The purpose is to get close servers, not necessarily force servers in another continent so there is no guarantee that will always work.
Disable GeoLatency
Disable PingAssist (set it to 0,0)
Enable Strict Mode
Disable Fast Search
Use Simple instead of Custom radius
Resync the cloud
Then restart game or wait 10 minutes (in the lobby in the game). If that doesn't work, reboot PC/Console and it should work then. This part is very important.