[2023] Is there any news on when lag spikes like this will be fixed? Makes the game unplayable.

Originally posted by Glory_To_Atom

Epic is aware of the problem, it is tad bit complex to fix.

u/FreightTrainUSA, Me and a friend of mine did identify some of the causes:

• Getting close to a radar can cause the performance issues to happen

• Getting close to the frisbee launcher can cause a lot of performance issues.

• Getting close to a survivor can cause even worse performance issues. Especially noticeable in Rescue The Survivors mission.

• Getting close to an orb, a storm chest or any other encounter type can cause the FPS drops.

• Elemental husks spawning from patrols and during defense in any defense-type mission can cause FPS drops.

TL;DR: Basically it's general UI causing such problems.