Need For Speed Heat CPU Usage fix? Worked for me

[@SgtDrayke]

NEW VIDEO IS UP FOR THIS, SHOWS CURRENT TECH WITH ONSCREEN STATS kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZzIf5mXlsqGgZo

[@Nobulilo]

Thank you, mister. I've had some problems with my Ryzen 5 3600, the game usually spikes to 70-90% of usage everytime and i had some fps drops. Now barely got up to 50% even on high settings. Thank you so much, man! Can confirm this still works!

[@hopaajs3906]

MAN WHAT, i recently bought new cpu i7 12700 and tried this game again bcs it is so good , and it was weird that my cpu was struggling to it, constant 100 usage and literally 90 celsius TEMPS and even struggling on medium settings, so i was searching for help, and u man, one single thing to type as user.cfg where i put cores 12 and threads 20, instant max 70 Cpu usage, max 70 celsius and literally no problem on everything EVERYTHING on ultra, thank you so much man. love u

[@FreaLuuv]

You sir, are a hero, I thought this game uses so much cpu because of my game setting, turn out its the game itself, I was wondering if my i5 10th wasn't enough for this, thank you so so much, it cut from 90-ish to just 40-ish, you're a lifesaver.

[@X-ces34]

Please tell me how you solved the high CPU usage 😢 I have also same CPU pls tell me

[@Gregg_y]

@@X-ces34 watch the video...

[@ByronTrzeciak]

It worked for me also! I had to create the file and then add it to both the folders specified. It's weird because all my fans revved up and I was hitting 70-80 temps and even my UPS was beeping as if something was wrong. Had no idea what was going on. What a strange thing to happen and for the devs not to patch it! Weird.

[@SgtDrayke]

EA. Create a game on pc with 99% focus for consoles using a single template for all platforms (being use every resource at max) then last minute do a console to pc port with everything broken.

[@meezan8052]

Thanks bro it worked, here in India the room temperature is 35 C+ so my game was running at 101degrees but after your fix it came down to 90-95 and cpu usage reduced from 70-90% to 20-40% And my nfs dudnt had the file so I created it

[@SgtDrayke]

Nice. Good to hear. Here in London it's been hitting 38/39 in places. 😂👌👍 All good though. Like I say to many it it helped in any way small or big then it's a win.

[@ernestozelaya6125]

It worked! I had a hard time creating the cfg file, for some reason was saving only as text, for the ones that are having issues like me (STEAM) once you saving the file make sure that the encoding is ANSI, save it and will work!

[@SgtDrayke]

@@ernestozelaya6125 well done bud. 👍🫡 A good feeling when you learn something new and it works .

[@Asolyi123]

For the Steam version you have to create these files. I did it and works fine! (i7 6700k) Copy this: Thread.ProcessorCount 4 Thread.MaxProcessorCount 4 Thread.MinFreeProcessorCount 0 Thread.JobThreadPriority 0 GstRender.Thread.MaxProcessorCount 4"

[@SgtDrayke]

looks the same as i posted. but glad it works 😂

[@adamantiteB]

Thanks alot mate, My CPU was topping out to around 40-60% usage and bouncing between 78-80c which isn't too hot tbh but I wasn't too comfortable with it. Followed the vid and CPU mostly stays at about 25% usage and around 68-70c in temps. Very helpful

[@dika5799]

what cpu do u use

[@adamantiteB]

@@dika5799 Ryzen 5 5600G

[@SgtDrayke]

HI all. hope you are all well. New video is up of NFS Heat max graphics on the RTX 4080 Fe 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZbYdqFthruImpY For the fix, Use NotePad and save as "User.cfg" replacing the file type with the ".cfg" Copy and Paste the 5 lines below. Thread.ProcessorCount 4 Thread.MaxProcessorCount 4 Thread.MinFreeProcessorCount 0 Thread.JobThreadPriority 0 GstRender.Thread.MaxProcessorCount 4" It is also worth noting on Nvidia GPUs you can set Physics to either CPU or GPU. I would recommend GPU . Remember guys to Sub the channel and Like the video 😉👍 Thanks

[@airulsyah1901]

I wanna ask about this since I can't find the file that ends with .cfg

[@SgtDrayke]

@@airulsyah1901 just make it your self. Copy paste from my pinned comment and make sure you save it as explained.

[@fadeelkhan1263]

This is absolutely amazing! I had been playing around with the user.cfg since yesterday. I thought it had to match your processor's cores and threads (8 and 16 in my case), but when I tried 4 after watching this video, stutters vanished! I am so thankful to you. Just had a question, could you drop it to 3? and why is there a double quotation mark at the end? because I did not have it initially

[@fadeelkhan1263]

My CPU is Ryzen 7 4800H (laptop) 8c16t base clock 2.9ghz turbo 4.2ghz

[@fadeelkhan1263]

Ok I figured out that 4 is the bare minimum.

[@SgtDrayke]

Sorry late reply. So yes 4 is lowest. My understanding in Ea's wisdom the game will only support 2/4/6/8 core, I don't think the game sees triple cores . However the game is set to maximize all designated cores to 90+% as if it was a console. Pc you need a good 20% of a single core to do day to day. Simply reducing available cores to the game frees up resources needed for the system. This does not take into account threads. Although they are heavily used. This game does not require above 4 core if youve got above 2.6ghz & ddr3 ramm+ . SSD is also a preferred option but not required. I won't get into the code. Another trick to smooth out the game is use NVC profiles, or the AMD equivalent.

[@fadeelkhan1263]

@@SgtDrayke Thanks. Could you tell what NVC profiles are? because it does stutter here and there, but it has greatly reduced.

[@SgtDrayke]

@@fadeelkhan1263 rather long to explain but if you check my other video about NVC & a game called APB kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ7ZmZttat2hlas Plus in the video description there is a link to the thread on the work iv been doing . Take your time to learn and understand NVC profiles you can then optimize your system for games.

[@krizoledan8940]

Damn, man. My cpu usage is getting 80-90%, but you help me with this. Thank you!

[@SgtDrayke]

nice noprob

[@Portal2142]

I have an older but still decent system. i7-6700k and GTX 1080, built it in 2016. Instead of being constantly flatout at 100% CPU and most of the time 80% on the GPU the GPU now sits at 45 to 50% and the CPU at 60%. The Framerate has gone up from 35 - 50 fps to 75 - 80 at Ultra settings. Massive Improvement Thank you very Much!

