Dva ult transition lag and models not loading

[Benana-2627]

Hi,

I have an issue which is also described here as a bug:

Really bad lag whenever leaving or entering mech D.Va

Whenever I play dva and leave or enter the mech, I lag really badly. I cannot see my crosshair or bullets. Rubber banding happens and enemies on my screen aren’t where they really are. This can cause me to die or not get kills because I cannot aim without my crosshair. Usually things go back to normal after a few seconds, but I just had to leave a game because the game completely stopped working after getting demeched, even after respawning. I was stuck in some 3rd person view inside of dvas me…

and here as a technical issue:

Transition lag between Dva into pilot dva

Anybody here have this problem? I’ve never had this problem before and was wondering if anybody here had problems with the D.va screen transition into pilot D.va taking 1-2 seconds.

I don’t think I had problems with this lag in Overwatch, but in Overwatch 2 whenever I leave the mech and especially when I re-enter it, my game “lags”, often for several seconds.
I don’t think it is my internet connection, as it only happens around the transition from/to dvas mech, but when this happens my character rubberbands and I experience other problems that normally appear when I lag because of ping, just as is described in the bug post. What is also interesting, is that the in-game “ms” counter spikes during that time.
It is especially bad if I re-enter the mech and then press shift for example.
The only explanation I can think of is performance, but I don’t experience this lag anywhere else and my graphics settings are set as low as possible (I think) and my system fulfills the min spec requirements.
But it feels like the game struggles to load dvas mech model and HUD, which basically stops my game until this is loaded.

Since OW2 I also regularly have issues at the beginning of games where I am already loaded in to play but it takes up to several minutes until all the models, the HUD and sounds are loaded.
After OW2 released I also often had the issue that I was kicked from games for being afk while I was still in the loading screen.
This is also described here:
“Constant lag/player models not loading” by Usagi from the 19.04.2023 (can’t link it due to the max 2 link rule)

If this is a performance issue, what are the settings I can use to optimize performance as much as possible?

My system specs:
CPU: i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz
RAM: 16,0 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, 4GB VRAM

In-game performance stats:
fps: 165, tmp: 64C, VRM: 439MB, latency: 79ms (it can spike to >150ms), ind: 56ms (spikes to >100ms)

[Craftoon-1231]

This issue went away for me. I think it stopped happening after I updated my graphics driver. Everything you’re describing sounds like a graphics issue.

[Benana-2627]

I just installed the newest NVIDIA driver for my card, GeForce Game Ready Driver version 546.01 and the issue persists.
Another thing I tried is installing Overwatch 2 on my SSD (it is currently on a HDD while Battle.net is on my SSD), but that did not lead to (great) improvement for the lag during the mech transitions.