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Nyn3k
Seasoned Newcomer
3 days ago

High ping spikes and incorrect ping warning after Season 3 update

Hi,

Since the Battlefield 6 Season 3 update, I’ve been having severe ping issues that make the game unplayable, even though everything was perfectly fine before.

What the problem looks like:

I play BF6 on Steam, on PC, using a wired Ethernet connection.

My internet connection is stable and fast (around 300 Mbps download).

Before Season 3 my ping was always stable around 20–30 ms and the game felt smooth.

After the Season 3 update, my ping on the scoreboard (TAB) still shows around 20–30 ms, but:

I constantly get warnings on the main HUD that my ping is 200–300+ ms or even higher.

In actual gameplay I get heavy lag, rubber‑banding and delays that feel like very high ping.

These problems happen on multiple servers and game modes.

So there is a mismatch: the scoreboard shows a low ping, but the game behaves and warns me as if my ping was extremely high, and it’s basically not playable.

What I already tried:

Restarted router and PC.

Playing only via Ethernet (no Wi‑Fi).

Closed all background apps that might use bandwidth.

Flushed DNS and reset network settings in Windows.

Changed DNS (Google → Cloudflare) as a test.

Verified the game files on Steam.

Enabled the network performance graph in BF6.

Disabled gameplay data sharing / telemetry where possible.

The problem started exactly with the Season 3 update and did not exist before. Other online games on the same PC and connection work fine and have stable ping.

Request:

Is this a known issue with Season 3 / netcode or the ping display?

Can you confirm whether the HUD ping warning might be bugged or desynced from the real server ping?

Is there any additional troubleshooting specific to BF6 Season 3 that I can try, or are there plans for a fix in an upcoming patch?

I can provide screenshots of the scoreboard ping (20–30 ms) and the HUD warning (200–300+ ms), plus clips showing the lag, if needed.

Thanks in advance for any help.

3 Replies

  • eBraunsWorld's avatar
    eBraunsWorld
    Seasoned Newcomer
    9 hours ago

    I'm having the same issues and tried all the steps listed in OP and Second-DK's post. It's aggravating because every other online game I have works fine. 

    I had these issues briefly in S2, but after a weekly update it was fixed. There was also something about a NVIDIA driver update that affected the game. Don't know why, but that seemed to work for the S2 issues. Hasn't worked for S3. 

  • Second-DK's avatar
    Second-DK
    Rising Traveler
    3 days ago

    After S3 update the game is not fun because of this. 

    Before S3 update i had none of these problems, and i have been troubleshooting this full time the last couple of days. I am now convinced that the problem is NOT in my end. 

    I even bought the game both on Steam and EA App, tried different routers, different PC's and nothing, absolut nothing helps. 

    Playing the game, keep get this wierd gameplay with laggy, rubber‑banding and delays that feel like very high ping. DICE Plz!!

    • Playing on  Fiber aprox 800-900 mpbs - connected with ethernet cable on a Intel 13700K, 32GB Ram, with RTX 5080. -

     

    Edit: I can confirm that i have did all this too and even some more than that: 

    What I already tried:

    Restarted router and PC.

    Playing only via Ethernet (no Wi‑Fi).

    Closed all background apps that might use bandwidth.

    Flushed DNS and reset network settings in Windows.

    Changed DNS (Google → Cloudflare) as a test.

    Verified the game files on Steam.

    Enabled the network performance graph in BF6.

    Disabled gameplay data sharing / telemetry where possible.

    The problem started exactly with the Season 3 update and did not exist before. Other online games on the same PC and connection work fine and have stable ping.

  • SR_Anstrum's avatar
    SR_Anstrum
    Seasoned Novice
    3 days ago

    I have exactly the same problem. As do so many others—Reddit has been flooded with posts about these exact issues for the past week. It is absolutely outrageous that DICE hasn't fixed this bug—which renders the game completely unplayable—even after 48 hours. There hasn't even been a single statement from EA or DICE regarding this matter.

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