This tool, designed for gamers, measures your network's input lag "speed limit" - the threshold of lag advantage you need to consistently win in different network conditions.
- Real-Time Network Measurement: Captures live ping data to represent your current network conditions accurately.
- Game Simulation: Utilizes actual network data to simulate gaming scenarios, assessing how network variability affects outcomes.
- Input Lag Analysis: Experiments with different input lag settings to understand their effect on win rates under specific network conditions.
- Download: Visit Input Lag Speed Limit Calculator to download the tool.
- Execution: Run the
.exefile on Windows or use the Python version if you have trust issues with exe files - Server Selection: Choose the gaming server location closest to you for accurate measurements.
- Measure Ping: The tool starts by measuring ping data from your selected server.
- Run Simulations: It then runs game simulations using this data, applying various input lag settings to each virtual player.
- Analyze Results: Your "speed limit" is the smallest amount of input-lag that will Impact your game. The win rate is what factor you consider to be an advantage in a 10 round game. 90% means you win 9 out of 10 rounds.
The simulator measures your network's ping and inputs this data into a gaming scenario. By systematically increasing the input lag on one of the virtual players and observing the outcomes, the tool identifies your network's input lag "speed limit."
This tool helps determine if efforts to reduce input lag (like upgrading hardware or optimizing settings) will meaningfully improve your competitive gaming performance.
- Project video: Video covering this project is on YouTube here.
- Source Code: For those interested in the technical aspects, the source code is available in this repository.
This tool is in beta. Results and experiences may vary based on individual network conditions and gaming setups.