CS2 is the largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike’s history, ensuring new features and updates for years to come.

This is the unofficial Counter-Strike 2 Steam Group.


So what's new in CS2?

Smoke Grenades

"Counter-Strike 2 arrives this summer as a free upgrade to CS:GO. So build your loadout, hone your skills, and prepare yourself for what’s next!

Smoke Grenades are now dynamic volumetric objects that interact with the environment, and react to lighting, gunfire, and explosions.

Smoke now has the ability to interact with other gameplay events, creating new opportunities. Bullets and HE grenades can push smoke to briefly clear sightlines or expand occlusion.

Now the smoke will seep out of opened doorways and broken windows, go down and up stairs, as well as expand in long corridors and combine with other smokes."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y9MpNcAitQ

Tick Rate

"Tick rate no longer matters for moving, shooting, or throwing.
Sub-tick updates are the heart of Counter-Strike 2. Previously, the server only evaluated the world in discrete time intervals (called ticks). Thanks to Counter-Strike 2’s sub-tick update architecture, servers know the exact instant that motion starts, a shot is fired, or a ‘nade is thrown.

As a result, regardless of tick rate, your moving and shooting will be equally responsive and your grenades will always land the same way."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqhhFl5zgA0

Overhauled Maps

"From upgrades to overhauls, maps are cleaner, brighter, better.

The overhauled maps have been fully rebuilt from the ground up, leveraging all of the new Source 2 tools and rendering features.

Upgrade Maps use new Source 2 lighting, including a physically based rendering system that produces realistic materials, lighting, and reflections.

Touchstone maps are classic maps with solid foundations that players can use to evaluate gameplay changes from CS:GO to Counter-Strike 2. These have improvements to lighting and character read, but otherwise haven't been changed."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExZtISgOxEQ