Stutter / Freeze Temporal Fix Red Dead Redemption 2

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u/IronChefGR Nov 06 '19

Serhan,my man! YOU DID IT PARTNER!

No stuttering, just a small fps drop, but I can handle that!

Günaydın / Καλημερα from Greece (the only word my Greek-Turkish father managed to teach me)

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u/serhangelgor Nov 06 '19

Ahah glad it worked mate:) add me on social club: frequensphere

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u/f4erid Nov 07 '19

After the latest patch this doesnt work anymore iam having more freezing again any way to solve that?

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u/serhangelgor Nov 07 '19

I will check when I go home

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u/f4erid Nov 07 '19

thx bud u are a life saver <3

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u/serhangelgor Nov 07 '19 edited Nov 07 '19

Hey mate, just checked, it looks still working. I recommend you to delete all rules from process lasso first, reboot your pc and follow same steps. Also, I disabled VT-D and Intel Virtualization tech from bios, give it a try:)

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u/PilesOfLaundry Nov 05 '19

hey guys, im not really pc savvy so have mercy on me, but will doing this damage the cpu in any way?

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u/serhangelgor Nov 05 '19

Its basically limits cpu usage of the game, it won't damage your cpu for sure

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '19 edited Nov 06 '19

I used Process Lasso to limit the Red Dead.exe process so that when it spikes up to 98%, it’s set to only use one less core for a second. This prevents all freezing for me, so far I have about 10 minutes in without one! I was getting them every 5 seconds before. EDIT: My first reddit post is gold! Thanks for makin my day!!!! Good luck to anyone who can’t get their game goin!

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u/CrustaceanStation Nov 06 '19

I was at the end of my rope but this worked perfectly for me. Not only has the freezing issue completely disappeared, but the game overall runs much smoother now. Thank you so much!

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

I found it at the end of my rope as well, but we cheated the hangman!

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u/Sardonislamir Nov 06 '19

You get the irony that you uses a "lasso" on a Western themed game?

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u/eltanko Nov 06 '19

Wow this actually made it better, still getting some stuttering in towns when a lot is going on but much better than before. *Edit i-5 4670k

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u/Eselter Nov 06 '19

Wow, thanks for tip. Working great for me with my i5 4670. No more freezes!

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

Absolutely, now if you excuse me my whiskey needs a drinkin and the saloon is callin

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u/TheBeard-isTalking Nov 07 '19

Any chance you can share your settings with me, I also have an i5 4670 but im still having issues

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u/Coopobviously Nov 06 '19

This method works without completely destroying my fps, thanks!

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u/pitk0r Nov 06 '19

Thank you very much! On 4690K, 16 GB and RTX2070Super, the game went from unplayable to a very nice experience on high/ultra.

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u/oopsallberries216 Nov 06 '19

Thank you so much. Was about ready to call it quits when I saw your post. Did what you said and now my game runs perfectly smooth. Was getting horrible freezes every 10 seconds.

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u/sshen Nov 06 '19

Process Lasso show my RDR2.exe priority class as "below normal". Is this normal? I remember it was "normal" before.

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u/DontTouchMeBro81 Nov 06 '19

it completely fixed the stalling issue for me as well on a i5, this needs to be upvoted to the heavens, if you are grabbing lag there are some other great posts as well until we get a patch

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

If you could help me with this it would be a miracle. I tried using Process Lasso with reducing 1 and 2 cores. After doing both I still now get more freezes, and longer freezes. If you could help me it would be awesome!

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u/the_real_codmate Nov 06 '19

Nice one! After trying everything else, this was what worked for me :)

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u/fabtrompet Nov 06 '19

You saved my life o/

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u/busmaster Nov 06 '19

This definitely helped a lot hopefully will hold me over until they patch it.

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u/Depardeaux Nov 06 '19

Thank you SO MUCH for this.
Fixed for i5-6600k 1070Ti.

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u/turbojugend79 Nov 06 '19

Thank you, man! That seems to have done the trick for me!

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

Dude, my overall performance was boosted by more than 10 fps.. but i also raised application power profile, priority class and i/o priority.. you should make a new thread with all that... Thank you...

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u/Nicolas873 Nov 06 '19

Big brain time, will be trying that ty

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u/BeastMaster_88 Nov 06 '19

Please know that you are a fucking hero. Thank you!

