Games in the SLARP catalog

Game pages

Popular games are here: where to see ping in each one, where the servers are and which anti-cheat it uses. The full list is in the app: SLARP finds installed games on its own, and a game that is not on the list can be added manually.

Games on this page: 24

• Counter-Strike 2 Shooter
• Dota 2 MOBA
• PUBG: Battlegrounds Battle royale
• Roblox Game platform
• FFortnite Battle royale
• BBattlefield 6 Shooter
• Rust Survival
• Dead by Daylight Horror
• War Thunder Military simulator
• Apex Legends Battle royale
• Rainbow Six Siege Tactical shooter
• Deadlock Shooter and MOBA
• GGenshin Impact Action RPG
• DayZ Survival
• Sea of Thieves Adventure
• Team Fortress 2 Shooter
• Hunt: Showdown 1896 Shooter
• Battlefield 2042 Shooter
• The Finals Shooter
• Rocket League Sports
• Squad Tactical shooter
• Arma Reforger Military simulator
• Crossout Action
• Enlisted Shooter

There is no such page yet. The full list of games is in the app: SLARP finds installed games on its own. The game is not in the app either? Contact support

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Ping, jitter and packet loss in short

Ping

The time a packet takes to travel from your PC to the game server and back. It is measured in milliseconds: the lower it is, the sooner the server learns about your action.

Jitter

The spread of latency: packets arrive unevenly, some earlier, some later. With high jitter the game stutters even when the average ping is fine.

Packet loss

Data that never reached its destination. The game has to catch up: models twitch and “teleport”, and an action may never reach the server.

Why ping is high on a good connection

The speed of your plan says how much data gets through per second; ping says how long each packet takes. A game needs little data, but it needs it quickly and evenly, so a fast plan does not by itself mean low ping.

• Distance to the server: the farther the game's data center, the higher the ping — nobody has repealed the laws of physics.
• Your ISP's route: traffic to the server may take a roundabout path through congested nodes.
• Wi-Fi: walls, neighboring networks and interference cause loss and jitter; a cable is usually steadier.
• Background downloads: updates, torrents and streams on the same line take it over, and ping spikes.

How to tell what is getting in your way: turn on the ping and packet loss display in the game — each game page says where. Then compare Wi-Fi with a cable, and the game with and without downloads running. If the loss disappears on a cable, Wi-Fi is the problem. If ping is steady but the picture still stutters, look at FPS: that is load on your PC, not the network.

SLARP works on the second item: it routes the games you pick through its own network, picks the route to the server and optimizes ping and jitter for the whole match. It will not fix the distance to the server, Wi-Fi or the load on your PC — and the game pages say so.

Guides about ping and networks

General things not tied to one game: what jitter and packet loss are, why ping is high on a good connection, how to check for packet loss on Windows.

• Ping, jitter and packet loss: what they are and where the game shows themThree numbers that explain lag, and where the game itself shows them.
• Why ping is high on a good internet connectionPlan speed and latency are different things. Five causes and a one-evening check.
• Why ping spikes and how to find the causeAverage ping is fine, but in a fight it jumps. Where spikes come from and how to catch them in three matches.
• How to check packet loss on Windows: ping and pathpingTwo built-in commands show where packets are lost: at home, at your ISP or further out.

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