I am getting all kinds of server side lag. My name on the scoreboard constantly shows a wifi symbol with an exclamation point through it. Here are some of things I am experiencing:
Sliding in different directions like I am drifting.
Severely delayed ADS
Rubber-banding back and forth and watching friendlies and enemies do the same.
When firing or receiving fire I die instantly with no one there.
This problem existed in the beta and I assumed it was a server load problem. I tried various fixes and speedtests on my end and I have no problem in any other online game, including Battlefield 5.
Is this a known issue? Is there a fix? Can we change are server location?
Ok, it is now the worst it has ever been. For some reason I recently managed to play some games without any issues (even breakthrough and conquest on larger maps, yes). I only had the latency yellow icon from time to time. Since the last 48h now, in everygame and every 30 seconds to a couple of minutes, I get the high packet loss icon with everybody teleporting all over the place. I didn't change anything about my settings. My ping (ms) is under 30 at all time.
Note that I didn't have any problem with the game for my first 100h of game time. I have a decent PC (3080, modern CPU 10th gen, 64G ram...). I didn't change anything about it. All of this started randomly. Which points to something else that is not specific to my system, The game is now absolutely unplayable, except for campaign and training ground. Every other multiplayer games work perfectly fine.
Stop bsing us with the ''it's your internet provider'' or ''your PC needs upgrades''. It is not that. I've been a long time BF fan. I played BF3, BF4, BF1 and BFV. I never had those kind of problems in those games.
Not overclocked, clocked to the supported speed listed for my RAM. I'm not pushing my hardware beyond its normal, fully supported capabilities. Also, as far as I can tell, it completely fixed the issue. It did not "only improve the symptoms" as you suggested.
I've already posted a comment on this topic less than a week after the original post. I'm more frustrated to say the least now than ever because I still have these issues on PC steam but i do also have a PS5 and I've taken an opportunity with the free week to test the game on it. Suprisingly enough it didn't have any latency issues although it is connected to the SAME network connection. So what the hell is the issue here huh? My PC is well above the minimum hardware requirements and is connected to the same network via cable and not via WiFi like my PS5. The game is almost 2 months after the launch and nothing have been addressed nor fixed. If that's how multi billion dollar company reacts to the issues that literally make the game unplayable for the thousands of people that have trusted in the product and the people behind it I don't really believe that there are any humans in the "studio".
I finally figured out my issue, the UPnP on my router sucks. When I play hard wired to the modem 0 issues. When I hard wired into my router I have under 30 ping always. But the random little black bar at the top randomly goes off alerting I have issues. Rarely I get yellow things usually server. Without an official port forward guide I’m dead in the water. It’s crazy, if you google port forwarding, everyone knows Steam, but literally EVERY guide has different ports lol. I even tagged all the EA dudes I follow on twitter asking for help. Why does it seem so hard to get a response from support or on this forum?!? I know they are dynamic switching, just give me the range.. please…
This is not a "fix". You need to be aware that what you just did on bios is overclock your RAM which only improved the symptoms of the issue but did not fix it.
RAM overclocking is not safe on all systems. You need to test for stability.
It would significantly benefit the community if more users shared the specific fixes they discovered for this persistent issue. Given the ambiguous error signals and symptoms, it's understandably easy to default to the assumption of a server-side problem—a stance reinforced by community echo chambers and frustrated posts.
I propose we encourage a system where users who have successfully resolved this issue report back with the actual root cause they identified. I strongly suspect a substantial portion of these resolutions are tied to individual hardware or system-related compatibility issues, rather than purely server-side faults.
It seems many who find a personal, local fix remain silent after months of blaming and complaining. While acknowledging that server-side issues undoubtedly exist, generating data on resolved cases and their specific causes would offer a more balanced and constructive path forward for everyone still struggling
I have been following this thread for weeks, had issues in the beta and it's only gotten worse the longer the game has been out.
As of today, I believe I have found a solution that actually fixed the game for me. I saw the suggestions to enable XMP early on, I thought I had done this already but after checking my BIOS I found that I hadn't. I enabled it, saw no real change in the game, moved on to the next thing.
After doing a deeper dive on this thread and looking at some other comments by OskooI_007, I decided to actually check and see if my RAM was running at the speed it was supposed to (via task manager) and it was not. Long story short, it seems like it was a bug with my ASRock motherboard which was resolved by updating my BIOS. The game is running like normal now, some occasional network blips.
Why this fixed it when the game ran fine on custom servers, I have no idea. This may not work for you, but I'd suggest you at least check your memory speed to see if XMP is actually working.
My Specs: i5-12600k ASRock Z690M-ITX AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX Team T-CREATE Expert 2X16GB DDR4 3600
I’ve seen him resolve many issues. While he didn’t help me directly, the detailed explanations he provided to others about SIM, CPU, and related topics were enough for me to conclude it wasn't the servers and I needed a fix for my own system.
For context, I’m running a Ryzen 5 3600 with the stock cooler, and I managed to get the game running smoothly—so you should be able to as well.
In my case, the fix turned out to be surprisingly simple. Whenever the SIM dropped below 60 FPS, the game would start to freak out. To address this, I disabled PBO in the BIOS, lowered the CPU voltage to 1.10625, and set the clock speed to 4,100 MHz in Ryzen Master.
Even after making those adjustments, I continued to run into issues—until I remembered that during the Beta, running SignalRGB had caused the same “server lag” problems. I closed SignalRGB, and to my disbelief, the gameplay immediately became smooth.
It’s now been about two weeks without a single issue. The slow-motion rubber banding I used to experience on official servers—previously happening 100% of the time and preventing me from finishing a single match—has completely disappeared.
I’m not sure if it was one fix or a combination of them, but I hope this gives others dealing with similar problems some context and awareness that it isn’t always the obvious, and hardware specs aren’t the only factor.
OskooI_007 on separate note - you deserve a lot of appreciation for the endless support you provide. It’s awesome to see someone in the community putting in so much effort to ensure others can enjoy this game.
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