CS2 Launch Options & Launch Options Generator

Open Steam, right-click Counter-Strike 2 in your library, and select Properties. In the General tab, you'll find the Launch Options field at the bottom. Paste the line from the generator there and restart the game; the options take effect on the next launch.

There is no single launch option guaranteed to give you more FPS. +fps_max has a confirmed effect (0 removes the limit), while the effect of -vulkan depends on your graphics card and driver. There is no evidence that -high or -threads has an effect. The “Low Latency / FPS” preset therefore only sets -console, +fps_max 0, +fps_max_ui 120, and +exec autoexec.cfg. If you want more FPS, adjusting the video settings and updating your graphics drivers usually helps more than any launch option.

Enable “Open developer console at launch” in the generator. This adds -console to your launch options, and CS2 opens the console as soon as the game starts. This is useful for commands and troubleshooting. The option is already enabled in the Default, Low Latency / FPS, and Streaming / Recording presets.

Create a file named autoexec.cfg (not autoexec.cfg.txt) in a text editor and save it in the game/csgo/cfg folder of your CS2 installation. To open the folder in Steam, right-click CS2 and select Manage, then Browse local files. Currently, CS2 usually loads the file automatically. The “Execute config file” option also adds +exec autoexec.cfg to your launch options. The generator rejects file names containing spaces, quotation marks, or “..”.

The “Launch resolution” option adds -width and -height with your values to the launch options, for example, -width 1920 -height 1080. Each value can range from 320 to 16384 pixels. However, their effect is unverified: The in-game video settings usually take precedence, and the option does not work everywhere. That is why the generator marks it “Effect unverified”.

Clear the launch options field in Steam and start CS2 without any options. If the game runs, add the options back one at a time until you find the cause. In the generator, use “Reset” or the “All Off” preset to clear your selections. Pay particular attention to -vulkan, whose behavior depends on your graphics card and driver, and to -tools, which is only useful if you have the CS2 Workshop Tools installed. If CS2 starts but you cannot join matchmaking or community servers, check whether -insecure is enabled: It prevents you from joining VAC-secured servers.

No. CS2 no longer shows a Valve intro at launch, so -novid has nothing to skip. CS2 also uses a fixed 64-tick rate plus sub-tick, even on community servers. As far as we know, -tickrate 128 no longer has any effect. Both options are holdovers from CS:GO guides. They appear in the myth check but are not included in the launch options or server command.

This option disables Trusted Mode so overlays or recording software can interact with the game process. This may affect your Trust Factor. As far as we know, the option does not cause a VAC ban, but we cannot rule out other consequences. It is enabled in the Streaming / Recording preset, and the generator displays a warning. Only enable it if you really need a tool, and only download software from trusted sources.

You need at least -dedicated, a game mode, and a map: +game_type/+game_mode and +map. You can optionally add -port, -maxplayers, -usercon for RCON, and +sv_setsteamaccount with your Game Server Login Token (GSLT). In the Server Launch Parameters section, you can assemble the full command for Linux or Windows and replace the GSLT placeholder yourself.