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(DIRT3) Problem with the game online times

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djmac

I have a problem with this game for along time and never see something related to this on the web... ONLINE when i start a race my car seems to boost and i get in froont of everyone. But when i finish the race the time and the cars dont match... For example: doing a rallycross race i finnish the race in the fisrt place but the cars who finnished behind me have a better time then mine and i loose the race... someone know how to fix this, or have the same problem??? i only play rally matches because is very frustating rallycross this way... sorry for my english, its not my native language.. thanks

8 years ago

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talgaby

Sounds like an issue of pretty high lag/latency, where your own screen shows what you see, but has a hard time catching up to show what happens in the game of the other players. This is similar to when you seemingly get shot after you duck behind cover on an online shooter: on the server side, you were hit, but it took time for your game to catch up to the actual events.

8 years ago
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djmac

But its stange.... i never had lag issues with other games. and i play a lot of games online.

8 years ago
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uguleley

If you're talking about the rally stages (I don't remember how they are exactly called in Dirt 3 online, it's been a while since I played it), they are time trials, which means that the players start the stage at certain intervals between each other and their clocks start at zero when they're off the start line. That means that if you start the stage before other players, those that finish later than you may set a faster time.

edit: I noticed you also mentioned rallycross. If the same happens there, then it's a lag issue, as talgaby says.

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djmac

In rally mode the work fine, because you dont race all at the same time...

8 years ago
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uguleley

Okay. Latency or lag would explain the problem in some cases, but if we're talking about a several seconds difference, then it doesn't sound right. I'm trying to remember if the game had any penalty system involved that would add extra seconds in your time? But if it did, I'd imagine that it would show the penalty time separately.

8 years ago
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djmac

Yes when you have penalty shows a P on your time... its a very stange problem, the people who play with dont understand weither... They dont see my car lagging...

8 years ago
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Skibby

Sounds like you're talking about time trials rather than racing for the pole. How much differs your time and theirs?

EDIT: Damn, got beaten to it, even twice ;x... but I like how every post starts with "Sounds like..." ;D

8 years ago
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uguleley

I decided to edit my post and my phrasing a bit, because now I'm not really sure which game mode djmac is talking about. :)

8 years ago
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Skibby

It was funny nonetheless, in German there's a saying which roughly translates to "Two In this case maybe three :P fools, one thought", hehe ;D.

8 years ago
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uguleley

I often see myself using same phrases or words from what I've just read, it just happens subconsciously. After I read back my own reply I think "Well, I basically said the same thing that the other person wrote above". It's a bit annoying, I'm not a goddamn parrot. :D

8 years ago
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Skibby

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean, especially when it's not ones native tongue :D.

8 years ago
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djmac

Let supose im making a race with you. I finnish 1st and you finnish right after me 10mt diference... my time 1.30 yours 1.26...

8 years ago
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Skibby

Well, in that case it could be latency issues, but still sounds weird... I remember when playing it on PS3 to have a good/reasonable netcode, hm... in that case maybe post directly in the codemasters forum or contact their support :?

8 years ago
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djmac

I dont have the game intalled on the OS drive.... this have some influence???

8 years ago
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Skibby

This shouldn't be an issue in your case. Maybe have a closer look on your ping the next time you play, specifically for weird spikes or something like that.

8 years ago
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djmac

The game runs perfect. I play with friends and they dont see my car lagging. I dont know how to see the ping on the game.

8 years ago
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djmac

I will install the game on my laptop and see whats happen.... I dont have a top internet, but im pretty sure 24mb its good for play games online :-)

8 years ago
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talgaby

Bandwidth doesn't have to do much with latency. It is how far your data has to travel, how many nodes/routers it has to go through before it reaches the server and/or the other players; and, in case of dedicated servers, their processing capacity. You could have Google Fiber and have high latency issues in games.

8 years ago
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djmac

The problem its my pc... My friend played the game in my house and dont have problems. Maybe its someting ralated to my wireless pen.( I cant plug cable because my ethernet port died)....

8 years ago
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talgaby

Wireless has a higher latency, yes. Normally it is not that apparent since people use it for things that are not really sensitive to latency, like downloading media. Skype and similar communication are fast and have low latency because they use protocols where data may be a little corrupt, but internet gaming cannot afford errors in packets.

8 years ago
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djmac

Installed the game on my laptop and the game woks perfect.... Its something related to this pc...

8 years ago
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