Hi,
I wanna start off by saying that i'm not sure this is the right sub-group to post this question. If you have any suggestion where to look or ask for answers let me know please.
I have been playing a game called Rocket League for 6 years straight basically every week for at least 2 days a week if not more. I got around 8k hours now.
After the first year I noticed some variation in the amount of latency from day to day and sometimes even from hour to hour, with the higher latency being the "norm".
Then I searched for some answers and I also noticed there were a lot of posts regarding this issue for the same game and even for others. So there were a few post with temp fixes scattered around YouTube/Reddit and a bunch of other places like the support system of Rocket League itself and other forums. They recognized this issue since it's first appearance/mention to them a few years back (around when I started/was good enough to recognize it was happening).
It's fair to say I have been hating playing the game because of this issue and been searching for answers ever since. I was hoping someone here might be able to help me with this and find out what's going on.
I have far above the recommended specs and at some points a was suspicious of it being a system wide issue (which I still am). Moving the mouse across the desktop has a different feeling at different times. I don't have high quality equipment to measure any of this, but it's so blatant to me.
If anyone knows anything, please let me know. I have tried almost everything to reduce system latency but no optimisations have gotten rid of this weird latency variance/inconsistency that is almost 2-3x worse on some days/hours and for others it feels exactly how it's supposed to feel like, with the latter being far less common.
If you want some more info regarding the problem/attempted fixes (which I have all also done in the past) check out this summary "Techhenzy"
made: https://techhenzy.com/hcb-investigation/
more info: https://forums.blurbusters.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=6835
Like I said, I have done multiple clean installs, of windows/drivers changing relevant settings in Nvidia. Nothing seems to stick.
In the community it has been dubbed the Heavy Car Bug (HCB for short.)
The thing is: not everyone has this problem. Some people get it out of the blue. Most people try upgrading the system entirely or even moving without any succes.
Some do get rid of it by moving, but it doesn't always seem to be the case. I have also moved 4 times in the last 5 years which didn't have a different result. I live in the Netherlands and would say that we have very decent internet and ping latency.
Some are very doubt full this problem exists. I see why anyone would be at least skeptic. but the amount of people complaining about the exact same issue's is astounding. Again i'm very doubtful this is some mass hysteria occurrence because of dealing with it for the time that I have. Simply changing any setting within windows or the game may or may not fix it for some time, but it always comes back.
I'm wondering if anyone knows anything at all regarding similar issue's. I have been scouring the web for years, to no avail!
for reference ill post another thread of multiple people corroborating the story and telling their tails for anyone that needs/wants a picture: https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/ttzo6v/heavy\_car\_bug\_hcb\_please\_help\_me\_2022/