Viridian Wildwood terrible performance

This unique map has terrible networking issues. FPS is completely normal, but the network and shader constantly spike whenever I encounter new enemies, then only stabilizes some time after all enemies are killed.

This is miserable to play. It feels like I am constantly jumping between 50ms to 2000ms ping but the chart rarely reflects it. My character would be occasionally slow, then move super fast without my input (like the network is catching up).

There was no performance or networking issues with maps before or after I ran it.

EDIT: With some messing around, it appears bluetooth controller interactions are the cause for this terrible performance. Logging in with WASD, I move around no problem in hideout. Once I move the controller joystick or press buttons, the performance starts dropping even while I am on WASD.

Just got the same terrible performance in an Expedition map Barren Atoll.

Shortly after detonating the explosives, my FPS drops to ~30 and my input lag skyrockets to 1000ms and slowly climbs (what it feels like). There is zero increase in network delay so my internet (based on the game) is not a problem. Even after restarting the game, the performance is terrible in the hideout. If I stand still for a while, it stabilizes to 60fps, but immediately tanks when I move.

This was accompanied by slight audio crackling as my CPU ms delay (from in-game chart) randomly spikes while my CPU usage is hovering around 20%. It happens randomly and is incredibly infuriating.

This occurs for both Vulkan and DX12.

PoE2 might run badly but I'm afraid that your CPU is struggling, can you show computer specs please?

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Warrax#2850 wrote:

PoE2 might run badly but I'm afraid that your CPU is struggling, can you show computer specs please?

I'm running with AMD ryzen 7600 CPU with RTX 3060Ti GPU and 32GB RAM. I am aware it is not super strong and I understand about getting frame drops every now and them, but for most of my playtime. It was fairly stable around 60fps. I've played 75hr+ on my character this league and I have encountered this random performance tanking twice as I posted above.

I have narrowed it down to the bluetooth controller causing the issue so my PC specs should not be the sole problem. After I start experiencing the problem, when I login with WASD controls, I experience no problems. When I give inputs on my controller while still in WASD controls, the performance issues start happening. As I mentioned, I went 75 hrs with bluetooth controller and had zero issues. It only happened the two times and I could not figure out why it starts happening.

I posted a thread in the Early Access Bug Reports after I identified the bluetooth controller issue since it is more of a bug than just plain bad performance.

Fixed the performance issues. The culprit is an update from Windows 10 installing a new program "GameInput" on Sep 23 2025. This program and its related services were causing both the bluetooth lag and the controller performance drops for everything. Uninstalling "GameInput" and disabling the services caused all the issues to disappear. I don't know what affected me when I first made this thread Sep 8, but the ongoing issues I have been having are now gone.

This issue is not widely mentioned since it is excluding playing with controller on PC, but there are several other posts on other sites related to using controller negatively affecting PC performance.