Whereas we’ve nonetheless bought a number of days till Phantom Liberty drops, we are able to a minimum of take pleasure in Cyberpunk 2077‘s immense 2.0 replace. Rolling out yesterday, the patch guarantees one thing of an overhaul for CD Projekt Pink’s dystopian RPG.

The truth is, regardless of a laundry checklist’s value of tweaks, fixes, enhancements, and implementations, a submit on the sport’s Steam web page says that the adjustments are “manner too lengthy to publish.”

Having stated that, what’s listed is worthy of observe. From AI enhancements to an overhaul of the perks and abilities to even some remixed music from Idris Elba, model 2.0 of Cyberpunk 2077 may properly be the last word approach to expertise the sport.

CDPR has even stated {that a} new save is extremely beneficial, given what number of adjustments the sport’s been by way of.

You’ll be able to see the changelog under. Or a minimum of every little thing the developer says it could checklist. Deep breath, everybody.

Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 patch notes

COMBAT

New Police System

• The NCPD will chase you while you commit against the law, whether or not on foot or in a car.
• The forms of items in pursuit and their conduct will rely in your NCPD Wished Stage. These chases can embrace numerous NCPD autos, roadblocks and MaxTac swooping in with AVs.
• The NCPD will now be current on this planet, actively patrolling the streets of Night time Metropolis. Officers working at crime scenes will now additionally interact in pursuits.
• Now you can hear NCPD radio chatter by way of the radio.
• It’s now attainable to quickhack NCPD officers.

Automobile Fight

• Added the choice to interact in fight whereas driving a car from both first-person or third-person perspective. Whereas driving, you should use pistols, submachine weapons and well being gadgets. Some autos come geared up with mounted weapons. Melee fight is feasible on bikes.
• Automobile tires can now be shot or slashed.
• Launched new Perks that unlock a wide range of vehicle-related skills corresponding to quickhacking autos, rising collision injury, boosting car weaponry, permitting using Sandevistan and Kerenzikov cyberware, and the power to exit transferring autos rapidly and stylishly.
• Automobiles range in sturdiness. Automobiles geared up with CrystalDome expertise obtain extra safety.
• Now you can encounter AI-driven and randomized chases between completely different factions in a given district.

Fight AI Enhancements

• We made quite a few enhancements to enemy AI, together with:
  • Varied enhancements to enemy netrunner AI.
  • Improved NPC reactions to grenades and their use of grenades.
  • Improved NPC response time when flanked.
  • Sooner detection by enemies while you’re strolling or sprinting.
  • Enemies geared up with Sandevistan cyberware will now activate it to counter a participant who makes use of their very own.
  • Enemies that don’t hear a silenced weapon however do discover the bullet influence will now correctly examine the supply of the gunshot.
  • Made enhancements for situations the place a gaggle of NPCs can be a part of one other group in fight in opposition to you.

Netrunning Adjustments

• Added Perks to increase netrunning capabilities. For instance, a brand new Overclock mode means that you can add quickhacks by consuming Well being when you’ve got inadequate RAM. You may as well purchase the power to queue a number of quickhacks on a single enemy.
• Rebalanced RAM prices.
• Rebalanced injury and add time. Modified the consequences of some quickhacks.
• Eliminated the choice to make use of Breach Protocol on enemies.

Different

• Well being Gadgets and grenades now have a restricted variety of costs that recharge over time after getting used.
• Stamina is not drained exterior of fight for actions like sprinting, sliding and leaping. Stamina is drained when firing ranged weapons or attacking with melee weapons. Stamina price varies by weapon.
• Improved the Purpose Help function.
• Rebalanced the bottom recreation’s primary boss fights.
• Launched Armor Penetration for the bottom recreation’s primary bosses.
• Eliminated the one-hit kill safety from civilians.

PERKS & SKILLS

• An entire Perk tree overhaul. These bushes now include fewer perks, however influence gameplay in a extra significant manner. Progressing in a given Perk tree will assist you to unlock particular skills corresponding to Overclock mode for netrunners, Bolt photographs for Tech weapons, the Adrenaline Rush potential for Physique-focused character builds, and so forth. As a result of we launched intensive adjustments to the Perk system, your spent Perk factors on present playthroughs have been refunded. You may as well select to reset your Attributes as soon as. Be happy to redistribute these Perk and Attribute factors to fit your most popular playstyle earlier than you proceed enjoying.
• We merged the earlier Abilities into 5 new ones – Headhunter, Netrunner, Shinobi, Solo, Engineer. These will not be restricted by their corresponding Attribute’s stage. On present playthroughs, your development on previous abilities has been transferred to their new counterparts. Abilities unlock new passive buffs each 5 ranges, and might be leveled as much as a max of 60.
• Eliminated the choice to reset all Perks directly. As an alternative, it’s now attainable to refund every Perk individually at no cost.
• Launched new sorts of development shards: Attribute Shards, Carrying Capability Shards and Cyberware Capability Shards.

