Hi-Fi Rush's own songs off beat?

[mcSlothalot]

Ive started playing the game on Game Pass and love it so far. The first two levels were a blast and I managed to hit on beat usually like 75-95% of the time.

Now I have played through the third stage and I have noticed, that I am completely off beat. For some reason, the timing the game expects doesnt align properly with the track for me. It feels completely off. Like I am hitting the buttons on the hi hats or snare and that is apparently off beat. I dont get it. Now I am at the beginning of stage four and the problem continues. If I turn the music completely off and activate the indicator at the bottom of the screen, then I manage to easily hit on time again. But as soon as I turn the music back on it doesnt work for me anymore.

I feel like Im going crazy especially since the first two stages were actually quite easy and I managed to hit most of the time on beat. Funnily enough I have noticed that the first two stages used licensed songs and stage three and four are songs from the studio itself.

Did anybody else had the same problem?

[GTCv Deimos]

Eh, can't say I've had this exact issue, but songs do run at different tempos and that has thrown me off before. It's not easy to notice in the campaign, but if you switch between various modes, you can be forced to totally change your input speed pretty drastically.

My advice is not to rely at all on any of the visual indicators. If you have a gamepad with proper rumble (see: not the Steam Deck), the gamepad will give you a quick buzz if you hit any input on beat. If you're off beat, it does nothing.

I've found this to be the single easiest way to guarantee 90%+ across the board.

[16Bitman]

Are you using bluetooth speakers?

[mcSlothalot]

Originally posted by 16Bitman:

Are you using bluetooth speakers?

lol yeah I tried my new headphones when playing the third level.
Will see if it gets better with my other headphones.

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the issue were actually my bluetooth headphones. I just switched back to my other head phones that are connected per cable and not Im hitting again on beat.

[16Bitman]

Originally posted by mcSlothalot:

Originally posted by 16Bitman:

Are you using bluetooth speakers?

lol yeah I tried my new headphones when playing the third level.
Will see if it gets better with my other headphones.

edit:
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the issue were actually my bluetooth headphones. I just switched back to my other head phones that are connected per cable and not Im hitting again on beat.

Thanks for the points!
I feel like I have to type out something a bit longer now.

Bluetooth always has an audio delay, while you can get used to it, it's still just not going to work in rythm games.

Youtube for example will delay the video to fit in with the audio, which makes the many "test your audio delay" completely useless, at least for bluetooth.

It's a shame that the tech is just not there yet, I really like my bluetooth earbuds, but they're just terrible for gaming.

[mcSlothalot]

Thats good to know. Never used bluetooth headphones on my pc before.
But yeah, its weird that the delay is so noticeable and the tech sill isnt there yet. Would have assumed that this should be a thing of the past.

Thanks again!
Probably would have never figured it out.

[LCpl Nubcake]

Can confirm the Bluetooth sync/latency issue. I had just gotten new Bluetooth headphones and my Just Timings dropped to 45%, and I was like, "what gives? I never had problems with timing before..." I couldn't even dash in sequence.

Then I switched back to my connected speakers and wired headphones, and everything was fine.