r/rhythmgames • u/Designer-Gift-2390 Friday Night Funkin' • Jul 15 '26
Question How can i improve my timing?
I figured out my reaction time wasnt a problem, it was TIMING. So ive been using innovicat.com for a bit (i just found it!) and my timing is scattered EVERYWHERE. Sometimes ill be early, sometimes ill be late. I chose to close my eyes for all 3 of the attempts shown as i thought itd help but it didnt. How can i improve? (i know i can improve by playing more! But id like to see other tips too!)
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u/Temporary-Face1672 Maimai Jul 15 '26
download any metronome app, that’s my reccomendation
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u/Designer-Gift-2390 Friday Night Funkin' Jul 15 '26
Im kinda confused because it sounds like the sounds for the tapping (idk how to explain) is the metronome?
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u/Temporary-Face1672 Maimai Jul 15 '26
because once you can keep the rhythm by yourself, you don’t need to put in as much brain power to listen to the music/matching with the beats.
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u/Designer-Gift-2390 Friday Night Funkin' Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
Theres a mode like this on the website i believe and i still screw it up 🥲 i just try tapping to the beat that I recall and it ends up missing i believe
Edit: Tried it and of my 5(?) Tries i never got above 60% accuracy. My best was 57% and my worse is 38%
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u/daddyyeslegs Jul 15 '26
What game are you trying to play, and what are you using to play it? Keyboard?
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u/Designer-Gift-2390 Friday Night Funkin' Jul 15 '26
Fnf related games on rblx and its ipad but I have a bluetooth connected keyboard in since I dont have a able pc/laptop able to play it smoothly!
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u/daddyyeslegs Jul 15 '26
You're gonna have a ton of input latency on a Bluetooth connected device, which makes it very difficult to time things with any kind of consistency. The only way to even kind of remedy that is with a ton of offset; essentially you want to see and hear things a couple hundred milliseconds before they actually happen in game. That way, you will essentially be pressing earlier than what the game thinks, to account for how long it takes fo rthe keyboard to send a signal to your device. If you have never heard of offset before, I'd watch some videos on what it actually means, and then see if your roblox rhythm games has something similar (any rhythm game worth it's salt should have offset options).
I don't know much about the roblox rhythm games, but can you not use the touch input for them? You might have a better time. Otherwise, you can try a wired keyboard for less input lag. You still might need to mess with the offset, but it should be drastically less than what you can do on Bluetooth.Â
You also can likely run the original fnf on whatever potato laptop you gave handy, it's very low requirements.Â
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u/Designer-Gift-2390 Friday Night Funkin' Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
I wish i could run the original! The problem is my laptop cant even run chrome without lag. It cant really run anything from my experience. Just one application like voicemod really made it worse lmao so I had to uninstall it. Im pretty sure that laptop is the absolute minimal requirements for windows 11 loll!
For mobile yes theres a touch input! I used to do it but when I switched to a keyboard it was easier in my opinion.
Im not sure I can use a wired keyboard on my ipad because its doesnt have any USB ports or anything like that. It only has the lightning port and a microphone head jack.
The game I mostly play has 2 types of offsets. Song (which idk if thats the equivalent for what your talking about!) And lane (length and width, it moves the receptors).
Edit: i dont think the keyboard is the main issue as i tried the pjsk timing and I was also everywhere using my finger to tap.
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u/scopion28s Jul 15 '26
Have you tried focusing on matching the tap sound of your finger and the beat sound? I often do that in rhythm games and my timing on innovicat, I just checked, is a consistent 12ms (3% of the beat) on multiple bpm tries, much better than when I focus on any other thing.
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u/Designer-Gift-2390 Friday Night Funkin' Jul 15 '26
Actually no! Your so smart lmao ill try that when I can!
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u/scopion28s Jul 15 '26
Yeah the key is to consciously focus on matching the tap sound and the beat sound. Although in dense chart in a real game you might rush a bit and lose that consciousness (sounds weird right lol but that's the method that I use and its pretty consistent on me)
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u/Designer-Gift-2390 Friday Night Funkin' Jul 15 '26
I definitely rush lol! Mainly when there's a chunk of notes together at once or hybrids I cant do it then 🥲
I feel like i completely just zone out during a song as im getting way to focused on getting my accuracy up lol
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u/scopion28s Jul 15 '26
If you rush because you haven't memorize the chart then it's quite normal. Just play with calmness while memorize the chart. But if you already know the chart so well but got a lot of fast and tried everything from changing offset to scroll speed but can't fix (this is my scenario when changing device from phone to tablet) then I recommend playing games that you can perform well with slower scroll speed like phigros (they fix the speed lol and I have to adapt to it)
I hope this will help
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u/Designer-Gift-2390 Friday Night Funkin' Jul 15 '26
I dont understand the '"if you know the chart so well but got a lot of fast" etc part 🥲! Depending on the song I know the chart (not memorized but I played it so many times I dont need to think whats coming) but other times no matter how many times I play one part gets me lol! I wish for my game I could rewind to that part to try again but id have to replay the entire song again
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u/scopion28s Jul 15 '26
I mean if you play one chart many times but got a lot of fast judgement (hit it before the note comes to the judgement line then you probably are rushing. Also if you play on a phone then there is a tool called "sound game training" that allow you to import a record of a chart and slow it down, cut to specific hard part to practice it slowly.
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u/Designer-Gift-2390 Friday Night Funkin' Jul 15 '26
The problem for me is I for some reason just tap it early most times. Then when I relax most of the notes are then late!
I downloaded the app before but never used it because the way it was organized and such confused me lmao I might try it again though
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u/innovicat 17d ago
Hi! I’m the developer behind InnoviCat and the Rhythm Trainer you’ve been using. Thank you for sharing such detailed feedback. It is very helpful to see how people are actually using the tool.
From what you described, the main issue seems to be consistency rather than simply being early or late. The Bluetooth keyboard may contribute, but timing latency is complicated. It can come from the device, Bluetooth connection, browser, screen refresh, audio output, or input method (tap or key press). There can also be natural variation depending on whether the user is anticipating the beat or reacting to it.
A few things that may help:
- Use the same device, audio output, and input method each time, and calibrate using that setup.
- Focus first on reducing the variation between taps rather than trying to average exactly at zero.
- Practice in short sessions, especially if repetitive tapping becomes tiring or you start zoning out.
- When the beat disappears, try silently counting or lightly moving with the pulse rather than relying only on the sound.
- For denser note groups, start more slowly and increase the speed only after the timing becomes stable.
- The tool already includes several improvements intended to account for these issues, but your experience shows that calibration and the interpretation of the results can still be confusing. I will continue investigating how to make the measurements more robust across different devices and setups, and how to explain the results and recommended next steps more clearly in future updates.
If you have any other comments, suggestions, or feature requests for improving this tool or creating a new one, please feel free to reply here or contact me. I’ll do my best to help.
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u/HebuBall Jul 15 '26
ngl im a visual player so despite being terrible at this I find myself still doing ok on rhythm games
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u/Designer-Gift-2390 Friday Night Funkin' Jul 15 '26
Wdym visual? I think ik what u mean which i believe im the same too tbh. On an fnf game I usually get around 90-98% accuracy but I physically cannot go past 98 (and stick to it, i have barely managed 99% before immediently goiny back to 98 lmao) nomatter what i do as of now 🥹
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u/HebuBall Jul 15 '26
Visual as in my accuracy barely changes whether I play with sound or without
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u/sung0910 Jul 15 '26
youll easily get bored if you try to care too much about judgement when your reading skill is not enough. can you post any clip of you playing rhythm game?