Takedowns don't work when I initiate a pursuit or chase a red blip

Like the topic says. Ill get a few arrests, but pretty much any time i initiate a pursuit from the radar blip i have to run around and knock the perp over repeatedly until they get tired and eventually put hands up, then nothing. No takedown. No arrest option. No interaction options at all. The dude just stands there unless i shoot them. Often the pursuit results in no response from any AI police units. If it does, they are in full control and it doesnt register the arrest to me at all, its all them. This will also happen on plenty of standard 'request call' through the police radio.

I dont bother with being available for calls as it just completely trips over itself and spams me with calls when im in the middle of something else. I also seem to get perps driving randomly off roads and disappearing. 

Theres very little immersion or enjoyment to be had at the moment and just gets more frustrating each time i play.

Its not key bindings. Its not any other plugin or whatever, the only one i had was stop the ped recommended to me as a 'it works bro' option but actually doesnt as it interferes with LSPDFR and the stats stuff. Terminating the pursuit via the pursuit menu results in them just running away from me again cue more knocking the dude over until he gets tired again and puts hands up, then same again. nothing.

Ive read somewhere about reloadallplugins, does nothing. clearworld just deletes it all including my car, and then promptly crashes the game.

Really want to like this but every session ends with either a complete crash or crap working intermittently or not at all.

I dont use any mods or plugins other than the standard lspdfr.

Its not the PC as the machine will handle anything thrown at it, theres nothing wrong with the graphics card, i found i was getting repeated crashes from some enhanced pursuit plugin so i removed that one entirely. I dont appear to be accruing points and its not tracking crime stats. Adding API to the .ini file for lspdfr is not explained further than 'add the key to the .ini' doesnt say where at all so thats not being tracked