diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Chrome.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Chrome.cs
index aca75a176b..a822cd71ed 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Chrome.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Chrome.cs
@@ -176,11 +176,12 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			renderer.Device.DisableScissor();
 			
 			if (Game.Settings.PerfText)
-				renderer.RegularFont.DrawText( rgbaRenderer, "RenderFrame {0} ({2:F1} ms)\nTick {1} ({3:F1} ms)\n".F(
+				renderer.RegularFont.DrawText( rgbaRenderer, "RenderFrame {0} ({2:F1} ms)\nTick {4}/ Net{1} ({3:F1} ms)\n".F(
 					Game.RenderFrame,
 					Game.orderManager.FrameNumber,
 					PerfHistory.items["render"].LastValue,
-					PerfHistory.items["tick_time"].LastValue), 
+					PerfHistory.items["tick_time"].LastValue,
+					Game.LocalTick), 
 					new int2(140, 15), Color.White);
 
 			if (Game.Settings.PerfGraph)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index 67674cca98..bb388ba877 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 		internal static Chat chat = new Chat();
 
+		public static int LocalTick = 0;
+		const int NetTickScale = 3;		// 120ms net tick for 40ms local tick
+
 		public static void Tick()
 		{
 			if (changePending && PackageDownloader.IsIdle())
@@ -199,9 +202,14 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 					orderManager.TickImmediate( world );
 
-					if (orderManager.IsReadyForNextFrame)
+					var isNetTick = LocalTick % NetTickScale == 0;
+
+					if (!isNetTick || orderManager.IsReadyForNextFrame)
 					{
-						orderManager.Tick(world);
+						++LocalTick;
+
+						if (isNetTick) orderManager.Tick(world);
+
 						controller.orderGenerator.Tick(world);
 						controller.selection.Tick(world);