Certain in-game elements are notorious for causing "lag spikes," particularly in fire-heavy areas like the Black Pits Smoke No Sight Block
For players experiencing uncharacteristic FPS drops or stuttering, even on high-end hardware, the following community-recommended "fixes" act as the most effective performance modifications: The CPU Affinity Fix (Highly Recommended) divinity+original+sin+2+performance+mod
Interestingly, a 2024 Reddit survey of 1,000 DOS2 players revealed that users with high-end GPUs (3080/4090) report more frustration with the vanilla experience than low-end users. Why? Because high-end users expect 144 FPS. The is the only way to unlock frame rates beyond 120 FPS in 4K, as the vanilla engine artificially caps draw distance to maintain "cinematic 60 FPS." Certain in-game elements are notorious for causing "lag