Anyone else noticing huge gameplay differences depending on opponent location?

Hey everyone,

I wanted to ask if anyone else has been dealing with this. I’ve been testing this for over a year now, and I’m 100% convinced that my gameplay changes drastically depending on where my opponent is from.

I live in Eastern Europe, and whenever I match up against players from certain regions (especially Turkey — Istanbul in particular), my gameplay becomes completely different. The game feels super heavy, there’s massive input delay, the AI just stops reacting, and my keeper literally dives after the ball is already in the net.

Meanwhile, my connection is twice as fast as theirs, but the match still feels like I’m playing underwater. All the weird stuff people usually call scripting or DDA starts showing up in these matches.

When I play against opponents from countries like Germany or Italy, though, the gameplay feels smooth and responsive — almost like a different game altogether.

I’m on PC, so it’s hard to know where opponents are from before the match starts. Does anyone know if there’s any way to check that or to somehow avoid these matchups? Or at least understand what’s actually happening here?

Would love to hear if anyone else has experienced this or figured out a workaround.