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Multiple games matchmaking "messes up"?
I have noticed this issue in two separate games that I've played and while it could be just the games themselves the fact that both games have effectively the same problem happens makes me question i...
I do not currently have the Geo-Filter enabled but from previous usage attempts I had it set to 1110 miles/1786km.
Because these games are P2P the geo filter is basically non-functional from a practical standpoint because the games themselves would not be able to recognize that the connections "aren't allowed" because of the geo filter in my experience. What typically happens when it is setup is that the game would try to match with someone outside the filter -> the filter functions correctly and disallows it -> the game does a matchmaking connection error since it couldn't connect to that person. So the matchmaking itself becomes inherently worse since it thinks it is erroring out whenever it runs into these types of connections.
This is why I haven't been using the geo filter anymore anyway.
I get you, the way the matchmaking works makes Geo-Filtering more of a slog. If you don't have the Geo-Filter enabled then there isn't really anything blocking you from making further connections, do you get the same issue if you connect your PS5 directly to the modem?