Severe Stuttering & GPU Usage Drops (90% to <10%) PC - Ryzen 5800X / RTX 4060 Ti

Hi everyone,

Just posting an update to this thread to say that my issue is now 100% SOLVED.

A massive thank you to another user on these forums,  CPU_UK who suggested the fix that worked for me.

As a reminder, the problem was severe, unplayable stuttering on my PC (Ryzen 7 5800X / RTX 4060 Ti), where performance monitoring showed my GPU usage dropping from ~90% to less than 10% during the freezes. The game was unplayable.

THE FIX

The solution was to manually create a user.cfg text file in the game's main installation directory. This seems to force the game to properly utilize the CPU's cores and threads, bypassing a bug in the engine.

My specific CPU is an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (8 cores / 16 threads). For anyone with the same or a similar CPU, here is the exact text that completely fixed the stuttering for me:

1. Create the user.cfg file:

• Open Notepad, paste the following text into it:

Thread.ProcessorCount 8
Thread.MaxProcessorCount 8
Thread.MinFreeProcessorCount 0
Thread.JobThreadPriority 0
GstRender.Thread.MaxProcessorCount 16

• Click File -> Save As...
• Change "Save as type" to "All Files".
• Name the file exactly user.cfg and save it.

1. Place the file in your game directory:

• You need to put this file in the main folder where the game's .exe file is.
• For Steam users, the easiest way to find this is:
  • Right-click the game in your Steam Library -> Properties -> Installed Files -> Browse...

Since creating and saving this file, I have played for hours without a single stutter. The game is now running perfectly smoothly on High settings.

I hope this helps anyone else who is experiencing the same frustrating issue! I'm marking this as the solution.

Cheers.