October 2021 - last edited October 2021
The game seems to run slower when the jerseys are full of ads - for example in DEL league. The bigger European ice may also have some effect, not sure about that.
EDIT: I think the smoothest gameplay experience happens on AHL, ECHL and CHL - the arenas are smaller, they have less crowds and effects than NHL arenas.
October 2021
It seems there’s no updates regarding this flickering problem after installed the latest patch so hopefully it will be fixed with the next patch.
I also got it work by setting the game play speed at 4 (offline Play Now), but for example when playing HUT Squad Battles, you cannot set the game play speed by yourself and the flickering affects once again.
October 2021
Here's a video, courtesy of another user, that shows exactly what you see on PS5 even in free skate on game speed 3.
October 2021
Has your team figured out the problem, can we expect a patch at some point which would solve the flickering issues?
November 2021
Hopefully this is fixed in the upcoming patch.
November 2021
NOT fixed in the patch. Repeat NOT fixed in the patch.
This is disgraceful after nearly a month.
Seriously, how the hell has this not been addressed?
The game is atrocious on PS5. Time to escalate.
November 2021
November 2021 - last edited November 2021
It's even worse now. I can notice the jittery skating at game speed 4.
If you skate across the ice, just coasting, along the blue line for example, go into action replay then put the highlight under the player and use slow motion you can see the player regularly twitch back slightly as if he's hitting bumps on the surface rather than gradually decelerating.
There's just a whole kind of pulsing effect to the players on PS5 that is horrible and especially noticeable at all speeds in dynamic low camera.
November 2021
November 2021 - last edited November 2021
And bump for Series X visibility.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Gameplay-buggy-lag/m-p/10944021#M1715