Re: FC 26: Routing through USA causes 1000 ms ping spikes

I can confirm the exact same issue from Germany. My traffic is also being routed through Ashburn, Virginia (US) instead of any EU server (e.g. Frankfurt or Amsterdam), which leads to extreme input delay and ping spikes up to 1000 ms.

It’s not an ISP problem — I’m on Deutsche Telekom, but players from many different countries and providers are reporting the same routing pattern. Other online games run perfectly fine, so this is clearly something on EA’s side or their peering agreements.

The worst part is that this happens regardless of time of day, so it’s not related to peak congestion.

EA publicly promised improved server infrastructure and better connectivity for FC 26 in Europe — but routing EU players through the US is the opposite of that. This needs to be escalated to EA’s network and infrastructure team, not Tier 1 support.

Thank you, Cristiano, for posting proof. The more of us speak up with traceroutes, the harder it is to ignore.

https://forums.ea.com/discussions/fc-26-technical-issues-en/fc-26-routing-through-usa-causes-1000-ms-ping-spikes/12767859