So as many of you are aware, the in-game micro frame-freeze/lag has found its way into FM6 as well. However, it is far more rare than it was in Forza 5, thankfully.
Last night though, I almost wanted to hurl the controller across the room when I started a race in career, Grand Tourers, rolling roads tour, first race - Rio short.
The game hiccuped noticeably in the first 5 seconds of the race, then again 10-15 seconds later, and the third or fourth time in less than a minute, it hiccuped so badly that the screen froze for a full second along with the sound. This happened again as you’re getting ready to negotiate the final right-hand hairpin before the straight, which led to me rear-ending an AI car, as the screen had frozen for a second. I was connected at the time, though in career.
I switched off my console, cleared Persistent Storage prior, and turned in back on (power cycle) to see if the same could be replicated. The hiccups happened after all three boot ups, in a row. It was unplayable.
I then decided to do a hardware reset (holding the power button down) - guess what? The stutters disappeared completely… poof! Not a sign. I had 3 to 4 more races after that, and it hiccuped just once on Bernese Alps, a micro lag, not a full-1 second frame freeze.
Anyway, I also noticed that when you hold the power button down to shut down the console, the brick goes to amber first, then turns white for a few seconds, and then goes amber again. The regular way, it just goes to amber when the console fully shuts down.
Does a hardware reset, as opposed to a power cycle, clear something up in the console that a full shutdown/fresh boot up doesn’t? Interesting machines, the current gen xbox consoles!
I would rather that issues like these stutters ranging from mildly irritating to borderline annoying were not even there at all - the Forza games are the only ones in my collection that display these infrequent micro frame hiccups during gameplay.
Anyway, just thought I’d share this with you lads, in case you’re having any issues at all, including occasional performance stutters - just do a hard reset by holding down the power button on the console, kill power to the brick. Give it power, wait for the light to go back to amber before firing up the console. That’s it. Issue gone. Is it permanent though? Don’t know for sure.
Would actually love someone from the dev team to offer insights on this.
Okay, enough said. Motor on!
