Game FPS too low

Any suggestions appreciated.

I am loving OTC but despite having way above recommended specs, my game does not run at more than 20fps; usually going down to 10-12fps and even 4fps when on a Huge map size with 6 players. I have noted down my system specs, software/driver versions and things I have tried so far.

System Specs:
i7-8750H
16GB DDR4 2666MHz RAM
Nvidia GTX 1050Ti Max-Q (4GB VRAM)
512 GB NVMe SSD

Software/Driver Versions:
Windows 10 Pro ver 10.0.19041.572
Nvidia Game-Ready Driver ver 456.71
OTC ver 1.23.40207

Solutions tried so far:
Game re-install
Steam re-install
Purging game files + re-install
Running Direct3D 9 version

Another thing I want to note here is that every time I run OTC and run the game file validation check, it always fails. And then it repairs itself but then after launching the game next time, it fails the check again.

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Frogboy

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That is odd. You have good specs. I have...a theory. I think your laptop might be throttling (from heat). Do you have any means to check your temps?

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I have Intel XTU. My temps on the CPU are quite hot, around 88-90C. However, my GPU never goes above 70C. Moreover, I place my laptop on a stand where there is no restriction to airflow. Also, I have never experienced any throttling while playing much more intensive games like GTA 5 on 1080p with High settings.

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It might be lack of required software packages or some sort of hardware incompatibilities.

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I have fairly standard hardware. I am running the game on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 1.

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