MW2 Weapon Tuning Explained
In this guide, we thoroughly explain the Modern Warfare 2 Weapon Tuning feature while talking about how you can unlock in the game.
Are you curious about what MW2 Weapon Tuning is? Weapon Tuning is a persistent end-game level of weapon customization that allows you to alter the length, weight, and many other parameters of an attachment. Most of the players don't know about the MW2 Weapon Tuning feature, as it's completely new and unlocks very late in the game.
UPDATE 15/11/2022: Infinity Ward has enabled MW2 Weapon tuning thanks to the Modern Warfare 2 Week One Patch.
UPDATE 08/11/22: Weapon Tuning is currently disabled in Modern Warfare 2 due to a bug that causes the game to crash when five tuned attachments are equipped. There is currently no word on when this feature will be re-enabled, but we will update this article when weapon tuning is turned back on. Keep reading to find out more about how the feature is supposed to work.
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MW2 Weapon Tuning Explained
MW2 Weapon Tuning is an advanced Gunsmith customization option introduced with Modern Warfare 2 Gunsmith 2.0. It is a feature that allows players further customize weapon attachments and alter attributes like:
- Handling
- Damage
- Fire Rate
- Mobility
- Range
- Recoil
- Accuracy
- Recoil Stabilization
- ADS Speed
- Aim Walking Speed
- Aim Idle Stability and others.
To get started with MW2 Weapon Tuning, you first must unlock it by reaching the Max Level with the respective weapon. Once done, you will see a "Tune" button on equipped tunable attachments. Select the option, and you will move to the Weapon Tuning screen, where you will find a Radar Graph showing different attributes of the weapon. That is to check the result of the MW2 Weapon Tuning.
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The actual Weapon Tuning can be done using the two sliders with opposing attributes present in the said menu. As Activision explained in one of its official blog posts. Suppose you are tuning a Barrel attachment.
"It could have two sliders for weight and length. Adjusting the weight slider affects both Movement Speed and Recoil. Adjusting the length slider affects both Aim Down Sight Time and Damage Range. Adjusting both allows for a unique combination of effects on all four attributes."
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Using MW2 Weapon Tuning is easy, but unlocking is rather daunting.
MW2 Weapon Tuning: How To Unlock
As mentioned earlier, to unlock the MW2 Weapon Tuning feature in a weapon, you must reach the max level of the respective weapon. To explain things in a better way, let us take the classic assault rifle M4 as an example. You unlock the Weapon Tuning feature in M4 at Level 20 since it is the weapon's max level. So, depending on the weapon you will have to reach a certain level to attain max level and unlock the Weapon Tuning feature for it.
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That concludes our guide MW2 Weapon Tuning. For more Modern Warfare 2 guides, be sure to keep reading GGRecon.
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Hritwik has been writing about video games, manga, and anime for more than 8 years. Some of his favourite games include The Last of Us Part II, Fallout 76, Apex Legends, Genshin Impact, and the Souls series.