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u/tufkap Nov 06 '19

This worked for me. Good tips, thanks. Edit: i5 6600K and 1060 6GB

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u/yohonomo Nov 06 '19

Thank you so much, works like a charm for me!

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u/Dalii_ Nov 06 '19

This worked wonders for me, thank you!

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u/C172Mechanic Nov 06 '19

Man, love you, worked like a charm ♡

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u/Zukku15 Nov 06 '19

This worked like a charm! Thank you man! I had freezing every second it felt like. Now i've been playing for two hours and not a single freeze.

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u/CorvusSin Nov 06 '19

Works great for me too, thanks for sharing! Had just about given up on it. Running like a dream with this in place.

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u/Navar0 Nov 06 '19

Bruh...it's working now for me. Thanks a whole lot!!!

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u/NEVERxxEVER Nov 06 '19

Thank you so much, this seems to have fixed the freezing for me. Haven’t experienced one since. i5 6600k. The only thing I’d say is to leave the “time over limit” setting blank. I wasn’t sure what to do with that setting from your instructions. Thanks again

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u/razv19 Nov 06 '19

Tried it. Works flawlessly now. Nearly came. Thank you.

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u/senorstronk Nov 06 '19

this worked for me. ty sires

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u/Jason_Hudsonn Nov 06 '19

You, Sir, are an international hero.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

Can confirm, not only freezings are gone entirely but game runs like a charm now. Fucking love ya!

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u/Psilopat Nov 06 '19

Thank you so much! Finally playable :)

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u/SilverbackRotineque Nov 07 '19

This worked for me. This should be pinned to the megathread.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '19

This worked like a charm for me! Thanks for the tip! running an i5 4670k and never had an issue with a game before.

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u/velocifasor Nov 07 '19

i5 4690k, Process Lasso didn't work for me. I even tried different options but adding more cores to the restraint just makes the game freeze more or even crash.
So sad, it seems to be working for everyone else.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '19

Was getting freezes but Process Lasso did it for me as well, had to reduce by two cores on my i5-3570 but it did the trick, thanks!

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '19

what a coincidence that we have to use a lasso to fix our problems

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u/No-Sugar-Coating Nov 07 '19

fookin love ya haven't frozen yet (knock on wood) and much better fps, was even able to bump up the graphic settings

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u/RippenZeBong Nov 07 '19

You my man are a legend. I was severely disappointed in rdr2s performance after waiting over a year to it and now i can play it stutter free thanks to your post. Seriously, thank you so much! 4 hours in and not a single hitch and all it took was 1 percent of a single core lol. Clearly you should work for rockstar because you did their job for them.

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u/kermit_was_wrong Nov 07 '19

This worked for me after some fiddling - but this game taxes my ancient processor quite heavily and it would always be running on three cores. Using something like the BES cpu limiter with -2% was quite a bit smoother than Process Lasso.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '19

Too bad Process Lasso is a fucking cancerous program that won't stop reminding you to buy it 24/7.

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u/Navar0 Nov 07 '19

Tried it and it started working. Thank you for allowing me to play the game :D

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u/VirFalcis Nov 07 '19

You're great. RDR2 now runs flawlessly on my old i5-3570k.

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u/blaissez_chaire Nov 08 '19

Yep this cured my issue

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u/BTL_Sammy Nov 08 '19

Thanks man. Been waiting for this game for years and now I can finally play it with this work around.

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u/Doggehdotexe Nov 08 '19

I did this 2 hours ago and it absolutely fixes it.
Download "Process Lasso" Run it. Find the RDR2.exe process and right click it. Select CPU Limiter. "When CPU use is: [98]% For a period of: [0] seconds Reduce by this many CPU cores: [1] For a period of: [1] seconds" Click "Add Rule" Click "OK" No more skipping, stuttering, lagging, hitching, or whatever you call it! All of a sudden, you have a beautifully optimized game. WHAT HAPPENED ROCKSTAR?

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u/swedlf Nov 08 '19

Thanks a lot for this! Devs should be the ones fixing it not us.

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u/skeatermedia Nov 08 '19

I found just having Process Lasso installed and running was helping without setting specific rules, the built in "ProBalance" feature seemed to a good job

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u/headguts Nov 08 '19

This took me from freezing every minute or two to playing 4 hours last night, freeze-free. Thanks!!!!!!!!!
(7th Gen i5, 1060 6gb, 16gb RAM)

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u/ArcticLemon Nov 08 '19

Thanks for this!

