CD Projekt Red has released a new Cyberpunk 2077 update out of the blue, said to improve performance on Intel’s latest chips. Additionally, this patch includes a bunch of customisation features and quality-of-life improvements.
If you thought CDPR was done with Cyberpunk, well like me, you were wrong. The developer just dropped a new update with claims it’ll boost performance by up to 33% on Intel Core Ultra 200 CPUs. While the developer didn’t share how it managed such a huge uplift, it’s likely some sort of thread optimisation for Intel’s hybrid designs. As a reminder, CDPR did the same for 13th and 14th-Gen Core processors with Patch 2.11.
Aside from these CPU optimisations, update 2.2 also brings many bug fixes and customisation features. For instance, now you can paint any car the colour of your choice, swap headlight palettes, change the physical appearance of your character in more detail, or unleash your creativity through photo mode with new depth of field and aspect ratio options.
New playthings are obviously nice, but so are quality-of-life titbits. For example, if you spot a nice paint job on an NPC car, you can scan it to add it to your list for later use. Better yet, when chased by the police you can use the car’s CrystalCoat to change colours and reduce the heat level. Last but not least, more vehicles are now available at the Auto Fixer store.
One feature that I would have liked to get earlier is the new randomiser for character creation. Now you can select whether you lean more towards Plain or Punk, all while having the possibility to lock facial traits you like to stop them from changing when pressing randomise. For more details, check out the full change log here.
The update is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series consoles. On Steam it weighs 17.6GB. Note that on consoles the patch is split into two downloads, so make sure to install both to avoid being locked out of the Phantom Liberty DLC. Also, keep in mind that these changes may break mods you already have installed. Have fun.
