It would seem that way then, yes. I am from The Netherlands. Too bad you can't play your daily race in offline mode then. hehe Changing graphics settings doesn't change anything at all. Besides, an 8350FX 4.5Ghz and 16GB 2000MHz CL9 T-1 with and a 760 GTX should run the game smoothly.
The event and games it self are great! But.. I have a lot of rubber banding, I am now reinstalling STO, in the hope that will fix it. My internet speed is +/- 120 MB download, and +/- 10 MB upload. I only having Chrome and Arc running, no Skype or anything. What could be the issue? :(