Counter-Strike 2 lives and dies on tick consistency and latency. RackGenius CS2 servers run on premium Ryzen 7950X-class nodes with NVMe storage on our own Michigan network, so registration stays predictable for players across the Midwest and the eastern US.
Plugin and anti-cheat support is fully in your hands through the Pterodactyl panel - install what your community needs, edit configs directly and restart on your own schedule.
Premium CS2 servers with anti-cheat and plugin support. All plans include the Pterodactyl panel, DDoS protection and 24/7 support.
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 or similar CPU, DDR3/DDR4 RAM and SSD storage.
| RAM | 1GB |
| CPU Power | 100% |
| Storage | 50GB SSD |
| Player Slots | Unlimited |
| RAM | 1GB |
| CPU Power | 100% |
| Storage | 50GB SSD |
| Player Slots | Unlimited |
| RAM | 2GB |
| CPU Power | 100% |
| Storage | 55GB SSD |
| Player Slots | Unlimited |
| RAM | 4GB |
| CPU Power | 100% |
| Storage | 60GB SSD |
| Player Slots | Unlimited |
Ryzen 7950X or similar CPU, DDR4/DDR5 RAM and NVMe storage.
| RAM | 1GB |
| CPU Power | 100% |
| Storage | 20GB NVMe |
| Player Slots | Unlimited |
| RAM | 1GB |
| CPU Power | 100% |
| Storage | 50GB NVMe |
| Player Slots | Unlimited |
| RAM | 2GB |
| CPU Power | 100% |
| Storage | 55GB NVMe |
| Player Slots | Unlimited |
| RAM | 4GB |
| CPU Power | 100% |
| Storage | 60GB NVMe |
| Player Slots | Unlimited |
A CS2 server does not need enormous amounts of RAM; it needs a stable, low-latency path to your players and a CPU that will not stutter under load. That is why our CS2 plans start small on memory but sit on premium hardware and a directly peered network rather than on oversold shared capacity.
Full Pterodactyl panel access with SFTP and a live console lets you install plugin frameworks, anti-cheat, match plugins and competitive configs, and manage practice, pug and scrim setups without opening a ticket.
Most of what people want a CS2 server for is a community server that is theirs: a retake or surf rotation, a practice server for a team, a pug setup with its own map pool, or a private box for friends. Custom CS2 servers are exactly what full panel access is for, so your game modes, plugin list and map pool are yours to set rather than ours to approve. Community servers running around the clock are the normal case here, not an exception we tolerate.
Every node runs on our own network, AS32002, out of two directly connected Michigan facilities: 123Net DC1 in Detroit and 123Net DC4 in Grand Rapids. We reach both GRR-IX and DET-IX from either site and carry Hurricane Electric, Cogent and 123Net upstream. Round-trip times stay low across the Midwest, the Great Lakes and most of the eastern United States.
Built specifically for game hosting with features that ensure optimal performance
Both of our Michigan sites: 123Net DC1 in Detroit and 123Net DC4 in Grand Rapids. For a Counter-Strike 2 server the site you pick mostly decides who gets the best ping, so choose whichever is closer to the bulk of your players. Both sit on AS32002 with direct DET-IX and GRR-IX peering.
Yes. Community and custom CS2 servers are the normal use case here. You get full Pterodactyl panel access, so your map pool, game modes, plugin set and rotation are entirely yours to configure.
Yes. You get full Pterodactyl panel access with SFTP and a console, so plugin frameworks, anti-cheat and competitive match configs are all yours to install and configure.
CS2 is far lighter on memory than a modded Minecraft or Rust server - our plans start at 1GB. What matters more for CS2 is CPU consistency and network latency, which is why plans sit on premium nodes and a directly peered network.
Need more than a game server? We also offer VPS hosting, dedicated servers and IP transit on the same Michigan network. See the hardware fleet powering it.
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