February 2025 Counter-Strike 2 Updates

Welcome to the February 2025 CS2 Updates post! As the new year kicks off, Counter-Strike 2 brings fresh changes, including map adjustments, gameplay fixes, and important balance tweaks. Whether you’re here for patch notes, bug fixes, or competitive improvements, I’ve got you covered.

February 4 - Counter-Strike 2 Small Update

Miscellaneous

  • Fixed AUG scope stencil filter bug near water surfaces.
  • Fixed Premier progress bar not displaying properly in low resolutions.
  • Fixed certain UI panels not rendering transparently when using CMAA2 and HDR performance settings simultaneously.
  • Improved dynamic radar scale to snap size when a newly discovered enemy/C4 enters radar view, but still shrink gradually when enemy/C4 disappears and enough time passes.
  • Fixed radar scale settings UI to support full range of radar scale from 0.25 to 1.0 values.
  • Fixed sounds from Train inspect scenery not getting cleared when going back to the main menu.
  • Fixed misprediction error smoothing near walls to avoid clipping through walls.
  • Fixed cloth simulation bug on loopback=1 local servers.

February 6 - Counter-Strike 2 Small Update

Premier

  • Adjusted the logic that determines when players are too far apart in CS Rating to participate in matchmaking together as a party. In most cases, players who used to play together as a party in Premier Season One will be able to party together in Premier Season Two.

 

User Interface

  • Added “Get Service Medal” UI element directly to the main menu profile card.
  • Fixed a case where main menu profiles were missing display medals.
  • Updated Dust II radar image to be more accurate.

 

Miscellaneous

  • Fixed a case where inspect or reload button presses could cause prediction errors.