Problem with NFS Most Wanted Running slow

[Diligence]

The game loads fine and the cutscenes are regular speed but as soon as i get to the main menu the game's at half speed. I loaded into the game to see if it was just a problem with the main menu but it's not the case. Like i said the cutscenes are fine and it seems like it slows and drops fps at random times, even in the menus. I've tried every method of trying to fix it that i could find like making sure it's not in slowmo, changing the render settings, Making sure its using my graphics card in the Adapter settings, turning off/on various settings like vsync, Optimal Frame Pacing, changing the ee cycle rate, making sure Multithreaded Vu1 is enabled, changing the internal resolution. I noticed changing the ee cycle rate to 130% and changing the ee cycle skipping to mild underclock loaded the main menu at 100% but capped the frames at 30, that also had no effect on the gameplay either though. I've tried verifying for the heck of it with no effect. IT seemed like it was using 40% of my cpu but only 7-10% of my gpu


CPU: AMD FX™-8350 Eight-Core Processor
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
Memory: 16 GB

[jesalvein]

you should be fine with a good cpu.
that one is unfortunately sub par for demanding games

[Diligence]

I didn't think NFS MW was that demanding

[jesalvein]

I didn't think NFS MW was that demanding

unfortunately, it is.
and your cpu is clearly on the weak side for pcsx2