Online Lag Problem

Bierhof · Jul 13, 2009

Hello guys

I play GTR Evolution now for 1 week and i have lag online.
I always see other drivers shocking online but my friend says thats its me he always see me shocking and not someone else.
Is it maybe because i use a router?

Greetz Bierhof.

Mike Coleman · Jul 13, 2009

Ping.

If your ping to the server is 100 or more, don't join.

You can sort the server list by ping (lowest to highest). Join servers with the lowest ping and you won't have lag.

75 ping or less is optimal.

Bierhof · Jul 13, 2009

Yeah i know.
If i go in a server with 19 ping is still got the problem
(forgot to say that in the reply):glasses-nerdy:

Greetz Bierhof

Mike Coleman · Jul 13, 2009

19 ping? That's a very nice ping.

I don't think it's "online lag" you are having. It sounds like "hardware lag".

Can you post your computer specs?

Eric. K · Jul 13, 2009

Mike Coleman said:
Ping.

If your ping to the server is 100 or more, don't join.

You can sort the server list by ping (lowest to highest). Join servers with the lowest ping and you won't have lag.

75 ping or less is optimal.

Not true Mike. The ping is not often the main issue. I have been in many races with a ping over 200 and experienced zero lag!! I was on a private network with pings in the tenths with jumpy cars all around. Most of the time it had to do with some sort of apps running on someone's machine (virus, disk defrag, etc...) which interfered with the data received over the wire.

Mileage might vary, but look at your firewall and virus settings first.

Bierhof · Jul 13, 2009

MotherBoard:MSI P45 Neo3-FR 1.600 Mhz

CPU:Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q9550 2.83 Ghz
RAM Memory: 3.0GB RAM
VideoCard:Nvidia GTS 250 1024 MB
XP Professional Service Pack 3

That is my Computer
I got it now 2 weeks

Eric. K · Jul 13, 2009

All the right hardware, firewall and virus on? if yes try to turning them off to see if it helps.

Bierhof · Jul 13, 2009

i have turned them off but it didnt help
there is always standing in my screen synchronizing
like:synchronizing (-440ms)

Nigel Atkins · Jul 13, 2009

are you using a wireless conection?

or

whats your upload speed like, i was only getting 350kbps and i would often get lag, i recently got it increased to around 750kbps and the lag is gone. and yes i use wired connection :good:

Bierhof · Jul 13, 2009

i dont use a wireless connection but i use a router i dont know the kb/s
could you tell me where i could find the kb/s?

Jim McGhee · Jul 13, 2009

Yeah, check all apps in the background, even WMP will download pics of you CD/MP3 your playing. Auto updates for any app or windows..

James Yates · Jul 13, 2009

Sounds a bit like packet loss - not that sure though. If you go start>run type cmd and then type ping www.google.com /t and see if you get any ping spikes or timeouts.