Counter-Strike 2 removes Overpass and adds Dust 2 to the competitive map pool

Valve released a new update for Counter-Strike 2 on April 25. This update officially swaps Overpass for Dust 2 in its Active Duty Group and the Competition Map Pool, which means we’ll not be seeing Overpass in competitive tournaments, nor Premier too.

Dust 2 returns to the forefront of competitive play, which is also a map known or its balanced architecture. Its players welcome its reintroduction, which has been a part of the history of Counter-Strike tournaments. Those who loved Overpass will have to say farewell to it. However, we believe that Vertigo should be removed from the active duty group and competition map pool instead of Overpass.

This update finally allows players to use the lefthand ViewModel, and it took Valve a long-time to add this as a feature in the game. As for today’s update, there are plenty of other changes, which can be found below:

Counter-Strike 2 April 25 Patch Notes

• Adjusted viewmodel bob movement
• Added “Preferred Viewmodel Left/Right Handedness” setting
• Added “Switch Viewmodel Left/Right Hand” key binding (default: US keyboard letter H) to switch hands temporarily during gameplay
• Viewmodel position setting and left/right hand state are now networked and visible to first-person spectators.
• Deprecated “Couch” viewmodel position setting

• Added “Radar Map Alternate Zoom” setting and “Toggle Radar Zoom” key binding to toggle between zoom levels during gameplay
• Added a radar icon for the local player when free cam spectating
• Added a grenade line-up reticle that appears shortly after pulling the pin. The timing can be configured for each grenade type independently
• Changed weapon Swap text (when pointing at a dropped weapon) to always show the gameplay name of the weapon instead of any customized name it might have.
• Added a kill feed icon for “in-air” kills
• Added the scoreboard to the ESC menu
• Added an icon to indicate bots on the scoreboard

• Added a “Dropped Weapons” panel, which shows (and allows the direct pickup of) weapons that have been dropped by teammates that are standing in the buy zone
• Added the minimum amount of money that a player is guaranteed to have in the next round to the buy menu title bar. (thanks, Kadomos)

• Increased Zeus movement speed and adjusted the attack cone
• Increased Zeus kill reward from $0 to $100 ($50 in Casual)
• Increased CZ75-Auto kill reward from $100 to $300 ($150 in Casual)
• Reduced XM1014 kill reward from $900 to $600 ($300 in Casual)

• Lighting adjustments in Inspect background maps
• Added Wear Category to the info tooltip in the Inspect screen
• Added gameplay name in panels that used to only show customized name. E.g., Inspect screen, inventory tile

• Replaced Overpass with Dust 2 in the Active Duty Group, current competition map pool, and Premier matchmaking
• Baggage
  • Opened roll-up doors at spawns
  • Updated models for some conveyors
  • Solidified stairs
  • Various bug fixes
• Inferno:
  • Removed overhanging building at top mid
  • Removed overhangs at bottom of banana
  • Various map tweaks to improve player collision and readability
• • Bug and exploit fixes
  • Collision and line of sight adjustments
  • Minor performance improvementsOverpass, Nuke, Vertigo, Mirage and Office

• AK-47 | Inheritance: Texture and mask adjustments
• USP-S | Jawbreaker: Corrected ambient occlusion texture

• Decoupled demo playback camera movement from playback speed. This allows moving the camera even if playback is paused
• Added ability to launch practice matches and workshop maps with party members
• Added Overwatch system to enable match demo review by trusted partners
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• Added ability to adjust brightness in windowed modes