diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs
index 14b75ca2..bae450ce 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs
@@ -436,7 +436,9 @@ pub(crate) const REGISTERED: &[Registered] = &[
     same("cameraSmoothTrackingStyle", "1"),
     // AUTO_FOLLOW_SPEED (`UIOptionsFrame.lua:88`), deg/s, registered "180.0" (`[0xbe1070]`): it
     // sets the transition's duration (`|dyaw| / rate * factor`), an average rate, not a slew. The
-    // knob clamps it to `FOLLOW_SPEED_RANGE`. The stock Save also writes `cameraPitchSmoothSpeed`
+    // validator `0x50c000` refuses outside [0.1, 360] and the follow reader (`0x512d75`) uses the
+    // stored value as is; 90 to 270 is only the stock slider's range, and clamping to it made
+    // `/console cameraYawSmoothSpeed 360` follow at 270. The stock Save also writes `cameraPitchSmoothSpeed`
     // at a quarter (`:353`), unregistered here: `FollowRig` has one rate.
     same("cameraYawSmoothSpeed", "180"),
     // `cameraPivot` `[0xbe10a4]` "1" (`0x50bda3`), smart pivot: gate `0x510690`, routing
@@ -4171,8 +4173,13 @@ mod tests {
             FollowStyle::Smart,
             "and only that one"
         );
-        apply(&mut app, "cameraYawSmoothSpeed", "270");
-        assert_eq!(res::<FollowConfig>(&app).yaw_speed, 270.0);
+        // The validator's [0.1, 360] (`0x50c000`) is the range, not the stock slider's 90 to 270:
+        // a value inside it is stored and used as is (`0x512d75`). 360 is the case that was wrong.
+        for (text, want) in [("270", 270.0), ("360", 360.0), ("0.2", 0.2), ("30", 30.0)] {
+            apply(&mut app, "cameraYawSmoothSpeed", text);
+            assert_eq!(res::<FollowConfig>(&app).yaw_speed, want, "{text}");
+        }
+        // Outside it the reference refuses the set; we clamp to the edge (see FOLLOW_SPEED_RANGE).
         apply(&mut app, "cameraYawSmoothSpeed", "9000");
         assert_eq!(
             res::<FollowConfig>(&app).yaw_speed,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/player/camera.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/player/camera.rs
index 8e8cf621..a97898fc 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/player/camera.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/player/camera.rs
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ pub(crate) fn on_cvar(
         // The stock dropdown writes 1 Smart, 2 Always, 0 Never (`UIOptionsFrame.lua:518`).
         "camerasmoothstyle" => follow.style = FollowStyle::from_cvar(v),
         "camerasmoothtrackingstyle" => follow.tracking_style = FollowStyle::from_cvar(v),
+        // The follow reader takes the stored rate as is (`0x512d75`); 90 to 270 is only the stock
+        // slider's range, so a `/console` value inside the validator's own stands.
         "camerayawsmoothspeed" => {
             follow.yaw_speed = v.clamp(*FOLLOW_SPEED_RANGE.start(), *FOLLOW_SPEED_RANGE.end());
         }
@@ -202,8 +204,17 @@ impl LookConfig {
 /// `cameraYawSmoothSpeed`, default 180°/s (`[0xbe1070]`, read at `0x512d75`): a duration divisor,
 /// as a return lasts `|Δyaw| / rate × factor`. The AUTO_FOLLOW_SPEED slider, greyed under Never.
 pub(crate) const FOLLOW_SPEED_DEFAULT: f32 = 180.0;
-/// The 1.12 slider's own range for [`FollowConfig::yaw_speed`].
-pub(crate) const FOLLOW_SPEED_RANGE: std::ops::RangeInclusive<f32> = 90.0..=270.0;
+/// What the reference's validator `0x50c000` accepts for [`FollowConfig::yaw_speed`]: outside
+/// [0.1, 360] it refuses the set outright (`0x50b330`, `Value out of range` at `0x50b36c`), and
+/// the follow reader then uses the stored rate as is (`0x512d75`). 90 to 270 is the AUTO_FOLLOW_
+/// SPEED slider's range alone, and clamping to it made `/console cameraYawSmoothSpeed 360` follow
+/// at 270.
+///
+/// Deviation: the reference *refuses* an out-of-range set and keeps the old rate; we clamp to the
+/// edge, because this registry has no veto channel — upstream's `Registered::checked` validators
+/// and `SetOutcome::Vetoed` are not in this fork, so there is nowhere to report the refusal. The
+/// accepted window is now the reference's; only what happens outside it still differs.
+pub(crate) const FOLLOW_SPEED_RANGE: std::ops::RangeInclusive<f32> = 0.1..=360.0;
 /// `cameraSmoothTimeMin`/`Max`: 0.1 s and 2.0 s (`[0xbe105c]`/`[0xbe1038]`, clamped at `0x510f4d`).
 const FOLLOW_TIME_MIN: f32 = 0.1;
 const FOLLOW_TIME_MAX: f32 = 2.0;