Just a day after piquing fan curiosity with the shock announcement a brand new Cyberpunk 2077 replace was on the best way, developer CD Projekt has revealed precisely what it incorporates – together with expanded customisation choices and new photograph mode options – and launched it into the wild.
Cyberpunk 2077’s new 2.2 replace mightn’t be as feature-packed as final December’s surprisingly substantial 2.1 replace, but it surely nonetheless introduces a spread of nifty new options, fixes, and high quality of life enhancements – definitely greater than you may ordinarily anticipate from a recreation whose improvement formally ended seven months in the past.
On the customisation entrance, gamers can now change paint jobs throughout a complete vary of autos utilizing the CrystalCoat know-how beforehand solely accessible on Rayfield vehicles – with Herrera, Mizutani, Quadra, and Villefort all now suitable. Additionally, Cyberpunk 2077 now has a car color cloning function (formally referred to as TWINTONE), so gamers can save color modifications made to 1 car and apply them elsewhere.
In different car-related information, 10 extra “most requested” autos have been added for buy through Autofixer (as detailed within the patch notes under), and gamers may now see Johnny Silverhand seem within the passenger seat – to touch upon or react to their actions – as soon as Act 1 is completed.
Customisation choices have additionally been expanded on the participant facet too, with replace 2.2 introducing new eye and nail colors, new face and physique tattoos, new eyebrows shapes, face scars, beauty face cyberware choices, and make-up varieties for cheek, eyes, and lips. Additionally, the Character Creator randomiser now features a Plain-to-Punk slider, which does just about precisely what it appears like.
And as soon as you’ve got pimped your automobile or your V out to fulfill your exacting tastes, you possibly can document them for posterity utilizing the improved Photo Mode options. These embrace the power to spawn as much as three NPCs for a shot, the power to spawn and alter mild sources, elevated digital camera vary, a brand new Effect Intensity slider, a change to make the Drone Camera free-roaming, plus a wide range of function toggles. It’s additionally now doable to show your favorite images in V’s residences by interacting with the image frames.
And that is nonetheless not fairly every part for Cyberpunk 2077’s 2.2 replace. It additionally introduces a complete vary of fixes and high quality of life enhancements, in addition to – most intriguingly – “extra secrets and techniques to find in Night City.” Sounds prefer it is likely to be time to hit the streets and search out some Witcher 4 teases now the sport is formally in “full-scale manufacturing”.
Today’s Cyberpunk 2077 replace – which was developed in collaboration with Virtuos and is out there now for PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5 – comes forward of the sport’s launch on Apple computer systems subsequent yr. You can be taught extra about its new options through the developer video above, or by perusing the patch notes under.
New Features
- Rayfield’s CrystalCoat™ know-how, initially designed for Rayfield autos solely, has now been adopted by different automobile producers. You can now change the paint jobs on Herrera, Mizutani, Quadra and Villefort autos. Pro tip: Use CrystalCoat™ to idiot the cops and decrease your NCPD wished degree!
- Kiroshi presents TWINTONE™! As CrystalCoat™ continues to in acquire recognition, TWINTONE™ takes your paint jobs to the following degree. Simply scan a automobile together with your Kiroshi optics, change to the TWINTONE™ tab, then save the car’s shade scheme for a small charge. You’ll then be capable to choose the scheme within the TWINTONE™ database underneath the CrystalCoat™ menu. There, you will additionally discover generic shade schemes for all CrystalCoat™-compatible autos in addition to distinctive shade schemes unique to the car mannequin from which they had been copied. Please be aware that shade scheme cloning isn’t approved on autos which are linked to quests, belong to the NCPD or which are incompatible with CrystalCoat™ tech.
- All autos suitable with CrystalCoat™ and TWINTONE™ are marked with a twig can icon on Autofixer.
The ten most requested autos from the streets of Night City are actually accessible for buy on Autofixer:
- Mizutani Shion MZ1
- Mizutani Shion Targa MZT
- Thorton Galena GA32t
- Thorton Colby CST40
- Archer Quartz EC-L r275
- Quadra Type-66 640 TS
- Quadra Type-66 680 TS
- Mahir Supron FS3-T
- Villefort Deleon V410-S Coupe (Phantom Liberty solely)
- Mizutani Hozuki MH2 (Phantom Liberty solely)
- Following Act 1, Johnny will now typically seem within the passenger seat whereas V is driving to touch upon and react to what’s occurring.
We’ve overhauled Photo Mode and added a number of community-requested options:
- Drone Camera is now a free digital camera as a substitute of an orbital digital camera centered round V.
- Increased digital camera vary.
- Full Collision (ON/OFF) – determines whether or not the digital camera respects in-game object collisions.
- Lock Camera (ON/OFF) – locks the digital camera to keep away from misclicking and ruining the body.
