Why I can't fix FH5 to 60 FPS in the options on PC?

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I have an AM4 platform running (ASUS Prime X470 Pro) with a Ryzen 2700X, an OC RX6800 GPU and 32GB 3200 Mhz RAM (Ripjaws V) installed.

The game is on my 4 TB SATA-HDD installed.

To save power, I’ve limited the framecap to 60 FPS in the AMD driver because my TV (a 10 years old edge LED) uses only 60 Hz/60 FPS @ FHD. My 2nd screen also uses 60 Hz only in Full HD.

But I’m missing the option in the FH5 options. There’s only the option to fix 40 or 80 FPS, not 60. This makes no sense to me. Maybe that’s the reason why I’ve got stuttering for 1-2 secs every 100 meters.

SAM is activated.

EDIT: also it takes often some time with RT activated to load/render rims at the rims selection. The same with tire selection. It stops every 5-10 secs and then it’s loading/rendering again. Why is that happening?

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I believe the framerate caps (with vsync) are full, half rate, and quarter rate. So if you have 120hz monitor you will get the options for 120, 60, and 30fps. If you have 144hz monitor you will get 144, 72, 36. If you’re only getting 80 and 40, I’m guessing your refresh rate is set to 80 or 160hz somehow.

My first move would be to set your drivers back to default settings and then see if you can set refresh rate in your TV’s settings. Maybe set your TV to game mode, it might be one of those TVs that cheat the refresh rate by doubling frames instead of actually changing refresh rate. Try going back to FH5 and seeing if you get different fps options either way.

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Nursemorph

(Why I can't fix FH5 to 60 FPS in the options on PC? - #2 by Nursemorph)

No clue why you don’t have a 60fps option…but, yeah, if you have it set at 80 then that likely would explain the stuttering as it is attempting to display more than your TV can handle…in FH4, my game suddenly once went to uncapped and i got the same thing, turns out it was trying to display 150fps on a 60Hz monitor.

Regarding the rims: I believe that is a common issue as I’ve seen it mentioned elsewhere on here. I would say that it is probably not helped by running the game from a really slow hard drive though…SATA HDDs are really only useful for data storage nowadays.

Ok, thanks. I will try to limit FH5 in the driver to 60 FPS then. Maybe this can fix the problem.
Maybe there will be a patch for the rims/tires problem. And you’re right with SATA-HDD’s but there’s
no more room on my NVME-SSD (SAMSUNG 970 Evo Plus 250GB). It’s only used for OS and
professional apps like Cinema 4D, Adobe Suite, Samplitude, Cakewalk and so on…

CeeJay3510

(Why I can't fix FH5 to 60 FPS in the options on PC? - #3 by CeeJay3510)

I believe the framerate caps (with vsync) are full, half rate, and quarter rate. So if you have 120hz monitor you will get the options for 120, 60, and 30fps. If you have 144hz monitor you will get 144, 72, 36. If you’re only getting 80 and 40, I’m guessing your refresh rate is set to 80 or 160hz somehow.

My first move would be to set your drivers back to default settings and then see if you can set refresh rate in your TV’s settings. Maybe set your TV to game mode, it might be one of those TVs that cheat the refresh rate by doubling frames instead of actually changing refresh rate. Try going back to FH5 and seeing if you get different fps options either way.

Windows 10 and the AMD drivers recognized the TV and 2nd screen correctly by name and as 60 Hz
screens. Nothing was changed with this settings. Your idea with the TV settings is great, but it is set to
60 Hz natively (it has also a PC mode what is set - in this mode the TV let’s the drivers/PC hardware
decide the settings. For example I also can’t use TV’s “Natural Motion” in PC mode).

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Ok, I’ve tried to force the AMD drivers to fix FH5 to 60 FPS, but there’s still no luck.

Since the last 2 FH5-updates there’s even more stuttering with hanging sometimes for 1-2 secs. It ran flawlessly already with 60FPS with the same GFX-settings.

Nothing on my gear has changed and all the drivers are the newest and Win 10 is also up to date.

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There are 2 possible reasons:

  1. Your monitor settings in Windows display settings are set to 40FPS. Change the setting there and you’ll have is available in the game.

  2. Your windows desktop is set to a resolution that does not support the desired Framerate

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Thanks, but it is set to 1920x1080@60 Hz - this is the TV’s native resolution and rate. I wrote that already.

Also the AMD GPU drivers are set to this specifications.

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no worries it’s the same here, even with the same settings, a game that was running smoothly between 120 and 160 fps … ends up at 70+ with drops to 35.

In short, the game is not twice as beautiful but obviously requires at least twice as many resources. Sorry, I hope a next update will fix this.

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I have the same problem. The game starts at 59 FPS, but rather quickly, I get a 1 or so long black screen, and it is then stuck at 30 FPS, which always feels so sluggish in FHs.
The only way I know how to fix it is restarting the game and/or my PC, which takes too long considering it will literally just do it again in a matter of minutes.
I have a 12GB DDR6 VRAM graphics card and my computer has enough RAM to choke a horse, and a decent proc.

The odd thing? I hit the windows key, and I see Forza’s FPS counter zip to 59 with the more typical 60-70% load versus the 30% load at 30 FPS. I select the game tab again, and it drops straight back down to 30 FPS lock. Frustrating as all heck to have it within reach like that.