GTA 5 Lag/Usage Spikes

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Aug 29, 2017
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So I was playing GTA 5 with a stable 60fps on Online. When I went to story mode, the game started stuttering and dropping below 40fps. I took a looksee at Global Wattman, and I noticed that the usage was spiking from 100 down to the 40s or even below that. Anyone have any idea what could be going on? I was thinking it might be my HDD, since I've been using it since 2014, but I have no idea if it would be causing this.

Specs:
i5-6500 @ 3.2 GHz
MSI GAMING X RX 580 4GB
8gb Corsair Vengeance DDR4
1TB WD Blue
EVGA 600w 80+ Bronze
 
Solution
If you are in a solo session while playing online you would actually get more fps than playing the story mode due to the fact that there are far less cars and npcs in the Online mode.