GPU - Worth trying with a GTX 1060?

Mine has 3Gb, have tried several different settings (CPU is quadcore with 12Gb), not only doesn't get more than 45-50fps ever, it just looks jagged and hard to drive that way.

Wondering if someone on similar hw has found a way, not changing GPU over just this sim, so I am looking for configuration or small additional investment advice.

Thank in advance.

 

I have the 6gb version of the 1060 and an i5 6600k. The game runs at 40 to 110 FPS in single player depending on the graphics settings. In multiplayer I get stutters but this is apparently fixed by updating the GeForce drivers, but I haven’t done that yet.

 

Would be helpful if you added your screen resolution.

For my 4k Screen, even with upsampling from 2k, my 1060 6Gb is really struggling at medium settings (stuttering in rain races, fps 30-40 I guess), I see a 1080 TI in my future at least.

But I expected this as the 1060 is even below recommended specs.

 

I also own a GTX 1060 6GB, playing in 2560 x 1440.

For me its playable in FPS Ranges about 30-40 FPS - by far not the optimal speed but it works for me.

Unfortunately the Special Event with 20 cars is NOT playable because shortly after the start the framrate drops to 1FPS.
I'am not sure whether this is a bug or a performance hit because of my graphic card.

Races work when i tune down the opponent number to 10. At 11 the 1 FPS thing comes into play.

 

What is your CPU? Also 1060 3 or 6 Gb? 4k?

 

without opponents stable >50fps with everything epic and shadows high /mirror off. sometimes drops to 40.
if shadow to low stable 60 - 70fps with drops to 50.
have not tested rain and night and other cars.
since update to 416.xx nvidia driver for me (coming from a gtx 750ti) really enjoyable and i am satisfied (atm ).

 

I own a GTX 1060 6GB, playing on a monitor in 1440p.

 

Similar to me, so dropping so low in a race is either a CPU limit or there is something seriously wrong.

 

So, what essentially is the best thing to do?
Upgrade the components or wait and have patience for optimization?

It would be very helpful if Kunos could give a little hint
if the performance issues are real issues or are
grounded generally in inferior hardware on the user side.

At the moment i can not really decide to upgrade or not.

Are there any official threads or statements about the current performance variance,
so as a user you are able to make an educated decision? Or did i miss something.

 

In my mind chasing better performance in an early access game shouldn't be the only reason for an upgrade of any sort. If you feel like you'd benefit in other titles you play now then go ahead, but if not, you'd be much wiser to be patient and see how late dev cycle optimisation (which happens on all games) brings up performance. If things are still an issue come 1.0, then you have reason to safely upgrade.

UE4 titles have a history of iffy early access performance and I'm convinced this is no different. I'm close to certain no PC system right now can run a full grid race at night and wet weather locked to 90 fps in VR, and when it is no fault of the hardware thrown at it, then it is down to the game engine itself.

Optimisation is not a priority for game development until content and features are finalised, as there's no point optimising something that could be undone by adding a new car or track to the mix. There could still be a few builds before this is addressed by Kunos, but yeah, best play the waiting game. By next March you could also find better GPUs for cheaper and whatnot so there's always that benefit too.

 

Hi nightfire275,

many thanks for your reply.

I did not know that normally optimization stand at the end of a development cycle,
that is indeed helpful to know! And it is a relieve to know that performance issues
at this stage seem to be normal and not uncommon.

That helped me a lot for my decision to wait and enjoy - even if enjoyment is capped
at the magical number 10

Great community we have here by the way!

 

I have i5 8400 and 3gb 1060. If you turn settings to a mixture of low, medium and high (turn down the really expensive stuff) and use 1080p I rarely drop below 60fps even with rain and 20 AI. You just need to compromise on some of the graphical nicities!

 

@mailanmanu

cause patience is my weak side i decided to buy a GTX1060 6GB
- it was a little bit gambling cause i dunno if this is enough gpu power to enjoy acc with every race and weather condition.
but i dont wanna buy a complete new pc.
so you are not alone (besides the 3gb vs 6gb)

 

With some (minor?) compromises I can play at 4K with 1060 6GB and i7 4th gen. Single player it's very close to 60FPS, and full grid multiplayer may drop to 40 in rain condition. I'll post settings latr on.
On the contrary Replay are way too ow (10-30 fps).
What I'm suffering is bad tearing, even if it shows 60FPS on 60Hz monitor. Any help on this aspect?

 

I resolved this by putting frame limits to 60

 

Confirm with same rig

 

also confirm, same rig

 

Does it make sense to move this thread to the Graphics Subforum and mark it as Issue, because the experiences seem to be similiar on the same rig settings?

 

doesn‘t make sense to me, the KUNOS guys are focused on other issues. Same to „controller“ settings and horrible deadzone we complain 1 Million times .... I‘m bugged and out

 

I wouldn't play with such low FPS. For me, the input lag was much too high. I play on full HD with settings now, which allow me to have 90 to 100 FPS, without any other car on the track. Much better car control.

I think the setting influencing input lag the most is the post processing setting. Could even be that the FPS don't matter at all, but it's just this setting, i'm not sure about that.