[@SgtDrayke]

Good to hear.

[@episke7995]

Running a 5600 and 2060. Cpu was running 70-100% at 80-85c and I stopped playing because I didn't want to damage my cpu overtime. I play MWII, warthunder, Ace Combat, and other AAA games at max settings with the gpu at 100% and cpu at 40-50% running around 69-75c. This brought my cpu usage down to 40-60% running at a solid 69-72c at ultra settings. If you can't make this file type like myself, there is a steam forum which links a download to a script which makes it for you, it is open source so you can check the code before you download. Thanks for the help!

[@SgtDrayke]

kl 👍

[@itsFatato]

Was shocked when I tried out this game with my 5800x. My noctua was crying. thanks for vid sir

[@SgtDrayke]

No prob 😁

[@itsFatato]

but it was perfectly fine with my 3700x. is this a glitch or bug?

[@SgtDrayke]

@@itsFatato ah pass. I don't know enough about and products / cpus to say if it is a bug. Although I can say ea with some titles have got lazy making games porting them to a "standard" for console and not caring about pc . Pc versions require a lot of extra content/data files to make compatible with the vast configurations out there. It appears as if "Heat" has a generic setting out of the box to just use the cup to max regardless of core count etc. Which is how many of the console games are set. Consoles don't have lots of other things going on in the background behind the scenes unlike pc. Why also the graphics options have become so shocking. We don't care about pc users anymore and of.

[@OPGrace2199]

Was shocked when my game barely ran at 50fps (im fairly new to pc gaming so i expected my 2.5k to get a lot more performance) and was even more shocked seeing how much of my cpu was being eaten up. Now its running at ~70fps and is buttery smooth. youre a real one m’dude, bless your heart

[@ZeusEnergy02]

i cant find any user.cfg file in my game folder, mine was steam version

[@ilhanerr565_]

Add it by your own

[@SgtDrayke]

add it your self by creating the file. So some people have said that they add it to steam, and randomly it gets removed, i can only think this happens if there is an update, unless steam askes for the game files to be verified. steam shouldnt have an issue with it or remove it.

[@erebons]

Follow exactly and it works great. Some people struggling with this in comments and it makes me think, How difficult would it be for EA to just fix this? Instead they do everything else to deny, deflect, on and on.. instead of fixing their mistake. The user of a game should never be expected to have to fix it themselves. Thank you for fixing EA's game for them as they don't appear to be capable of doing it themselves. True Giga Chad

[@cyphaborg6598]

His reasoning as to why this happens is even spot on when the game is just not optimized well for different configurations. The console CPU's were pretty weak so they needed to get the most out of them to run properly.

[@SgtDrayke]

HA ! how difficult would it be to pay the staff properly with all that profit? rip..

[@SgtDrayke]

YUP 👍👍👍👍👍😂😂

[@TheRealSlatz]

What would you recommend I put the numbers in the user.cfg file? I have a 12th gen intel i7-12700. I tried to put numbers in that I thought were right and still getting 100 degrees. Never happens on any other game too.

[@SgtDrayke]

So these cpus are very different, your (based of what you've stated) Has 8 Performance cores & 4 Efficient. to a total of 12, yet it apparently 20 threads.. because math.. 😂 intel.. .. so really id stick with the same as mine on that. if its still not working. double check every letter and character entered into the text file, including spaces.

[@TheRealSlatz]

@@SgtDrayke Thankyou very much I’ll give it a go soon, I’m very new to pc so all of this is like brand new to me. I have access to the game through the game pass so it’s on like the ea app not origin or steam. And on the the files for the game there is no settings folder so I just made one I couldn’t really find anything saying specifically about that version of the game. I have no clue if making a file was the right thing It just seemed the best thing to try.

[@SgtDrayke]

@@TheRealSlatz game pass as in Microsoft xbox store? if i remember right those games are secured. so youl struggle to gain access to the game directory. were the User.cfg Should be located. if you can gain access to the game install directory then the create and save the file there.

[@Dionys-_-]

You the best my guy. How come Ea keeps shitting out trash that their playerbase have to repair after. Heat used like 95% of my cpu and now its like 40% just because of 4 lines.

[@SgtDrayke]

@@Dionys-_- yeh man no prob. 👌🫡 Glad it's working for you

[@Finkreacts]

why does it not wanna be a cfg file but instead keeps being a text document ???? PLS

[@PillowSensei]

I'm having the same issue

[@PillowSensei]

OH I FIGURED IT OUT! Okay so when you save the file, put quotes around the file name like "User.cfg"

[@Finkreacts]

@@PillowSensei yeap got it xD althou it did not help much but running in windows 7 compability and putting in borderless helped alot

[@SgtDrayke]

well done :)

[@cabral4521]

someone give this man a reward thanks a lot bro

[@SgtDrayke]

No problem Bud, gald it worked. Seen my latest vid of this game no the 4080.. ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZbYdqFthruImpY Also got NFS payback & NFS 2015 vids on the 4080 worth a watch 👍👍👍

[@yawn1x490]

Nice, My temps dropped all the way from 104C to 59C thanks burh

[@SgtDrayke]

no prob

[@eslamsusanoo]

can you imagine that i've been playing this game for 2 days with my i7 12700 working at full power 100% usage and always 85+ degree and it always crached i lost hope , and now i randomly searched about the problem and I find your video, can you beliver that i'm literally gonna restart the game all over to play it with no crashes THANK YOU MAN , literally , i have no idea how did you come up with this , but it worked and GUYS for those who didn't have the file like me , just creat a text at the desktop save it as .cfg on the game location and it will work

[@SgtDrayke]

BOOM. great right. love ea.. NOT 🤣

[@ravindupererayt]

I downloaded NFS Heat from Steam. And I am unable to find this user.cfg file in the installation directory and the Documents game folder. What should I do?

[@owokisu4351]

I also can't find it. What file should we be tweaking if we installed through steam?

[@SgtDrayke]

M A K E I T

[@ZevFei]

I just wondering can we put this file to another game too? Because my Assassin Creed Origins have high CPU usage too.

[@SgtDrayke]

hey bud I have not tested it. but their is nothing stopping you trying.

