Server-side lag icon

Racer1

I'd like to see an icon or something automatically show up if server tick rate is low. If possible, make it yellow if it is below 20 (or maybe 25?), orange if below 15, and red if below 10. The icon could show up non-obtrusively in one of the corners.

This would serve to tell players when the problem is with the server, not the client.

IeptBarakat

Could tie it into the hud to make it look like signal strength. Right next to the match timer that hopefully gets added.

Racer1

I expect that this would be updated maybe once every 5-10 seconds. We wouldn't want it to be "flashing" constantly if playing on a server at the edge of one of the levels.

Kalabalana

Putting that in would be an admission of failure.

What developer would do this?

Racer1

Low server rate is just as likely to be caused by a overworked/underpowered server (which has little to do with the game) as a game bug.

Techercizer

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What developer would do this?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Developers that want to discover their weaknesses and bugtest them until they improve?

Ironsoul

yeah, even if it is only in during the beta, I agree that this should be put in to help us non internal beta testers find situations that cause servers problems.