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Fix “Network lag detected” PUBG error in 8 simple steps

Since the EA said that the battle royale genre is not lucrative anymore, the genre peaked. Especially PUBG and Fortnite on various platforms. However, even though the PlayerUnknown’s Battleground is out of the Beta phase and it is a metric ton of fun, it has a lot of issues. One which grabbed our attention recently concerns the “Network lag detected” error which blocks the player in place.

This is, to some extent, a part of anti-cheating server mechanism which prevents the lag switch. Nonetheless, we are certain that the majority of affected users are not cheating but rather have connection issues or the game is failing them. For that purpose, we enlisted some solutions for your problem. Make sure to check them out below.

How to fix PUBG “Network lag detected” error in Windows 10

Inspect your connection

Tweak Firewall and antivirus

Disable background applications

Update drivers

Check game’s integrity

Reduce the monitor refresh rate

Update the game

Reinstall the game

1: Inspect your connection

Now, there’s a division in the PUBG community concerning this issue. On one side, we have a tide which strongly suggests that the problem is individual and not a widespread issue we can pin to Bluehole and their servers. On the opposing side, there are users which are certain that the Bluehole’s servers are the one to blame. We can concur that the truth is in the middle. Either way, it’s important to thoroughly check your connection and seal all the holes on your end.

Here are some things you can do to avoid the network lags and improve the gaming experience concerning the connection:

Always use a wired connection. Avoid using wireless while gaming at all cost as it’s unstable and the latency spikes are quite common.

Restart your modem.

Flash DNS.

Press Windows key + R to summon the Run elevated command line.

In the command line, type ipconfig /flushdns, and press Enter.

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