Respawn fixing Apex Legends lag on Olympus after Season 12 complaints:
Even three years after its release, Apex Legends remains one of the most played Battle Royale titles on the planet. Over time, the developers added several new maps to the game.
One of them is the Olympus map that was released in Season 7. With the start of Season 12, the developers made some changes and made Olympus bigger than before while adding some new points of interest and improved the loot pool.
But now, it looks like many Apex Legends players are facing FPS drops or performance issues whenever they play on Olympus. The majority of these reports claim that the FPS drops are making it unplayable with many forced to play the game below 30 FPS.
As it turns out, the majority of console players seem to be affected right now with a few reports from PC players saying that the performance has dropped for them as well.
Players have been dropping into Apex Legends Season 12 in droves to check out the Olympus changes, but it’s not been the same for everyone. Console players have reportedly experienced massive lag on the new map, and Respawn are fixing it.
The updated Olympus map is one of the biggest draw cards in Apex Legends Season 12. After first being released in Season 7, the “Sabotaged” map is its second big update in less than two years.
With a couple of new POIs including Phase Driver and Terminal opening up the South side of the map that was rather bare, there’s a whole new way to approach the map in the Defiance update.
However, it’s not been smooth sailing for everyone. While PC players have been mostly fine with exploring the new Olympus, console players have been suffering from major FPS drops due to a lack of optimization. Players on older consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One have been suffering the most.
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The new Olympus is causing major lag for some Apex Legends players.
The chorus of complaints has been heard by Respawn though, and a fix is on its way.
“Heads up, legends: We’re aware of and investigating an issue causing frame rate loss on Olympus for our PS4, Xbox 1, and Switch players,” Respawn told players on February 8 just hours after the update dropped.
Exactly how long it’ll take remains to be seen, but the fix should at least bring console players back up to their baseline 60 FPS instead of dropping into the teens or low-20s.
Official acknowledged
We're aware of and investigating an issue causing frame rate loss on Olympus for our PS4, Xbox 1, and Switch players. More info to come as we have it.
It’s also spurred on conversation on when Apex Legends’ next gen launch will finally hit live servers.
While an exact release date hasn’t been confirmed by Respawn, the game is now rated on the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S with a release date of February 8, the same day as Season 12’s launch. It is yet to hit online storefronts.
We’ll update you once Respawn fixes the performance issues on Olympus.