Severe lag after 1 hour of gameplay : requires restart

Hello, and thank you in advance for any help. I know lag in game play has been an on going issue since Sims 2 (I had lag then, too). However, the lag I am currently experiencing is in every aspect of the game. I have 2 saved games, one with cheats on and the other with trophies. In the trophies, I only have 2 families with 2 Sims each (4 Sims total). In my cheats game, I have 3 active families that range in how many Sims are in each. I also typically build micro-houses. Now that you know my gameplay style, let's talk about the lag. From the main screen, the lag occurs. My cursor doesn't move and I can't click on anything. Once I am able to move the cursor, I quickly choose my game. It takes so long to load. Once it's loaded, the same lag continues within game. There is no lag in build mode, but there is in every other aspect of the game. Even in the dressing room, there is lag. Sometimes, when the lag catches up, it makes the cursor super fast and jumps over my options by 3's. I want a red lipstick? Sorry, you can only get to green or black! (As an example). I have saved the game to my ps plus cloud, deleted it from my console, re-downloaded  all the packs I have purchased, and tried playing with new Sims. The same thing happens. Then, I get a notice to tell me to wait while my graphics card (on my PS4, mind you) gets adjusted. Which doesn't change a thing. I have tried moving my game from my external memory to the console and back. This makes no difference. The hard-drive is a 2t with lots of space, so space isn't an issue. My game has all available updates. I also have purchased all but 5 kits. Does anyone know how to help with this?

totally no issue with lag at all. Never happen, after few hours of gameplay, same as before. Latest update, PC, no mods, no cc.

I have the same issues, but I thought it was just because I play on PS. I've played Sims 4 for five years now, and it has almost always been like that.

I had a thread here but it was moved to “Technical Issues”. I’ve been experiencing severe random lag since the July 1st update. It makes the game unplayable. I’ve tried many things already but still nothing works. The game is super broken.

https://forums.ea.com/discussions/the-sims-4-technical-issues-pc-en/game-lags-after-july-1st-update/12298901

For every bug EA squashes, 10 more appear after each update/fix. Maybe they should come up with a “EA sponsored programmer” for modders to get paid to fix the game.


I’ve spent thousands of Brazilian reais purchasing every single pack. The game is SO BROKEN! Such a shame it is so addictive, though.

Less packs, more fixes please!

i thought i was the only one! they seriously need to put making new packs down and spend a year or so fixing all these bugs, it's insane. it really feels like ea doesn't care about the sims and just uses it as a cash cow :(

Pareil ça Rend dingue... 

Same on ps5. Kinda stopped playing lately, lag and thousands of bugs aren't fun anymore.

j'ai aussi ces bugs et en plus du bug  le métiers "consultante en amour" je peut pas faire les mission demandé avec le pack amour fou