Valve has added a new TrueView demo playback feature to Counter-Strike 2 with its latest update, completely changing the way replays are processed in the game moving forward.
Prior to this CS2 update, demo playbacks would often have noticeable discrepancies compared to the player’s in-game perspective. The new TrueView feature attempts to fix this issue by matching the player’s original experience more closely.
“Previously, demo playback showed the server’s view of the world, without accounting for network latency,” Valve said in a statement. “This could be confusing because shots would hit that didn’t look like they should have, and vice versa. TrueView provides a more accurate representation of the observed player’s experience by re-running their client-side prediction.”
It’s important to note that by default, TrueView will be deactivated when the version of the game being used to view the demo does not match the version of the game used to record the demo.
Valve has also stated that occasional differences between what players see in the demo and what was originally seen in-game may still persist in some cases.
CS2 Surf Fixed in Latest Update
Alongside introducing TrueView demo playback to CS2, the latest update also brings with it some much-needed fixes to surfing.
Since the release of CS2, players have consistently complained about the “unplayable” state of surfing in the game and worse overall movement compared to CS:GO. Over the years, Valve has shipped a number of changes aimed at smoothing movement and fixing surfing, but some problems remain.
Today’s update brings some further improvements to surfing in CS2 with changes made specifically to address the underlying issues with the game mode.
According to the official patch notes, Valve has “Fixed a case where air acceleration was clamped incorrectly while surfing,” and “Fixed a case where slowly surfing up a ramp was handled incorrectly due to misidentification as a jump apex.”
Whether these changes will be enough to restore the mode to its former glory remains to be seen.
