AMD yeets its latest GPU driver in response to Anti-Lag+ causing bans in Counter-Strike 2

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As reported a few days ago, Counter-Strike 2 players using Radeon Anti-Lag+ technology in the latest GPU drivers were finding that it didn't help matters at all. In fact, it resulted in accounts being banned as Valve's anti-cheat system didn't like the latency reduction system. AMD's response to the whole problem? Yank the drivers off the download page.

Before you think I'm having a go at AMD here, this is absolutely the correct thing to do. Not weeks of radio silence, promising a fix is coming soon, or blaming somebody else for the issue. By stopping anyone from downloading the problematic drivers, AMD is properly taking responsibility for it all.

So why has this happened? AMD's Anti-Lag+ system works on a per-game basis and basically injects itself into a specified game's code. It streamlines the synchronisation of frames between the CPU and GPU, resulting in a lowering of the overall latency. In turn, this makes the game feel a tad more responsive, so for competitive shooters like Counter-Strike 2 the benefits are obvious.

However, it would seem that VAC (Valve Anti-Cheat) doesn't like another piece of software poking about with the insides of the game and automatically determines this is an attempt to cheat. Hence the account bans.

Anti-Lag+ was added for Counter-Strike 2 in the 23.20.17.01 drivers and the download for these has now been disabled. AMD now just points you to the slightly older 23.20.11.04 set instead, if you go hunting for the latest drivers.

A fix will come eventually, of course, after Valve and AMD have worked together to prevent VAC from getting all antsy with Anti-Lag+ but what about those players who have already been banned? According to the Counter-Strike Twitter account, '[o]nce AMD ships an