When it comes to an open world and a first-person shooter game, the name Far Cry always gets mentioned. The open world in this game is a giant arena that is comprised of something different around every corner. One could go on and explore it and never actually be able to see it all because of its magnitude. There is just so much happening at any given time in this open world, it is classic Ubisoft stuff.
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The resistance meter decides the difficulty of the challenges the player faces. There are three different regions in the game, namely Holland Valley, Henbane River and Whitetail Mountains. It is up to the player how they conquer these lands. The main villain in Far Cry 5 is a man named Joseph Seed.
Also, the player can get valuable assistance from characters in the form of air support, sniper support and animal support. There are other modes as well other than campaign such as arcade, making the game a truly worthy must-have kind of thing.
Issues Faced During Gameplay
Despite the game being a favorite of many, like many other games, Far Cry 5 also has some issues that are irking the gamers. Far Cry 5 is primarily a single player game but there are thousands of people who prefer playing it online. People have reported the game to be full of lags, which is unlike the usual high ping and latency issues one faces when playing online. The minimum requirements for the game are a Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 (or its equivalent in AMD) as well as a minimum RAM of 8GB.
FPS dropouts are also a common issue and so is stuttering. Those users who are fortunate enough to experience the game at a stable 60 FPS have experienced the game freezing for a few seconds as well. One of the reasons this happens, despite the specs being good enough, is a bad driver installation. The game driver might not be the latest one.
Solution to Lags and Freezes
Ubisoft claims to have optimized the game so that it runs smoothly. They have also released four updates as of the time this article is being written, in order to improve the user experience of Far Cry 5 by augmenting it with much-needed fixes. Officially, what they recommend you to do is to first make sure your computer system meets the minimum system requirements to run the game. The basic troubleshooting they recommend is to update the video card drivers as well as update the operating system.
Other than what they have recommended, the other recommendations we can give you are as follows:
- Go to the Task Manager and set the priority of Far Cry 5 to High in the Details tab.
- Make sure you have set your battery setting to provide with best performance rather than best battery life. This can be altered using the battery icon on the taskbar.
- Make sure that you do not have a VPN enabled. Disable it while you are playing the game in order to improve the performance of the network.
- Always opt to execute the game in an elevated mode, i.e. right-click the .exe file of the game and select Run as administrator.
- You may Windows Defender as well as Windows Firewall.
When it comes to FPS dropouts, the following are the workarounds that might be of help.
- You can go to the Graphics settings in the game and lower the in-game resolution. Also, lower the overall graphics settings.
- Turn off any background applications that are eating up the scarce RAM.
- Try to keep under check the temperature of the hardware such as GPU and CPU. Make sure that the vents are open and the temperature is below 65℃.
- Lastly, turning off the Vsync might also be helpful.
These are some methods that might help you bring about a significant improvement in your experience of Far Cry 5 and enjoy it to the fullest.