So this has actually been happening for months but I took a break from the game and haven’t been playing more than one or two games at a time when this is annoying but not a major issue. However, it’s insanely annoying now that I try to play more and I need to fix it. I can’t provide any fancy technical details unfortunately but for a single match, everything’s fine. After that I start getting major FPS drops and ping rate gets terrible for a few seconds at a time. Suffice to say this has gotten me killed more than a few times. After three matches that state keeps happening more and more frequently until it becomes practically permanent. After five matches the game breaks completely. Audio shuts off entirely except for a few occasional bursts, people look like they’re moon walking, FPS falls to single digits and if I keep going in this state the game eventually crashes. My drivers are up to date, I’m playing on the proper server, I uninstalled everything and downloaded the game again but it still happens. I’m using an Alienware 15 and running Windows 10, if that helps. Please, if anyone can tell me how to fix this, I’d really appreciate it.
I know this sounds crazy, but the large FPS drops can be related to a connectivity issue. Everything is going great, then suddenly you are at single-digit FPS and your ping is over 200-300, then seconds later it can normalize, or just keep getting worse. I recommend you try the Network troubleshooting steps and perhaps provide a WinMTR report.