Prepare! Premier Season 2! Worth adjustments! It’s all right here within the new CS2 replace, which Valve has been teasing for a couple of days now. There’s loads to debate, so let’s not waste any time and dive into the nitty-gritty particulars that that you must know.
Prepare replaces Vertigo in CS2 map pool
After quite a few makes an attempt at transforming Vertigo, Valve has lastly determined to let it go. That’s proper – simply because it has been in aggressive CS2 tournaments because the begin of 2025, Vertigo is out of the Energetic Responsibility map pool in Premier Mode. Changing it’s Prepare, which lastly arrives after its full addition to the sport again in November.
Some have argued that Prepare isn’t prepared for aggressive play. Its inclusion in Premier within the new CS2 replace will go a great distance to enhance this, as gamers be taught the ins and outs of the map going ahead.
Premier Season 2 is right here
No, this isn’t a drill. Counter-Strike 2 Premier Season 2 is lastly right here! Given the sport was launched again in September 2023, you’d be forgiven for pondering that Valve had forgotten that Seasons have been even a factor. Relaxation assured, it hasn’t, and now you can soar into the motion in Season 2 of CS2 Premier.
In case you earned a Counter-Strike Score again in Season 1, it’s best to now have a cool badge indicating your standing as an early participant. You may even click on on the badge to check out your stats throughout the Season, which ought to seem like this (don’t decide mine, please):
Valve has confirmed that Season 2 will run from now till the BLAST Austin Main. Gamers who’ve a CS Score after that can earn an analogous medal, too.
CS2 weapon worth and accuracy adjustments
CT-side gamers may discover one thing has modified subsequent time they log onto CS2. That’s as a result of Valve has additionally made some stability adjustments to the value and accuracy of the weapons. The vital particulars are as follows:
The M4A4 has been dropped to $2900, matching the M4A1-S.
The FAMAS has been dropped to $1950, and its accuracy has been improved.
The MP9, MP5-SD, and MP7 have all had their crouching accuracy lowered.
General, it’s a reasonably strong set of adjustments. If you wish to learn extra, try the total set of CS2 patch notes beneath.
Counter-Strike 2 Patch Notes for twenty ninth January, 2025
[ PREMIER ]
Premier Season Two is right here, and Premier matchmaking has resumed
Each participant who earned a CS Score throughout Season One will obtain a commemorative Premier Season One Medal which incorporates detailed Season Statistics
Each participant could have their CS Score recalibrated primarily based on their Season One efficiency, and might want to re-establish their CS Score by profitable 10 matches
Prepare has been added to the Energetic Responsibility map pool
Vertigo has been faraway from the Energetic Responsibility map pool
[ GAMEPLAY ]
M4A4 worth lowered to $2,900
FAMAS accuracy improved and worth lowered to $1,950
Lowered crouching accuracy for the MP9, MP5-SD, and MP7
Adjusted scope dot on AUG/SG to be extra useable at vary
[ UI ]
Added a brand new radar dynamic zoom choice that can develop or shrink the radar to incorporate your staff mates, bomb and different detected components
Adjusted grenade order in spectator UI to match weapon choice order
Elevated brightness of carried C4 in UI
[ MAPS ]
Prepare
Eliminated a lift angle from Lengthy Canine to Bombsite A
Fastened lighting artifacts on double-sided supplies
[ MISC ]
Added fallback logic to permit enjoying incomplete demo recordsdata, both copied from an ongoing reside match or recovered after a sport server crash
Fastened an exploit the place customers might use secondary hearth on R8 Revolver after which promote it again
Counter-strafe summaries at the moment are obtainable in sport server log knowledge distributed through log handle along with console logs