What do the meters mean?
GPL 1.2 Meters Latency and Quality. The L and Q meters measure Latency and Quality. These are the same values you can already display with Alt-L, but the meters’ real-time graphical display is continuous and almost instantaneous. This can give you an excellent picture of what’s happening on the link between you and the server. Latency measures the amount of time that it is taking data to be transmitted between you and the GPL server. It’s a round-trip time, and is similar to the “ping time” reported in other programs. High latency tends to cause warping – lateral and/or longitudinal displacement of a remote car from its actual path. The top of the meter corresponds to a latency of 1 second, or 1000 ms; the bottom corresponds to 0 ms, or zero latency. Lower is obviously better, although you’ll probably never see zero latency, even on a LAN. Bandwidth and the Q Meter If a GPL host does not use VROC’s option to force a VROC bandwidth on the clients, your Q meter may indicate high data los
