I'm playing Team Fortress 2 right now, and I'm trying to find a server that has a good ping (~50ms), but I can't find any (even with local servers).
This appears to be a problem with TF2, because my brother seems to be playing on a local server perfectly fine. It doesn't seem to be my computer either, I can browse the Internet fine and my computer is a new gaming PC with 8GB of RAM and an Intel Core i5 processor.
How do I fix this problem?
- I have done net_graph, and all the components are fine.
- Running a speed test, I get 18 ms ping, 16.41 mbps download speed, and 0.47 mbps upload speed.
Best Answer
By "local server", do you mean a server near you or a server hosted on your computer? I'm assuming that you mean the former because this question wouldn't make much sense with the latter.
Other people have had issues with TF2-exclusive high ping because of the Steam beta. Opting out can solve that.
You can also run a traceroute on one of the game servers that you're connecting to if you want to find out where there's a delay.
If you're on wireless internet, switching to a wired connection may improve your latency.