Instead, and by default, yes you guessed it, it is set to the maximum - 20000. This is because when you play on LAN rate is ignored and it uses sv_lan_rate When you play on LAN, rate does nothing at all, in fact youР”В¬ould have set rate to 100 and it still wouldn't have any effect on LAN. Some people also say that 'rate 25000 is for LAN and 20000 is for online', wrong. Half-Life 1/CS actually had a maximum rate of 20000, this ment that setting your rate to 25000 was pointless back in the day.

This is why most players today use a rate of 25000, which is wrong, in most cases. Quake also used rates, the max rate on Quake is 25000. The history ofР”В¬ounter-Strike dates all the way back to Quake, the game engine that was used to make Half-Life which in turn created Counter-Strike. This command to the wrong value, mainly because they have no clue about what it is and therefore just copy everyone else. The rate command is probably the most misunderstood setting by the majority of Counter-Strike players. A lot of it will be copied from different websites. I will explain the 4 different commands and which settings are best for each one and why. I am making this guide to explain for you guys in detail the 4 main commands on Counter-Strike 1.6 regarded as 'rates'.

Cs 1.6 config guide