I've been having some problems trying to speed run Hotline. Whenever I start recording on OBS my frames immediately drop to 5-10 FPS and it stays that way, but when I stop the recording my frames go back to normal. Is there a way I can fix this? Also is there a way I can see my timer while streaming/recording, I don't have dual monitors, and am kinda new to speed running.

Hey @MasterChief36,

First ) off join this Discord for faster and better responses from more people who run this game here: https://discord.gg/XstUJja

Second ) This may sound weird but i have found that setting the game to open in Windowed mode then downloading http://westechsolutions.net/sites/WindowedBorderlessGaming/download this application running it, and setting it up in game by pressing f3, then manually setting the resolution to the size of your monitor ( https://gyazo.com/dbb920af10d72bbb68cd9907edb81dda ) will net me the effect of still having a fullscreen game but for some reason Hotline Miami captures the game much better like this for me. So then in OBS i game capture the game and turn on SLI/ Crossfire Capture mode (you might not need to turn this on but for me it works). And then it works fine.

So ya, just throw it in windowed > use borderless windowed mode > use OBS game capture and it should work much better. Also make sure if you have an Nvidia GPU to make sure the game isnt set to use less power or not be on a dedicated gpu!

Alright thank you very much! I'll give that a try, and if I have problems following your instructions would you be alright if we got into a discord call?