Valve’s March 2026 update for Counter-Strike 2 includes improvements to Steam Datagram Relay (SDR) routing, with particular focus on Southeast Asian players.
What Changed
- New relay nodes in Manila and Jakarta, reducing ping for Filipino and Indonesian players by 15-30ms
- Improved routing for South American players connecting to São Paulo servers
- Fixed an issue where players in Eastern Russia were being routed through European relays instead of Tokyo
Impact for PingAim Users
PingAim optimizes the path from your PC to the nearest SDR relay. With new relay nodes closer to SEA players, PingAim can now find even faster routes to these relays. If you’re in the Philippines or Indonesia, re-run your connection test to see the improvement.