diff --git a/src/Group.cpp b/src/Group.cpp
index a32c312bdd..d61e050bc8 100644
--- a/src/Group.cpp
+++ b/src/Group.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Group::Group(const RString& sDir, const RString& sGroupDirName, bool bFromProfil
     m_sSortTitle = m_sGroupName;
     m_sTranslitTitle = m_sGroupName;
     m_sSeries = "";
-    m_fSyncOffset = PREFSMAN->m_DefaultSyncOffset == SyncOffset_NULL ? 0.0f : -0.009f;
+    m_fSyncOffset = 0.0f;
     m_bHasPackIni = false;
     m_iYearReleased = 0;
     m_sBannerPath = "";
@@ -102,13 +102,30 @@ Group::Group(const RString& sDir, const RString& sGroupDirName, bool bFromProfil
             RString sValue = "";
             ini.GetValue("Group", "SyncOffset", sValue);
             Trim(sValue);
+            // Handle the group offset application.
+            // 
+            // The goal of Pack.ini is to make everything NULL synced internally.
+            // 
+            // The machine sync offset preference corresponds to what offset the user
+            // would like to assume as a "default" for packs without a Pack.ini.
+            //
+            // If the machine sync bias is set to ITG, we want to remove the 9ms ITG bias
+            // for all packs without a Pack.ini.
+            // 
+            // If the Pack.ini is specified (regardless of the machine sync bias) with
+            // SyncOffset=ITG, we need to always remove the 9ms ITG bias.
+            // Otherwise, if SyncOffset=NULL, we don't need to do anything since it's
+            // already NULL synced.
+            m_fSyncOffset = (PREFSMAN->m_DefaultSyncOffset == SyncOffset_NULL) ? 0.0f : -0.009f;
             if (!sValue.empty()) {
                 if (sValue == "NULL") {
                     m_fSyncOffset = 0.0f;
-                } else if (sValue == "ITG") {
+                }
+                else if (sValue == "ITG") {
                     m_fSyncOffset = -0.009f;
-                } else {
-                    LOG->Warn("Group::Group: Invalid SyncOffset value: %s in Pack.ini. Valid values are NULL and ITG. Defaulting to NULL.", sValue.c_str());
+                }
+                else {
+                    LOG->Warn("Group::Group: Invalid SyncOffset value: %s in Pack.ini. Valid values are NULL and ITG. Using default value.", sValue.c_str());
                 }
             }
 
@@ -201,4 +218,4 @@ public:
 
 LUA_REGISTER_CLASS(Group)
 
-// lua end
\ No newline at end of file
+// lua end