Ok i notice a lot of people complaining about lag in HF. A lot of the complaints can be remedied with one thing: Check the location of the people you are playing against in quarter matches. This game doesn’t seperate people by region like the previous sf games did (SF:AC, CVS2, CFE). So if you want minimal to lag free games check the persons location through their gamer profile. If it says they’re from zimbabwe or belgium don’t play them. That shit will lag like crazy. From my experience the only overseas player i’ve been able to play against with minimal lag are UK players, and a few NL players. I usually lag with people from mexico, spain, france, and new zealand/australia (of course). If you stick to US players you shouldn’t have a problem. Ever since i started checking locations i’ve had matches with very little lag, just like how the connections are in CFE and the MK games. If some dude from a foriegn country joins your game just kick him out and save yourself the frustration.
Also ranked matches seem to match you up with the laggiest players. To avoid this just use custom match rather than the quickmatch so you can see what their connections are like.