diff --git a/crates/bevy_time/src/virt.rs b/crates/bevy_time/src/virt.rs
index b66e3dd13f62ce..e3c10df004c893 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_time/src/virt.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_time/src/virt.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use bevy_utils::Duration;
+use bevy_utils::{tracing::warn, Duration};
 use bevy_ecs::system::{Res, ResMut};
 use bevy_reflect::{FromReflect, Reflect};
 
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ use crate::real::Real;
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Reflect, FromReflect)]
 pub struct Virtual {
     max_delta: Duration,
-    relative_speed: f64,
     paused: bool,
+    relative_speed: f64,
+    effective_speed: f64,
 }
 
 impl Time<Virtual> {
@@ -138,8 +139,8 @@ impl Time<Virtual> {
     /// Returns `0.0` if the game was paused or what the `relative_speed` value
     /// was at the start of this update.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn effective_relative_speed() -> f32 {
-        todo!()
+    pub fn effective_speed(&self) -> f32 {
+        self.context().effective_speed as f32
     }
 
     /// Returns the speed the clock advanced relative to your system clock in
@@ -148,8 +149,8 @@ impl Time<Virtual> {
     /// Returns `0.0` if the game was paused or what the `relative_speed` value
     /// was at the start of this update.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn effective_relative_speed_f64() -> f64 {
-        todo!()
+    pub fn effective_speed_f64(&self) -> f64 {
+        self.context().effective_speed
     }
 
     /// Sets the speed the clock advances relative to your system clock, given as an [`f32`].
@@ -207,8 +208,9 @@ impl Default for Virtual {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             max_delta: Time::<Virtual>::DEFAULT_MAX_DELTA,
-            relative_speed: 1.0,
             paused: false,
+            relative_speed: 1.0,
+            effective_speed: 1.0,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -218,17 +220,26 @@ pub fn virtual_time_system(
     mut virt: ResMut<Time<Virtual>>,
     real: Res<Time<Real>>,
 ) {
-    let context = virt.context();
     let raw_delta = real.delta();
-    let clamped_delta = std::cmp::min(raw_delta, context.max_delta);
-    let delta = if context.paused {
-        Duration::ZERO
-    } else if context.relative_speed != 1.0 {
-        clamped_delta.mul_f64(context.relative_speed)
+    let max_delta = virt.context().max_delta;
+    let clamped_delta = if raw_delta > max_delta {
+        warn!("delta time larger than maximum delta, clamping delta to {:?} and skipping {:?}", max_delta, raw_delta - max_delta);
+        max_delta
+    } else {
+        raw_delta
+    };
+    let effective_speed = if virt.context().paused {
+        0.0
+    } else {
+        virt.context().relative_speed
+    };
+    let delta = if effective_speed != 1.0 {
+        clamped_delta.mul_f64(effective_speed)
     } else {
         // avoid rounding when at normal speed
         clamped_delta
     };
+    virt.context_mut().effective_speed = effective_speed;
     virt.advance_by(delta);
     virt.as_generic().clone_into(current.as_mut());
 }