- Precise Camera (ON/OFF) – slows the digital camera down for simpler aiming.
- Aspect Ratio (PC-only. Custom-resolution screenshots should not accessible on consoles. Console techniques can solely export photographs in the usual 16:9 format.)
- Characters tab: Spawn as much as 3 NPCs to your photograph, with an inventory of over 20 characters to select from. You can alter their expression, pose and place.
- Lighting tab: Spawn and alter mild sources.
- Fixed the Depth of Field ghosting challenge.
- Added an Effect Intensity slider.
- SmartFrames™ by Kiroshi permits you to show your Photo Mode pictures in-game by interacting with the image frames in V’s residences. Browse your photograph assortment within the new Gallery menu tab situated alongside Journal, Shards and Tarot. The Gallery pulls .png photographs from the screenshots folder in your PC or out of your console gallery. For extra particulars on SmartFrames™ and the Gallery, see this Support article.
Added extra character customization choices:
- 32 eye colours
- 18 lip make-up varieties
- 17 nail colours
- 10 cheek make-up varieties
- 16 eye make-up varieties
- 4 face scars
- 5 eyebrow shapes
- 4 face tattoos
- 2 physique tattoos
- 8 beauty face cyberware choices
- Upgraded the Character Creator randomizer to function a brand new Plain-to-Punk slider. Whether you are aiming for an understated, informal look or a daring, edgy model to your V, now you can use the slider to strike the proper steadiness.
- Added extra secrets and techniques to find in Night City.
Quests & Open World
- Rephrased goals for quests that let you know to attend a particular period of time to progress. The recreation is designed in a method that does not at all times enable gamers to easily skip in-game time to advance the target, as a substitute requiring them proceed taking part in to set off the following occasion.
- Cyberpsycho Sighting: Where the Bodies Hit the Floor – Fixed a difficulty the place no shard might be discovered on the cyberpsycho’s physique, blocking progress.
- Dream On – The Trauma Team AV on the roof will now be correctly hidden in stealth mode.
- Heroes – Fixed a difficulty the place the search, regardless of being accomplished, may stay marked as incomplete within the Journal with the optionally available goals “Talk to Padre” and “Talk to the Valentinos.”
Phantom Liberty-Specific
- Balls to the Wall – Fixed a difficulty the place it was inconceivable to exit the elevator and discuss to Yuri due to an invisible wall.
- Firestarter – Fixed a difficulty the place quick journey might be blocked if the participant saved the sport quickly after exiting Reed’s automobile.
- Gig: Waiting for Dodger – After being freed, Bill and Charles will now be extra aware of their driving and keep away from working over Dodger’s goons, stopping any pointless fight.
- Hi Ho Silver Lining – The VIP part within the Heavy Hearts membership will now be accessible to gamers who could not meet with Mr. Hands resulting from a keycard being required to make use of the elevator.
- I’ve Seen That Face Before – The storage door stopping gamers from reaching the assembly level will now be open.
- Run This Town – The elevator within the Heavy Hearts membership is now again in service, so V can lastly meet with Mr. Hands.
- Somewhat Damaged – Fixed a difficulty the place the immediate to unplug the cables from the Neural Network system was lacking.
- The Killing Moon – Fixed the difficulty of a wall blocking the trail when carrying Songbird to the shuttle.
Gameplay
- Fixed one of many katana finisher animations in order that it correctly decapitates enemies.
- Iconic Synapse Burnout and Iconic System Collapse quickhacks will now be correctly affected by the RAM price discount buff.
- The icons for Tier 5+ and 5++ Behavioral Imprint-synced Faceplate will now be seen on the HUD whereas driving.
- Fixed a difficulty inflicting the Synaptic Accelerator to remain lively indefinitely if the participant is detected whereas not in fight.
- The automobile horn will now not honk when the participant reloads a weapon throughout car fight whereas taking part in with a controller.
- Fixed a difficulty the place the NCPD may cease functioning correctly after V engages in a shootout in Pacifica between the Voodoo Boys and Trauma Team.
Miscellaneous
- Fixed a difficulty the place TV program sound was muted or too quiet.
- Fixed a difficulty the place CrystalCoat™didn’t apply correctly after getting into a car.
- Due to in style demand, we have lowered the Trauma Drama excessive scores.
- Adjusted V’s mouth motion in numerous scenes, together with the endings.
- Fixed the difficulty of voiceover cutoff in the course of the Ebunike station announcement on NCART.
- Fixed ray-traced shadows for V in Photo Mode.
PC-Specific
- You will now be capable to correctly rebind W and S to completely different actions aside from their default settings within the Vehicle class.
- Optimized threading system to enhance efficiency by as much as 33% on Intel Arrow Lake based mostly CPUs.
- Added extra Razer Chroma results for some sections in Phantom Liberty and romance scenes.