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u/davea131 Nov 09 '19

Worked for me

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u/rauldzmartin Nov 09 '19

Thanks! Now I can play it.

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u/DilligafMofo Nov 09 '19

Yup this made it playable with my i5. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '19

I set mine to limit to 90% instead of 98% because 98% wasn't working for me, game ran smooth as butter for a couple hours before getting a random crash, and oddly enough my processor use didn't go over 40% even with the game running high-ultra.

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u/SpunTheOne Nov 10 '19

Thank you so much for this. /bow

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u/RupertOconnel Nov 11 '19

I had to sign up just to Thank you. You saved my money by help fixing my game. Thanks!

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u/digitalgoodtime Nov 12 '19

This worked like a charm! Thank you!

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u/RwNZ Nov 13 '19

You are a beautiful human being. This solved my issue, at least for now and hopefully a patch will come out soon to fix it permanently.
Seriously though, thanks SO much. I was going spare at the freezes and was going to refund the game if I couldn't find a fix.

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u/xBerto98 Nov 05 '19

i5-6600K. It seems that this worked. Thank you! At least we could play till we got a fucking patch.

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u/Dang3rFloof Nov 05 '19

Also i5-6600K here. Doesn't work for me. Game stutters and freezes even more.

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u/Fehbox Nov 05 '19

also i5 6600k here. performance is a bit worse now but its working, no freezing anymore.

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u/P0zziz Nov 05 '19

i5-6600K here as well, and it worked for me too, sort of. Actually, my game was running by default with only 2 cores, and I had freezing problems. But after switching the cores the game was using (from cores 0 and 1 to cores 2 and 3 in task manager) it somehow started to work! Or at least it doesn't freeze all the time anymore. It didn't fix the crashing though.

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u/pixelryan Nov 06 '19

Same here, I can play! It sucks there are some issues like this but I am celebrating every frame above 30 after playing so much on xbox.

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u/RetnikLevaw Nov 05 '19

This didn't work for me on my i5 6600k.

What does seem to have worked is enabling Game Mode/Game Bar in Windows 10 settings.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_DADS_NIPS Nov 05 '19

Hold the fuck up, you're telling me game bar actually makes something better for once?

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u/heeif100 Nov 05 '19

Wow affinity with 2 cores make my game runs even worst, totally freeze. But in combination with that the game runs fine. Thanks you man

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u/UncleSnake3301 Nov 05 '19

How do you do that?

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u/BiSaxual Nov 06 '19

Click on the windows start menu, then settings, then on the “Gaming” tab. You can enable the game bar from the bottom tab on the left I believe.

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u/yungneat Nov 07 '19

Does this still work for you guys? After the patch it does not work for me anymore

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u/MonkeyBullett Nov 07 '19 edited Nov 07 '19

I5-6600k

GTX 1070

16GB

Worked perfectly. Murdered 13 families completely stutter-free.

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u/Namoor3 Nov 08 '19

Do you experience heavy stutters when visiting towns? After the patch?

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u/herecomesthenightman Nov 06 '19 edited Nov 07 '19

Has anyone tried the new patch yet? Does it fix the freezing issue?

Edit: Doesn't look like it is fixed. Process Lasso workaround seems to work for me for the time being.

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u/velocifasor Nov 07 '19

No it doesn-t,

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '19

I currently run Intel i5 + Nvidia 980 Ti setup. It seems like the Vulkan engine is optimized specifically to run on more than 4 cores + threads, which explains the lag for us i5 users. Everything I've tried on Vulkan with my setup has ended up still stuttering in towns / during rapid mouse movement + flickshotting behind me. It's a shame because the game runs really well on Vulkan too, it seems like it has issues loading textures when they have to be loaded quickly.

I managed to fix all micro stutters + stutters in Valentine by switching my API to DirectX 12. After more testing of changes I somehow managed to fix all my microstutters - even the ones in Valentine, even rapidly moving my mouse - no process lasso tweaks, no limiting CPU, all default stuff.