[@ZevFei]

@@SgtDrayke it's not working on my nfs heat. copied the same notepad to both folder

[@SgtDrayke]

@@ZevFei yeh I'm aware some people are saying the steam version doesn't work. But iv had people I know have it working in their steam version. I might do some testing and a new vid soon.

[@Infinity_Ghost]

Still works in Jan 2024. Gone from almost 100% cpu usage to around 50 to 75. thanks!

[@SgtDrayke]

Good glad to hear it. 🫡

[@Arc-Angel]

where have you found user.cfg i cant seem to find it?

[@studiohype9831]

What if it doesn’t show my user config

[@ZombeeStar]

i can't find the file either

[@sumon4932]

Just create one and copy what's he has shown

[@SgtDrayke]

what they said

[@SgtDrayke]

make it 🔨

[@SgtDrayke]

make it . . 🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨

[@mazanfou4016]

Im using steam what happens if i dont have that file? Should i create it?

[@SgtDrayke]

Just Make it. Steam will still validate the game files. It won't take any notice of the fix file. 👌😬

[@scrullerxd1820]

There is no user.cfg in any of my document why is that ??

[@SgtDrayke]

make it bud.

[@MagicAyrtonforever]

You Sir are an absolute legend! I didn’t have stuttering but had low fps on my 4 core i7 2600k @ 4.3 ghz - Using a 1080ti. I made a cfg file as didn’t have any copied from yours and now it’s buttery smooth I am using a 3840x1200 43 inch super ultra wide. I can’t thank you enough 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 I love this game looks amazing

[@SgtDrayke]

Thats great news. 👌 Glad its worked for you as well. Simply give the video a like and share it to your community if anyone is having the same/similar issue. I am still on the fence about the game its self. 😂🤔 Maybe I should just play it more.

[@NotDiiZE]

i7 2600k with an 1080 TI? are you kidding? that is over 60% bottleneck LMFAO.

[@Eleva88]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Vortex95]

There is no file named use.cfg in my game instalation

[@beast44]

You can just create one in there i'm pretty sure

[@SgtDrayke]

thanks

[@SgtDrayke]

Make it

[@thematuredmillenialtalks2770]

Hey brthr thanks ...cpu usage goes to 25 to 40...but still temp still fluctuates from 85 to 101 .. I have HP Omen ryzen 7 5800h rtx 3060..I hope gaming lappy doesn't have any issue reaching to 100 degrees????

[@SgtDrayke]

so youv got an 8c16t avg clock of 3,2ghz and turbo to aprox 4.4ghz. these can naturally run hot. amd is known for running hot anyway. this is heavy dependant on alot of different variables, so start with easy fixes to the more difficult 1, computer placement/room airtemp - have decent cool air ventilation or is it sucking in its own hot air. 2, compound between heatsink and cpu, HP although an Omen branded unit will still uses basic compound, and if older compound can age/crack/dry etc if your system is out of warranty it may be worth getting a cpu cleaning/re-install kit and put some new/good stuff on. As a laptop its very difficult and are always limited by heat soak/ heat limits of avg 95-100, so if this has been disabled then your device is in danger of being damaged. if the limits are still in place then your laptop with begin to drop performance in attempts to reduce temps. Look at investing a laptop cool pad or somthing.

[@itzfuazz4198]

Duuuuude, i thought i was screwed for months, then i found this! it runs super smooth and i can play it at ultra now seriously, thank you.

[@SgtDrayke]

👌👌

[@yobama9350]

Thsnk you so much dude,it works like helll....i was wondering why sometimes i played the game normally and sometimes it just 100% everything ,thank you once again

[@SgtDrayke]

🙏

[@pabliyogamess5365]

Hi, I have an intel i5 7300hq 8gb ram and a gtx 1050 4gb, the processor is always at 100% usage and the temperature at 80°, I tried putting the user.cfg file in the root folder of the game and also in the documents folder -settings with this configuration: Thread.ProcessorCount 4 Thread.MaxProcessorCount 4 Thread.MinFreeProcessorCount 0 Thread.JobThreadPriority 0 GstRender.Thread.MaxProcessorCount 4" When I opened the game it didn't work, the processor was still at 100% and the temperature at 80°, is there a solution?

[@SgtDrayke]

so my understanding that is a 4c4t . Just double check the file is saved as a .cfg If your not sure right click the file and go to properties . You can rename the file in directory . Some OS don't show file extensions by default. Otherwise just check there isn't any spaces at the beginning or end of each line. Also Try 2 , 4, 0, 0, 2 might not work.

[@crazyninjaturtle3]

NFS Payback has the same problem and adding the user.cfg file worked for me. Old i7 2600k before the file working at 80% and very hot now max use is 45% and between 40/50º. I would suggest that people that have this NFS Heat and NFS Payback on STEAM to DISABLE STEAM OVERLAY during gameplay in conjoint of adding the usercfg file. Thank you man.

[@SgtDrayke]

kl

[@Bluntsmoke]

It's weird how my ryzen 5 2600 didn't have this problem but I just recently picked up a 7 5800x and the usage was bouncing off 100% while temps say around 90.. I'll be trying this out and will edit if it fixed issue

[@Bluntsmoke]

What fixed my issue was a castle 360 AIO cooler. My hyper 212 couldn't keep up with the heat! Now game plays smooth around 75 degrees. Higher than I want still but it's payable now. In other games I see a HUGE difference in temps too. Not what I wanted to spend my money on but was worth it I guess now that I can play games again

[@SgtDrayke]

Sorry for the late reply bud. The fix should help reduce temps as your CPU won't be at 90+% . In my opinion CPU like the 7 5800 or the Intel 6c12t I'm using if you use it alot at 90+% should always only have hydro loop of some kind. There is other things you can do to reduce CPU usage. Tobe fair tho if your running a 8c16t CPU it shouldn't even be using half the cores at over 50%. Well worth trying the fix on a 4 core template. 👍 Even look at going into task manager and selecting the games.exe and core usage disabling cores for that process.

[@erisu3827]

Hi! Is the thread still active? I have a i5-9400f, 6core 6thread. Should I use the same value as you entered? Thanks!

