PSA: a pay-2-survive option to the slow motion issues on steam: boosteroid
disclaimer: i have no connection to the application or the company. i'm just a veteran who wants to play his games. if you don't have the internet connection that can support game streaming from cloud, don't bother with this.
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ever since the 2027 release, gameplay on steam (at least on low-end machines) has crashed.
i was able to play on HD resolution at 60 fps before. now i can't go over 30 fps at 1280 * 720, or the game completely goes slow motion and stops taking my inputs, including vs AI matches. and 30 fps is torture, as you can imagine.
i turned every windows, nvidia and game setting i could find inside out. nothing worked yet.
then yesterday, i found boosteroid. a cloud gaming service where you can connect your steam account and play whatever (not everything), including efootball.
it's 10-15 euros per month depending on the subscription type. before i can invest in a new computer, i'm using this as a temporary solution and testing ground. it's a good deal for me because i also had other games waiting for a new machine, like god of war, resident evil and silent hill. i tried them all, everything works perfectly well.
i'm in europe, with 1gbit fiber, and even then i was getting some frame drops in efootball. there's a streaming workaround on the steam client directly, which allowed me to play at max graphic settings with literally 0 input delay or frame drop.
anyway, in the end, it's your money and your expense. i just want to point out the option for whoever didn't know, like me 2 days ago.
the last but not the least, check their server locations before you decide to go for it, to make sure you are close enough for a good connection.
