I had replied to other posts, but I think my issue is different, so here’s a new post.
PC Spec:
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB
ASUS PRIME RTX 5080 OC 16GB GDDR7 Semi-fanless
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB PCIe 5.0 M.2 NVMe SSD (14,700/13,400)
Creative Audigy Rx soundcard.
Latest updates on FS24 and latest drivers on the graphics car
No mods - just a clean build of FS24 fully updated.
Usual performance: 100-120fps, dropping to 70-80 at busy airports.
Bug: Occasionally, fps drops to 1, 2 or 3 frames per second. When I first bought the PC and sim a month ago it did it regularly, then after some Nvidia and FS updates, it now mainly does it in career mode at the start of missions (see video below). Audio also cuts in and out. It mostly does this when a mission loads, but can do it on landing too, having been ok during the flight.
Possible fix: I’m currently investigating a possible fix. I haven’t had the bug since I’ve done this, but I’ve only tried 4 times. I start up FS24, let it load with the default intro animation enabled (to give the gfx card some load), and then leave it for 5 or 10 minutes on the menu screen with the animation in the background. Eventually, the graphics card fans will start spinning audibly. If I then start a career mode mission, I don’t get the crazy low fps - it’s smooth. Early days yet, but I’ve done four missions without the problem. Note that when I start other games, the fans start spinning immediately, so I think it’s something to do with the gfx card reacting to load.
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Hi there. Thank you. Yes, I believe this is a genuine bug. I’ve searched, and judging by other people’s You Tube videos, their stutters are just that - brief moments of grabby frame rate. What I’m experiencing is prolonged 1, 2 or 3fps jerking that lasts several minutes at a time - as per my video.
I’m running no mods at all, and the only add-on I have is one airport that I bought through the FS24 in-game store, but this issue is occurring at all airports and all planes.
I’ll continue with my experiment of leaving the sim started up until I hear the graphics card fan whirring - it seems so far to be an issue when I start the sim and go straight into a flight. My suspicions are that the issue is either the graphics card, or how FS24/DirectX addresses it. I’m not getting this problem with other games, which is curious.