[@SgtDrayke]

Yeh bud. Use the same as mine. 😉

[@PrinceLizzy]

unfortunately, this, and anything else I could find on the whole damn internet, did not work for me. intel i7 10700F NVidia RTX 2060 (6GB) 16 GB DDR4 RAM I have tried everything I could, sometimes it would randomly stop stuttering, but that happens like so rarely.. I'm in the game and my cpu usage is like 70%, slowly increases to 80, 90, then it hits hundred for about a second and goes back to 70%, and it does this the entire time in a endless loop, causing heavy stuttering like every 2-3 seconds, wich makes the game absolutely unplayable. "repairing" the game files didn't do anything either. and no, I am not willing to reset my entire pc just for need for speed. anyone got any idea for this mess, please?..

[@SgtDrayke]

So your CPU is basicly the same as mine, in Core Count,. so you should just use the same file config 4. make sure you havnt left out any spaces or added any spaces or characters. also have the file saved in the two places. Other thing to think about is in NVC go to your Gpus "Config Surround, PhysX" Settings and make sure the options are set to GPU only, your 2060 will be strong enough to handle it all. go to "manage 3d settings" (you will require your GPU to use advanced 3d image settings) Select or add your game, and scroll down to "OpenGL rendering GPU" and select your gpu card installed., this will also offload the cpu.

[@nyutek]

Did you really create the user.cfg file in both folders? It only worked for me after creating it in both, otherwise not

[@GuyGuysonHimself]

Hey I'm kind of a newbie so sorry in advance if this is a dumb question (this is my first PC ever) I have a Ryzen 7 3700x (8 core, 16 threads) so should I use the suggested Thread.ProcessorCount 4 Thread.MaxProcessorCount 4 Thread.MinFreeProcessorCount 0 Thread.JobThreadPriority 0 GstRender.Thread.MaxProcessorCount 4 or Thread.ProcessorCount 8 Thread.MaxProcessorCount 8 Thread.MinFreeProcessorCount 0 Thread.JobThreadPriority 0 GstRender.Thread.MaxProcessorCount 16 I have also looked around and others have also suggested Thread.ProcessorCount 4 Thread.MaxProcessorCount 4 Thread.MinFreeProcessorCount 0 Thread.JobThreadPriority 0 GstRender.Thread.MaxProcessorCount 8 Thank you for your help

[@SgtDrayke]

Sorry for late reply, Top one , 4 - 4 - 0 - 0 - 4

[@bassghe_]

sorry I just watched it today but it is very satisfying because it works, but I want to ask if there are any side effects from the adjustment?

[@bassghe_]

by the way this way is works, my fps from 30-50 on low settings is increase to 70-90 on medium settings

[@SgtDrayke]

Yup there is/can be. When you use the file it's restricting what the game thinks is available CPU. If you restrict it too much then you get a negative effect of loss of FPS. So you need to find a happy balance of FPS performance and reduction of temp by restriction. But additionally you will see an increase in performance when lowering temps and CPU demand.

[@bassghe_]

@@SgtDrayke got it!

[@SgtDrayke]

kl

[@Gregg_y]

i dont have a user.cfg file on mine??? someone help i downloaded it from the dodi site and although my pc is good it overheats when playing nfs cant even play on high

[@SgtDrayke]

Make it.

[@Gregg_y]

@@SgtDrayke alr did but it still laggy for some reason like its on medium quality and its like still stressing my cpu btw my pc can run f1 2020 on high graphics just fine ( just for comparison)

[@siddjames958]

Hmm for some reason that file isn't in that folder at all. Its not in the documents folder either.. Any suggestions?

[@ultrabugger4023]

same problem

[@SgtDrayke]

It won't be by default. Just create it 👌👍😬

[@Rake000]

the user cfg trick worked thanks

[@SgtDrayke]

Great

[@JKU_Aaron_4X4]

I cant find my user.cfg

[@SgtDrayke]

make it

[@fusikcz2837]

I did the user.cfg from the video but doesn't work for me.. I have cpu I5-8400 6 cores 6 threads

[@SgtDrayke]

it might not work for everyone

[@aquasaur11]

Greetings. I have a few days ago, about 5,600 x rizen cpu for replacement users. But 'NfS heat' to carry out a game moved up to 100 % is activated each time cpu is impossible to continue... How can I resolve this case? The ram gb ddr to 3200 mhz and 1080 ti gpu.

[@SgtDrayke]

so if thats the 6c/12t use the "user.cfg" tweak and set it to 4c, use the Nvidia control panel and create your own "profile" (do not confuse this with Global Settings) you will need to tell NvCP to use "advanced 3d image settings". When creating your games Profile id recomend setting GPU to Max power, Limit Frames down to 65 or 75 (based on your monitor being 60hz) also turn on VSync . In game put graphics settings to medium to start with.

[@mosuke208]

YEAH! IT`S WORKS! Thanks dude! Works fine for NFS Payback too!

[@SgtDrayke]

No problem 👍

[@pigge_xd5764]

OMG THX IT WORKED, Liked and subscribed!

[@SgtDrayke]

😉👌

[@ItsShafter]

Draykye I need help, they removed "Origin" and changed it to "EA Games" can you help me how to get to NFS heat installation map? Thanks dude

[@SgtDrayke]

No not sure what your refering to as installation map.. origin and EA games are the same thing just rebrand. So your installation will be the same. So if the master folder is called origin then in the "EA games" launcher just add your "origin" directory as a storage location or choose the game directory as the game title location . The newer "EA games" launcher is actually better as you can now select multiple storage locations and a location of a pre installed game directory.

[@yubiyubibonk3176]

Sorry I don’t have user.cfg in my local file so I create one and after typing that it seems like the cpu was still high usage, did I do something wrong? Thanks!

[@SgtDrayke]

Unfortunately I can't see your file so I won't be able to say if youv done it right or wrong. You can simply copy and paste one of my previous video comments to a text file and make sure your save it correctly with the file name case sensitive . So capital in User.cfg

[@yubiyubibonk3176]

Thanks you sooo much for replying me! I have Ryzen5 3600 GTX1650 in my pc so I delete that and do the cfg thing again but unfortunately still don’t work , maybe it’s my pc problem

[@SgtDrayke]

@@yubiyubibonk3176 you say local file are you talking about your documents "game save" location or actual game installation location?

[@yubiyubibonk3176]

@@SgtDraykeBoth, there are no user.cfg before I created them

[@SgtDrayke]

@@yubiyubibonk3176 so you need to create both . Copy paste save it as stated.

