09.06.20244 min read

Recent CS2 updates

Valve hadn’t released any major update to CS2 since last month’s On the Other Hand update, but recently there was an update called Fire Sale, and here is a detailed explanation of what has been fixed and changed.

In a small update for users with AMD graphics cards that came before, the game now supports their AMD Anti-Lag 2 technology.

Gameplay

The fire animations for the Molotov and Incendiary Grenade now fade over time.
If you plant a bomb on the terrorist side but it is defused and you lose a round, you would previously earn 800 dollars. This has been reduced to 600 dollars. This diminishes the impact of the first round on subsequent rounds.
The price of the M4A4 gun has dropped by $100 from $3100 to $3000.
Minor fixes related to the player’s camera have been made.
Special commands like switchhandsleft and switchhandsright have been added.
Bonus weapons in Deathmatch are now the same for all players regardless of loadout.
For the Incendiary Grenade, the flame visibility, duration, and the range of the spread has been reduced, and the price has also been reduced from $600 to $500.

WEAPON RENTAL

There is a new feature in the game where you can rent weapon skins. Initially, this will only work for Kilowatt cases. Let’s describe the feature in more detail.

At present, the player can only rent Kilowatt case guns.
To rent, you need both a case and a key.
A one-time rental period is 7 days. As soon as the rental period expires, the weapon skins disappear from the inventory automatically.
Weapon skin rentals do not include knives and gloves, only gun skins.
The wear rating of rental guns will be random.
Actions such as applying stickers on the rental gun and naming the gun cannot be performed.

Rental gun skins do not appear in the player’s inventory on Steam and only appear in the renter’s own in-game inventory.

Following the release of the update, the price of Kilowatt case gun skins began to fall, whereas the price of the case went up. Therefore, this financial model could prove to be rather effective overall. For a player, using 19 gun skins for 7 days at a price of about $4 per chest and key isn’t too expensive.

So, let’s get back to the game’s other updates.

HUD

Fixed incorrect declaration of the MVP player during bot takeover.
Fixed a bug where 1 flashbang was returned when you pressed the Refund All button to return all the guns you bought.
Fixed a discrepancy where different information was displayed when pressing ESC and pressing TAB at the end of the game.
Fixed a bug where the section showing the loss bonus was stuck on-screen after closing the scoreboard.
Blocking an unknown player also makes it so the their gun’s name and stickers are not visible.

Chickens

Chickens have new animations and a sitting position.
Chickens can now walk uphill.
Chickens are now able to turn to the right when walking.

UI

The “gun store” icon that appears behind the main menu of the game was adjusted to improve how much FPS was required.

Demo

The demo playback now displays kill and death markers.
The demo playback now has a “highlight mode” that can be toggled, which only displays the kills and deaths of the selected player.
Minor changes have been made to the demo playback UI.
Fixed an error during demo playback.

Maps

Vertigo

The addition of a catwalk section to bombsite A allows entry from the rear of the site.
The link between the north part of the A site and the two elevators has been removed.
The bomb planting section of the A bomb site has been changed slightly.
Respawn locations changed slightly.
Changed bombsite A to be playable on Wingman.

AuthorTemujin Batbayar

Analyst from Ulaanbaatar specializing in CS2. Has competed in MESA tournaments, worked with Esports TV during the ESL Pro League, and reviewed both the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 and IEM Katowice 2024. Author of his own player evaluation metrics and known for accurate predictions. Has interviewed s1mple and ZywOo. In esports since the days of CS 1.3.