High Packet loss

Community Technical Support Crashes, Connection, Update Problems & Advice
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I am an Irish Air Realistic main with poor connection to the servers, even when only on the EU servers. I have been consistently having packet loss about 15-23% with it often spiking up to 40+% in my matches and keep getting pushed down, especially when I have to fly low to the ground.

I know that the pushing down of the plane during high packet loss is meant to prevent players from using lag switches but it is a major issue and inconvenience for me as it usually happens when I try to get an IR missile lock as it prevents it from locking on and when I am base bombing it keeps pushing me down to the ground.

It’s just really annoying to play a battle while having to adjust for the poor internet and not being able to fly low to the ground (for multipathing) while my opponents have better connections to the servers.

I suppose my internet is not that good.

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it is not you. having the same problem from south america and no one, NO ONE has addressed this officially. it’s a shame gaijin, a shame

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People commonly blame the servers at the outset, but they hardly do any actual diagnosis.

That, is a shame…

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I agree with that, except that in this case, I did run a lot of diagnosis, and I’m sure by now it’s nothing on my end

specially cause I see a decent amount of ppl suffering from the same problem around the same time where I started and onwards. so I don’t think it’s a coincidence

even youtubers that I like and watch frequently playing air, have been having some more clips than usual with package loss problems

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Southern California here and experiencing packet loss ranging from 5-18 % with pings 140-300 consistently since July 16, 2026. Only happens with War Thunder, no other games or when I video conference, etc. I did not change any settings in game or on my computer. It just started happening without warning. I thought my ISP was having issues so I ignored it, but why only War Thunder?

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I don’t know either, what servers are you on?

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Happening every 2-3 minutes 50% packet loss in SA servers for me, from Australia, only happens in War Thunder.

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I dont know what server im on and I don’t know how to find out. But I’m in USA west coast so Im assuming I’m on a US Server.

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How do I find out what server Im on? How do I change servers?

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To see which server, go to the battle selection menu under the to battle and then on the bottom left of the menu it should show you the servers you’re on, you can then click on it to select your servers