We are here to inform you with the details of the "Virtua Fighter5 R.E.V.O" Ver.1.02 update scheduled for February 26th(JST), 2025.

Adjustments to rollback-related features and menus.
✅Removed "OFF" as an option from Options > Game Settings > Rollback (Beta)
✅Changed the values in Options > Game Settings > Frame delay (Beta) from "0-10" to "1-6".
✅When there is a difference between the player and opponent's frame delay settings during an online match, delay values for both will be adjusted to match the lower of the two.
✅Updated the guidance text that appears on the Game Settings menu for rollback-related options.
✅Effects and sound effects will not appear or play if they are inconsistent with rollback results.

Matchmaking adjustments
✅Adjusted the matchmaking system to prevent situations where a player would repeatedly match up with the same opponent.

Added a basic data collection feature
*This is in preparation for collecting various types of data to provide a better overall gameplay experience. We plan to release statistics based on the collected data in the future, such as match-up charts and rank distribution.

Fixed a bug where controller buttons could be assigned to keyboard and mouse keys if the game bar is activated by controller.

Other bug fixes

https://x.com/vf_sega/status/1892446584652386730?s=46&t=KtBWIts_HqEEnm9MXdRUAA

In a recent rollback test - https://virtuafighter.com/threads/rollback-lab.22280/#post-418412 - both of us notice that the greater our difference in rollback settings are from each other, the higher our ping was (quantitative) and the game felt more sluggish (qualitative).

For example, if I play two games with setting 2 and my opponent play first game with setting 2 and next match with 6: The match in which we had different settings, had a greater or less stable ping (by 10-20 ms) and felt more sluggish.

Vice versa if I play two games with setting 6 and my opponent play first game with setting 6 and second game with setting 2: The match in which my setting is different from opponent felt more sluggish.

We could not rule out that what we experienced was due to our connection and not necessarily due to our setting differences.

This was something I was planning to test more with others...but it seems SEGA 1.02 update forcing people to play on the same delay setting suggests the above observation is indeed related to different delay settings between players.

Patch is up! Hopefully it fixes the room mode issues.

1st impression of VF5REVO 1.02 netcode: Playing rank matches with delay set at 3 & only accepting matches listed as Green connection. I got matches to players with delay setting at 1-3. Delay setting at 2-3, I felt comfortable playing.

Delay setting 1 was playable, but at 1, teleporting from movement was frequent & did make it somewhat awkward to play. I think I could get used to it, VF Dragon-Ball Style! The sound effect and hit effect removed did not seem to make a big difference for how it feels to play for me

The issue with game adjusting settings to the lower delay between players, is that players may not choose the "best" setting for the connection they are playing. And this is very subjective for each person's own preferences. I do think the different settings between players does cause some issues, hence the update making everyone play on same delay.

Unless they can improve the rollback code, some possible solutions for better online gaming experience:

1. In rank, not only show the connection meter, but also the delay setting of opponent. That way the player could avoid/not force to play at delay settings they are not comfortable playing at.

2. When a match is found, allow the two players to adjust their delay settings. If a match is a green connection, the players may be able to play comfortably at low delay...on seeing yellow or worse connection, they can change to higher delay and accept match.

Yes to both ^^