Hello! Throughout the past few months I’ve been experiencing a persistent and extremely annoying issue with the Roblox client. The performance of the client randomly goes from running smoothly to completely freezing for a second or two before resuming smooth gameplay.
On occasion though not all the time, opening the menu or pressing “esc” to bring up the popup asking if you want to exit the app entirely or just go back to exploring the platform also causes this spike in lag.
There are a few things I’ve noted
- It only happens on the web client not the Microsoft Store version.
- It only happens on my main account (ThatOneUnoriginal) and not on an alt account (despite being on the exact same hardware.)
No modifications are installed on either versions of the Roblox client (I had at most Bloxstrap and an FPS unlocker) but uninstalling the former doesn’t seem to affect anything and the latter isn’t even enabled (and the issue occurred prior to installing it.)
I’ve tried uninstalling the application, removing the files from %appdata%, installing the latest NVIDIA Graphics Driver, disabling GeForce experience overlay, bypassing Bloxstrap and then eventually uninstalling it entirely. Basically anything that I have tried I have tried and it doesn’t work.
Bellow is a showcase of the two. Both instances are on the Roblox web-installed client playing the same experience on the same hardware. The only difference is the user (and avatar) alongside a different server of said experience.
Expected behavior: Noteing the specifications of the hardware being used to run the client, there should be no problem playing experiences including (but not limited to) opening the Roblox menu. This was done on an alternative account but is on the Roblox web-installed client.
(Ignore the video in the bottom right, I was watching some Fallout challenge video when I had the idea of reporting this issue.)
Actual behavior: Whenever I open the Roblox menu, the game freezes for a few seconds before resuming normally. In this example I spammed the esc key a few times so that’s why it lasts a bit longer then a few seconds. This is on my main account and is also on the Roblox web-installed client.
(I said earlier to ignore the video in the bottom right, but it can be used to show that its not the PC that’s freezing, its just the Roblox client.)
Device Specifications:
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz
RAM: 32GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
OS: Windows 11 Pro 23H2
Screenshot bellow shows a huge spike in CPU resposne time after pressing the “ESC” key to open the Roblox menu