It seems to be across the board that Lonesome Road is bar none the glitchiest DLC of the five. Some of us can't even play it because the framerate lag is so bad.

If they want us to be beta testers, then so be it. I actually managed to get through Lonesome Road on PS3 after much effort(!!!), but I love this game too much to leave the rest of you in the dust. Well, that, and my husband can't even get through the game now without the horrendous framerate lag issue.

I don't have a solution, sadly, but if any of you all do, then feel free to post it! If someone finds a suitable workaround or solution (NOT "oh, just start a new character" because that's a combination word that has a B and an S in it), post! If others are having success with it, I will post it in the OP.

But here's what I can do in the meantime -- for those of you having trouble with the framerate lag issue (or other possibly game-breaking glitches), post with:

level of character:
approx. number of attempts to play LR:
first started that particular save file (approximately):
faction alliance (if any):
any other DLCs downloaded besides Lonesome Road:
where in Lonesome Road the framelag started/got the worst:
any other glitches that you may have experienced that affected LR or any of the base game after install:

This information could possibly whittle down a cause or give us a solution. (And hey, maybe if this information is organized, someone might just take pity on us!)

Putting in a separate post to distinguish my problems from the OP.


level of character: 50 (hardcoe)
approx. number of attempts to play LR: 6 or 7
first started that particular save file (approximately): April 2011
faction alliance (if any): Independent/NCR
any other DLCs downloaded besides Lonesome Road: all of them
where in Lonesome Road the framelag started/got the worst: in the Marked Men encampment after picking up the Laser Detonator
any other glitches that you may have experienced that affected LR or any of the base game after install: not that I've noticed

additional information: Gave up on trying to play it on this save file figuring it was too large to do anything worthwhile. Game would practically lock up in VATS (practically because the frame would move once per fifteen seconds), framerates of 1-3 every five to ten seconds, containers would take up to half a minute to open.

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level of character: 25 (hardcoe)
approx. number of attempts to play LR: 3
first started that particular save file (approximately): August 2011
faction alliance (if any): Legion
any other DLCs downloaded besides Lonesome Road: all of them
where in Lonesome Road the framelag started/got the worst: right after talking to Ulysses after exiting the silo
any other glitches that you may have experienced that affected LR or any of the base game after install: not that I've noticed

additional information: Managed to get through the DLC on this save file after three attempts. What I did is that I made a beeline for the Marked Men Encampment after speaking to Ulysses for the first time. Picked up the laser detonator, had a tiny bit of lag for a couple of seconds, but then it went back to normal right after and had no incident with the DLC since.

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level of character: 40 (non-hardcoe)
approx. number of attempts to play LR: 10-12
first started that particular save file (approximately): March 2011
faction alliance (if any): Independent
any other DLCs downloaded besides Lonesome Road: all of them
where in Lonesome Road the framelag started/got the worst: at the Marked Men Encampment after picking up detonator
any other glitches that you may have experienced that affected LR or any of the base game after install: not that I've noticed

additional information: This is hubby's save file. He picks up the laser detonator and all things go to hell, receiving frame rates of 1-3 every 5 seconds or so. Then it slows down even further, having a frame rate of 1 every five to ten seconds, game locks up in VATS.