While pure skill is king in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, having the right settings can definitely improve your performance. Tinkering with settings is part of the Modern Warfare II experience, but as with most things in the series, there are an overwhelming number of options to choose from.
We spent a considerable amount of time with multiplayer and tweaked our settings to optimize performance. In this guide, we’ll show you the best game settings for multiplayer, but keep in mind that many of these options come down to personal preference. Yet some are objectively better than others. Additionally, Infinity Ward will likely add new settings or change how some current settings work.
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Controller
Submissions
Invert L1, L2 and R1, R2
Stopped
Stick Layout Preset
Default
Controller vibration
Stopped
Trigger effect
Stopped
Aim
Horizontal Stick Sensitivity
High 7 (personal preference)
Vertical Stick Sensitivity
High 7 (personal preference)
Sensitivity multiplier
All by default (personal preference)
Vertical line of sight
Any standard (personal preference)
Gameplay
Aim down behavior
Hold
Auto sprint
Automatic tactical sprint
Equipment behavior
Hold
Weapon mount activation
ADS + melee
Interact, reload behavior
Tap to reload
Armor Plate Behavior
Apply all
advanced controller
Aim assist
Aim assist
On
Aim assist type
Default (personal preference)
Aim
Aim Response Curve
Standard
ADS meaning. multiplier [Focus]
1.00
ADS Sensitivity Transition Sync
Instantaneous
Zoom Custom Sensitivity
On
ADS meaning. multiplier [Low zoom]
1.00 (personal preference)
ADS meaning. multiplier [2x to 3x zoom]
1.00 (personal preference)
ADS meaning. multiplier [4x to 5x zoom]
0.75 (personal preference)
ADS meaning. multiplier [6x to 7x zoom]
0.75 (personal preference)
ADS meaning. multiplier [8x to 9x zoom]
0.75 (personal preference)
ADS meaning. multiplier [High zoom]
0.75 (personal preference)
Movement behaviors
Sprint, tactical sprint behavior
N / A
Advance automatically
Stopped
Tactical sprint behavior
Tap twice
Grounded Mantle
On
Automatic Airborne Coat
Partiel
Automatic ground coat
Stopped
Reverse slide and dive behavior
Standard
Dive underwater
Dive freely
Automatic parachute deployment
Stopped
Door kick sprint
On
Fighting behaviors
ADS Key Exchange
Stopped
Alternate backpack control
Stopped
ADS interrupt behavior
N / A
Weapon Mount Exit Delay
Short
Ammo Depleted Weapon Switch
On
Rapid detonation of C4
On
Vehicle behaviors
vehicle camera centerer
Default
Initial camera position
Free look
Behavior overlays
Ping Wheel Delay
Moderate
Double tap danger ping delay
Moderate
Chart
Details & textures
On-demand texture streaming
Enabled (depending on your internet connection)
Allocated texture cache size
Auto
Enable download limits
Disabled (depending on your internet connection) Allocated texture cache size
Daily download limit
1.0 (depending on your internet connection) Texture cache size allocated