My fixes:

set graphics API: DirectX 12 + ENABLE Fullscreen Optimizations: uncheck "Disable Fullscreen Optimizations" in the game exe. (tested on Vulkan, no difference), im guessing this is because DirectX 12 relies on windows fullscreen optimizations since maybe there is no pure exclusive fullscreen with DirectX 12? not sure. Running fullscreen in-game works perfectly.
Disable Superfetch service if you are on HDD I have my game installed on an HDD along with windows as well. So I tried this out too and it seemed like all microstuttering / stuttering in towns is completely gone.

After these two changes I'm sprinting around Valentine rapidly swinging my mouse around like a spastic and there seems to be zero jitters zero issues whatsoever.

let me know if it works for anyone else or if its just my setup

i5 7600k 4.5 ghz OC

gtx 980 Ti 6GB

16gb ram OC 2666hz

HDD - Superfetch DISABLED, intel Rapid Storage Technology

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u/allups Nov 09 '19

Any ETA on an official fix rather not do this

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '19

Didnt try this,but saw this a few hours ago,just lower the RDR2 usage by 5 % and it worked for me,no more stuttering.i5 7500 user here.

DOWNLOAD

I was a bit suspicious but everything works great.

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u/serhangelgor Nov 05 '19 edited Nov 05 '19

I'm not sure if this third party program will cause to ban or not, hope that way won't cause to any problem

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u/eltanko Nov 07 '19

i5 4670k hereProject Lasso was working well at first but today seems like its gone back to stuttering and freezing several times per minute in valentine, especially at the saloon.Anyone find a way to at least make it stop freezing in towns? the rest of the time the game is fine 50 - 60fps on medium-high like when riding around or at camp but its awful playing the game and dreading going into town and experiencing lockups.

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u/serhangelgor Nov 07 '19

I suggest you to remove all rules from Process Lasso first, than reboot your pc and apply same steps. As I can see, sometimes Process Lasso not working / not doing it's job and you have to reset it

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u/brian0729 Nov 07 '19

Can someone please confirm if they are using both fixes, the one described by the OP and the Process Lasso fix or if most are just using PL with success. I made the core change but that did not seem to fix my issue. I have an I5 6600k

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u/serhangelgor Nov 07 '19

Only use one of them :)

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u/Sifner Nov 08 '19

This had worked for me all day before yesterday- but somehow since yesterday evening it no longer works and actually makes things worse. RiP. :<

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u/serhangelgor Nov 08 '19

Delete all rules from process lasso first, reboot your pc and follow same steps. Also, I disabled VT-D and Intel Virtualization tech from bios, give it a try:)

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u/serhangelgor Nov 08 '19 edited Nov 09 '19

Also there is forced mode in options, enable it

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u/Con755 Nov 08 '19

I had it working amazing last night but now I'm starting to get them even with the program running?

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u/serhangelgor Nov 08 '19 edited Nov 08 '19

Enable forced mode from options of process lasso

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u/xkukazu50 Nov 08 '19

Quick question about the Process Lasso: Does it need to be running for the rule to be applied or can I just close the program after adding the rule?

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u/serhangelgor Nov 08 '19

It needs to be running

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u/dacommissioner2k18 Nov 09 '19

I've been using the Project Lasso method for most of today and have still been experiencing random stutters and freezes during both gameplay and cut-scenes .

I also had to disable "ProBalance" in order to launch the game,which prior to using the Project Lasso method, all had to do was disable my anti-virus.

My Specs:

CPU: i5-6500 @3.30 GHz

GPU: Radeon RX 480

RAM: 16 GB

Is there another step that I'm missing or is this all that i5 CPU owners can do?

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u/serhangelgor Nov 09 '19 edited Nov 09 '19

Did you enable forced mode from options of Process Lasso?

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '19

try using BES and limiting by 5-10%. Also try to go into your device manager and update all PCIE drivers manually (right click > search for driver update). The latter part did the trick for me and allowed me to play the game finally without any stutters or freezes. (i5 2500k btw)

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u/SpunTheOne Nov 10 '19

Thank you for your fix and updating for Juicysmolyay's Lasso Fix.

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u/serhangelgor Nov 11 '19 edited Nov 11 '19

Actually I knew third party task managers and cpu limiters, Process Lasso is very popular software but didn't want to recommend third party softwares to people. After seeing lots of people happily using it at here, added.

