Call of Duty: Cold War has so much variety in terms of maps, strategy, and weapon compositions, it’s one of the best CoD games in recent times. That’s why we’ve put together the very best Cold War settings.
These settings are a great place to start but make sure you play around a bit to find the perfect settings for you. So, whether you are an AR player who enjoys owning areas, or an SMG user who enjoys causing havoc, here are our best Cold War settings that can elevate your game to the next level.
Whether you’re looking for Cold War or a Call of Duty: Vanguard settings guide, you should know graphics are essential for identifying opponents, and micro-movements.
If you have a 144hz monitor, you will experience noticeable improvements in textures from all ranges. However, despite what some experts say, you don’t need a top-of-the-line display to push you to the top. Next, disable Gameplay and Menu V-sync. This will limit graphics to the refresh rate of your display device.
The best CoD players in CDL have field of views ranged between 90-100. Due to the congested nature of competitive play, having an FoV in this range improves overall accuracy and focus.
FoV affected will allow ADS to be closer to your intended value.
Having texture quality on Medium will allow for fewer dropped frames. The environments will still be clear but you shouldn’t experience lag.
Aspects such as brightness and framerate limit are all personal preferences. Depending on your set-up capabilities, try to reduce frame rate and packet loss. We’d recommend ensuring your settings limit screen-tears, as you want to notice everything happening in-front of you.
This game has some extra graphical support, which can give you minor advantages. Having options such as water tessellation and screen space reflection disabled will help. It will take away unnecessary brightness and unneeded realistic effects out of the game. This will allow for more stable frame rates, increasing your chances of accurate shots.
We’d also recommend taking weapon shadows off and removing motion blur. This will help your aim which, after all, is one of the most important parts of the game.
Having “dynamic shadows on” has been a popular choice.
This grants pros in certain situations the ability to notice enemy movements just microseconds before they appear on the screen.
Moving forward, your audio choices will be heavily catered to your own preference. However, for an S&D match, you will want the music option at 0 to support focus. Sound effects and dialogue can be important, but always have them lower than the master volume.
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Here we have one of the most important, yet highly customizable aspects of the game. These settings will depend on your playstyle, role, and what level your skillset is at.
Like Vanguard, most AR and SMG users tend to stick with 6 or 7 for horizontal and vertical stick sensitivity. This allows for the most optimal movement and control balance in competitive play. Remember, finding a balance between accuracy and speed is paramount.
For ADS options, try to stick to the value of one. But with controller vibration, it’s totally dependent on you. However, remember most people currently playing CoD react quicker through feel rather than visual cues.
To keep things simple, we’ll be exploring one weapon for each AR and SMG class. Due to these classes being the most important in every CoD game, we have the ideal setup for Cold War.
Let’s take the Krig-6 for example. It may be less mobile than others in its class, but it can be highly accurate and powerful. Below is a list of attachments you should run in competitive play with this weapon. Perks such as Tac Mask, Ninja, and Flak are recommended for this setup:
- Optic- Microflex LED
- Barrel- 19.7” Ranger
- Under Barrel- Field Agent Grip
- Handle- Airborne Elastic Wrap
- Stock- Raider Stock.
For SMG fanatics, there is basically no option apart from the AK74-u. With an extremely fine balance between accuracy, DPS, and mobility, how can this be missed.
Below is a list of attachments that can bring the best out. Like our Krig-6 class, we want Ninja, Tac Mask and Flak enabled. This will allow us to negate equipment effects and move around quietly.
- Muzzle- Spetsnaz Compensator
- Barrel- 9.3” Extended
- Under Barrel- Spetsnaz Speedgrip
- Handle- GRU Elastic Wrap
- Stock- KGB Skeletal Stock
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Firstly, ensure you have both an AR and SMG class ready for selection. This will enable you to fit your own team’s needs.
If you’re playing solo, which most of the current player base are, it’s important to have a mix of both weapon classes.
Next, identify how to manipulate spawns. On the minimap, you can guess roughly where opponents will be after picking up a kill on them. If player and team positioning is on point, your team can communicate when they see players coming off spawn.
One of the best things you can do is to learn call-outs. This will support your squad in pinning enemy teams back and trading more efficiently. However, it is also vitally important to learn rotations in respawn game modes.
Even if you are solo queueing, correctly timing a rotation will often beat opponents who leave it to the last second. Utilize pro settings in private play, as this will allow you to become familiar with power positions and structured rotations. With all these settings, recommendations, tips and tricks explained, it is now time for you to play and rise above the competition.
Read also: Call of Duty Pro Settings
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