Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A lesson in humility, perspective, and skepticism, I dive into everything from the expansion of our universe, to lag and stutters plaguing Tarkov's performance for months, my tests conducted to try to get to the bottom of why this happens, explaining what PlayerRTT means once and for all, and my theory for everything. Let's get Tarkoved...
0:00 Introduction
3:02 How Games Work
6:10 Basics of Online Multiplayer Games
8:20 Ping / RTT
12:07 Lag, Desync, and Stutters
15:55 Testing & Experiments
17:55 The Big Problem
18:35 Client Authoritative Movement
24:07 Consistency of the Problem
25:41 Client Stutters
26:15 What is PlayerRTT?
34:18 Follow-up to Previous Video
34:45 Gaslighted
35:25 Takeaways
36:17 What BETA Means
37:12 Nikita's Response
38:01 Final Thoughts and Feelings
MASSIVE thanks to everyone from my Discord community that was able to help me out with my tests and research - there's too many names to list but you're all legends and myself and the community is forever in your debt! Yall are the unsung heroes!
Big thanks to Chris over at Battle(non)sense youtube.com/channel/UCP7QY6L5pvmm0-stL-pNFrw and the members of his Discord community for answering my dumb questions and helping my research efforts!
Thanks as well to other content creators featured in clips. If you want to say thanks to me for this content, do me a favor and support these folks!
twitch.tv/jessekazam
twitch.tv/geekseh
twitch.tv/senseiscav
twitch.tv/joshuaguzz
twitch.tv/kedych_tv
twitch.tv/i_am_the_train
twitch.tv/psilocybined_
twitch.tv/gizmis
If I forgot anyone please let me know!!
Netcode videos to check out:
youtube.com/watch?v=hiHP0N-jMx8
youtube.com/watch?v=G1-uq-gVQUs
youtube.com/watch?v=ftC1Rpi8mtg
youtube.com/watch?v=_Cu97mr7zcM
youtube.com/watch?v=6tfwdnY5cDg
Twitch: twitch.tv/veritas
Discord: discord.gg/veritaswtf
Twitter: twitter.com/veriitasgames
Instagram: instagram.com/veritaswtf
Tarkov Battle Buddy: apps.apple.com/us/app/tarkov-battle-buddy/id1476820880
GitHub: github.com/veritasdev
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/2S6iwClVoSNnpOcCzyMeUj
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/artist/veritas/960043033
Amazon Music: amazon.com/dp/B07MXSCBJP
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/veritaswtf
Amazon Affiliate Link: amzn.to/2Ck3vuZ
Sunrise timelapse footage courtesy of BreachFrontBRoll / Videvo
A lesson in humility, perspective, and skepticism, I dive into everything from the expansion of our universe, to lag and stutters plaguing Tarkov's performance for months, my tests conducted to try to get to the bottom of why this happens, explaining what PlayerRTT means once and for all, and my theory for everything. Let's get Tarkoved...
0:00 Introduction
3:02 How Games Work
6:10 Basics of Online Multiplayer Games
8:20 Ping / RTT
12:07 Lag, Desync, and Stutters
15:55 Testing & Experiments
17:55 The Big Problem
18:35 Client Authoritative Movement
24:07 Consistency of the Problem
25:41 Client Stutters
26:15 What is PlayerRTT?
34:18 Follow-up to Previous Video
34:45 Gaslighted
35:25 Takeaways
36:17 What BETA Means
37:12 Nikita's Response
38:01 Final Thoughts and Feelings
MASSIVE thanks to everyone from my Discord community that was able to help me out with my tests and research - there's too many names to list but you're all legends and myself and the community is forever in your debt! Yall are the unsung heroes!
Big thanks to Chris over at Battle(non)sense youtube.com/channel/UCP7QY6L5pvmm0-stL-pNFrw and the members of his Discord community for answering my dumb questions and helping my research efforts!
Thanks as well to other content creators featured in clips. If you want to say thanks to me for this content, do me a favor and support these folks!
twitch.tv/jessekazam
twitch.tv/geekseh
twitch.tv/senseiscav
twitch.tv/joshuaguzz
twitch.tv/kedych_tv
twitch.tv/i_am_the_train
twitch.tv/psilocybined_
twitch.tv/gizmis
If I forgot anyone please let me know!!
Netcode videos to check out:
youtube.com/watch?v=hiHP0N-jMx8
youtube.com/watch?v=G1-uq-gVQUs
youtube.com/watch?v=ftC1Rpi8mtg
youtube.com/watch?v=_Cu97mr7zcM
youtube.com/watch?v=6tfwdnY5cDg
Twitch: twitch.tv/veritas
Discord: discord.gg/veritaswtf
Twitter: twitter.com/veriitasgames
Instagram: instagram.com/veritaswtf
Tarkov Battle Buddy: apps.apple.com/us/app/tarkov-battle-buddy/id1476820880
GitHub: github.com/veritasdev
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/2S6iwClVoSNnpOcCzyMeUj
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/artist/veritas/960043033
Amazon Music: amazon.com/dp/B07MXSCBJP
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/veritaswtf
Amazon Affiliate Link: amzn.to/2Ck3vuZ
Sunrise timelapse footage courtesy of BreachFrontBRoll / Videvo
