I've been having problems running C2 smoothly lately. It runs fine usually until every now and then (say every 20-30 seconds or so) where the fps will slow down to like 30~ and the audio will start crackling and jittering for a few seconds. This has been popping up since the beginning of the game, and I initially thought it was something OBS was causing but it seems to happen off-stream too.
I'm on Windows 8.1 and my PC is honestly pretty powerful so it really shouldn't be a hardware issue. Running in compatibility mode for Windows 7 didn't work and I've been updating to the latest versions unfortunately with no change. I've tried changing the priority of the application but no change. Is there any idea what could be causing this? I can provide a video reference if it helps.