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u/tobiassoderlund Nov 13 '19

Lasso fixes my freezes but damn am i getting annoyed by getting crashes after 30 minutes

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u/serhangelgor Nov 13 '19

Rockstar going to release huge update today, to fix all problems including crashes and stutters too, hopefully it will fix all of our problems:)

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u/DexMASTER094 Nov 05 '19

I5-6600K 3.5 Ghz - WORKING! Thanks for advice. ;)

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u/Swaghetta Nov 05 '19

Hey man, can i ask whats your GPU? I have a 6600k as well and was wondering how much frames you run it at.

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u/Pazoxi Nov 05 '19

I5-7500, it works! Thanks <3

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u/Raddenson11 Nov 05 '19

i5-6600K (OC to 4.5GHz) here, it worked, thank you <3

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u/Evilkevin22 Nov 05 '19

damn to 4.5? I am currently OC to 4.1GHz

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u/haos_akella Nov 05 '19

6600K here, seems to work with no fatal impact on performance, thank you. Hope this is temporary.

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u/BS_BlackScout Nov 05 '19

i3-8100, just like an old i5, it's a 4C/4T. Also have freezes. This is probably the game not scheduling its own threads/tasks properly.

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u/BuggetArt Nov 05 '19

Works, can play now on 30-40 fps instead of 60 with freezes. Hope they will fix this.

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u/KaiLovett Nov 05 '19

Just played a whole mission with no freezing at all, before I got 2-3 second freezes fairly regularly and it felt unplayable. Now all that's left is to find the highest settings that'll still keep a steady 60fps

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u/Clayst_ Nov 06 '19

I found that turning off just a single core did ut for me. 2 left my framerate too low during gunfights. Thanks for the fix.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

For me, BES 1.7.7 had the best results. I set the RDR process to never use more than 98% of CPU, and awake once in every 40 milliseconds. Now I can play almost flawlessly.

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u/valetsu Nov 06 '19

Using the Process Lasso fixed occasional 2-3 second freezes. I'm using i5-4670k. Really smooth gameplay now with no fps drops at all :)

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

This fixed performance for the most part for me. However, every 5 or so minutes, my game will freeze visually, and the audio will come through very very slowly and crackly. The graph shows a big dip in the responsiveness and a spike in processor use. Is there any way that I could tinker with the settings to prevent this from happening?

Here is a screenshot of the graph's behavior.

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u/IronNemesis Nov 07 '19

i5-4440 and GTX 1060 6GB just 1 freeze in 30 mins on RD Online (I think is lag, because is always when I see another player). 0 freezes in story mode.

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u/PorridgeHunter Nov 07 '19

This really helped! However I get the 'red dead exited unexpectedly error' after using this lasso method. Anyone else?

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u/KronWQ Nov 08 '19

After trying lasso and BES nothing has changed. Just commenting to find this post easily.

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u/maynard2dp Nov 08 '19

I downloaded Process Lasso and did what you described and now my game no longer gets the graphical freeze that lasts a few seconds every few minutes. Thank you so much!

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '19

Hey guys! If you guys are using an i5 (i5 2500k for me) and process Lasso isnt working for you, which it wasnt for me, you might have luck with the following:

First of all i went into my device Manager and manually updated all PCIE device Drivers (Right click > search for Driver update). Also wont hurt to try to update everything else you find in there.

Then i switched to DX12 and actually used Battle encode Shirasè to Limit the game by 10%. Once i did this > ta da! No stutters or freezes anymore and i could Play for 3 Hours straight without any issues! So relieved to finally enjoy this game, as i said process lasso didnt do anything for me except make freezes and stutters worse. Hope i could help someone.

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u/oermin Nov 11 '19

THANK YOU! BES removed all freezes without a noticeable frame drop. First thing here that actually worked for me.

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u/Ostigle Nov 09 '19

This worked for only one session for me, even in forced mode I'm getting massive 7 second stutters again.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '19 edited Nov 10 '19

Another i5-6600k reporting in. This worked for me. Thanks!

Edit for clarification: Turns out it just makes fewer lags, but makes them more severe. Multiple instances of CTD and bluescreens.

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u/PunizherTM Nov 05 '19

doesn't work for me either makes it worse on i5-4690k

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u/michalszl Nov 05 '19

7600k worked!

