I was able to have The Sims no longer read from the OneDrive. I also recreated the symbolic link. I tried playing offline and with my WiFi turned off and the pack pop-ups issue happened again and the lag is still there. I've ran the virus program, malware and nothing was found. I did notice while playing, Disk 0 (c) is at 100%. Do you think this could be the issue?
I was also able to use my phone as a hotspot for my laptop and still experienced the same issues.
A new thing I noticed is when I tried to exit the game, before it closes, it sends me back to the main screen. The mods list will pop up and advertisements for the new kits before the game completes its exit.