Recoil Direction

See also: Recoil

Recoil Direction is the weapon stat that describes the path a weapon's recoil follows. In-game it is shown simply as a weapon's recoil value. It controls how vertical or how sideways the kick is, rather than how strong the kick is — strength is governed by Stability.

Bounce Direction

The sideways component of recoil oscillates between left and right depending on the value:

Value	0	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
Direction	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Vertical

• Values ending in 5 tend to fire straight up.
• Values ending in 0 tend to drift to one side.
• Values of 96–99 tend to the right.
• A value of 100 is effectively vertical.

In general, a higher Recoil Direction produces a more vertical and more predictable recoil pattern, which is easier to control.

Practical Notes

Because the pattern depends on the exact value, recoil-improving barrels, grips, and mods can occasionally move a weapon to a less desirable value. Community testing generally ranks the most controllable values, from best downward, as 100, 95, 85, 75, 65, then 90, 80, 70, and 60.

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