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Yeah I spotted the Mono settings during campaign early access and actually questioned it on here as the descriptions didn’t make sense. All the YT settings guides say to keep it off, but I’ll give it some further testing with some other settings.

Apparently they boosted footstep audio but mine sounds just as bad as it did pre-update. Tested all the options and settings again but no improvement.

I play on XSX so we can’t use Sonar but I watched that video last week and adjusted Dolby Atmos EQ accordingly…if anything, it made it worse. I also “Gaming Headsets” on Reddit, and it’s basically recommended that the EQ/spacial software on Xbox are rubbish and it’s best to disable them. I did this and set audio to stereo compressed on Xbox settings…it’s still rubbish but better than any other settings I’ve tested.

What ports should be used for MW2 on XSX? The thread you linked above has over 20 pages of discussion so not really keen on going through all of that and testing a multitude of different opinions on configuration.

My upload packets are much higher than download packets too. Should this not be the case? I’m only using Games Console rule set up as Gaming/Voice (WAN) as advised.

I’ve been playing around with various settings, and tbh I haven’t found anything that consistently makes the game play any better. I play on XSX so changing MTU doesn’t work, BA doesn’t offer any improvement and QoS seems to make it worse. The only thing I use is Geo Filter to UK/EU only, and I am also able to get on Spain/Italy servers for slightly higher ping if I use polygon mode. The biggest problem for me is the fast TTK, and with the SBMM in this game I don’t think there’s much we can do about it if you’re playing against good players…or “sentinels” holding line of sight. There’s no setting on the router that can change how others play or who we get matched with, so the best way is to adapt our style of play accordingly.

Is that with the QoS sliders or bandwidth allocation? I’m playing on XSX and changing MTU to 750 on R2 doesn’t do anything and the change isn’t recognised on the console.

Is there any point to throttling connection then? It doesn’t sound like it would improve hit detection in game.

The only TP rule I have set up is Gaming/Voice (WAN) so should that be disabled if I start using Bandwidth Allocation? From my testing, the QoS sliders do limit the download/upload speeds when I do speed tests so is using both making my connection worse? Also what are the best settings to use for Bandwidth Allocation when gaming? I don’t need any other devices in my house to have much speed at all when gaming as I’m the only one in the house.

How are you throttling your connection and how low are you going? I’ve used QoS sliders and didn’t notice any difference.

Is Bandwidth Allocation the best way to throttle download/upload then rather than using QoS sliders? I’ve always used the QoS sliders to try this but never really notice any difference.

What kind of lobbies are you getting with this set up? Any way to improve the shoot first, die first would be helpful. I don’t use VPN but I’ve tried UK, France and Spain servers and I’m getting destroyed by the SBMM lobbies with all the wanna be COD pros regardless of the server and I’m dead before I can even ADS most of the time.

This needs updating again. No MW2 servers showing again all day Sunday.

What does lowering MTU to 750 do in gaming? and will it affect other devices connected in the house when not gaming?

Where do you live? The same method should still apply, so just try servers that are 30-60ms from your location on ping heatmap.

@Bul If you’re based in the UK, leave your home location there and “allow” the Italy and Spain servers when you start the game up (turn off auto ping and manually select them). Please note this may take a couple of start ups of the game to add both servers to the allow list. Once you’ve done that, use polygon method in geo filter to draw around Italy and Spain, then search for games. I only tried this late last night and only played a couple of games, so will need further testing but this is what worked for me so give it a try.

Just to confirm…played for a few hours last night after setting the Games Console Normal/WAN rule, and packets show as over 600k download and nearly 700k upload.

I was able to join Italy or Spain servers last night as a test, but I couldn’t tell which I was connected to as both were highlighted in geo filter during the game and pings are approx the same. Is there anyway to identify whether I’m connected to Italy or Spain…such as certain info in the Auto Ping data?

Tried this last night with polygon over Italy and Spain, and was able to join games. It was quite late so only played a couple of games, and will need to test more to see if there’s any noticeable improvement. Ping was approx 30-35ms (I’m based in the UK) but not sure if I was connecting to Spain or Italy as both were highlighted in game on the geo filter (which I thought was a bit odd). I may also play test Finland as that shows as approx 50ms on ping heatmap.

Ok will give it go. Thanks Fraser 👍

Apparently Xbox needs a minimum of 1380 MTU (or a similar figure) so it may be the same for PS.

Yeah I removed the old one and created a new one as suggested by Liam. The old one was Gaming/Voice, and packets are registered on both. I played with the new Normal rule last night and didn’t notice any difference.

Feels exactly the same for me when the SBMM kicks in when queueing solo. You can limit your upload and download by moving the sliders in QoS.

Yeah all my devices are connected via the R2. I'm the only person in the house so when I'm gaming none of my devices are active other than my XSX (wired), MacBook (running DumaOS) and iPhone. Please find attached screenshots of geo filter, congestion control and traffic prioritisation.

Ok thanks. I was trying with polygon mode in geo filter around Italy and Spain, but didn’t find any games so I’ll try your suggestion and allow servers if they show on geo filter when starting the game up.