Choosing the Right Networking Stack: Our Experience with Netick

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Why we chose Netick for a competitive Unity FPS: practical lessons on prediction, replicated state, lag compensation, anti-cheat, and tradeoffs.
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TL;DR: We chose Netick 2 Pro for our competitive FPS because its tick-based, server-authoritative model gives us direct control over prediction, replicated state, interest management, and lag-compensated shooting. Its less opinionated API makes the costs and constraints of networking explicit, but also demands strong separation between simulation and presentation. The tradeoff is a smaller ecosystem, thinner documentation, and some difficult low-level failures - but for a team that wants to own its simulation, Netick is a strong fit.