How do I fix this? I can tell it’s the vpn because my ping spikes to 5000ms in discord.
Take a look at your network configuration. Minimal ping and max speeds here.
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You couldn’t be more vague asking for assistance. Anything can slow down your network speed that noone would have any idea how to direct you towards a fix. What’s your max up/down package with ISP? When was the last time you’ve done a speed test to confirm you’re getting near that speed? Are you wired or wireless? Do you have a double-nat configuration? How old is your network gear (router, modem)? Are you bottleneck due to a slow pc? You doing any seeding or running background services?
Generally speaking you don’t need vpn while gaming unless it’s a peer-to-peer game like GTA5 where you need to hide your IP from modders. That said I haven’t noticed a problem with PVpn other than making GTA5 loading times much worse. It still plays roughly the same. No weird lag spikes or disconnects once the game is loaded.
Try this:
Settings > Connection tab > turn on “Moderate NAT”
It’s a setting for gaming.