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Game stuttering/lagging after a long time? Try this!

By deepHorizon

A quick fix for Windows 10/11 / Steam Users!

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Category: Modding or Configuration, Walkthroughs

Languages: English

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10 Nov, 2021 @ 12:21pm

10 Nov, 2021 @ 1:08pm

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Guide Index

Overview

The Problem

UPDATE YOUR DRIVERS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

The Fix

The Fix 2: Electric Boogaloo (FOR NVIDIA USERS)

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The Problem

I had some problems with stuttering and really bad lag after some hours of playing Forza Horizon 5, and I tried so many things to fix it, and I stumbled upon one thing that worked!

UPDATE YOUR DRIVERS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

UPDATE THEM!

The Fix

1. Open Task Manager
2. Go to the "Details" tab
3. Find ForzaHorizon5.exe
4. Right click, set priority as "Realtime"
Boom, hopefully you've fixed your issues!

The Fix 2: Electric Boogaloo (FOR NVIDIA USERS)

1. Open Nvidia Control Panel
2. Click "Manage 3D Settings"
3. Click "Program Settings"
4. Find "ForzaHorizon5.exe" in the list, click add
5. Turn off "Image Sharpening"
6. Select "Prefer Maximum Performance" for Power Management
7. Turn on "Threaded Optimization"
8. Turn off "Low Latency Mode"
9. Turn "Texture Filtering - Quality" to Performance
10. Click apply and close.

14 Comments

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badsneeze 6 Jan @ 8:02pm

2 years later and this is still an issue

pirate135246 31 Dec, 2022 @ 6:03pm

never use "realtime" priority, it hogs system resources and will cause more stutters and issues

diggydog 17 Dec, 2022 @ 3:12pm

-𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃-

gpstberg 26 May, 2022 @ 1:01pm

Using the program RamMap and clearing standby list has always helped for me.

Rem NL 29 Mar, 2022 @ 5:49am

It is known by the devs that this game has memory leak issues. The real fix is to wait until the game you payed full price for gets out of beta stage.

Wykrhm 28 Nov, 2021 @ 9:31am

i had stutters until i disabled geforce experience overlay. later i uninstalled it completely, no stutters since then.

Howson 26 Nov, 2021 @ 10:56pm

changing priority to realtime makes my audio supper choppy and sometimes cut out entirely

Friteuse 25 Nov, 2021 @ 7:15pm

Switching to the last Nvidia Studio driver (472.47) (and not the Game Ready driver) fixed it completely for a lot of players.

Sfekke 22 Nov, 2021 @ 7:09am

If you want to always have Forza launch in "High" priority you can make a little batch file

Right click on your desktop
New -> Text Document

Paste this :

echo off
Title Forza Horizon 5
color 03
cmd.exe /c start "" /high "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ForzaHorizon5\ForzaHorizon5.exe"
pause

Then save it on your desktop, change the file extension to .bat (from .txt)
Can't see file extensions? Open the explorer (Windows Key + E) View -> Right side check "File Name Extensions"

Double click and grab your .. shifter, time to play!

Keep in mind it won't be 'faster', it will however get priority over your webbrowser, discord, other background software.
It being faster is a myth, it does help to make it run smoother :)
Also if your game isn't installed on your C: drive or you messed with the driver letters .. then you're probably smart enough to figure out what to do & can (re)write this little batch file without my help :p

VeelutionVT 21 Nov, 2021 @ 10:37pm

Is there a way to make it always launch as realtime priority?

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