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stillfreddie1987
Rising Rookie
6 months ago

HeavySluggish Gameplay Input Delay Despite 4ms PingWireGuard Setup (PS5)

Hello EA Team and community,

I’m an engineer who has optimized my setup as much as possible, but the sudden collapse in gameplay is making the game almost unplayable for me right now.

My setup:

  • My ISP gives me strict NAT Type 3 by default.
  • As an engineer, I set up a home-to-cloud WireGuard tunnel through my Asus gaming router using a new VPS located in my local EA data center. This gave me a stable NAT Type 2, 4ms ping, 100 Mbps speed, zero jitter, and everything was perfect. Players felt responsive, passes connected, defending was solid, and I was winning games consistently in Division Rivals (I was comfortably in Division 5).

What happened a few days ago: Even with the exact same clean WireGuard route still active (4ms ping, 100 Mbps, wired LAN on PS5), everything collapsed. The gameplay suddenly became extremely heavy and sluggish:

  • My Evo’d centre-backs (VVD, Konaté, etc.) can no longer mark properly, average opponents are running past them easily.
  • My Evo’d pacy strikers feel slow and heavy; they can’t run, turn, or complete simple passes (3 out of 5 passes fail or go in the wrong direction).
  • Inputs feel delayed (0.5–1 second), dribbling is unresponsive, and my players are constantly overwhelmed.
  • I’m now getting destroyed in matches I should win scores like 9-2, 13-4, 15-2 have become normal. I went from Division 5 down to Division 7 and I’m at serious risk of further relegation.

Last FUT Champions weekend: Out of 15 games I lost 14 and won only 1. This is not my normal level, I’m not an elite player, but I was competitive before this started.

I have already tried every standard fix (DNS changes, MTU 1473, router QoS/UPnP, full restarts, clearing cache, rebuilding database, off-peak queuing, etc.) and nothing has helped. The issue is clearly server-side or netcode-related because offline modes (Squad Battles) feel normal, while online FUT Rivals/Champs is pure mud.

EA servers currently show as Online, yet this heavy/input-delay wave is affecting many players (I’ve seen dozens of similar threads in the last few weeks). Can the dev team please investigate this desync/heavy gameplay issue, especially for players with low single-digit ping on local data centers?

Any acknowledgment or fix timeline would be greatly appreciated — this has completely ruined my enjoyment of the game.

Thanks in advance!

30 Replies

  • TOXIC TOXIC TOXIC. 

    on top of that pack values. Full of discarded dups womens unworthy cards. Hardly any good cards but even if you get a good card they game is so heavily coded that it doesnt matter. A week after tots season everything goes back to normal because they want us to return. 

    Now all that said this game is becoming unhealthy. The amount of stress to get a small joy out of has extreme blunt feeling. 2k also doing this with their basketball. 

    They wont stop because they have protected themselves legally. So im left with no choice but for sake of my health to put this game aside. Last night I had pain in my heart and woke up with my left eye vessel burst. This stuff for sure drains you down the line. They say play lower difficulty but then game is so lame. The rewards & packs are already crappy and I be left with no challenge or reward.  

  • nabeel6851's avatar
    nabeel6851
    Seasoned Rookie
    1 month ago

    EA and Google reply ( Use wired connection) even sometime players are responsive with high ping and sometime 6ms dont work

  • nabeel6851's avatar
    nabeel6851
    Seasoned Rookie
    1 month ago

    they are sleeping/you can see posts from 5 years back and they are so incompetent that still couldnt figure it out.

  • nabeel6851's avatar
    nabeel6851
    Seasoned Rookie
    1 month ago

    You dont need that much speed.Sometimes game work fine others not.I have played with a person in seasons he havnt lost a single match.N his players are super fast.He can keep the ball and i cannot take or press.All loose ball goes to him.I tackle and still he gets the ball.I have no time i pass his three players came in he pass he has so much space while my players just standing and lookin even i give input.This game is **bleep**.When i lose i know that i make mistake n concede a goal.When u see goal comming you input command and seems like you dont have controller in hand.His 80 pac strike can just jog and score a goal while my 90 pac striker is like he just ate pizza.

  • nabeel6851's avatar
    nabeel6851
    Seasoned Rookie
    1 month ago

    One thing i disagree.I always play season and friendlies .you dont spend money on it.But it happenes with me.EA doesnt do on purpose cox it is happening in friendlies as well.My players refuse to move and AI just dont exist.Opponent players are faster than my ball pass speed.It sucks.

  • nabeel6851's avatar
    nabeel6851
    Seasoned Rookie
    1 month ago

    One thing i disagree.I always play season and friendlies .you dont spend money on it.But it happenes with me.EA doesnt do on purpose cox it is happening in friendlies as well.My players refuse to move and AI just dont exist.Opponent players are faster than my ball pass speed.It sucks.

  • nabeel6851's avatar
    nabeel6851
    Seasoned Rookie
    1 month ago

    sometimes i make my connection bad by downloading and it helps,other times no.

  • hatters33's avatar
    hatters33
    Seasoned Veteran
    1 month ago

    I think if you analise the game via replays you'll find this game is littered with cheat codes  , so go play on world class kick off against cpuai anything you find or see just replay it you'll see the indescresions.  Through balls all delayed so you run offside just as your player plays a through ball it will either take an extra touch or you will get a weird annimation a skating scenario as such its a delay. Not lag or server issues its delays to assist the cpuai that's just one of many I have hours of footage recorded on my ps5 shame because this game has so much potential bit the cash cow is ultimate team so the worse they make your players you will buy better ones 👍 

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