[@FerhatKustasVEVO]

im playing nfs unbound , the game uses %80-%90 cpu but doesn't use gpu. how can i fix this? i5-13400f rtx 3080 ddr5 16 gb ram

[@SgtDrayke]

@@FerhatKustasVEVO normal . Just use the file on 4.

[@FerhatKustasVEVO]

@@SgtDrayke im sorry, which file? user cfg? and just 4. command?

[@SgtDrayke]

@@FerhatKustasVEVO did you watch the two videos you commented on?

[@FerhatKustasVEVO]

@@SgtDrayke not fully :D

[@SgtDrayke]

@@FerhatKustasVEVO yup that would explain.

[@Pieczarek_]

Why it didn't work for me?

[@SgtDrayke]

could be many different reasons. but most common is a simple typo

[@pisti18s]

I'm playing heat with unite 3.3.1 mod. Locked it at 60fps, no frame issues or stuttering but cpu temp goes up to 80-85C on legion 5 laptop (5800h rtx3060). It doesn't matter if I play it on normal or ultra graphic settings temps are the same even after the user file config. Any other tips could work? Thanks.

[@SgtDrayke]

ah duno about that mod,.

[@fatihbulut9940]

it works very well. I have absolutely no problems with stuttering, freezing or fps drops. You are awesome. R5 3600/ RX 5700 XT

[@SgtDrayke]

Greats thanks for the info back.

[@cristiancuscenco9912]

Hmm i do have the cfg file in there but i simply cannot open it, what am i supposed to do? For me its just a blank white icon but the name is the same.

[@cristiancuscenco9912]

Here is an update: I found out i can open it with the notepad but inside the file there is just: "staticcfg". Nothing else, i have the game on steam by the way, so what is the best thing to do next? Thank you!

[@SgtDrayke]

Well providing its the same title user.cfg file in the same location then open it with more pad and copy paste the info. An d Save it. 👌

[@cristiancuscenco9912]

@@SgtDrayke Thank you! It works pretty well! I have 2 core cpu so i put everything to 1 and the fps is the same but the cpu does not heat up anymore like before.

[@xhiragmedia]

hey just wondering if the same thing will work for unbound, because I'm having the same problem even with a i7-13700k

[@SgtDrayke]

Spot on bud cheers 👍

[@ItachiUchiha-sj9ob]

I dont have that file in my folder

[@SgtDrayke]

@@ItachiUchiha-sj9ob read the video description

[@xxDexu]

My game wont connect to mp after this. It give "connection error" code and wont let me join mp Cpu - 9th gen i7

[@SgtDrayke]

? .. thats a new one, and if you simply move the file to an un-named folder does it connect then .

[@giuklu_]

hi, where did you found the "user.cfg", i tried in need for speed > setting but there isn't thanks

[@SgtDrayke]

If it's not there just make it. Follow the video how to make it and save the file.

[@NuruddinIzzanNurdin]

Great tweak over here, thanks man! Currently using Legion 5 Pro R7 5800H was reach 92 degrees, now down to 80-ish. Cool!

[@SgtDrayke]

Good 😉

[@jagermeister6x9]

Ryzen 1800x x370 taichi updated 7.1 bios, 32 gigs ddr 4 3200, Rx7600 8gig. GPU utilization typicall around 100% CPU utilization 45-55%. My game runs fine when it's me by my self.. The second I get into a race, whether it is a drifting challenge or other smaller races.. my game lags and freezes. At night when I race, the entire game freezes when police chasing starts, the night time conditions somehow make the game worse than racing in the day. I've updated my GPU drivers, added the user config, and have reduced my graphics down to lowest settings.. That did seem to help some but doesn't take care of the problem. I am considering upgrading my CPU to the 5600 or 5700 to squeeze extra life from the beast. It seems like more than anything this is a badly optimized game.

[@SgtDrayke]

@@jagermeister6x9 it is a very badly optimised game. And your system on paper is good, it would run cp77 , FH5 or FM2023 well . Just this game. Any you pointed out one of the main reasons when playing at night and you get a police chase . This is to do with extra graphical effects so reflections partials light rays etc. these all require a lot of GPU. You can go into the games config file and manually set these. There is some that are not in the game it's self.

[@Killer007TV]

My NFS:Heat freezes and crashes after setting all those specified values to 4, couple of seconds after launching the game (R5 3600). Strange, really.

[@SgtDrayke]

So it's a 6c 12t . Would match my CPU so just do the same . As mentioned before you might have to set the game to minimum graphics when first doing this file to have the game stable and then up the graphics slowly to find your optimum. Make sure your not adding any spaces or other characters in the file.

[@wils6694]

i used the exact settings you used but i don't see a difference, is there a possible reason why? i'm really stupid when it comes to computers😔 i use an i7-7700HQ and it has 4 cores and 8 threads btw

[@SgtDrayke]

yeh so go all 2 or 3.

[@adamferow2140]

im not finding that file in either of the 2 places you checked. Do I have to do something to have the "user.cfg" file?

[@ZombeeStar]

can't find it also :c

[@SgtDrayke]

make it . M a k e it

[@adamferow2140]

@@SgtDrayke i figured it out, don't have to yell!!!

[@SgtDrayke]

@@adamferow2140 😁😆

[@GF4KArts]

The problem with this one is, I get a black screen on startup

[@SgtDrayke]

So that's a completely different issue. I'm aware of it but haven't looked into why or how to fix it. Probably a dx issue. Work Checking your dx package is up to date. Also check your monitor is seen hdcp compliant, try setting the game start in window mode just to get into the game.

[@GF4KArts]

@@SgtDrayke how do you check the dx package? I'm using steam version of the game btw

[@SgtDrayke]

@@GF4KArts just go to the Microsoft site Search directX . Download the latest version compatible for your OS. Follow the on screen instructions when you launch the dx package.

[@glitch-ify]

It's to do with your resolution. You have to enter the correct resolution of your monitor into the "_profile" file which is under documents>Need for Speed Heat.

[@heil_fata]

after i put this settinjf why my games cant launch ? any idea guys? i've done disable antivirus , and change the crack .. i try setting in nvidea control panel.. but nothing change.., my games didnt launch

[@SgtDrayke]

probably late, sorry.. means either there is a missing character. or additional space etc. or you are using a quantity of cores/threads that isnt compatible. i found anything under 4cores wont be stable.

[@PeterLunk]

2022 and they still have not fixed this. What a bunch of... ups.