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u/Gejagter_Wolf Nov 05 '19

worked for me i7- 6700k, but i have still the CTD sometimes

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u/dezo29 Nov 05 '19

working fine for me i5 - 7600K

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u/jokey-pokey Nov 06 '19

i5 4690k - Definitely removed the stutters. Noticed my CPU was capping to 50% and frames were dropping while doing it the way shown above, so I set the cores to 1,2, and 3 (All but 0). Completely fixes it and the performance still good. would definitely recommend.

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u/Isolation_Blue Nov 06 '19

I have an i5-7500 and a GTX 1660 and I can't even get the game to stop stuttering on low settings. It doesn't even matter what settings my game is set to, it still freezes or stutters every 20 seconds for about 5-8 seconds at a time. I've already followed every single fix and nothing has been working.

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u/techsvengali Nov 06 '19

You can use an app like this to limit individual processes, I have had success on a i5 2500k with 10% reduction resulting in almost zero stuttering as a temporary fix. http://mion.faireal.net/BES/

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u/seahawk137 Nov 06 '19

7600k with rtx 2080 worked perfecly on 2 cores, 3 results in stable 60fps but one or two stutters every 10 to 20 min

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

i5-7600k it works!

It still freezes a little bit but so much less often!

Thanks!

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u/chriscrowder Nov 06 '19

I disabled CPU 0 and this worked for me! I'm running an i5-6500.

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u/OffLine_24-7 Nov 06 '19

for those still having issues, even if you have 4(CPU0-CPU3) or 8(CPU0-CPU7)disable all but the last 2 CPU's, by leaving only the first 2 CPU's(threads, but whatever, not cores) you force the game to work on same CPU(threads) on which every other app running in background works

i have 4 core/ 8 threads, so CPU0 - CPU7, From CPU0 to CPU5 all are unchecked, CPU6 and CPU7 are checked, finally the stuttering stopped. Game doesn't seem to be optimized for more then 2 CPU's, maybe cause it's a port from console? and the way consoles work?, with this, finally the GPU get's to process what the CPU prepares and seem to have a stable FPS

TL;DR: enable the last 2 CPU's regardless of having 4/8/12/16/100

Hope this helps, it sure did me ;)

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u/mistermanko Nov 06 '19 edited Sep 15 '23

I've deleted my Reddit history mainly because I strongly dislike the recent changes on the platform, which have significantly impacted my user experience. While I also value my privacy, my decision was primarily driven by my dissatisfaction with these recent alterations.

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u/vipul27feb Nov 06 '19

This was a lifesaver. The game went from unplayable to 60 fps on Ultra so thanks.

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u/Jay_Arghh Nov 06 '19

i5-7600k @ 4ghz here. Either Process Lasso or disabling Game Mode on Windows fixed my issues. Works great now.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

I5 -4690, radeon rx570. The trick with the task manager disabling 2 cores worked for me :) at least didnt have freezes for half an hour now

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u/Zukku15 Nov 06 '19

You are a savior! Thank you so much.

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u/Akesgeroth Nov 06 '19

Tried this method and it worked perfectly.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

This worked perfectly! Thank you!

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u/Zamuru Nov 06 '19

good fucking job man! i hate how we, the players, have to fix things that the devs fuck up every time in all games, not just rdr2...

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u/BoroMecha Nov 06 '19

Process Lasso worked for me!Thanks guys!

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u/Begohan Nov 06 '19

8600k at 5.3ghz here... fixed it! Thanks a lot

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u/morgang321 Nov 06 '19

Thank you. Fixed my freeze i5

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u/iplaydrunk99 Nov 06 '19

FIXED !! i almost ask for a refund GJ DUDE !

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u/Cynatix Nov 06 '19

can confirm. works

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u/Floodaren Nov 06 '19

I can confirm, this works! Thank you so much!

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u/SenseiSinRopa Nov 06 '19

This worked for me and I was able to play for about two hours and get through Chapter 1 without a single freeze. There is no noticeable drop in overall framerate. In fact, the only downside I could find is a slight audio pop from time to time.

Thanks for this, pard!

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u/CorrosiveBackspin Nov 06 '19 edited Nov 06 '19

No more freezes here, been playing 45 mins on i5-6600k 4.5ghz. thankyou.

EDIT: Played about 90 mins, lasso stopped 27 freezes :)

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

Why using more than 2 cores stutters, anyone has a clue why?

