The official 1.1 patch from EA accidentally capped the game's framerate at 30 FPS. The community fix, which requires the Battery EXE, removes this cap.

Many users replace the .exe and still fail. Here is the missing piece:

) that is required for modern community fixes to work properly. Most digital and retail versions default to version 1.0, which is prone to the "Continue" button bug and crashes on modern OS like Windows 10 and 11. Essential Installation Order