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Truck Simulator: Big Rigs - Unexpected micro-stuttering on Windows 11?
Hi everyone,
First-time poster here. I'm hoping someone can shed some light on a really frustrating performance issue I've been having since upgrading to Windows 11.
I've been trying to play an older favorite game, Truck Simulator: Big Rigs and I'm experiencing persistent micro-stuttering that wasn't there on Windows 10. My hardware is more than capable of handling it (specs below).
The strange part is that the game runs at a high, stable frame rate most of the time, but the stuttering happens consistently when multiple **big rigs** are rendered on screen at once. It feels like a resource loading or driver issue, but I'm at my wit's end trying to diagnose it.
Here's what I've tried so far with no luck:
* Clean install of the latest NVIDIA drivers using DDU.
* Disabling the Xbox Game Bar and all background recording features.
* Running the game in compatibility mode for Windows 7/8/10.
* Disabling fullscreen optimizations.
* Forcing V-Sync on/off in the NVIDIA Control Panel.
* Adding the game executable to Windows Graphics Settings and setting it to "High Performance".
* Ensuring VBS (Virtualization-based Security) is turned off.
UPDATE & SOLUTION:
After a lot of trial and error, I finally found the solution! It turns out it wasn't a driver or a standard Windows setting issue. It was a very specific problem with how the game engine handles asset streaming for the vehicle models, which seems to conflict with how Windows 11 manages memory for older applications.
I managed to find a workaround that completely eliminates the stuttering. Since the fix is a bit detailed and might help others facing similar problems with this or other older games, I wrote up a full step-by-step guide with screenshots.
You can find the solution and download here:
https://modhello.com/truck-simulator-big-rigs/
Hopefully, this saves someone else the headache. Thanks again for the community support!
2 Replies
In my “virtual” opinion, since the game runs fine at high frame rates but stutters with multiple rigs, it might be a synchronization or rendering bottleneck in Windows 11’s graphics stack. Sometimes, older games don’t play well with the new OS’s graphics handling, especially with hardware acceleration or driver interactions.
Your steps show a solid approach—clean driver installs, disabling background features, compatibility tweaks, and graphics settings adjustments. It’s often a combination of these things that helps, especially with older games that might not fully mesh with newer OS memory management.
