I hope this particular case is isolated and we don't see more of these PC-gimping features implemented into multiplatform games throughout this eighth gen of gaming. I just have to say, this does not bode well for the future of AAA titles being ported to PC from home consoles. It would have been better to simply have an option in the options menu, but then that would have broken the “AllDrive”, according to Ghost. I never understand the need for a game to run at 60fps, I mean I have played a lot of games that lock at 30fps. Much like Call of Duty: Ghosts for PC, you'll probably want to avoid picking up a copy of Need for Speed: Rivals until a patch is issued to fix the game.

It's unlikely that the issue will be patched for Need for Speed Rivals given the manual command-line fix that users can activate on their own or add to the executable path. Need for Speed: Rivals 60 FPS Fix (Solve locked frame rate issue) User Info: MackTheGun. We are listening and targeting 60 FPS in the future.'” Also they have the following to say:'Running at 30 fps provides a smooth experience when driving in this open world powered by AllDrive. “Hi guys, we would like to let you know that we have forwarded your comments to the Team regarding this topic.

If your PC can't handle it and the game dips down below 60fps, you're not just going to see dropped frames, you're going to run into actual slowdown of the entire simulation process, the same way that the physics and simulation were sped up when running the game at 60fps on the 30fps simulation cycle.Īccording to an Electronic Arts community manager on the EA forums, they got word directly from Ghost regarding the game's FPS issues, writing. The only drawback is that if you're going to run the game at 60fps and expect it to work, you have to have a computer to match the required performance of the game at 60fps.

How well this affects multiplayer remains to be seen, but users on the forum thanked BetA for the information and have confirmed that it does indeed, work. Here is the Procedure to fix Need For Speed Rivals PC Slow Motion, FPS Lag, 60 FPS Mode. Essentially, the command line above brings parity to the frames and simulation runtime executions so everything is in synch.

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