Dubai, UAE – 21 December 2024
New CS2 Update | How to Get the 2025 Service Medal | New CPU Setting!
Shanghai Major Capsule: Celebrate the Champions
The latest CS2 update introduces the Shanghai 2024 Major Champions Capsule, featuring exclusive player autographs in paper, glitter, holo, and gold finishes. With 50% of proceeds supporting players and teams, these types of capsules surely help the competitive scene in Counter-Strike.
How to Earn the 2025 Service Medal
Starting January 1, 2025 (GMT), players can unlock the 2025 Service Medal by completing in-game milestones. Achieving this shiny new medal is a counter strike is a tradition that has been passed down through many years, and each time you reach level 40 you get the chance to avail this coin the first time and later on upgrade it each time you hit level 40 until it reaches the final red color, think of it as the prestige feature from call of duty. People wish such system can be integrated through faceit because if you are playing on faceit you won’t receive any points towards your rank and you must play on CS matchmaking systems like premier, competitive, deathmatch, casual etc; In order to earn the 2025 service medal for CS2.
New CPU Usage Settings how to get better fps in cs2
For players with CPUs featuring variable cores, the update includes a new CPU Cores Usage Preference setting. This allows you to optimize how CS2 uses high-performance and power-efficient cores, ensuring smoother gameplay and improved system efficiency, if you are wondering why you don't see this option then it is probably because your CPU part doesn't support core usage, but if you do have this option then it is recommended to select performance cores only, this in turn helps improve your counter strike experience overall making it more stable
- Gameplay Tweaks: Enhanced death notice mechanics and better weapon handling during warmups.
- Map Improvements: Updates to the Train map, including better collision fidelity, surface fixes, and gap adjustments.
- Map Guides: Steam Workshop now supports map guides with features like radar annotations and submission tools.
Conclusion
This update brings exciting new features like the 2025 Service Medal, gameplay optimizations, and tools to enhance your Counter-Strike experience. Whether you're aiming for the medal or exploring the Shanghai Major Capsule, there's something for everyone in this patch as well as new weapon animations for example for the AK that has been further updated with the rare animation and the community seems not to be in fond of this change
