Originally posted by ᴋɪᴛᴛʏ:

i get lag spikes quite often sincethe update. fps are smooth but sudden moments where everything stops for a split second is a bit irritating. though it is nice to be running at 50fps where before i was at 20-30

Also seeing these dips and I also thought it had to do with spawning... at first.

Can you try these things and report your results here?

Turn off SSAO - does this fix anything?
Turn on SSAO, but drop shadows to lowest... how is this for you?

When I turn off SSAO 98% of the game runs @60FPS, but looks terrible... (using a GTX1080)

When I turn off the shadows (lowest) and turn on the SSAO, I'd say about 85% runs @60FPS

Technically the game runs at 60, but yeah... these drops. Anyway... for me they become less frequent when messing around with SSAO (not a valid option) or the shadows.

I decided to go for the second option... game still looks good, but runs smoother; significant less frequent dips.