CYBERWARE

• Armor is now offered primarily by cyberware. Because of this, clothes’s objective is generally beauty. Clothes gadgets not have mod slots, and just some gadgets present bonuses.
• The variety of cyberware implants your physique can deal with is now decided by your Cyberware Capability.
• Cyberware implants are actually Attuned to particular Attributes – the upper the Attribute, the stronger the stat bonus.
• Now you can improve cyberware on the ripperdoc display screen.
• Some Cyberware slots might be unlocked by buying particular Perks.
• Added a number of new sorts of Cyberware.
• Visiting ripperdocs is now extra immersive. When getting cyberware put in, you sit on an working chair and expertise completely different animations relying on the kind of implant.
• Added a aspect quest introducing the brand new cyberware system for gamers who load an older save on the two.0 replace.

WEAPONS

• Modified the distinctive results of some Iconic weapons to higher mirror their distinctive options.
• The “first equip” animation can now be triggered at any time: Maintain B or double faucet Alt whereas the weapon is holstered.
• Added smoke grenades.
• Added new melee weapon Finishers.
• Now you can discover a Thermal Katana within the recreation.
• Added new weapon mods and reworked some present ones. As soon as put in in a weapon, mods are irreplaceable.
• All out of date weapon mods shall be faraway from the sport. Of their place you can find new, random weapon mods in your backpack. The standard of any mods added this fashion relies on your stage.
• Eliminated the silencer slot from Revolvers.
• Eliminated the scope slot from Gentle Machine Weapons.
• Carried out a brand new approach to craft weapon mods. To craft a mod, you should first have 2 mods of decrease high quality.
• Expanded the stash wall in V’s condominium to show all the Iconic weapons from the bottom recreation.

VEHICLES

Site visitors

• NPC autos can now change lanes to keep away from obstacles.
• Pedestrians will now attempt to keep away from working into transferring autos.
• NPC drivers are actually higher at avoiding you if you end up on foot.
• Improved braking, acceleration and suspension of automobiles in site visitors.
• Some NPCs now would possibly react aggressively while you hijack their car.
• Varied enhancements to site visitors density relying on time of day and evening, leading to extra real looking site visitors conduct.
• Driving with a quest-related NPC in your car not disables site visitors within the occupied lane, ensuing within the feeling of a busier metropolis.

Different

• Fixers will not textual content you about autos up on the market. You now buy autos by way of the AUTOFIXER netpage on V’s pc or by utilizing terminals situated in gasoline stations and restore outlets all through Night time Metropolis. To search out these, allow the brand new Autofixer filter on the world map. Automobiles are sorted by producer. The autos geared up with built-in weaponry have pictures marked with a particular icon. As you earn extra Road Cred, you’ll unlock extra autos for buy.
• Added new person settings to assist configure car digicam and controls. Now you can additionally select between three completely different third-person digicam distances when driving a car.
• We applied numerous adjustments and tweaks to car efficiency and dealing with:
  • New speed-sensitive steering applies to most autos. The max flip velocity and radius adapts to completely different car speeds higher than earlier than.
  • All engines have torque curves now, which mirror the engine’s character and any energy modifiers (e.g., supercharger, turbo, hybrid, and many others.). Some changes and balancing have been made to car acceleration and prime speeds.
  • Performed a full cross on changes to braking pressure. For slower autos it has been dramatically elevated, and all stopping distances had been measured and adjusted as needed.
  • All autos react higher to tough terrain and impacts with curbs, meridians, and many others. Automobiles really feel “heavier” now, as we’ve improved how we apply gravity because the suspension strikes.
  • Many autos had been totally retuned or their tuning was closely revised.
  • A number of different small enhancements.
• Added a brand new “Driving” class and Driving Handbook to the Database.

BALANCE & ECONOMY

NPCs

• All NPCs now scale to your stage. Enemy issue is not depending on what space of Night time Metropolis you’re in.
• Enemies could have completely different tiers relying on the faction they belong to.
• Some NPC archetypes will function Low, Medium or Excessive armor.
• All resistances for normal NPCs have been eliminated.
• Rebalanced recreation issue to extend the problem at larger difficulties.

Weapons

• Weapons now scale injury primarily based on their Tier.
• The injury for Sensible weapons has been lowered, however they now profit from devoted Perks.

Loot

• Loot now scales to your stage.
• Eliminated extreme findable loot within the recreation, corresponding to loot that distracts from scenes and quest places.
• NPCs not drop clothes.

Crafting & Upgrading

• Crafting and upgrading now require just one sort of part as an alternative of a number of varieties.
• Changed previous rarity ranges (Widespread, Unusual, Uncommon, Epic, Legendary) with Tiers (from Tier 1 to five++).
• Aside from cyberware, now solely Iconic weapons might be upgraded. They acquire a better Tier with every improve.

