QUANTUMHOTSAUCE 0 Posted May 2, 2015 The issue that I have is that the first rally stage that I do when I start playing the game hangs and stutters all the way through. All subsequent stages are fine, though there is a freeze here and there they are much rarer and I can deal with them for now. I am supplying an unlisted youtube video here http://youtu.be/lXU3SEk-x1E. These stutters happen similarly both when recording and when playing with nothing else in the background. The driving is poor and careless but mostly because I know it'll be a waste of time anyway. In the video it starts to get particular bad from 4:30 onwards with numerous stutters all the way to the end of the stage. There are two other stages in there for comparison. In the second one there is one stutter that I recall, and in the third there is only a stutter when the car is totalled at the very end. Spec------Nvidia GTX 660 (drivers updated)Intel i5 3570K (no overclocking)8gb RAM120Gb SanDisk SSD (Where Rally is installed)Displayed on 1920x1080p monitor with a second 1280 x 1024 monitor. Using DisplayFusion as my multi monitor softwareSoftware running in background at time of testChrome, Foxit PDF, Spotify, and in the case of recording Open Broadcast SoftwareSteps to Reproduce---------------------------Start Dirt Rally > Any Game Mode > Any Stage > Any Car > Chase camera 1 > variable distance into stageNo recent history since it's just after the game startsGraphics settings on UltraDxdiag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QUANTUMHOTSAUCE 0 Posted May 3, 2015 Hi thanks ilborga, I played around with Vsync(it was already off in game) but unfortunately it had no impact on the frequency of hangs/stutters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dexterbarbera 0 Posted May 4, 2015 It's solved? beacuse i try with vertical sincronization ; enabled, adapotative, and when i drived half of track the game start to take some stuttering and input lag was big. any trick for that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QUANTUMHOTSAUCE 0 Posted May 4, 2015 dexterbarbera said: It's solved? beacuse i try with vertical sincronization ; enabled, adapotative, and when i drived half of track the game start to take some stuttering and input lag was big. any trick for that? This is not solved, the issue remains. I have not got any fixes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beyondtool 0 Posted May 5, 2015 Have you tried a single monitor? As in disable your other monitor, shutdown display fusion, and game on one. Also thats not a bleeding edge card, and you will probably struggle gaming in 1920x1080 as the card doesn't have enough ram to carry it. It looks to me like it's swapping the textures in and out of the videocard memory. Dropping texture settings and turning off AA would be my first port of call. You could also try lowering resolution. Also ensure you have the latest Nvidia drivers installed, they look at least 2 years out of date to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiddyMcCrash 311 Posted May 5, 2015 You've not got the newest drivers, newest driver came out 13/04/2015 version 350.12 http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/83819/en-us Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QUANTUMHOTSAUCE 0 Posted May 5, 2015 SkiddyMcCrash said: You've not got the newest drivers, newest driver came out 13/04/2015 version 350.12 http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/83819/en-us Drivers were up to date. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QUANTUMHOTSAUCE 0 Posted May 5, 2015 beyondtool said: Have you tried a single monitor? As in disable your other monitor, shutdown display fusion, and game on one. Also thats not a bleeding edge card, and you will probably struggle gaming in 1920x1080 as the card doesn't have enough ram to carry it. It looks to me like it's swapping the textures in and out of the videocard memory. Dropping texture settings and turning off AA would be my first port of call. You could also try lowering resolution. Also ensure you have the latest Nvidia drivers installed, they look at least 2 years out of date to me. Ran on a single monitor, DisplayFusion not running and running on ultra low. Drivers are 350.12.Still have the same issue but still it only ever happens on the very first stage that I run. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RWB Charger 1 Posted May 6, 2015 Do you have the Geforce Experience installed? I did and mine stuttered on a GTX770, removed it and it was gone, now getting a good 70FPS on mainly ultra settings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiddyMcCrash 311 Posted May 6, 2015 His screencap is from GeForce Experience Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QUANTUMHOTSAUCE 0 Posted May 6, 2015 RWBSUPERCHARGER said: Do you have the Geforce Experience installed? I did and mine stuttered on a GTX770, removed it and it was gone, now getting a good 70FPS on mainly ultra settings I removed geforce experience and there does seem to be an improvement. It still hangs two or three times in a small chunk about 1-2 mins into the first rally, but there was almost none after that so that's a big change so good advice!If I can eliminate those last few stutters I'll be golden. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QUANTUMHOTSAUCE 0 Posted May 26, 2015 Could I please get some dev input on this it makes the game completely unplayable. It happens all the time on the new Pikes Peak map. This is very disappointing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiddyMcCrash 311 Posted May 27, 2015 Nvidia released a new driver for their cards today. It renames the DiRT 4 folder to DiRT Rally and changes the games refresh rate from 100fps to 60fps, my game runs prettier and smoother now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RWB Charger 1 Posted May 27, 2015 Which driver version 352.86? Think that came out on the 18/5 unless you found another one?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiddyMcCrash 311 Posted May 28, 2015 It isn't the Witcher3 one, it came out after. Apparently, it was the Witcher3 driver update that caused the incorrect fps settings, this one changes the name of your DiRT4 profile in your Nvidia Control Panel to DiRT Rally and resets your fps.Mine ilborga70s ilborga70 said: Check your Nvidia Control Panels 3D Settings to see which version yours has Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Porkhammer 78 Posted May 28, 2015 My game did the very same thing to me a while back... it was due to my GPU overheating. My solution was to open up the PC and point a stationary fan to the graphics card. Sorry if heat isn't the issue, but your stutters are very similar to the ones I had... just a thought. Hope you get it sorted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QUANTUMHOTSAUCE 0 Posted May 28, 2015 Hey guys, so it appears my problems were likely caused by the replays writing to my SSD. I followed fixes one and two here http://steamcommunity.com/app/310560/discussions/1/617335934132920537/ and I haven't had any stutters yet! Will report back if it turns out to be luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silicijeva 0 Posted May 28, 2015 I have a razer mouse and I turned off the Synapse program and the stuttering is still present.I tried even this <threadStrategy workerMapFile="system/workerMap4Core.xml"/> and the stuttering is still present :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silicijeva 0 Posted May 29, 2015 Today I am install the beta AMD graphics drivers and voila stutter disappeared :) <3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
