@Remij
Forcing the game to run in high performance mode through windows worked like you said. It was running on some shitty integrated GPU for power saving mode. Holy shit.
Oh ffs
lol I dunno mane.. make sure your refresh rate is set to 60 or 120, and the controller thing is done.
After that... it should be absolutely fine. If it's still running like shit, then it could be what I said about the integrated GPU being used instead of the more powerful one.
Force it to use the correct GPU in the Nvidia control panel.
Do the controller thing... It's even posted on the steam forums where one user had like 10fps.. and it was a controller issue. Essentially Steam's input and the game's input fight with each other and flood the input thread causing performance like you're describing.
JUST DO THE FUCKING CONTROLLER THING
And no, this is separate from that stuff. That's performance modes for your GPU... but Windows itself can decide what apps run on which GPU, if your laptop happens to have an iGPU. Trust me on that.
Disable the steam input as I mentioned.
Since you're on a laptop, also make sure the game is utilizing the correct GPU... Sometimes laptops have a discreet GPU as well as an integrated GPU, the game can default to the integrated GPU instead sometimes.
Windows Settings > System > scroll down to Graphics settings > browse and add the game's exe and set it to high performance.
What kind of fps are you getting?
Yes, it's because your refreshrate is higher than 120. Set it to 120 in the Nvidia control panel and the game will use a double buffer vsync and lock at 60fps.
If it's set to 144hz the game will lock to 48fps which is a triple buffer vsync... that's likely what you experienced.
Also go into the game's Properties > Controller > Disable Steam Input.
The game is flawless for me.
I can see the requirements for still having masks and distancing especially indoor environments, but if I’m out and about outside in the sunshine in public don’t really see the need for a mask anymore for vaccinated individuals. My gf gets her first dose on Sunday. Looking forward to traveling again too!
I'm excited for FH5 no doubt... but it's safe to assume that if it releases this year, it's probably still running on the older engine
Hopefully though they made enough improvements to it for the next gen consoles and PC that they can push the limits of what's possible with it.
The biggest improvements will come down to material shaders and car models.. so assuming they've been improving both of those things for the past few years... bodes well for this game.