[@SgtDrayke]

ah.. yeh 😁

[@dadoudsurtoncompte]

Bro how do you get such beautiful graphics , when you're on medium graphics, everything looks so vibrant and you have no anti Aliasing problems. I've got a rtx 2080 super max q with 8gb memory + I7 10875h and even on ultra graphics I don't get such visuals than you. And btw, since my processor has 8 cores and 16 threads, should I still use the same values as you "4". And do you have stable 60 fps ? Cus even with my huge specs I get fps drops in town dropping between 45 and 50. This is the only game that does that, i run red dead redemption 2 on ultra like butter, same for odyssey or cyberpunk

[@SgtDrayke]

Once youv done the user.cfg fix you will notice improvement as there will not be such a CPU bottleneck. Do same as mine. So graphics mine stock no mods , I used Nvidia control panel to manage all my game graphics. Instead of setting it to "max" or "applications controlled" I make profiles. It's not hard but also not easy if your new to it. I will try and do a separate video about this. Iv covered it before in one of my APB reloaded videos .

[@SgtDrayke]

@V H Y L YI can. In what context are you interested?

[@SgtDrayke]

right ok. il draw up a video. mean time , do you have discord? ping me your #

[@Seearedoubleu]

When I go to the local files, there’s no user.cfg file? Why might that be?

[@SgtDrayke]

not an issue, you can simply create it, open windows "notepad" type word for word what i have and adjust the gst.render and cores. when you save it to the game directory make sure you save it as "user.cfg" . you can check this by right clicking it and going properties should say type of file "(.cfg) just checking do you have a .dll file that says "oo2core . . ."

[@lappen2930]

@@SgtDrayke whats this oo2core file?

[@SgtDrayke]

@@lappen2930 Thats standard for all, its a .dll "dynamic link library" file which you dont need to or want to play with. It wil have its own reasons for being there.

[@cryo9shadow91]

My CPU usage seems fine with Heat, but the problem is - and it only happens in this game it seems because I've been keeping an eye on my temperatures while I play other games as well - it cranks my CPU heat up to atleast 84, at one point it hit 90+

[@SgtDrayke]

So only the cpu makes the physical heat on the cpu ., apologies if i make that sound stupid.. the game has nothing to do with how much heat or when... The game is requesting the Hardware to be at 100% performance state whilst loading all default assets into mem etc the moment you load into the game. logic to this is that at any moment the game can request textures or assets and the hardware can delivery there and then . in theory. works for consoles thats how they are designed.. it is this "setup/optimisation" that makes the cpu, ram, gpu and motherboard as a whole heat up .. once heat is in the cpu and cooler and cant dissipate (cool down quick enough) then you get heat soak, so to explain if you dont know of this,. If you CPU is cooling quick enough your temps will hit a "peak" (non thermal limiting in theory) if your cpu cant due to heatsink or system cooling issues your cpu will "heat soak" being that the temp will just keep rising until it hits a thermal limit, limit being ether the system shuts down or the cpu performance limits in attempt to reduce temps, or melts. CPU Heatsoak can have a serious knock on effect including and not limiting to damaging your motherboard and memory.. additionally CPU Cooler Heat soak will just heat up your case like an oven. Your cpu may still be able to provide enough performance/power to play the game, but at a cost of heat. to reduce heat reduce the demand on your cpu... ie try the cpu fix.. BUT also look at your cooler, is it mounted correctly, is the thermal past between good? or does it need reapplying, can your case (if desktop) take more fans or be remounted to move are more efficiently ... NOTE if your on a laptop at his temp.. youv got probs,.. Laptops just arnt ment to play games at a high level unless its a "dedicated gaming laptop". especially badly optimised games like NFS heat.

[@cryo9shadow91]

Problem is, that's the only game that heats my CPU up like this. Cyberpunk, any new game really, doesn't do it@@SgtDrayke

[@SgtDrayke]

@@cryo9shadow91 Yep i know. So not showing off or anything , i run cyberpunk 1440 144fps with rt pt, and the entire game at max, my system wont go above 60c, avg is normally once gaming around 58c. thats cpu avg around 54, gpu around 58/60 ish , Yes obviously i have the computer hardware/fans etc setup very well to do this, 5 140mm intake fans with another 140 on rear for added extraction. . cyberpunk is optimised for pc and hardware. like many other titles., so it will only put demand on the system when needed, NFS Heat pre-loads the hardware to 99% with all base assets and has he cpu go all cores 100% throttle on stand by (technicly not exactly like that with those terms but im trying to simplify it) Think of it like a cpu bench test, loading the cpu up . abit you head when 1000+ things are being said or hurled at you, your brain will over heat. the cpu is working so hard, all cores & threads demanding so much voltage it becomes waited heat. by reducing the amount of cores / threads the game thinks it has access to will inturn reduce the amount of voltage and work load = lower heat. I am sure that if Cyberpunk was to be setup to do something similar it could. just like every other game could. but you would find them in the same problem as EA and its titles , customers un happy about performance. EA heat isnt the only title, apparently Unbound is the same, also the new WRC and F1 games under ea control are similar.

[@tonymontana4401]

when i am opening the file location it doesnt show me the user.cfg what can i do for it?

[@SgtDrayke]

Make it. Follow the video. 👌😬

[@NoloPasoro01]

thank you for this,, solved my cpu usage. now my other problem is rtx 3060 running at 100% with medium graphics and getting toasty

[@SgtDrayke]

Yeh it will on a a rtx3060 , even more so if its laptop . Some in game options are so limited, its best to view and edit your profile options, "Profileoptions_profile" this document is located in "my documents/need for speed Heat / Settings = PROFILEOPTIONS_profile. right click this document to submenu and "open with" = "note pad" to a novice it will look odd, do not change anything in this document other then the numbers, keep in mind the space before and no space after. so example "GstRender.VSyncEnabled 1" so "GstRender.VSyncEnabled_1" the underscore is representing a space., numbers equal : 0 Off, 1 on, Or Low 2 Low/medium 3 medium 4 medium/high 5 high/max Do not think 2 is your answer to everything.. Even on my rtx4080 super I only have one or two at 4 or 5. the rest is 3, In your case I cant say what is best. I would gues, rtx3060 at 1080 you would want your avg to be 2, if you find your gpu is happier then raise the base options, like textures, shadows light quality, effects. AmbientOcclusion 4 < set to 2 AnisotropicFilter 4 < set to 2 AntiAliasingPost 2 < set to 2 EffectsQuality 3 < 2 LightingQuality 3 < 2 MeshQuality 3

[@ravagr1625]

Is there a similar file for Unbound? Cant play the game for more than 20 min without my pc hard rebooting

[@SgtDrayke]

Gee. EA .. what's your pc spec? Make sure youv updated your graphics drivers (not firmware) . I'm aware 4090s need a bios firmware update to run the game but only 4090s for now. Why a hard reboot does it happen automatically? Or is the game freezing the whole system?

