p/6413462#M50326
• If you play at medium speed, does that maintain? (Some folks seem to successfully use this as an alternative if the x3 speed is acting up.)
• Is there anything else going on in your game when this issue occurs? (Such as another sim is on the lot doing something, a visitor, a butler, animal, maid, message or text, phone call, etc.)
• Do you mean that the speed indicator (three arrows) is still highlighted when this happens?
• There was this issue, but it was fixed, and I think it sounds a bit different than yours, correct?: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/FIXED-Game-Speed-changes-on-its-own/td-p/8534139/highlight/true
• Please also check this thread. In reply #301 on the thread SimGuruNick asks for game saves with the issue occurring. Please check that, and send him your game save file if it seems this is your issue.: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Autonomy-and-Simulation-Lag/m-p/6918287/highlight/true# 

I'm checking on the DxDiag file now and will update you if it indicates any issue.

@KDav42 In addition to the comment I added a few hours ago, can you please run a game repair [ Open Origin, click 'Game Library' then right-click Sims 4 > Repair Game ]. Make sure to let it run until it has completed all repairs (it will do the base-game first, then run through each of your expansions/packs).