I raised this issue during the UFC 4 beta but I think that board is no longer available. Now, I think there is a great game inside UFC 3 somewhere but it is bordeline unplayable due to online lag and input lag, even in offline modes. 9 times out of 10 there is a 1 second delay for every button pressed. During a fight it will ocassionally respond well but then it reverts back to constant mini-freezes and delays to the buttons I'm pushing. The fact this happens in career mode too is infuriating. I understand delay and lag can happen online especially if using wifi but offline modes should be guaranteed smooth and responsive. I have an Xbox One S that is in decent condition. I've dusted and air pressured the fan area, I've cleared storage space, reset Mac addresses, performed several hard resets on the console and my internet router, cleared the cache on the Xbox, tried different TVs and TV settings but nothing works. Other games work fine and my internet is high speed. The same thing was happening to me during the UFC 4 beta so I'll be avoiding the new game unless I'm confident this has been or can be resolved. For the love of God someone help me!

@EA_Aljo Do you happen to have Dolby Vision for Gaming enabled under General TV & Display Options > Video Modes? If so, disable this and see if the lag is still present. Hi, to provide an update on this ongoing issue. So I did what you mentioned and it's still lagging a lot. Interestingly enough, I also noticed a discrepancy in latency between using a laptop and the XBOX ONE Series X. Laptop would have a lantency of 23ms while the XBOX ONE Series X would be as high as 120ms on the same network cable (basically, I unplugged the network cable from the laptop after testing to get the latency of 23ms and plugged it into the XBOX ONE Series X ethernot port to get 120ms. Changing ports does help at times, but that's sparodic.Hopefully these painstaken steps help someone along with me as well.ThanksOmar

@EA_Aljo thanks for the response - I’ll try the UFC ports but I don’t think putting it down to the wireless connection is the answer. As I said I did test it with a wired connection previously and it wasn’t any better, plus my other games work fine wirelessly.

@EA_Aljo Honest question - why would the internet connection matter anyway when playing offline modes?

@EA_Aljo Hello there. Hope you're doing well?Before I start, I'd like to ask you to copy my feedback and send it to all developers and those who are responsible for server issues please. Thank you.So...I been playing all EA UFC games from 1 to 4 on a daily basis, and I'm playing online, I only finish carrier mode once, so online is 99,9% of my playtime. My playtime in:UFC 1 = Days (can't find the statistics)UFC 2 = 37 D 19 H 43 minUFC 3 = 46 Days 19 Hours 11 minUFC 4 currently at = 4 Days 8 Hours 49 min...and people are right, you can have the best gaming set up, it doesn't matter, the INPUT LAG is there and destroys the whole gaming experience!I have:1. Newest LG OLED which has not only the usual gaming mode, but it has also the new DECREASED INPUT LAG feature, which means the lag is only 1-5ms !!!2. Router is ALWAYS wired with my Xbox One S/Xbox One, since UFC 1!3. Controller is WIRED too!4. I do AT LEAST once a day a HARD RESET on my Xbox One S/Xbox One and pulling out the power cable from the power socket! Doing so usually when stopping playing, then turning on the next day.5. I pull out AT LEAST once a day the ac adapter from my router from the power socket, the same like with Xbox One cable.6. My internet speed is 150 Mbit/s7. Still using the Ports on my router, which EA officially posted!THEREFORE, there is NOTHING on our/my part, that causes the input lag and you need to do the following to give players the gaming experience they deserve in a competitive fighting game, because with an input lag like it's occurring currently, it has NOTHING to do with competition at all:1st AND FOREMOST DECREASE THE INPUT LAG!That's the TOP PRIORITY for fixing the game. It's horrible nothing changed since UFC 2. It's unplayable at times.- It happens that 2 days you can play somewhat and then 2-3 days the input lag is so awful, that your opponent is able to strike 2-3 times in the same timeframe as you can strike once only. Also the hit register is recognized earlier for the one who has LESS INPUT LAG, so that the one with higher input lag isn't even within the reach of his opponent, but he gets hit, that's UNACCEPTABLE! You can recognize that by the way he absorbs a strike, he then gets pushed back weirdly by 180° or when he gets a leg kick, he falls awkwardly. And in addition to that, if the ping increases due to the opponent player being more far away, then it's even worse, and it's already very very bad!- The Ground Game and Submissions are effected as well of course. It's almost impossible to deny a transition of your opponent, let alone perform and accomplish a transition by yourself!Through my experience with the EA UFC games all these years, I can say safely, due to the back and forth between the input lag being there for 2-3 days and then disappearing for 1-2 days, that this issue has something to do with the SERVERS and the bad implementation of decreasing the input lag in the UFC games! Something is very off, servers are being switched from N. America to Europe and vice versa and other locations or something like that, that's the only plausible reason for the 2-3 days period of NOT being able to play the game without input lag.In addition to that, EVERY TIME EA does a server maintenance, the day after that, there is NO input lag at all, so IT HAS TO BE something with the SERVERS!Hence, you need to fix this EA and:1. 1st OF ALL, fix the bad programming regarding the input lag2. Do a SERVER MAINTENANCE ONCE in a cycle of every 24h or 48h AT LEAST!If we couldn't be able to play for an hour per day, due to server maintenance and we are able to play WITHOUT input lag because of that, then we would be ALL FOR THAT!3. And finally, give us a PING LIMITER OPTION! Not only the option to back out from the matchmaking screen if the ping of your opponent is more than 120ms. Everything above 80ms is just awful. Give us the possibility to SET A PING LIMITER where we can type in the milliseconds (ms). I don't want to play with people with a ping above 70ms for example!So again, please share this important feedback with everyone who's worked on EA Sports UFC 3-4. Thank you for reading.@d0connell@godsake1977

Hi there, @d0connell. I'll try to help find out why you're experiencing input lag. First, are you on a wired or wireless connection?

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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
5 years ago
Hi there, @d0connell.

I'll try to help find out why you're experiencing input lag. First, are you on a wired or wireless connection?
d0connell
5 years ago
@EA_Aljo Hi mate - I’m on a wireless connection
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
5 years ago
@d0connell

Can you switch to a wire or is your router too far away?
d0connell
5 years ago
@EA_Aljo It’s too far away. I did test it with a wired connection a while ago but no improvement.
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
5 years ago
@d0connell

That's probably the issue then. Wireless is unreliable and prone to disconnects/lag. Especially when the signal has to travel through walls and/or floors. This gets worse when there are other devices sharing the same connection. It's worse still when anyone is streaming media while you're playing. Until you get wired, or at a minimum, closer to the router, this will continue to happen. You can try changing the wireless channel you're using. That may help. Also, you could try opening the ports for UFC. They are listed here: https://help.ea.com/en/help/faq/opening-tcp-or-udp-ports-for-connection-issues/.
d0connell
5 years ago
@EA_Aljo thanks for the response - I’ll try the UFC ports but I don’t think putting it down to the wireless connection is the answer. As I said I did test it with a wired connection previously and it wasn’t any better, plus my other games work fine wirelessly.
d0connell
5 years ago
@EA_Aljo Honest question - why would the internet connection matter anyway when playing offline modes?
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
5 years ago
What mode are you playing? If it's Ultimate Team, that mode is still online even with single player modes as it requires an online connection. Would it be possible to move your console to a TV within reach of a wire just to see if there's a difference?
d0connell
5 years ago
@EA_Aljo I’m playing career mode my man. I tried with a wire - no difference.
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
5 years ago
@d0connell

It's really odd you'd be getting so much lag in offline modes. Have you tried deleting and reinstalling?

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