Yes, the magic of 20fps drops and an average of sub 40fps. This video on low + medium is only getting around 40fps, and lower with high settings.
Awesome story, yet the OP isn't using an RTX card. Also, even the 1080 Ti runs the game like shit compared to some of the RTX cards that don't actually perform as well in other games.
Sounds to me like the issue is with either (a) Rockstar's optimization of the game and/or (b) them posting "recommended specs" that are actually too low for the kind of experience that players expect meeting "recommended" specs to provide.
In the case of A - I mean, that's on Rockstar to fix.
In the case of B - That's Rockstar either lying to try to get more sales or them framing "recommended" purely based on 1080p/30. Maybe a bit of both.
Does the game not have a performance testing tool to automate settings for people who don't want to be bothered? That's something a lot of games like Gears of War 5, Killer Instinct, and the Tomb Raider games have and it was really helpful for finding settings that would give you the performance (fps) you want.
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Either way, such is life. If setting a game to all "low" still shows performance issues, it's not the platform; it's the developer. "Best practices" settings will be released by people who enjoy tinkering so you can always wait for that. The luxury of playing on PC is that regardless of all of this, once you dial in the settings that will be best for you, you're done with it forever and you'll be enjoying a demonstrably better experience than those playing on a console.
That said, this doesn't need to be framed as a "this is why people hate gaming on PC" issue. Lest we consider all of the console games that fail to reach 30fps and have no ability to adjust settings to get some performance lift at all. Remember the Control PS4/XOX performance discussions? Those didn't spawn a "
Control is exactly the reason why some people still hate gaming on console" thread. Funny how that works.
I just really dislike troubleshooting PC games. I hate it. Its why i left PC gaming behind and i dont regret it.
Eh. A few minutes to adjust some settings, preceding dozens or hundreds of hours of a superior performance experience, free online play, and the ability to use any controller/input peripheral I want seems a fair trade to me.
But enjoy those 30fps locks.