Stuttering/weird low FPS at random times

@7rsae90cd66a  You say it's random, but have you noticed any pattern at all to the fps drops?  For example, do they happen when you enter or exit Build/Buy, when your sims are on certain lots, or at certain sim-times of day?  Is there anything else running on your computer at the same time that might be temporarily using extra resources?

Please also run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

come on now, this issue is incredibly old, and happens to literally everyone i know for many years now. obviously an engine issue of some kind, and as always, baffled that this is STILL not fixed after so many years.

And yes its random. it does happen very consistently with build mode, but also happens when just watching 2 sims chat. sometimes hitting esc fixes it, sometimes i have to hit esc 50 itmes in a row to fix it, other times i just give up and restart the game.

This should have been a top priority fix ages ago and has literally happened in the past on OFFICIAL LIVE STREAMS. i'm starting to get seriously tired of high priority issues getting ignored.

and *no* there is nothing using resources. its a game problem. neither the GPU, nor the CPU, nor the RAM, nor anything else, are even 50% utilized whenever this happens.

let me emphasize that i play on 200 fps. dropping to 20-25 fps completely ruins the entire game.

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@DarkSlayer352 wrote:

come on now, this issue is incredibly old, and happens to literally everyone i know for many years now. obviously an engine issue of some kind, and as always, baffled that this is STILL not fixed after so many years.

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Well it doesn't happen to me, but I guess you don't "know" me.

In all seriousness, the problem is that this has several causes, including one major one that appears to have been fixed at some point.  It's not that EA isn't trying, it's that the single obvious symptom belies a much more complicated situation.

If you'd like me to try to help with your particular manifestation of this issue, just ask.