OverDrive (Alexey Birukov) - Biography, customization, configs, cfg

Alexey "OverDrive" Birukov is a former professional esports player. He began his career in 2004 in Counter-Strike 1.6. In 2013, he transitioned to CS:GO, joining the team Nostalgie, with whom he won gold at the Prague Challenge CS:GO 2013 tournament and placed 3rd-4th at the ASUS ROG CS:GO Summer Tournament 2014.

In the summer of 2017, Alexey joined forZe as a coach but stayed with the club for only a few months. In 2018, Biryukov coached dAT Team and WINSIDE, leading the latter to the finals of the CSGO.NET CIS Derby tournament. After that, OverDrive worked with ESPADA and Ethereal, winning gold at WINNERS League - Season 3: Europe Invite Division, SECTOR: MOSTBET Season 3, and Cyber.Bet Golden League: Closed Qualifier. He also secured silver at Russian Esports Cup 2019, SECTOR: MOSTBET Season 2, WINNERS League - Season 4: Europe Invite Division, and ESEA Cash Cup: Europe - Summer 2020 #4, as well as 1st-2nd place at LOOT.BET Smack My Beach Cup: CIS Qualifier, ECS Season 8 - European Challenger Cup: Open Qualifier #2 ESPADA, and CTRL PLAY LEAGUE: Open Qualifier #2.

Alongside his coaching career, Alexey started streaming and achieved significant success in this field. He created a Twitch channel where he shared his ideas and insights about Counter-Strike, discussing various in-game tactics, tricks, and secrets.

The breakthrough for the streamer came in 2018 when his channel's follower count began to grow rapidly. By 2023, Alexey Biryukov had entered the TOP 10 most-watched users. As of 2025, OverDrive continues to stream on Twitch, regularly inviting well-known comedians, esports players, and fellow streamers. His follower count exceeds 155,000.