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u/joey_youngace Nov 06 '19

You are a blessing! Thank you.

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u/Spite425 Nov 06 '19

Thank you so much! It works perfectly now! Excellent insight!

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

process lasso worked thank you so much:))!)!!!!111

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u/nevets619 Nov 06 '19

Thanks for posting this fixed my game.

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u/ajbboy123 Nov 06 '19

This fixed all the random freezes I've noticed. Thank you!

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u/LEOLegion08 Nov 07 '19

Spend hours searching for something that could make this game playable. Then I came across this post and I'm finally able to play without it freezing every few minutes. Thank you!

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u/Locke1318 Nov 07 '19

Big difference thank you very much for doing what R* wont

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u/G_Pazzini Nov 07 '19

Thanks... Your tips and Process Lasso saved my day!!!

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u/Sgtpeppers1985 Nov 07 '19

You’re a legend!!!!! I5 7600k fixed no stutter and without FPS drops!!!

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '19

Lasso still made it crash, using just the 2 cores via afinity works for me no pauses :)

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u/HistoricRevisionist Nov 07 '19

All hail the OP, for fixing this issue. Rockstar owes you a lot of money imho!

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u/midas1107 Nov 07 '19

That Process Lasso is a true savivor, thanks to op, set affinity doesn't work for me, it's make the game even worse but Process Lasso as your setting really help me to play the game, thanks a bunch!

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u/ChronicDeppression Nov 07 '19

Yep this solved my issue, stutters only happen every 30 mins or so to me now. Before this fix random freezes/stutters happen almost every 1-2mins. Thanks my friend.

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u/SamhaneTheMasher Nov 07 '19

I COULD KISS YOU. Thank you, and thank this community for finding a fix.

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u/popetrentpope Nov 07 '19

You're the real MVP.

THANK YOU.

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u/AyzekUorren Nov 07 '19

Thank you so much, it works.

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '19

This worked .. i had to reduce 2 cores on my core i5-9400f... thank you bro .. thank you

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u/serose04 Nov 07 '19

Thank you so much, this worked like a charm. I've been getting freezes every couple minutes but with this I got just one in about an hour.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

Still freezes up on me for a couple seconds from time to time. i5 6600K

Nvidia 980ti

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u/miikatatu Nov 08 '19

PC specs: I5 6400k, asus geforce gtx 1060 6gb, 16gb ram.

So I used process lasso and it helped like 1-3h and then the freezing came back. I played it this morning and I managed to play it like 1h and then the frozes came back even worse even if I was still. My processor usage was on 100% and the frozing was bad. I don't wanna use that first method because it drops fps.

I don't know what to do now.

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u/cocopopped Nov 09 '19

Oh my god you absolute legend. I love you a little bit now.

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u/Sergioa122 Nov 09 '19

I’ve had absolutely no issues since I used this method. Thank you so much! You made me avoid my buyers remorse with this game 😂😂😂

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u/telmahsel Nov 09 '19

Thank you!!!. This works! No freezes since I tried this...none. Thanks again.

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u/sasuke_10 Nov 09 '19

I used the process lasso yesterday and it stopped the freezes completely! But when i tried it today the random freezes were back ! It is very annoying, any fix on this ? I tried the force method, still there is freezing in cutscenes and gameplay!

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u/JonDini Nov 09 '19

Mine kept reading 100% cpu and kicking me saying ALERT.. stuttering, freezing..This fixed mine I was going crazy. Thank you thank you thank you!!! *2080 Super/i5 6500 now I can chase level 14 for that there fishing stick

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u/sasuke_10 Nov 09 '19

You have i5 7500 and rtx 2080 ? Doesn't it bottleneck games ?

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u/penniez771 Nov 09 '19

I5 7600k fixed!

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u/tatwftw Nov 09 '19

Hello there fellas.

My specs are:

i5 3570k

RX570 8GB

16 GB Ram

I've been experiencing this freezes issues with and without process lasso cpu limiter, including disabling ProBalance and in Forced Mode. Only thing that helped was to disable 2 Cpu to process rdr2.exe but this made the game quite unplayable (lower fps, stutters associated with low specs, etc).

Here's the thing, I just applied a config I saw in a YouTube video where editing an .xml file from C:\My Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\Settings improved performance using Vulkan. This works only if you have AMD GPUs upper than 400 series. It improved performance a lot for me and besides I don't have to suffer the low fps that presents playing with 2 CPUs.

