How to change your Crosshair in CS2?

Changing your Crosshair in CS2

In this short guide, we will explain to you how you can change your crosshair in CS2, how to find out what crosshair type suits you, and everything else that you need to know to become a better shot!
The Crosshair is the single most thing you spend your most time looking at, except your beautiful skins, of course.
It is quite detrimental to have a bad crosshair, so it is quite important to have one that suits you well.

What settings does CS2 offer compared to CSGO?
What crosshair type should I use?
What Crosshairs are used by Pro players?

Time to go over the settings, but also a crosshair map so you know what you have to do to feel more confident
in your play and get better aim!

The Crosshair

You can change your crosshair in the settings:

“Settings” ➯ “Game” ➯ “Crosshair”

You can also download a “Crosshair map” on the Counter-Strike 2 Steam Workshop.
If you wonder how that works, check out this article: The CS2 Steam Workshop.

It is pretty self-explanatory of what you have to do:

You can change the “Crosshair Style”, but we suggest “Classic Static”, as then your crosshair does not move around.
The “Friendly Fire Warning” we always have “Off”, so that you can see more and do not have a warning on your screen
when aiming at your Team.

The “Follow Recoil” makes it quite easy for new players to adapt and learn the recoil.
You have to test out for yourself if you like this change, or if it just plain confuses you.

“Follow Recoil” is a setting that is completely new to Counter-Strike, having its debut in Counter-Strike 2.
Some players praise it, some just can not deal with it- it shows you where the next bullet goes.
You do not have to learn the spray pattern, just keep your crosshair that is jumping over your screen on the target.

Customizing the crosshair itself

This is the customization done to the crosshair itself, such as width, length, thickness and everything
else that you could need. It is worth playing around with these settings, to see what you feel most comfortable with.

Center Dot: Add a Dot in the middle of your crosshair.
Length: Adjusts the lengths of the crosshair bars.
Thickness: Adjusts the thickness of the crosshair bars.
Gap: Changes the width of the gap between the bars and the center.
Outline: Change the black outline of the crosshair.

Colour

This is the normal RGB slider, and you can mix the colours to get a combination of Red, Green and Blue.

Red: Slider to make your crosshair more “Red”.
Green: Slider to make your crosshair more “Green”.
Blue: Slider to make your crosshair more “Blue”.

The crosshair settings in Counter-Strike 2

If you think it is a bit too complicated to figure everything out on your own, you can simply download a crosshair map on the Steam Workshop!
If you are unfamiliar with the Steam Workshop, check out our in-depth article on it right here.

Crosshair map crashz' Crosshair Generator v4

A right, comfortable crosshair is vital for playing well and confidently.
Thanks to “crashz” and his map “crashz' Crosshair Generator v4”, it is so easy to change your crosshair and
get ones that actual Pro-players use!

A big part of Counter-Strike is the crosshair. Every player has an individual style they prefer.
What is your style?

With the real-time change to your crosshair when shooting the buttons at the console in front of you, you can form and shape
your crosshair just the way you want it to be.

It also gives small descriptions of some settings, so that you know what they do and how they affect your crosshair.
Do you want to try a “T-shape”? Are you playing with outline and gap to see which one suits you best?
We suggest that you do all of those things!
Find your own personal favourite and adjust its colour.

You can also test yoru crosshair on bots with different map backgrounds, or learn and practise your Spray Control!

Conclusion

Thank you for reading our guide about CS2 crosshairs.

We hope that this article has awoken your interest to check out the new CS2 crosshair settings.
A crosshair is the thing you spend most of the time looking when you are in the game and playing.

A huge thank goes out to crashz, who has not only recreated his amazing crosshair map for CS2, but also gave it new adjustments!
This map is quite an iconic map, that every new CS player should download and pay a visit too.