Counter-Strike 2 has been playable for a few months now, but the shooter is still struggling with issues. Nvidia drivers are causing problems again, as players can see through smoke.
What an unfair advantage! On Reddit, Counter-Strike player “GGDropcom_Off” shared a clip in which he activated a “game filter” using GeForce Experience, allowing him to see better through smoke.
GeForce Experience is a tool for Nvidia graphics cards that allows, for example, the recording of clips or displaying your FPS. With the game filter setting, the Reddit user was able to change the coloring of CS2.
When he subsequently threw a smoke grenade, he could still clearly see the silhouettes of other characters through the smoke and accurately shoot them – quite an unfair advantage against anyone who doesn’t have or cannot use this option.
Here you can see the Reddit clip of the player:
Smoke grenades lose their usefulness
Why is this bad? In Counter-Strike, smoke grenades play an important tactical role. They hinder your opponent’s sight of you and give you a short window of time to exploit the lack of visibility of your opponents.
CS2 even raised the bar and improved the smoke compared to CS:GO. It is now even more variable in use, as it temporarily disappears due to the explosion of grenades. Additionally, shots can cause small holes in the smoke for a short period, and it now spreads better in rooms.
If players can see through the smoke and see you, that’s a huge tactical advantage. The cover that the smoke normally provides is no longer effective.
The enemy team’s economy can also benefit if players can see through the smoke due to a game filter, as they won’t need to use grenades to counter your smoke.
What does the community say? In the comments under the clip, there is discussion about who is responsible for the problem. One user writes that Nvidia is in trouble. Other users respond that Valve is to blame: “It’s not Nvidia’s fault, but Valve’s. If the driver has access to it, cheats can too. They shouldn’t render the player if he is not visible.”
Another user writes that Counter-Strike competitor Valorant had a similar problem some time ago. Generally, some players trust that Valve will quickly have a solution ready.
However, one user adds that to use game filters in CS2, one must allow third-party software, which decreases the trust factor.
A too low trust factor can lead to you playing with and against players who also have a low trust factor – for example, due to toxic behavior or many reports for cheating.
By the way, Valve can also be very creative when it comes to showing you that you should behave better. A streamer had to experience this in DOTA 2:
Twitch streamer unwraps gift in DOTA 2, gets banned instantly: ‘Are you serious?’
