[TM2] Performance - Stuttering and Game Lockups

[LuckyBoy]

I updated my game and managed to obtain two files, one labeled "FreezeDetect" and the other labeled "LogCrash," by doing as you suggested. What should I do with them?

After that, I used the settings given by flidd and managed to actually make it to a single player race event. The game still hitched but it didn't entirely lock up.

You can send the LogCrash (the FreezeDetect file is only internal, we don't care of it), and the log where you've hitchs without full lockup to me in MP.
Thanks

[LuckyBoy]

Here's my settings. These settings run the game very smoothly for me at least.

Maximum fps is ignored when you enable display vsync (to avoid loosing display synchro).

With display synchro at 60Hz fps won't go beyond 60Hz, yet it's advised to enabled Triple buffering (available in game) to avoid frame rate drops to (only) 30Hz when non-synch fps goes below 60Hz (this can be annoying).

It's a good thing to remove cpu/gpu synchro when display synchro is enabled, yet don't forget to enable it (1 frame for instance) if you disable display synchro (having no synchro; between gpu & cpu can create lags).

[VultureX]

I'm having the same problems.

The game is stuttering like hell on whatever settings. GPU usage is very low when it's stuttering, so it must be an issue with the driver or the engine. Some times it's butter smooth, maintaining a steady 60fps, but most of the time huge lag and stuttering occurs.
This is independent of places in the map. Parts that stutter one time, may run at a steady 60fps a few minutes later.

I don't know what the problem is. I didn't have this on my old setup which ran 2x460GTX.
Now my system consists of a 670GTX with 4GB of vRAM, 8GB DDR3 memory and a core i7-2700k.

I've tried every possible GPU/CPU synchro combination. It seems to work best when it's at 1,2 or 3 frames, but it stutters a lot nevertheless.

[VultureX]

Alright it turned out to be a driver issue.

In nVidia drivers there is an option called Power management mode. I had to set it to 'Prefer maximum performance' instead of the default 'Adaptive' to fix the problem. It's running at a solid 60FPS now at insane settings.

Perhaps such an option is also available in AMD drivers.

Good luck!

[TMarc]

good to know, thank you for the finding!

[VultureX]

I jumped to conclusions too quickly.
Today it decided to stutter again no matter what.
There is just no way to know what is causing this issue and it's very annoying as it might work perfectly one day and be horrible the other.

[TMarc]

I know it is sometimes being bad.
Perhaps our machines are not fast enough.
Sometimes I have stuttering on maps with sunset mood, mostly when some parallel disk activity is running.
But also the task manager itself can cause stuttering.
I also tried to bind ManiaPlanet to the second CPU core, but it did not change much.

[Demented]

Whatever the issue is I don't remember it being a problem before the very first update. When I first got Canyon I had EVERYTHING set to the highest settings and now I find myself trying to find the best balance between graphics and performance. Sometimes I can run everything on high and it will work well and other times not so good. It is a bit odd.

[Omnixor]

hmm, that's true. I remember too that when I got the very first canyon beta, I could enjoy playing it on almost highest settings without lags. now I can't. sux, doesn't it?

[TMarc]

Perhaps it is due to the hires (HD) textures? I don't remember if they were there directly from the beginning