Distributors

• Now you can entry the Wardrobe function by way of clothes distributors.
• Vendor shares scale together with your stage, increasing as you attain a brand new Tier.
• Up to date vendor shares so that every has a extra distinctive theme and specialization.
• Distributors not promote quickhack and crafting parts.
• Adjusted the costs of weapons, cyberware, flats, clothes and extra.

AUDIO

New Radio Stations

• 89.7 Growl FM options songs created by our group. The DJ, Ash, is voiced by Sasha Gray.
• Impulse 99.9 contains a fully new set of songs remixed by Idris Elba.
• 107.5 Darkish Star is a brand new station for digital music.

UI

• The Quest Journal now has a brand new, cleaner look. Jobs are situated in separate tabs, relying on sort. The gap to every quest marker is now displayed within the Journal.
• Added the choice to untrack a quest within the Journal.
• Overhauled the cellphone UI to be extra intuitive.
• Revamped Perk and Cyberware menus.
• Simplified merchandise tooltips. An important stats are actually represented by bars to make comparability simpler.
• The minimap will now zoom out dynamically relying in your velocity.
• Up to date the minimap to higher serve the state of affairs round you. Imaginative and prescient cones won’t be seen until a given NPC reacts to your actions or engages in fight.
• Improved D-pad navigation in menus.
• Now you can change the HUD secure zone. This feature is obtainable in Settings → Interface.
• A number of UI fixes for widescreens.
• Now you can preview clothes and weapons not solely at distributors, but in addition in your stock.
• The symptoms that present the standing of lively cyberware are actually displayed in your HUD.

QUEST FIXES

• Beat on the Brat: The Glen – Fastened a problem the place it wasn’t attainable to attract fists when the battle began.
• Blistering Love – Fastened a problem the place the parked automotive despawned after speaking to Rogue in entrance of the Afterlife.
• Cyberpsycho Sighting: Bloody Ritual – Fastened a problem the place Zaria’s physique may get caught underground after defeating her.
• Ahead to Loss of life – The forces defending the gate of the development website now correctly assault V.
• Gig: Severe Facet Results – Fastened a problem the place it wasn’t attainable to deposit the beta acid on the Drop Level.
• I Fought The Legislation – Fastened a problem the place it was attainable to get caught within the Pink Queen’s Race after finishing the hunt.
• Queen of the Freeway – Fastened a problem the place it wasn’t attainable to finish the “Discuss to Panam.” goal on older saves.
• Spellbound – It’s now attainable to steal the information from R3n0’s pc if you happen to don’t have a cyberdeck.
• We Gotta Dwell Collectively – Fastened a problem the place an invisible wall made it unattainable to return to the camp on the Basilisk.

STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE

• A number of fixes and enhancements associated to stability and optimization.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Added Trauma Drama, an arcade mini recreation that provides an opportunity to win particular rewards.
• Added extra secrets and techniques to be found in Night time Metropolis.
• Added some small scenes to the sport, together with some conversations with Johnny Silverhand when visiting V’s condominium in Megabuilding H10.
• Now you can change tattoos at ripperdocs.
• Now you can select between three Management Schemes for controllers: Traditional, Dynamic and Different.
• Flats will now give smaller buffs.
• Up to date the Characters tab within the Database to incorporate extra aspect characters.
• Added new niches to the Columbarium.
• Added Ukrainian textual content localization.

PC-SPECIFIC

• Up to date PC system necessities. A SSD is now required to run the sport. Extra info might be discovered right here.
• Added help for NVIDIA DLSS 3.5, which introduces DLSS Ray Reconstruction, a function that improves the standard of Ray Traced results. A GeForce RTX graphics card is required. The choice is obtainable in Settings → Graphics within the NVIDIA DLSS part. DLSS 3.5 is just out there if Path Tracing is turned on. To verify DLSS Ray Reconstruction works accurately in your PC, replace your NVIDIA Recreation Prepared Driver to model 537.42 at minimal.
• [AMD SMT] Launched a brand new AMD Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) change situated in Settings → Gameplay → Efficiency. It means that you can set SMT to Off (solely bodily cores), On (all logical cores) or Auto (guaranteeing the efficiency common throughout completely different places and conditions in recreation is perfect). This alteration was applied in cooperation with AMD and relies on checks performed on each side.
• The Crowd Density setting has been moved from the Gameplay tab to the Graphics tab. Moreover, Crowd Density is now tied to Graphics Fast Presets and can change relying on the chosen preset, however it may be personalized independently if wanted.
• As PC system necessities have been up to date, working the sport on an SSD is now a requirement on Steam Deck.
• Up to date Steam Deck graphics profile for improved body fee stability.