If you’re experiencing random lag spikes in Counter-Strike 2, you’re not the only one. Numerous players have reported similar incidents since the game’s launch, but, seemingly, there’s a fix.
Settings to fix lag spikes in CS2
These settings include three commands you should write in your console, and they reportedly will make random lag spikes disappear.
The commands go as follows.
- cl_updaterate 128
- cl_interp_ratio 1
- cl_interp “0.015625” (for stable connection)
- cl_interp “0.03125” (for unstable connection)
How to open console in CS2
To open your command console in CS2, you’ll have to do the following:
- Open the ‘Settings’ in CS2.
- Select the tab that’s labeled ‘Game’.
- Find the ‘Enable Developer Console’ option set it to ‘Yes.’
- Press the tilde key (~) in order to open CS2 console commands.
I’ve tried this as well, and it didn’t change how the game flows for me. On the other hand, I couldn’t complain about lag issues before I tried the commands either. Of course, I had them from time to time, but they were truly rare and not bad enough to negatively influence my gameplay.
Still, if you’re experiencing issues, go give them a try. If they indeed work for you and CS2 feels better, you could use them every time you launch the game. We believe, or at least hope, that these random lags will get fixed as the game continues to receive patches and updates.
For now, though, players should report similar issues to Valve, so they can be made aware of existing issues. So far, the devs have been appreciative of the feedback and seemed to tweak most of the bugs reported, so this could be the case as well soon.
