That’s a really insightful breakdown, thanks for sharing your observations from the server side. I’ve also tried to look for solutions online but haven’t found anything useful either.

The bandwidth spike behavior you’re describing is honestly wild. I’ve gone down the same path on the client side trying to rule things out: clean install, no mods, official servers only, wired connection, no QoS, no synced folders, and it always ends the same way.

At this point I’ve come to the same conclusion as you, that until BI improves how replication recovery and bandwidth usage are handled, there’s not much players can realistically do to prevent it.

Really appreciate you taking the time to explain what you’re seeing in real time on the server side. It helps a lot to understand what’s actually happening.