Why is my ping high in Rainbow Six Siege? Servers and test

Rainbow Six Siege at a glance

Publisher: Ubisoft
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Servers: Client and server: the publisher runs the game servers
Server choice: The game picks one, and you can change it
Server list: 16 locations, Ubisoft's full current list
Measured by our test: 14 of 14 areas
Status page: Ubisoft's status page
Checked: October 18, 2026

How to see your ping in Rainbow Six Siege

Ubisoft does not document this.

How to change server in Rainbow Six Siege

On PC only: close the game, open GameSettings.ini in Documents, My Games, Rainbow Six - Siege, then your Ubisoft Connect ID folder. At the bottom, under [ONLINE], change DataCenterHint=default to one of the listed options, for example playfab/westeurope, save and restart. Set it back to default for automatic, ping based choice. Ubisoft documents this for PC only.

Where the Rainbow Six Siege servers are

Ubisoft lists 15 data center regions for Rainbow Six Siege by area name only, with no cities. The game connects you to the data center for your region by itself. You can see which one you are on under the gear icon in the main menu, in the Data Center section. Ubisoft documents a manual change for PC only, through a settings file.

Rainbow Six Siege server locations from Ubisoft, with the test point we time for each
Location	City	Country	Our test point
Asia East	Not published	Not published	Japan (Tokyo), Korea (Seoul) and Hong Kong: Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong
Asia South East	Not published	Not published	Southeast Asia (Singapore): Singapore
Japan East	Not published	Japan	Japan (Tokyo): Tokyo
India Central	Not published	India	India (Mumbai): Mumbai
Korea Central	Not published	South Korea	Korea (Seoul): Seoul
South Africa North	Not published	South Africa	South Africa: Cape Town
United Arab Emirates North	Not published	United Arab Emirates	Middle East (Gulf): UAE
Europe West	Not published	Not published	Europe West: Ireland, London and Paris
Europe North	Not published	Not published	Europe North: Stockholm
United States East	Not published	United States	North America East: N. Virginia
United States Central	Not published	United States	North America Central: Ohio
United States West	Not published	United States	North America West: N. California and Oregon
United States South Central	Not published	United States	North America Central: Ohio
Brazil South	Not published	Brazil	Brazil (Sao Paulo): Sao Paulo
Australia East	Not published	Australia	Oceania (Sydney): Sydney
North America West 2 (our name, no label published)	Not published	Not published	North America West: N. California and Oregon

Where Ubisoft gives no city, the table says not published. An area folded onto a test point never borrows that test point's city.

What Ubisoft says about ping

Ubisoft publishes no ping figure or advice for Rainbow Six Siege.

Our test reads its own bands next to that: Excellent under 40 ms, Good 40 to under 80 ms, Playable 80 to under 130 ms, Poor 130 ms and above. These are our lines, not Ubisoft's.

What our test reads for Rainbow Six Siege

The result reads Rainbow Six Siege's own 14 measured areas. Pick the region you play on, or the test takes the best one by steadiness, then by time.
The North America Central test point is in Ohio. Ubisoft gives no city for United States Central and United States South Central.
The South Africa test point is in Cape Town. Ubisoft gives no city for South Africa North.
The Middle East (Gulf) test point is in UAE. Ubisoft gives no city for United Arab Emirates North.
AWS reports its UAE region as damaged, so treat Gulf figures with care.

Fixes that fit your Rainbow Six Siege result

Ethernet or Wi-Fi, when the spread is high or requests go missing.
5 GHz or 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, when you play on Wi-Fi.
Background downloads, when the spread jumps while others use the line.
Router QoS, when the home line is full.
When the route is the problem, when the result reads far from the servers.
Console ping, when you play on a console.

Test your ping to Rainbow Six Siege regions

Rainbow Six Siege ping questions

Where are the Rainbow Six Siege servers?

Ubisoft lists 16 locations: Asia East, Asia South East, Japan East, India Central, Korea Central, South Africa North and 10 more. The table on this page shows each one with the test point we time for it.

Can you pick your server in Rainbow Six Siege?

Yes. The game picks one for you, and you can change it. The steps are under "How to change server" on this page.

What is a good ping in Rainbow Six Siege?

Ubisoft publishes no figure for Rainbow Six Siege. Our own bands, which are not Ubisoft's: Excellent under 40 ms, Good 40 to under 80 ms, Playable 80 to under 130 ms, Poor 130 ms and above.

Does the test measure the Rainbow Six Siege servers themselves?

No. It times public test points in 14 of Rainbow Six Siege's 14 areas, from your browser. That shows network distance in tens of milliseconds; the number Rainbow Six Siege shows you decides.

Where can you see if the Rainbow Six Siege servers are down?

On Ubisoft's status page.

Sources

The Rainbow Six Siege facts on this page come from Ubisoft's own pages, read on the dates shown.

Information about data centres for Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft Help, support article, read October 15, 2026
Changing your data centre manually in Rainbow Six Siege (PC), Ubisoft Help, support article, read October 18, 2026
Rainbow Six Siege, Service Status, Ubisoft, status page, read October 15, 2026