Time.deltaTime vs own delta time calculation

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This thread might be of interest to you:

Time.deltaTime Not Constant: VSync CameraFollow and Jitter

I'm running with VSync at a constant 60fps which is a calculated dt of 16.667ms (blank project with just a cube). When I call Time.deltaTime it varies wildly. Time.deltaTime can be as low as 2ms and as high as 31ms. The deltaTime "averages" out to be ~16.67ms. Why does Time.deltaTime vary wildly? Shouldn't it be a constant 16.667ms assuming the Update() loop has minimal computations and lots of idle time? My understanding is the Update loop runs as fast as possible (and will have variable …

Tl;dr see if the most recent alpha channel build is any more accurate for you as they overhauled some of the deltaTime calculation to be more stable.

Edit: oops @CityGen3D beat me to it.