constant lag spikes in every game!

[Solivaguz]

Hi,

first of all - i am an IT technician, so i have some knowledge about networking...

i keep getting lag spikes (up to ping 800) in EVERY game since 3 months. I love this game but it is not playable nor enjoyable anymore...

- all drivers are uptodate
- deactivated win 10 game mode
- tried changing DNS server to google and a few more
- NIC/winsock/DNS caches were flushed
- lag only appears in RL, so the internet connection is fine
- BIOS is uptodate
- activated port forwarding as the FAQ tells
- router was restarted, all ping tests are fine
- tested local files

i even reinstalled win 10....

Can anyone give me an advice what to do...?

[Brawndo - The Thirst Mutilator]

WinMTR or traceroute on an address of your connection history?
I suffer from bad routes occasionally. Contacting my ISP and the hosting company of the servers usually solves the problem in a few days...

[Solivaguz]

Thanks for your answer. As i said - connection is fine. The problem only appears in Rocket League.

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 17 ms 13 ms 13 ms 83-169-183-37-isp.superkabel.de [83.169.183.37]
3 16 ms 15 ms 12 ms ip5886cb85.static.kabel-deutschland.de [88.134.203.133]
4 19 ms 16 ms 14 ms 145.254.3.58
5 17 ms 19 ms 19 ms 145.254.2.215
6 44 ms 21 ms 18 ms 145.254.2.215
7 31 ms 23 ms 24 ms 72.14.194.138
8 * * * Zeitüberschreitung der Anforderung.
9 27 ms 21 ms 22 ms dns.google [8.8.8.8]

[Brawndo - The Thirst Mutilator]

Well, your general connection seems fine, but tracerouting optimized routes like this one will usually only show the most severe connection problems.
Try tracerouting (or using WinMTR for more detailed results) an address of an actual game server from your connection history, maybe you can detect a choking node on the path...

You could also try opening a ticket at the official support, but it might take some time and you might have do redo some of your troubleshooting.

edit: Just in case you are looking for an address of a game server: Open %userprofile%\documents\my games\Rocket League\TAGame\Logs\Launch.log and search for :7 and you should find a recent server.

[Supercheesus]

Solivaguz Did you figure this one out... I'm in the same boat as you. Everything looks fine and I only have an issue with RL. I've had this issue for a about a week now and have tried plenty of things... even connecting directly to my modem.. AND it's fiber optic. Help!

[EnspireCZ]

Hey guys I got the same problem for nearly two months. In the meantime I bought new SSD reinstalled everything, updated the BIOS. Nothing helped. The only thing which helped a bit was make an exception for RL in firewall and antivirus. But still every single match I got lag spikes for around 20 seconds. It's really annoying and I can't really enjoy the game. If anyone knows something that could help, please let us know.

[Solivaguz]

Hi guys, i tried several things the week after my last post. And i gave up on this. I tried playing RL two weeks ago again. New internet provider , clean Windows installation... and i had the exact same problems. I think it is related to a server problem. Due to the fact i tried EVERY workaround i found on the internet and they didn't work - i just gave up...

[EnspireCZ]

Thanks for the info. I'll try to run it on different pc or different network.

[EnspireCZ]

So I've connected my phone through USB tethering and playing using 4G data. Although my ping was noticeably higher (around 80ms) I haven't had experienced any lag spikes at all. It must be connection related problem. Does anyone have some idea what that could be?

[Brawndo - The Thirst Mutilator]

Originally posted by EnspireCZ:

So I've connected my phone through USB tethering and playing using 4G data. Although my ping was noticeably higher (around 80ms) I haven't had experienced any lag spikes at all. It must be connection related problem. Does anyone have some idea what that could be?

Sounds like a congested node or a bad route. If only there was a way to test the problematic route...

[EnspireCZ]

Thanks for reply. What would you suggest me to do? I tried nearly everything. I got a feeling that this might be happening to me in all online games but only RL is very sensitive for it. In FPS i haven't experienced any problems. Even when i call on discord with my mates and the spikes come in, there's no bad connection or anything even they dont see me laggy. I didn't try any setting in my router tho as I'm unable to log in the router settings, don't know why. I've contacted my internet provider tho so I'm waiting for reply and If its go well I wanna try port forwarding or change some settings that could help.

[Brawndo - The Thirst Mutilator]

Same thing as the to the OP:
MTR test on the address of a gameserver that you had problems with. This will ensure that you test the actual route to the server, which can often show where the problem is located. Also make sure to run the tests on a wired connection.
That kind of information is also pretty helpful for your ISP, if the problem is located inside their infrastructure. And in some cases it can also prove that there is a problem with the server hoster, which will also help them to fix the issue.

Open your logfile (%userprofile%\documents\my games\Rocket League\TAGame\Logs\Launch.log), search for :7 and use the found address as target for WinMTR.
Any malfunctioning nodes on the route to the server should be pretty easy to spot.

If searching for :7 doesn't work anymore (it has been some time since I had to troubleshoot rocket league servers), you might have to look for the address manually, but it's not that hard to find.

This doesn't fix or detect all possible problems, but it's a good first thing to try when experiencing any latency issues.

[Avapi]

Originally posted by Solivaguz:

Hi,

first of all - i am an IT technician, so i have some knowledge about networking...

i keep getting lag spikes (up to ping 800) in EVERY game since 3 months. I love this game but it is not playable nor enjoyable anymore...

- all drivers are uptodate
- deactivated win 10 game mode
- tried changing DNS server to google and a few more
- NIC/winsock/DNS caches were flushed
- lag only appears in RL, so the internet connection is fine
- BIOS is uptodate
- activated port forwarding as the FAQ tells
- router was restarted, all ping tests are fine
- tested local files

i even reinstalled win 10....

Can anyone give me an advice what to do...?

Same here!

I only have these kind of problems with Rocket League since yes.. 3 o 4 mounths. The others multiplayer games is too fine but with this game is continually net problems.

I have tried countless options (reinstalled RL, then reinstalled win10, then installed win8.1..etc) and they not worked it so I think the problem is the Rocket League servers.

[Gozu]

That's intresting

[TayTuhChip]

im also having this problem, started monday (April 19, 2020) latency is steady at around 35-45ms and then will randomly spike to 800-850ms and screen will freeze for a second on almost every kickoff as soon as i try to speed flip. ive tried so many things. gone through two new routers, had a tech from my internet provider come by and see if its a local issue with my internet connection but everything is all good on his end. ive reinstalled the game twice. Ive adjusted and optimized every setting on my computer i can think of or find on forums and videos. absolutely nothing has solved this issue. Seems to be a server problem to me but i honestly dont know what to do at this point. if anyone figures it out please share.

[MegaDuck]

Originally posted by TayTuhChip:

im also having this problem, started monday (April 19, 2020) latency is steady at around 35-45ms and then will randomly spike to 800-850ms and screen will freeze for a second on almost every kickoff as soon as i try to speed flip. ive tried so many things. gone through two new routers, had a tech from my internet provider come by and see if its a local issue with my internet connection but everything is all good on his end. ive reinstalled the game twice. Ive adjusted and optimized every setting on my computer i can think of or find on forums and videos. absolutely nothing has solved this issue. Seems to be a server problem to me but i honestly dont know what to do at this point. if anyone figures it out please share.

I came here because Im also having this problem. Im thinking it might have something to do with ISP's routes just being overwhelemed though. May I ask if you are also on the east coast?