skate. – How to Fix the 30 FPS Lock and Slow-Motion Bug in (PC Performance Guide)

The highly anticipated launch of skate. has finally arrived, and while players are flocking to its sprawling open world to shred and pull off incredible tricks, some on PC have encountered a couple of frustrating performance issues that can sour the experience. Two widespread and confusing bugs have emerged: a bizarre issue where playing on the “Low” graphics preset results in a worse frame rate than “Medium,” and a game-breaking “slow-motion” bug that can affect players on high-end hardware.

If you’ve been hit with either of these problems, you’re not alone. Thankfully, the community has already found clear and effective solutions for both. This guide will provide you with a detailed, step-by-step walkthrough to fix the 30 FPS lock and the slow-motion bug, allowing you to resolve these technical hiccups and get the smooth, responsive gameplay experience that the game is meant to provide.

The 30 FPS on Low Settings Bug (And How to Fix It)

This is one of the most counter-intuitive bugs players are currently facing. In an attempt to increase their frame rate, players on lower-end hardware will naturally switch their graphics preset to “Low.” However, for many, this is having the opposite effect, locking their game to a sluggish 30 frames per second, while the more graphically demanding “Medium” preset runs at a much higher, unlocked frame rate.

Understanding the Bug

This issue is almost certainly a bug within the game’s configuration files. It appears that the global “Low” preset is incorrectly enabling a hidden V-Sync or frame rate cap that is not intended. This means that even if your PC is capable of running the game at 60 FPS or higher with low settings, the bugged preset is forcing it down to 30 FPS. The “Medium” preset does not have this erroneous cap, which is why it performs better.

The Counter-Intuitive Solution

The fix for this is surprisingly simple but requires a specific sequence of steps. You will essentially be tricking the game into using the unlocked frame rate of the Medium preset while still benefiting from the performance of Low graphical settings.

1. Launch skate. and navigate to the Graphics Settings menu from the main menu or the pause screen.
2. Find the main Graphics Preset option and set it to Medium. Do not change any of the individual settings below it yet.
3. Apply these settings and exit the menu to ensure the change has been registered.
4. Go back into the Graphics Settings menu. The preset should still say “Medium.”
5. Now, go through the list of individual graphics options (e.g., Texture Quality, Shadow Quality, Anti-Aliasing, etc.) and manually change each one down to your desired Low or Off setting.
6. Once you have manually lowered all the individual settings, Apply the changes one last time.

By following this process, you have effectively created a custom preset that has the performance of the “Low” settings but without the bugged 30 FPS cap. You should now see a significant improvement in your frame rate.

Fixing the Game-Breaking Slow-Motion Bug

The second major issue primarily affects players on high-end PCs. Some players have reported that the game will suddenly start running in slow motion, even while their frame rate counter shows a very high number (e.g., 150+ FPS).

What Causes the Slow-Mo Bug?

This is a classic issue that can occur in games where the game’s internal physics and simulation speed are tied directly to the frame rate. When the FPS gets excessively high, the game engine can struggle to keep the simulation in sync with the rendering speed. This desynchronization causes the game logic to slow down, resulting in the bizarre “slow-motion” effect, even though your GPU is rendering frames at a very high rate.

The Solution: Capping Your Frame Rate with External Tools

The fix is to prevent your frame rate from ever reaching these unstable high numbers by setting a firm cap. Since skate. may not have a reliable in-game frame rate limiter, the best way to do this is with a trusted third-party application.

Required Tools: MSI Afterburner and RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS)

To implement this fix, you will need two pieces of free software that are essential tools for any PC gamer:

• MSI Afterburner: This is the world’s most popular GPU monitoring and overclocking utility.
• RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS): This is a powerful frame rate monitoring and limiting utility that is automatically bundled with the MSI Afterburner installation. This is the tool we will be using for the fix.

You can download MSI Afterburner (which includes RTSS) for free from the official MSI website.

Step-by-Step Guide to Capping Your FPS with RTSS

1. Download and install MSI Afterburner. Make sure that the option to install the RivaTuner Statistics Server is checked during the installation process.
2. Once installed, run RTSS. You will not see a large window open. Instead, it will appear as a small computer monitor icon in your Windows system tray (the area by your clock in the bottom-right of your screen). Click on it to open the main RTSS window.
3. On the left side of the RTSS window, click the green “Add” button to create a new profile. A file explorer window will open. You will need to navigate to your skate. game installation folder and select the main game executable (e.g., skate.exe).
4. With the new skate. profile selected in the RTSS list, look for the option on the right side labeled Framerate limit.
5. Type 59 into the box next to it and press Enter.
6. You can now minimize the RTSS window (do not close it). The frame rate cap will remain active as long as RTSS is running in the background.
7. Launch skate. The game will now be capped at 59 FPS, which will prevent the physics engine from desynchronizing and will completely fix the slow-motion bug.

Why 59 FPS instead of 60? Capping your frame rate just below a common monitor refresh rate (like 60Hz) is a popular technique to ensure the absolute smoothest experience. It can help reduce input lag and prevent micro-stutters that can sometimes occur when a frame rate is locked exactly to the refresh rate.

With these two simple fixes, you can resolve the most frustrating performance issues currently affecting skate. on PC. Now you can spend less time troubleshooting and more time shredding. See you at the park!

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