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f0rzeon
Seasoned Newcomer
3 months ago

Heavy animations and sluggish gameplay on PC

Hi everyone, I play on PC and the gameplay feels extremely heavy. Animations are sluggish, shooting from good positions feels delayed, and defending is almost impossible — my players react super slowly, like they’re stuck in mud. Almost every opponent attack ends in a goal.

My setup: RTX 4070 Ti Super, i9-14900KF, 360Hz monitor, Windows fresh install, latest drivers/BIOS, Nvidia settings optimized, RTSS lock at 238 FPS on 240Hz. I also tried 360Hz with unlimited FPS, but that made the picture look very torn and inconsistent. After tweaks, the game looks smoother, but the core problem remains: animations and gameplay are still heavy both online and offline (Squad Battles).

Everything is up to date, storage is free, system is new and clean. I’ve tried tons of fixes from YouTube and pro guides, but nothing changes.
If anyone had the same issue and really fixed it — please share. I’m even willing to tip $50 for a working solution.

🔺• In defense, the input delay is very noticeable — defending feels almost impossible. My players react much slower than the opponent’s attackers, even when they are in the right position.
 🔺• In attack, my players lose their pace advantage, they get easily caught up and pushed off the ball.
 🔺• When performing skill moves, the input is so delayed that the opponent can intercept the ball multiple times before my action even finishes.

3 Comments

  • So here’s the issue, there is no solution.

    I have spent thousands of dollars trying to make this game work and no resolution/fix.

    I get a maximum of 6ms however it feels like 600ms… 

    Nothing will work. No upgrade, no settings, no nothing.

    I have had this issue for 12 years now.

    All I can say is that it is caused by the sluggish EA Servers, that and their net coding.

    A multi-Billionaire company who invests $0 into a dedicated server. Shocking..

  • f0rzeon's avatar
    f0rzeon
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 months ago

    I feel the same way, honestly. What confuses me the most is that many players say their gameplay is smooth and fast, while for me it always feels heavy and sluggish. I’ve tested so many things already, but nothing really helps. Makes me wonder if there’s actually a solution or if in my case it’s just unfixable😔btw pc is new and top im confusing

  • I have had similar issues to you and use a similar rig. I've noticed that my GPU runs at almost 98% when I turn my game on for the first time. My fps sits at around 140 which should feel smooth but the game is so delayed. After I reset my game and pc about two to three times my GPU runs at around 60-70% usage and my fps is at around 240! and there is no more delay. I wish knew the root cause for this because its getting really annoying having to reset my rig every time I want to play this game.

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