CS2 Rates – Best CS2 Rate Settings & Commands

To those unfamiliar with CS2 rates, it can be overwhelming to understand and master the concept. Your CS2 rates are important to how your game flows and functions on different internet connections. To that end, different settings will work for different users with varying quality of internet strength and coverage.

Here we give a succinct explanation of CS2 rate settings and the commands to alter them.

What are CS2 rates?

CS2 rates refer to data that is transferred from the CS2 server to your PC via the internet. The rate at which you receive this data determines what you see on your screen. Data packages are transferred to your PC every tick, and this determines how quickly server data is updated for you.

For example, 64 tick servers mean that the player receives 64 updates per second. 128 tick means the player receives 128 updates a second. The CS2 rate settings you set in your game need to line up properly with your internet so you don’t receive too many or too few data packages per second.

There are only a few CS2 rate commands you need to know to set up your rates. But before we get into that, let’s look at all of the possible rates in CS2 and what they mean.

Rates in CS2

Here are the possible rate settings you can use in CS2:

• .5 Mbps – rate 62500 (Minimum)
• 1.0 Mbps – rate 125000
• 1.5 Mbps – rate 187500
• 1.57 Mbps – rate 196608 (Default)
• 2.0 Mbps – rate 250000
• 2.5 Mbps – rate 312500
• 3.0 Mbps – rate 375000

• 3.5 Mbps – rate 437500
• 4.0 Mbps – rate 500000
• 4.5 Mbps – rate 562500
• 5.0 Mbps – rate 625000
• 5.5 Mbps – rate 687500
• 6.0 Mbps – rate 750000
• 6.2 Mbps – rate 786432
• 8 Mbps – rate 1000000 (Maximum)

Use this list later to select the accurate rate based on your internet speed. The best rates for CS2 are totally subjective based on your situation.

How to set the best rates for CS2

Before you begin, test your internet speed. Try using speedtest.net or a similar service.

Once you are familiar with your internet speed, you will be able to figure out if you need to set your rate higher or lower. With faster internet, you will be able to use a higher Mbps. After having found the best rates for CS2 that work best for you and you have input the command into the console, you should be off and running knowing that you are using optimal tick rate settings.

In order to launch your game with the proper settings, you will either need to create a CS2 autoexec command or input it as a console command.

The command is simply “rate” followed by the number. (example: rate 196608)

If you are using a poor internet connection, you may want to switch your interpolation settings as well. For this command, use cl_interp_ratio 2 . Alternatively, with a stable/fast connection, you will want interpolation set to 0.

CS2 Rates FAQ