Will a shader compilation process be implemented soon? It's the one thing that may have an immediate impact, at least with the shader cache stutters common for most DX12 games that do not have a pre-compilation. Wild to force DX12 and not ship with that sort of thing these days. Oof.Was really hoping this would be a Lies of P situation where they did the work and the DX12+UE4 combo runs silky smooth, but even when doing a solid 60fps most of the time in WRC, still getting hit with these random harsh frame time spikes which can easily ruin a run:

I have the Steam version and only briefly tried the game this morning on my i5-13600KF, 32 GB DDR4 3600, RTX 4080, Windows 11 Pro 23H2 PC using the latest NVIDIA 545.94 driver for my graphics card (the newer 546.01 driver is now out) at 1440p maxed out settings and was extremely disappointed to see yet ANOTHER Unreal Engine 4 game on PC that has shader compilation stutter!!!Seriously EA, did you learn nothing from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, another UE4 game that released earlier on this year with the EXACT same issue?!? That game is regarded as a travesty of a PC version by Digital Foundry as the developers never bothered to properly fix the poor performance, particularly with ray-tracing, or the shader and traversal stutter.WRC has no apparent shader compilation step during loading or on the main menu screen and seems to be generating them as you play so every time you play a new track, see a new effect or drive through water for the first time then there is a stutter as the shader is compiled. Repeat the track and the stutters are gone but only because they are cached. Install a new graphics driver, like I will be doing tonight, or update/patch the game and the shaders will reset and you will get the same stutters all over again. This seems to be acceptable PC gaming as defined by EA and Codemasters!Honestly, Unreal Engine 4 shader stutter, the so-called #StutterStruggle, is the most talked about issue on PC in the last 12-18 months so it defies belief that EA and Codemasters released the game on PC in this state. It is possible to have smooth-running Unreal Engine games as Dead Island 2, Lies of P and Robocop: Rogue City (the latter using UE5) prove but it seems too many developers are just content to release their games without considering shader compilation. Why is there no mandatory shader compilation when I load the game up for the first time (and after a driver update).It is inexcusable to be releasing a PC game this late in 2023 with shader compilation stutter in my opinion, especially after there has been so much discussion about the poor quality of PC games this year on various PC media sites and Digital Foundry.I will be requesting a refund from Steam later after I have tested the new graphics drivers but I am 100% sure that they will not make any difference because it is the game code not the drivers that are the problem here.

Same for meAverage fps 90 on i5 11500k+rx 7900xtBut lots of random lagspikes

same heremedium or high, vsync or not, dlss or not, full screen or borderless : lots of stuttering in every turnvsync on 60Hz : GPU 50% and cpu 25%vsync off : GPU 99% and more or less 100 fps (1080p medium + dlss quality)r7 3700x + rtx 2060

@nunaronas- I feel the same.I play a lot of PC games and I mean a lot and the one thing that stands out to me is just how many poorly optimised games we seem to get these days, particularly Unreal Engine 4 ones running on DX12. This engine is old now and hasn't been updated by Epic for over a year, I believe, but it should be at the point where it runs great on modern PC hardware like Unreal Engine 3 did before it was superseded.If anything, Unreal Engine 4 games have got worse with the switch from DX11 to DX12. At this point, any developer making games for Unreal Engine 4 will certainly be aware of the need to compile shaders on PC and the traversal stutter issues. If they aren't then they should not be making games for PC. Yet we still keep seeing games being released in a poor state from major publishers (this is EA's second this year after Jedi Survivor).Why do they keep doing this? It's like quality control does not exist for the PC version!

Same for me, stutter everywhere, if i play the sames stage agin after finishing it, it sttuters less ,but still stutter, no matter what rally or stage, same across the game. My specs: AMD ryzen 9 5900hx, 16gb ram, Radeon RX 6800M gddr6 12GB, 1TB ssd

Stuttering frequently on highest and lowest settings.

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Mercamou
2 years ago
Same here.
On the other hand, I’ve- noticed that the stuttering is (practically) gone when I turn off v-sync in the game (50-55fps with v-sync) and I turn on fast v-sync in the Nvidia control panel (90 fps-120fps).
My config: Ryzen 5600X - RTX 4090 - 32G Ram (3200)
mickeeiemouse69
Seasoned Adventurer
2 years ago
Id like to add something hat people playing on steam should try, put steam into offline mode an see if the stutter frequency changes. WRC10 and WRCG had some horendous stutters through out their gaming life, WRC8 and WRC9 were fine because i played them on EGS. Even if youre not using steam to play the game, just try turning off/shutting down steam and see if it makes a difference. This issue usually hits systems with multiple HDD/SSD that have multiple steam library folders. it may or may not be effecting WRC, but its worth a try and something to remember should you get any weird stutters on steam games or when steam is open
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GrandDragn
2 years ago
Is the 1.3 really supposed solve anything or is it only placebo patch? Even a lowest graphics, I still experience a lot of stuttering now... Actually, it seems even worse than before but I'm not sure since I can't really play like that...
TakisKintis
2 years ago
try these settings
CAR REFLECTIONS Ultra Low,
MIRROS Ultra Low or OFF
CROWDS to Low or Ultra Low
SHADOWS from Ultra Low or upper where you feel comfortable
fleskebacon
2 years ago
I also benefit from having Vsync on in NV control panel. Other factors giving me microstutters are Steam overlay and DLSS at any other preset than "quality". YMMV.
Exoskelett
2 years ago
@GrandDragn Placebo Patch. If anything 1.3 Patch ruined the Game's performance even further.
Stuttering is way worse now than it was previously on my client, its unplayable now.

If they dont fix it before Christmas then this was my first and last Codemasters Title under EA's flag and hence i can just delete the Account aswell, cuz the Publisher has nothing to offer if its made of that quality.
Highly frustrated .... i thought EA Sports WRC would match Dirt Rally 2.0 qualities in terms of performance but thats not the case, its even way worse than KT WRC Titles, atleast they ran properly on console or AMD Hardware, while this game does not run well anywhere.
GrandDragn
2 years ago
@TakisKintis I tried with all graphic settings to ultra low before writing something here.
pyide_maybe
New Veteran
2 years ago
Today's patch mentioned in the notes: Added support for Unreal PSO Caching (shader pre-compiling) to address and reduce the amount of shader stuttering experienced on PC.
Is this actually in there and working properly?
Following up that, just saw this post on reddit from a user saying they had a shader compilation after reinstalling the game. Can anyone here confirm this? I can't imagine this is true as surely someone would have mentioned it before now in the time since the patch went live, and there would be some visual proof somewhere to back it up. Can't tell if they're trolling or what, seems insane to me, but with all the bugs in this game I wouldn't be that surprised to learn this whole thing was also bugged for whatever reason. Blah
Exoskelett
2 years ago
@pyide_maybe Maybe... i mean after patch it pretty much deleted my fanatec device inputs and i had to verify game files in order to make it work.
Guess since theres nothing to lose anyways with this game right now i'll try reinstalling it too and delete any shadercaches also.
Wouldnt wonder if this Patch didnt even install correctly.
Magiricus14
2 years ago
@pyide_maybe They are trolling. I reinstalled my OS completely and installed this mess of a game again - still no shaders pre-compiling.

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