Tuning recoil strength: finding the right number

Recoil strength is the most important number in the panel. Too low and the gun still climbs; too high and your aim gets driven into the floor. Here is how to find the right value.

The wall method

1. Enter a practice range and stand about ten metres from a flat wall.
2. Turn the tool off and empty a full magazine. Look at the shape.
3. Now turn it on with a low strength — say 8 or 10.
4. Empty another magazine and look again.
5. Raise the value by 2 and repeat.

You are looking for the point where the holes stop forming a vertical line and become a tight cluster. That is your number.

Reading a bad tune

Starting values

These are starting points, not answers — the correct value depends on your sensitivity and DPI.

Why not 100%

It is tempting to push until the spray is perfectly flat. Two problems:

• It is obvious in a replay. No real player shoots like that. Full risk explanation.
• It is brittle. Perfect compensation means any small in-game deviation throws you off target.

Aim for roughly 75–85% compensation. In-game the difference from 100% is barely noticeable; from the outside it looks completely different.

Retune after any sensitivity change

The number is tied to your sensitivity. Change your mouse DPI or in-game sensitivity and every profile needs retuning. Settle your sensitivity first, then tune.