Can I pop in here and ask about something unrelated to the top topic?
Has anybody noticed unstable frame rates while playing Elite using GFN? In the past, the game ran as flawlessly on GFN as it did on my local hardware, i.e., a rock solid 60 fps (capped) everywhere but at settlements (with the usual fluctuations there). Now, even sitting idle in my cockpit, the fps constantly fluctuates between 48-60 nonstop. As an experiment, I capped the framerate at 90 and now it fluctuates between 70-90 constantly, up and down, up and down nonstop. I lowered the settings but that hasn't changed anything. It doesn't seem to be related to the graphics. I might try upgrading to the "Ultimate" tier to see if that makes a difference (it shouldn't because I've been running Elite just fine on this tier for YEARS now but I wouldn't put it past nVidia to start throttling lower tiers). I will also try a different server region (my gut tells me this has something to do with GFN servers).
I recall encountering this problem a few months back where exiting the game and starting it again seemed to help. But this hasn't worked so far.
EDIT: My hunch was right. I switched from the automatically selected US Northeast server location for GFN to US East and the wild framerates disappeared and returned to a solid 60 FPS. Apparently, it does have something to do with GFN servers. Now that I think about it, the last time this happened the Northeast servers went offline for maintenance for a day or two and I had to manually switch to the East servers where the framerate issue disappeared. Something going on with the NE servers. I think I might upgrade to Ultimate to see if that makes a difference, too.
EDIT 2: Yesterday, GFN debuted the open beta for Black Ops 6. I suspect the GFN servers got hammered. Today, the service is back to normal.
