Is there an FPS or stutter issue with steam friends

[ightenhill]

I'm not sure if this occurred after today's patch.. I'm still getting reasonable 40 -60 fps on mainly ultra but I was getting spikes (didn't happen before todays patch)..

Now I notice though that I can almost eradicate them by launching from the exe rather than steam library, and making sure I have no steam popups for friends turned on..

Anyone else noticed any issues with the steam client being in the background and running its friends stuff..

 

[Krobar]

I notice this in all my steam games.

 

[Pyros777]

Disabling the Steam In-Game Community is known to improve performance.

For those who do not know how to do this:

Library --> Right-click Red Orchestra 2: Heros of Stalingrad --> Properties --> Un-check 'Enable Steam Community In-Game'

 

[wooki]

Yup. Just tried running with steam overlay on again. Framerate reports same numbers but the game stutters.