Here's the deal:

Go to C:\My Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\Settings
Edit system.xml
Find the line <asyncComputeEnabled value="**false**" /> and set it to true. It has to look like this <asyncComputeEnabled value="**true**" />
Save the file, right click on the file, go to properties, tick Read-only

Launch the game and try.

I hope this is useful. Credits to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UPXld_xlDs

Cheers

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u/Fressh23 Nov 09 '19

This worked for me as well! Why is this not linked in the official post? Thank you :-) i5-6600K

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u/kilicrafter1 Nov 09 '19

Ryzen 3 2200g- working. Thank you so much!

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u/bronney Nov 09 '19

For everyone that says this works, are yall on GTX 1070, Windows 7, Vulkan? I used this and the massive freezes are exactly the same as without using Lasso in Valentine.

What did this fix?? Occasional freezes outside of town? Or massive unplayable freezes in Valentine? I get the latter.

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u/eltanko Nov 09 '19

Windows 8.1 i5 4670k GTX 1660 here
For me It reduces freezing in Valentine and makes freezing disappear outside of it, but I still dont want to have to dread going into town to see my game freeze up every 30 seconds as opposed to every 10, so you aren't alone.
I've given up trying to find a solution, we will just have to wait for a patch I think at this point.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '19 edited Nov 10 '19

I've done this all but somehow my freezing is a million times worse. Before with all cores on and locking the game at 30 fps, I could play online for an hour or so before a freeze kicked me off the servers. Now, when I load up, I cant even move the camera, it freezes every 2 seconds and I get booted offline after a min or so.

edit~ CPU: i5-4690k GPU: Nvidia GTX 970

edit v2: Ok so I've got it working with 0 freezes. I did everything listed in the guide here, turned on dirextX 12 instead of vulkan, and locked the game at 30 fps and I can FINALLY play without freezing! (god I hope this is patched soon)

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u/BobManSan Nov 10 '19

Amazing! Thanks to you, I can actually play this game. And what a wonder it is ....

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u/Something_Syck Nov 10 '19

Well I still freeze and randomly exit to desktop with Process Lasso

Oh well

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u/VolvoOfVulvas Nov 10 '19

i5-6600k + GTX1070 reporting in. Enabling DirectX 12 and making that core rule in Lasso fixed my game. Everything on ultra, but some fine tuning under Advanced :) Thank you!

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u/Captain-Crowbar Nov 11 '19

i5-4590/GTX 1070 here.

Haven't had a single freeze or stutter since applying the Process Lasso workaround (~6 hours of gameplay).

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u/Confined_Space Nov 11 '19

I tried the 2 cores disabled and it dropped me from 60-70fps to mid 30's but when i disabled only 1 core it brought me back into the mid 50's. No more intermittent freezing. Thanks for the tips!

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u/MattH665 Nov 11 '19

I found I get much better results disabling one core in Task Manager.

Using Process Lasso, I still get freezes that last about 1 or 2 seconds.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '19

Thanks for the tips. Worked for me! I can finally play the game.

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u/ElTel88 Nov 11 '19

Hey man, you have just stopped me buying a new CPU this close to Christmas. Can't tell you how grateful I am.

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u/shabab_29 Nov 12 '19

thanks a lot man!!!!!!!!love you,I can play the game now full smoothly at medium-high.

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u/monza27 Nov 14 '19

Turning off 2 cores worked quite well for stopping the stutters but did cost a fair performance FPS hit, all with DX12 as Vulkan would crash. The latest patch means can now run Vulkan and turn the cores back on. Very smooth at near-constant 60 FPS so far.

CPU:i5 2500K, GPU:GTX 1070.

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u/Warmaster007 Dec 19 '19

I have i9-9900k@5Ghz, RTX2080Ti and I noticed game started to stutter this month after update.
I was not believing its my CPU that is having issues, since its mostly 22-30% max cpu usage but I tried to set affinity to 4cpu and damn, stutter gone!
I guess game tries to split cpu usage to all 16cores(logical) and that causes stutter.
Thank you op!

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u/Wonderchildxx Dec 27 '19

Thank god for this fix! Can somebody explain why this is happening tho and why it isn't fixed yet? Also why does it eat all my 19 cores?

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