Nothing else running in the background that I can see. I did have Shadowplay (Nvidia's gameplay recording software) running but I turned it off, still got the same results. I even uninstalled and reinstalled the game. I also tried plugging the xbox wireless controller adapter into a different usb port but that didn't change anything.
I have my pc hooked up to my tv and play like 90% of my games with a controller so I was pretty surprised to run into this issue. Really don't want to use a keyboard and mouse on the couch to play this game.