FC 26: Routing through USA causes 1000 ms ping spikes
Hello EA team, I am experiencing severe latency and lag issues in EA Sports FC 26 caused by incorrect network routing on your side. My internet provider is Deutsche Telekom (Germany). As the attach...
I’m also affected by the routing issue mentioned in this thread. Below are my full connection details and diagnostics.
• Country: Australia • ISP: Telstra (Melbourne) • Platform: PC (Ethernet) • Game Mode: Ultimate Team / Online Seasons • Date & Time: 21 Oct 2025, 12:10 pm AEDT
Connection Quality Report
Overall Score: 99/100
Ping: 13.46 ms
Jitter: 0.14 ms
Packet Loss: 0.01 %
Connection Type: Wired Ethernet
Traceroute (to easo.ea.com)
Shows correct routing within Australia (Melbourne → Sydney) but then traffic is handed off to Telstra Global → Lumen San Jose, USA, finally reaching nfs.gos.ea.com [159.153.71.17] with ~245 ms latency.
Pathping (summary)
No packet loss detected locally or within Telstra’s Australian backbone. Latency jumps only after the international hop at 202.84.141.25, confirming that all Australian routing is stable but EA traffic is being redirected to North America instead of the Sydney/Oceania cluster.
WinMTR test (101 packets to easo.ea.com)
0 % loss across all Australian hops
~245 ms average latency at destination
First major jump occurs between hops 10 → 11 (Sydney → Telstra Global → Lumen San Jose)
Key points
Local ping (to Google/Cloudflare) ~13 ms
EA Connection Quality Report confirms excellent stability
EA FC 26 consistently connects to US-based servers, even though I’m located in Melbourne
Gameplay latency feels around 250 ms, matching the traceroute results