[@jak3y53]

my game was feeling like a velocity edit and i checked task manager to see my mid range cpu maxed out at 100% usage.. this game needs better optimization

[@SgtDrayke]

They will never optimise their games for pc. Launch priority is consoles and port to pc.

[@renzo0227]

My guy, you are a fucking hero! thanks a lot, I thought my cpu was gonna burst into flames everytime I started this damn game. Went a rocket to a silent gun. Thanks man, a lot!

[@SgtDrayke]

👌👌

[@muhammadmuhsin6652]

Are this work for original nfs heat? And i have i7-8750h should I change the count like u?

[@SgtDrayke]

yes. 👍 and just match the same count as iv done in the video, should be fine

[@dimas.subaktianto]

is that double quote at the end after 4 is required or just typo?

[@SgtDrayke]

Required.

[@dimas.subaktianto]

@@SgtDrayke thanks a lot

[@SgtDrayke]

@@dimas.subaktianto new vid in the works for this. Up in the next week or so

[@ΜιχάληςΣιώκος]

I'm getting the same think cpu usage 89 to 95% My cpu is i7 9700k with 1660 super (3fans)what number's i must put in the file? Ty

[@SgtDrayke]

well its an 8 core right, so check some of the other comments, sure its been answered already 😉

[@srr1887]

There is no usercfg in my folder. Steam version

[@owokisu4351]

Same. No user.cfg file.

[@SgtDrayke]

make it

[@SgtDrayke]

make it 🔨

[@AldoDavis-vz4hb]

I’ve got a ryzen 7 6800H with an Rtx 3050 So should I just put 4 cores and 8 threads?

[@SgtDrayke]

So that's a laptop. You can just copy the one out of the video description that will work fine.

[@AldoDavis-vz4hb]

@@SgtDrayke Ook Also is there any micro freeze or stutters whenever you pause the game or in the garage ?

[@SgtDrayke]

Loading has its issues but this is the game being poorly optimised, your playing on a laptop with a Bass graphics option. so i wouldnt expect to play the game on anything above medium graphics at 1080. this is to do with thermal limits., @@AldoDavis-vz4hb

[@AldoDavis-vz4hb]

@@SgtDrayke hmm Okk On ultra I’m getting around 70 fps But lowers near grassy areas What settings would you recommend for an ok experience and can I cap the fps with control panel ?

[@SgtDrayke]

well you can cap it, i would if your monitor/screen is only up to a set number, grass and all the other objects to make the game seem more true all have to be rendered by the gpu. running the game on ultra with a 3050 mobile gpu is an ask. in my view. but it is down to you . have a play with the settings and find what you like.

[@gaaurav30s7]

I don't have that user file in my game location of nfs heat wt to do bro

[@SgtDrayke]

Make it. Follow the video. Info in description 👍

[@WHITEDEATH7]

Thanks bro ! finally my cpu is not dying XD

[@SgtDrayke]

wicked good to hear.

[@alan8530]

HEI, can anyone help ? why is there no file with CFG file? I cant just this method....

[@SgtDrayke]

Hello Alana's. So I do say in the video and multiple times in the comments to just make the file bud. Easy to do.

[@benedekcsokasi492]

Hey! What would you say, what should I set to a CPU with 2 cores 4 threads? Thanks in advance!

[@SgtDrayke]

I'm sure NFS heat has a minimum requirement of 4 cores 3ghz +. So I doubt anything will help. 2, 2, 0, ,0, 2

[@cyberking8963]

If you are a steam user use this config and turn off steam overlay.

[@SgtDrayke]

Ok good to know thanks 😉

[@nazih_haddad]

@Sgt Drayke, please help me. I cannot locate the 'user.cfg' file in the folder.

[@SgtDrayke]

Just make it, add it. Just like the vid & comments.

[@nazih_haddad]

@@SgtDrayke yeah I did, and my cpu usage and temp was still high

[@SgtDrayke]

@@nazih_haddad ah well doesn't always work. It has to be exactly as detailed and depending on CPU type the correct configuration. Other apps running in background won't help. Obviously if your trying to run the game on old hardware that isn't supported you probably won't notice much difference.

[@nazih_haddad]

@@SgtDrayke coz I use a 2060 and it’s a new pc too, very fast and good. So idk

[@maximusthecannabist5170]

All I did was go into power management and I turned boost processor power from aggressive to disabled temps went from 90c to 55c without any noticeable performance drops I also turned processor power from 100% to 90% 👍

[@SgtDrayke]

Hey. That's great for you bud glad you found your own solution. Everyone has there own. But there is a big issue with this in my world. Everytime you want to do somthing else other then play the game you need to keep going to that option to undo the change. There's no point leaving it on as youl be leaving performance off the table. Like people saying go into bios and change X y z. I don't want to be restarting my machine every time i want to do something different. That's why I prefer individual top-level solutions to the single program, that doesn't affect the working environment or hardware directly. 👌🫡

[@maximusthecannabist5170]

@SgtDrayke you can create a custom power plan specifically for the game that doesn't require any changes in the bios or restarting of the system, this method works but I heard some people saying when you update the steam app it removes the files. The method I mentioned works for alot of games especially emulators and you don't lose much performance as long as your base clock speed is relatively good again thanks for the info I'll be attempting this on my desktop and comparing the both 👍

[@marcosaccucci3593]

having some trouble, cant find "user.cfg" in my file as it updated to an EA launcher not origin i guess, need some help i just want to play lol

[@SgtDrayke]

Just add it in to your game directory were you find the game title launch file.

[@marcosaccucci3593]

@@SgtDrayke okay might sound dumb how do i do that?

