As a result of its recent introduction, Phasmophobia has quickly become one of the most well-known virtual reality (VR) games available, and there are now more people than ever before using it.
However, some of them have started reporting serious frame drop difficulties anytime they attempt to play the game, which may at times make the gameplay so difficult to control that it is almost impossible to play.
Despite the fact that a great number of gamers across a variety of platforms have reported this issue, the root cause of the issue has not been determined as of yet.
How to Resolve Phasmophobia Frame Drop?
- Close Other Running Apps
Phasmophobia is an extremely memory-intensive game. In order to have as little lag as possible, it’s best to close all other apps you have running on your device while playing.
This will free up your device’s RAM and give you a better gameplay experience. If you plan on playing for long periods of time, it might be worth restarting your device in order to clear out any remaining processes that are not being used at that moment.
If restarting doesn’t help, try closing background applications by double tapping your home button (the one with an icon of four squares), then swiping up until all of your open applications are closed.
- Update GPU Drivers
Whether you want your games and other graphics-intensive apps to work smoothly, you should check if there are any updated graphics drivers available for your computer. As a means toward this end:
- Select “Right-click to launch Quick Access Menu” from the Start menu.
- Device Manager should be selected from the menu.
- Next, expand the Display adapters section by double-clicking on the category’s name.
- Refresh the Monitor Adapter in Device Manager
- Then, right-click the name of the graphics card you want to use.
- To find the most up-to-date driver automatically, go to Device Manager and click the Update Driver button.
- If a newer version is available there, it will immediately get it and install it.
- Make careful to restart your machine thereafter to get the new results.
As an alternative, you may visit the graphics card manufacturer’s official website, locate the most recent driver for your specific model of graphics card, and install it manually.
The GeForce Experience app for Nvidia graphics cards may be kept up-to-date via the company’s official website. Meanwhile, those who utilize AMD graphics cards may get the same information on the AMD website.
- Run The Game As Admin
Phasmophobia’s executable file requires administrative privileges, therefore be sure to launch it in this mode to prevent any problems. That is to say:
- Select “Properties” from the menu that appears when you right-click the Phasmophobia executable.
- Choose the Compatibility tab by going to Properties.
- The option labeled “Run this software as an administrator” must be checked.
- To commit your changes, click Apply and then click OK.
- Clear Cache
There is a good chance your computer’s cache has outdated information that is causing issues with your game.
Try deleting all temporary files and then restarting to see if that fixes it. Otherwise, you may need to uninstall and re-install a newer version of your graphics card driver.
Otherwise, you may need to uninstall and re-install Steam. Or try contacting Steam support for further help.