Help, there is no smoothness in games and strange weapon recoil.

[reach0]

Try going into a gaming PC cafe and see if your problem still persists, and if it does it could mean that whatever you are experiencing could all just be something cognitive related rather than the computer itself

I was at a friend's house. He has a private house with a weak and terrible monitor and a low-end PC, but he has fiber-optic internet with 250 Mbps. His monitor is an old LG with dead pixels and an IPS panel, picture quality is terrible, 144 Hz, but the gameplay experience is indescribable—less input lag, I don't know how to even explain it. Shooting with an AK-47 feels completely different; bullets hit exactly where I aim, everything on the screen appears slow, but the game feels fast and lively. I couldn't tear myself away from the game; everything seemed very easy. Also, he has tracers for bullets in APEX and CS2, which I don't see at home. All weapons fire without visual recoil and no weight in movements—everything is clear and fast.

I can't even understand what this might be related to—fiber-optic internet or electricity—I honestly don't know. I have 1000 Mbps at home, but I use Ethernet cable and don't have fiber in my apartment.

Another thing I noticed: for example, I shoot with a deagle at someone's head, and the bullet hits instantly where I aimed. At his place, it feels like there's a delay—I'm shooting at a player who appears right in front of me, aiming at his head, but the bullet doesn't reach in time and hits further away from him—as if I need to lead my shots.

Recoil in games is doubled; I shoot 1-3 bullets, but the first ones go above the head with terrible spread—it's just awful. At his place, when I pull my mouse down, all bullets go exactly where I aim. In Apex Legends especially, everything hits perfectly.

I can't take my PC there to test because it won't help—I might see perfection there, but what will that give me? I can't live there; he lives with his parents.

I don't see the problem in bringing your PC to his place to confirm your suspicions (side by side comparison) that it is indeed your residence that is the problem, doing so will eliminate any possibilities that other factors that might be causing the problem, thus allowing you to focus on that specific thing. If you haven't confirmed that it is indeed your residence that is the problem, why are you so dead set that it is indeed your place of stay that is the problem? I've seen users on here confirm that sometimes they are just unlucky with the parts they receive which is the reason for their problems.

[JimCarry]

Try going into a gaming PC cafe and see if your problem still persists, and if it does it could mean that whatever you are experiencing could all just be something cognitive related rather than the computer itself

I was at a friend's house. He has a private house with a weak and terrible monitor and a low-end PC, but he has fiber-optic internet with 250 Mbps. His monitor is an old LG with dead pixels and an IPS panel, picture quality is terrible, 144 Hz, but the gameplay experience is indescribable—less input lag, I don't know how to even explain it. Shooting with an AK-47 feels completely different; bullets hit exactly where I aim, everything on the screen appears slow, but the game feels fast and lively. I couldn't tear myself away from the game; everything seemed very easy. Also, he has tracers for bullets in APEX and CS2, which I don't see at home. All weapons fire without visual recoil and no weight in movements—everything is clear and fast.

I can't even understand what this might be related to—fiber-optic internet or electricity—I honestly don't know. I have 1000 Mbps at home, but I use Ethernet cable and don't have fiber in my apartment.

Another thing I noticed: for example, I shoot with a deagle at someone's head, and the bullet hits instantly where I aimed. At his place, it feels like there's a delay—I'm shooting at a player who appears right in front of me, aiming at his head, but the bullet doesn't reach in time and hits further away from him—as if I need to lead my shots.

Recoil in games is doubled; I shoot 1-3 bullets, but the first ones go above the head with terrible spread—it's just awful. At his place, when I pull my mouse down, all bullets go exactly where I aim. In Apex Legends especially, everything hits perfectly.

I can't take my PC there to test because it won't help—I might see perfection there, but what will that give me? I can't live there; he lives with his parents.

there is command to show / hide tracers in cs ? maybe your autoexec is from cs go and you are playing cs2?

[Remanez]

Bro i have the exact same problem man, ive trid like everything, have u found the solution??

[hypzii]

I'm also experiencing the same problem, I've tried everything from getting new hardware to do any tweak possible, nothing have changed it, have you found any fix ?

[playa]

You guys all seem to be complete rookies regarding this problem, you've yet to experience the whole scale of this thing, it's hilarious. Once you figure it all out, you'll realise that none of these online "esports" games have anything to do with skill. Everything is decided by this "thing" - Aiming, movement, positioning, game sense, recoil, spread, vision.
Since it is a setup issue, you can feel it on your desktop as well, don't even have to join a game.

[playa]

Another thing to note is that this isn't a black and white issue, there's no on or off with this problem. Something that seems to be a problem for 1 person isn't for the other, i'm guessing that's why there's no mutual agreement with it in forums. Someone out there super convinced that it's a mouse issue, then there's a guy saying it's GPU 100%, then there's a dude making a topic "It's 100% your soundcard!!!". It's everything. Everything that connects to your setup matters.