

I’d recommend changing it to another key you have easy access to, like something on the side of your mouse, or something nearer the spacebar.

Having a speedometer keeps your movement relevant so that you always remember to keep your speed high as you make the rounds on the map looking for enemies and pickups.This setting sits in the “HUD” section of the settings menu, under the “crosshair” heading.If you are trying to learn things like strafe jumping, this is a pretty useful tool, since it will demonstrate the rate you should turn your mouse to get the biggest speed increase. This setting simply shows how fast your character is moving.When you get stuck in a firefight, you want control over the weapon you have equipped, so that you aren’t suddenly using a rocket launcher to try and finish off someone when a lightning gun or shotgun would be far more useful.This setting is under “game” in the settings menu, in the top left section.This should be disabled if you plan to get better, since it’s important to learn proper weapon swapping, and you might accidentally equip a weapon in the middle of a fight that you didn’t want. When enabled, this setting makes it so that when you step over a weapon pickup, you automatically switch to the weapon you grabbed.In this guide, I’ll show you how to tweak your game to optimize your personal and mechanical performance.

Having a steady framerate and good control over your movement is vital, and it’s important that your client is running as smoothly as possible. Whether it’s a careful jump around level geometry or the flick of your crosshair as you fire a rocket at some airborne sap, Quake is full of moments in which loss of control is deadly. In a game like Quake Champions, every moment counts.
