F1 2011 (PC) Lost FPS all of a sudden and now cant play.

OMGAvrilLavigne · Dec 11, 2011

Hi, i posted on the codemasters forum but not getting any replies

I am not sure if the problem is with the game or my system. I have tried every single fix i have found to try fix my FPS problem including the replay file fix and the rapture sound. The issue i am having is that no matter what setting i run the game on i get 17/18 FPS. I have all the latest drivers and patches for the game(the problem did not start right after a patch was installed and have reinstalled and applied the various patches in offline mode). The thing is though the game always ran at 50-60fps on ultra/high settings then all of a sudden when i started the game up one day it dropped. Menus are fine, its just the racing. This happened with F1 2010 as well, no other games though. Both are box versions.

I had not made any changes to my system. I have no mods installed. I have tried uninstalling, repairing everything.
My GPU runs at +/- 97% and my 4 cores at about 60% when racing. Initially i though it may be a CPU bottleneck but my GPU is running fine.

I would appreciate any suggestions to try fix this, really loving the game.

System specs:
Geforce GTX 260 896MB
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Windows 7 64bit

Please let me know if you want any other info.

Thanks

enzocarbone · Dec 11, 2011

It happened to me, twice. First when I installed the game and a second time few weeks ago. As it appeared so it went away without that I did nothing. It was very annoing (17-18 fps as soon as the game load the track) and I don't know way it happened.

OMGAvrilLavigne · Dec 11, 2011

Its soooo frustrating!!! EXACTLY the same issue with 2010. Also happened when i first installed. Nearly sent it back but it worked the next day. Its like the game has moods and right now its menstrating.

Guess i have to wait to out, then play the hell out of it until it breaks again.

TheSapper · Dec 13, 2011

OMGAvrilLavigne said:
Its soooo frustrating!!! EXACTLY the same issue with 2010. Also happened when i first installed. Nearly sent it back but it worked the next day. Its like the game has moods and right now its menstrating.

Guess i have to wait to out, then play the hell out of it until it breaks again.

Same here, went and bought a four core processor and was getting almost 70 pfs and now only 17 or 18.

Peter Battams · Dec 13, 2011

I had this after I installed an Nvidia driver (for GTX 570) I fixed it by opening device manager and rolling back the driver. With me even in the garage I was only getting 12fps and it was unplayable. A new Nvidia driver came out the other day and I installed it and F1's still fine so if it was an issue Nvidia have fixed it. But you could try rolling back.

OMGAvrilLavigne · Dec 14, 2011

I've tried every driver available and it didnt help, think i have 6 or 7 different versions downloaded on my pc. What i did do yesterday was shutdown my pc for the whole day while i was at work and when i got back booted it up and presto it worked again. I had tried shutting down before but turning it back on straight away but that didnt work. Could it be a heat issue? i havnt monitored temps so dont know. Getting 40-50 fps now and can play again

When ( not if ) it breaks again ill try that and see if it works again.

Sporty311 · Dec 14, 2011

maybe restarting your computer might work it works with some other games

Engage · Dec 16, 2011

Try alt-tabing out the game and checking to see whats running in your bakground BY Pressing Alt Ctrl and delete
Might be somthing strange going on in the background

OMGAvrilLavigne · Dec 17, 2011

I tried restarting (lots) didnt work.

I also checked processes but nothing taking up a lot of memory. didnt see anything out of the ordinary either. Its still working though which is good

Jens16 · Feb 2, 2012

The same thing happened to me. I played on ultra in september and october without any problems. After a short break i play again last week and on ultra i get 20-23 fps, everything low or off i get maximum 30 fps...

I've tried so many solutions, like disable/write protect replay, fresh install, many drivers (from nvidia 266 up to 295 beta). On ultra in the task manager i get a maximum of 70%.... and fps 20-23

If anyone know a working solution, please send a message

Thanks and have a nice day.

System specs:
i3 540
Gigabyte Gts 450 OC 1gb
6gb RAM-->3,5 gb (win 7 32 bit ultimate)

OMGAvrilLavigne · Feb 3, 2012

Jens, what i did was shut down my pc for the whole day while i was at work (9hours or so). When i got home fired it up and the game ran well like it used to. Not sure if it will work for you but it worked for me.

cueceleches · Feb 3, 2012

Happened to me also a few weeks ago, but it went away as it came, and I still don´t know what caused it.

Jens16 · Feb 3, 2012

Thanks for the answers. I will try to shut down for a day. I tried everything delete registry.
Codemasters should not make the 2012. I'm very diasappointed

Jens16 · Feb 6, 2012

cueceleches said:
Happened to me also a few weeks ago, but it went away as it came, and I still don´t know what caused it.

I solved the problem!!! I had a "Selective startup" in windows. After i switched back to "Normal startup" in MSCONFIG.exe--->General tab---> switch to NORMAL startup---> click OK and Restart.