Fennec with Yorebands, Little Owl, Spaceman and Rainbow Boost - my usual preset.

Artistic credit to my younger daughter.

Listen, I totally get it, sometimes you join a game and you’re short for time or something comes up. I can’t count how many times I’ve started a game and then my family asks for help or my dogs need to go to the bathroom or I need to go to the bathroom! It’s unfortunate, it really is, but it happens to all of us. I always try to skip replays especially on kickoff/ boring goals, but sometimes I need a sip of water or need to send a quick text. So I PROMISE you the second you send a chat saying “skip”, I will make it my mission to make that game last as long as possible. Whether I’m winning or losing, you saying skip tells me you’re short for time or frustrated, and I’m going to take advantage of that. I don’t feel like this is wrong at all. What do you guys think?

Genuinely couldn't beleive it worked

Hi everyone,

I've been struggling with what feels like Heavy Car Bug (HCB) for a long time.

Before the latest season update, the issue would come and go. Sometimes the game would feel perfectly normal for a few days, then I'd have HCB for a week or two. When it happened, the game felt extremely heavy and sluggish despite having stable FPS. My car felt less responsive, turning felt heavier, fast aerials and flicks were inconsistent, and overall it felt like I had input delay even though performance was perfectly fine.

Sometimes restarting my PC or reinstalling Rocket League would temporarily fix it, but eventually those tricks stopped working.

Since the latest season update, everything has changed. The HCB now feels much worse than before, and for the last 3 weeks it hasn't disappeared once. The game feels heavy every single time I launch it. High FPS, no stuttering, no obvious performance issues — just constant heavy, delayed controls.

My PC:

• Ryzen 7 5800X3D
• RTX 5070 Ti
• MSI B550M PRO-VDH WiFi
• 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 3600 MHz
• MSI Spatium M470 Pro SSD
• Seasonic Focus GX-850 V4
• ASUS VG27AQML5A (DisplayPort, no G-Sync/Adaptive Sync)
• PS5 DualSense via USB

Things I've already tried (Windows and Linux):

• Fresh Windows installation
• Latest BIOS
• DDU + clean NVIDIA driver installation
• Multiple NVIDIA driver versions
• Reinstalled Rocket League
• Different DualSense controller
• Different USB cable
• Different USB ports
• Disabled Hyper-V / VBS
• LatencyMon (no significant latency issues)
• No BakkesMod
• Epic Games version (no Steam Input)
• G-Sync / Adaptive Sync disabled
• Stable FPS at all times
• Normal temperatures and CPU/GPU usage
• Disabled Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO), which made it feel slightly better but didn't solve the issue
• Different monitor
• Different PC parts
• WiFi, LAN, offline
• Different accounts
• Different ingame settings

UPDATE: Set up a Linux dual-boot (Bazzite) specifically to isolate this — same result

To rule out Windows itself as the cause, I dual-booted Bazzite Linux on the same machine, installed Rocket League via Heroic/Proton, and tested in offline Freeplay (no anti-cheat, no network at all).

The HCB is identical on Linux. Same heavy, slow-motion feeling, both with the DualSense (USB and Bluetooth) and with keyboard-only input. That rules out:

• Windows itself (OS, drivers, DWM/compositor, Windows' USB/HID stack)
• The controller and its driver chain specifically (keyboard shows the exact same symptom)
• Steam Input, BakkesMod, and anything Epic/Windows-specific

At this point the issue reproduces across two completely independent OS installs, two completely different graphics/input stacks, wired and wireless controller, and even keyboard-only input. That's basically every software-side explanation exhausted.

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Hit this shot around a month ago

I made this pack to get myself more comfortable with multi touch air dribbles with the goal of getting my first cross map. After 4 hours I finally got one, barely lol

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the first 5 shots start you out moving in the air. It doesn't exactly simulate a good set up, but it helps get more comfortable with boost timing. The from ground setups actually felt lighter than the ones where you're already in the air, but they somehow helped me get used to controlling a heavy feeling ball, which for me was unavoidable after the 3rd or 4th touch on the longer shots.

"You can take someone out of Rocket League, but you can't take Rocket League out of them..."

Turns out you can wavedash and speedflip in Assetto Corsa too

Games wont queue at the moment. Restarted the game. Can see there are only 2000 people in the playlists - OCE, ASIA SE

Tonight I was playing a couple games after a work day, and I got the best lobby ever, congrats to these guys! They are what we older people (M29) want after a long day. If anyone knows these guys, tell them they’re awesome!
This was just the end, but we were all game having a good time. Hope I get more people like this. (I’m currently Diamond 2~ so many times players are really toxic)

Keep getting deleted by reddit's filters so sorry for not including the proper terms, but me and my buddy made it to the finals of an ssl pentathlon tournament and ran into this guy. Was immediately disconnected, and were eventually shown a second place finish after 6 attempts to reconnect. It was inevitable, but it's unbelievable that we had to sacrifice bakkesmod only to still have the same problem happen.

( Don't mind the gameplay much. I just mess around in comp 1s. It's not my main gamemode. And the save in talking about happens at about 35~ seconds if you wanna see it )

Whoops…..

(Ik it's not that good so pls no hate)

One thing I actually appreciate is reasonable ban lengths for leaving comp matches early.

I think I’ve just had shit luck lately, but I’ve had a number of toxic tm8s that will hard throw and just ram me all game, own goal, etc. A large percentage of those are trolls on alts that have nothing to lose - another reason I hate smurfing and alts.

Rather than waiting it out in a 1v3 whilst my tm8 and the opponents run up 12 points, it’s nice to just leave and not feed the wildlife.

I really wish Psyonix would do something about afkers and griefers, but I’ve learned to enjoy just turning the game off.