[Rocket League] Frame generation — genuinely useful or just a number?

Not sure if this is the right board, move me if needed. I do not want to sink more time or money into it before I understand what I am optimising for.

It seems to depend heavily on region, which nobody mentions anywhere. I can post logs or screenshots if that would make this easier to diagnose.

Had the exact same issue. if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

Only partly related, but it depends heavily on your specific setup, so take any single number with a grain of salt.

In my testing, it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

The usual fix here is temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.

I went through this last month. do not copy someone else’s config wholesale — start from defaults and adjust to your own setup.

That fixed it for me, at least.

Quick correction to the above: the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Counterpoint: the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

For what it is worth, nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

I went through this last month. you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

In my testing, measure before and after, otherwise you are just guessing whether it helped.

I went through this last month. if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

Report back once you have tried it.

Worth checking first: the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

From experience, if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

I went through this last month. nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

Short version: nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Not the answer you want, but you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

Only partly related, but it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

In my testing, keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.