How to get out of lag without restarting in The Sims 4!

Just a quick demonstration of how I get out of the lag on Sims 4 without restarting my game.
NOTE: I play on PlayStation!!

If Esc/clicking on the 'Options Menu' doesn't work, I go next to 'Game Options' 'Lessons' 'Credits' etc. - as sometimes the sub-menus that these bring up snap me out of the lag. If none of those work - as they didn't in this demo - I click on my Sims calendar. For me, it's been a fix nearly every time, and I've barely ever had to restart my game since. Good luck, I hope it works for you too!
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[Lari_A]

I often see LilSimsie simply opening the Options Menu and closing it really fast and it works for her. But I wonder if it has to do with her computer specs, if just doing that doesn't work for everyone.

[barenjablue]

I do that too but it works instantly, now though if the lag is that bad, I would open task manager and check my CPU, get rid of any widgets or browsers that are open and make sure it’s lower than 40%. It makes my game run faster.

[silverwear]

the lag in my game is sooo bad 😭 tysm for this video and to the peeps in the comments giving suggestions 🥰

[jordanr]

I had 10fps max, so i tried open/close calendar and my 120fps came back like it used to be ! I was out of ideas but never expected to fix it with a calendar... THANK YOUU

[Delspyr]

2024 still have this laggy. this EA TS4 engine shitty, and they cant fix this issue, just like Rockstar GTA V loading screen.. until modder tries to find the issue & fix it.

[sapphicsimmer]

Like y is the sims 4 so laggy? & i had the nerve to think it was my laptop

[Nyanderthall]

This happens to me so often, I usually get so upset that I just close the game, delete the cache and saves and when I open the game again (after creating a new save) it doesn't lag, it seems that whenever my game auto saves it makes my game lag

[franclynambrosino]

I keep on saving until the game goes back to normal. Sometimes it doesn’t work tho. 😂

[prttyskinny]

wow thanks so much this is still working in 2023 😊

[lava-nder]

I play on a med-crappy laptop and pressing esc, waiting a second and then pressing it again works 90% of the time. Sometimes, if it's simulation lag and not game lag, I'll pause the game and wait a second, or even save while paused as a last resort. These always work!!

Also, in my personal experience, some particular mods make my game lag. Oni's food mod combined with Gran's cookbook make my cooking interactions lag as hell. With scco (the cooking overhaul one ykno) it was a nightmare. I also downloaded the "no empty venues when arriving" by weebersu(or smth like that, the dude that makes the more cas columns mod) and that also made my game lag _a lot_

So yea pressing esc helps a lot, but also maybe keep track of the mods you have in your game, in case they might be making a lot of difference

[peterlorincz]

This happens to me as well, i have already seen numerous threads about this. I try to save my game frequently and if the lag occours, i exit the game and open it again. Do graphics settings trigger this kind of lag? In my game this lag is triggered by the notification wall and the animations of the user interface. Once it happened when my sim arrived home and the salary notification appeared, the other time it was caused by the opening of the career panel. Since then i keep my notification wall clear. It just seems that UI related things (switching into buy mode, opening tabs, animations when gaining a skill and notification related animations) really trigger this.

[adorbsleah]

All I do is save and then remove all my notifications, then my game is back to normal :)

[gseric]

I would simply use the "press exit button" tactic, but that hasn't been working for me lately, and it's just silly that I play games with twice the graphics quality of this game and can run them at 90fps. I'll definitely try this method...actually, right now XD

[teabeenz]

On console what I do is I’ll go to the controls screen, that usually works.

[TheRockerGirlD]

In my case (laptop) I just need to press ESC twice owo

[MariaMedina-vgqd]

I thought i was the only oneee I have the same problem so I just open the menu, close it and it fixes. But I think it happens because of the graphics settings being too high or something.

[kawanbrownlee]

Thanks for making this video I also experience game lag on Sims 4 PS4 it helps to try different things I also stopped the lagging but when it does it again I know how to stop it and console players should avoid using the skill building cheat it will lag your game after using it 2 times I avoid using that cheat after it had caused my game to lag

[Simliciouss]

Say 🤔 trying this out later today. ☺️ thanks

[detrimidexta]

Changing screens in bottom-right info-panel works for me

[tamaradavis]

I usually just save and give the game time to catch up, which is essentially what this is doing.