[@SgtDrayke]

@@marcosaccucci3593 doesn't sound dump don't worry. So it's all explained in the vid. If you copy and paste the text in the video description or my pinned top comment. Make sure it's only the required bit. Then save the file under "save as" "user.cfg" make sure your file name is only that. If .txt appears in the file name. Right click on the saved text file rename file to and remove the .txt .

[@marcosaccucci3593]

@@SgtDrayke thank you very much sir

[@lucheroso4307]

it only worked the first time i opened the game, it doesn't work anymore (i have reinstalled the game and the cfg)

[@SgtDrayke]

thats not normal. interesting, not had anyone else say thats an issue.

[@黒キツネ-九零二一零]

here are my specs intel core i7 6500u @ 2.50 ghz 2592 mhz 2 cores 4 processors does it work with these specs? because gta 5, forza horizon 4, and a few nfs games work flawlessly

[@SgtDrayke]

to be honest would not know, if you were to try i would say entering all values as "2" or even just "1" and see what happens

[@黒キツネ-九零二一零]

@@SgtDrayke ok. im downloading it at the moment and the last time i played it, this and payback ran like buttcrack and i deleted them

[@黒キツネ-九零二一零]

@@SgtDrayke I tried and the audio was still cutting out, there's still rips and tears and the frame rate is still low. Welp, back to Forza

[@SgtDrayke]

@@黒キツネ-九零二一零 so I would put that to GPU if you are using only the embedded CPU/GPU . Aswell as CPU being below min spec.

[@黒キツネ-九零二一零]

@@SgtDrayke can you be more precise on which file to do it in?

[@KobeKeats]

I don’t have a doc called user.cfg

[@SgtDrayke]

I'm sure iv stated in the vid and description and other comments about this.

[@SovereignHyena]

My only problem now is that i have not even got the "user.cfg" data in my folders...

[@SgtDrayke]

make it

[@julius855]

mate thank you!! Used to barely get 60 fps with lowest settings now I have no problem even on ultra :D

[@SgtDrayke]

Spot on Good Good

[@ElDaniMR]

I did the exact same steps, I checked everything, every single pixel in the cfg file and didn't work, didn't make any difference, cpu still at 100%, i5 9400f paired with an Asus rtx 2060 oc and I'm using W11

[@SgtDrayke]

That's a real shame.

[@ElDaniMR]

@@SgtDrayke maybe w11 is the problem?

[@SgtDrayke]

@@ElDaniMR not that I'm aware of. Some systems just don't see the file. Wether that's because the game is via steam or because your running a particular CPU I don't know.

[@ElDaniMR]

@@SgtDrayke I think the problem is Steam because I got it from there, I saw a comment that turning off steam overlay would work so I'll try again later.

[@SgtDrayke]

@@ElDaniMR ay worth a try.

[@alexrock230]

Hi, i have an inte i7 - gen 11 core with 8 core and 16 threads and Nvidia GeForce gtx3050 with 4gb când some1 help me with a config? Thanks a lot.

[@SgtDrayke]

4 will be fine. 😉😉

[@Kazu-ow6ot]

i have a Ryzen 5 3600 what should i put in

[@SgtDrayke]

So that's a 6 core apparently. Just use the "count 4" version.

[@ratr0211]

so after u tweak it do yu need to restart the game for it to apply?

[@SgtDrayke]

Really the game shouldn't even be running when making the edit. But also even if the game was running the file edit would not change or affect the game whilst running. So the game has to be started up with the new edit already saved in place.

[@ProfuzionStudio-yr4ye]

I played it a handful of times, and then on the 5th time in an intense race where I need to take out the detectives Corvette. My PC shut down, and couldn't start it again. Turned out it burnt out the motherboard on my MSI Trident 3. Had to get a new pc now, and I'm afraid to play this game again. I know there are loads of other forums where other gamers have been susceptible to EA's negligence. This should be a class action lawsuit for their lack of attention to optimizing. I need a higher than normal pc for my video and animation needs as a brand consultant, I had to drop another $3,500, and I don't have my other 5 year old pc. What is wrong with EA? I agree, EA should just have this stuff lowered like every other game developers. P.S. The game does sound really great on your stream!

[@SgtDrayke]

yeh so.. There's no law, be it in the uk that says any publishers/studio has to make an optimised game. as long as it runs stable on 5 or 10 different variations of systems and can be complete without any bugs stopping the player from doing so .. then it passes qc. people (gamers) need to vote with there wallets and reviews. Cyberpunk a clear example of it being done.. unfortunately I personally feel that what happened to Cyberpunk was extreme and unfair.. but in the "gaming revolution" it was going to happen at some point to a game.. just so happened to be Cp77. most ( a good 40%) of players complaining about Cp77 was just trying to get there money back after either finishing the story or finding its not there type of game,. another say 17% couldn't simply run the game and the rest were just following the hype train. (being a sheep following the herd) you look at total sales now its obvious most of those people have purchased the game again. back to nfs .. if people actually stood up to ea and forced a return refund they would have to do something, and change there ways,. but for EA a good 70+% of there sales are console. that's what there games are made for. all need for speed games since most wanted. possibly carbon have been made for console, then ported from console back to pc (version) were as other studios make a console version, and a pc version. another thing to note most (im 37 so going back to the early 2000's) pc players know or learn how to optimise games, that's the pc way, overclock or tweak, learn to mod and get the most out of everything that's why building a pc is so superior because you know how to fix or tweak it. console its buy console, buy game, load game, play.. as more console players move to "pre made" computers that are built to be like console to compete in the market.. the users come across os issues or driver issues.. or optimisation problems with hardware. OS updates can screw a lot. i recently had corsair do an update that required a full deep clean (beyond safe mode) of the Icue client and reinstall. not many people will know how to do that. so yeh .. ea is lazy and only sees $$$. but also people need to remember PC gaming is more than just sit and load a game. lastly ,,. you say 3,500 .. my gaming rig is north of that not bragging, its because i wanted it to be , if your not a hardcore pc/gamer then 1300 will do. . my xeon workstation is near that, for video & animation i use a xeon workstations. HP G4z5 are good and cheep second hand, or build your own, ebay second hand parts. my xeon is around 2019/2020 parts, are like half the value now. Now heat is old., I did recently get unbound for £6 but still havnt played it. i think TDUSC is and will be amazingly better than nfs titles in terms of arcade street racing.. if you want sim go forza horizon.