Say Goodbye to Lag in Highguard: A Complete Guide

If you're a fan of Apex Legends or Titanfall, you will certainly be curious about Highguard - the new game designed by the creators of both titles. And if you’re a fan of first-person shooters, you should definitely check it out. Highguard is a raid shooter where players can ride and fight as different classes.

However, you will very likely need to face an unavoidable problem: game lag. Highguard’s lag, like in other shooter games, is just as unpleasant. But don’t worry — fixing it isn’t difficult, and that is exactly what this guide aims to share with everyone.

Two Kinds of Lag and Their Causes

Players often talk about Highguard lag, but in fact it’s divided into two types:

• Network lag: Highguard’s ping becomes very high, causing input delay, character rubberbanding, or delays in skill and shot/hit registration.
  • Causes:
  • Poor routing nodes for the connection
  • Background programs occupying the network
  • Sudden network jitter
  • Server congestion
• Performance lag: The visuals are not smooth, frame drops occur, models/textures load very slowly, giving the feeling of a slideshow.
  • Causes:
  • Hardware specifications are too low
  • Device performance degradation
  • Background programs consuming performance resources

Fixes for Highguard Lag

For network lag:

Use GearUP to Fix Your Connection

Most network lag comes from problems with your connection nodes. They act like transfer stations for data; if any one transfer point fails it can cause issues, and you can’t manually adjust these nodes. That’s why you need GearUP — it diagnoses real‑time network conditions and helps you switch to the most suitable node, acting like an intelligent network assistant to improve connection stability and lower Highguard’s ping.

Using GearUP to resolve lag only requires a few simple steps:

1. Launch GearUP and search for Highguard.
   
2. Select a server; Auto means GearUP will match the currently best server for you.
   
3. Start the boost, then launch Highguard to get a low-latency experience, and do not close GearUP during this time.
   

Pay Attention to Your Local Network

Many players may not realize there are problems with their local network — for example the Wi‑Fi band you’re connected to, your connection method, or how the network is being used — so please pay attention to the following points:

• Use a wired Ethernet connection instead of Wi-Fi
• Restart your router and modem before playing
• Close unnecessary background applications

For Performance Lag:

Check System Requirements

Below are Highguard’s recommended system requirements. Try to meet these as much as possible — this gives you more performance headroom to handle unexpected situations.

Recommended configuration:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• Operating system: Windows 11
• Processor: Intel Core i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• Memory: 12 GB RAM
• Graphics card: Nvidia RTX 2080 8 GB / AMD RX 6650 XT 8 GB
• DirectX version: 12
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 25 GB available space
• Notes: NVMe SSD

Update Drivers

Outdated drivers can prevent hardware from properly adapting to new games and from delivering full performance. Pay special attention to:

• GPU drivers
• Network card drivers
• Motherboard BIOS

Don’t Hinder Hardware Performance

• Close unnecessary background programs, especially those that consume a lot of CPU and memory
• Maintain good cooling; overheating can trigger hardware self‑protection, causing throttling or even game crashes and system reboots

Questions about HighGuard Lag

Q1: How do you distinguish network lag from performance lag?

Very simple. Network lag is generally a delay — the character will eventually still perform the action — while performance lag is mostly due to insufficient frame rates. However, in severe network lag, slight frame drops may also occur; you can use GearUP to resolve this.

Q2: What ping for HighGuard will not feel noticeably laggy?

Generally, keep ping below 60 ms and your game will hardly feel any delay.

Q3: Is using WiFi more likely to cause lag?

Yes. WiFi signals are more susceptible to interference, which can cause packet loss or jitter.

Q4: Is GearUP legal?

Of course. GearUP’s role is to connect you to the most suitable nodes among many network nodes; it does not violate any rules, so it is safe to use.

Conclusion

By distinguishing between the network-related and performance-related causes of HighGuard lag, you can very easily find the problem and fix it — making combat and shooting smoother is not difficult. GearUP, as the best solution for network lag, has an extremely simple usage method and stable results, and is therefore popular among players. You might want to give it a try.