Seven months after the game’s proclaimed “last big update”, Cyberpunk 2077 is getting yet more new content in a significant patch this week.
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As detailed in a live stream on Wednesday, 2.3 will add new quests, new vehicles, Photo Mode features, and more.
Notably, the new update adds a new Delamain taxi service to the game. While driving an owned vehicle, players can now choose or create a map marker and enable AutoDrive to navigate to the destination hands-free.
Night City’s driverless taxi service is also operational thanks to the ability to summon a Delamain cab. While using either mode, various cinematic camera angles can be enjoyed, CD Projekt RED [444 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/cd-projekt/cd-projekt-red/”>CD Projekt Red, can be found below:
Vehicles
Added 4 new vehicles, including several Side Jobs tied to acquiring them:
- Yaiba ARV-Q340 Semimaru
Reward from a new side job (to unlock, complete The Hunt and The Beast In Me).
An additional side job unlocks the CrystalCoat™ feature for it.
- Rayfield Caliburn “Mordred”
Reward from a new side job (to unlock, complete The Beast in Me: Badlands, The Beast in Me: Santo Domingo, Transmission, and Search and Destroy).
- Yaiba ASM-R250 Muramasa
Reward from a new side job (to unlock, purchase 1 Yaiba vehicle, purchase at least 3 vehicles through AUTOFIXER, and complete Reported Crime: You Play with Fire…).
If you fail the side job, the vehicle can later be purchased through AUTOFIXER.
- Chevillon Legatus 450 Aquila
Available for purchase on AUTOFIXER.
- Introducing AutoDrive! This cutting-edge, autonomous driving feature will take you to your chosen destination (i.e. job objective or placed pin on the map). If you have no set destination, it will take you on a leisurely ride through the streets of Night City. Simply hop in any of your vehicles, make sure you’re on a road, and hold H (PC) / Left Stick (consoles) to activate. This feature is disabled when you enter combat or when your vehicle is heavily damaged.
- Implemented Cinematic Camera for AutoDrive. Hold Q (PC) / D-Pad Right (consoles) to activate. Sit back and enjoy cinematic views of Night City as you cruise toward your destination.
- Self-driving Delamain cabs are now available on demand! Simply open the menu to call vehicles, then select “Delamain Cab” from the list to request a ride. This feature unlocks after completing the job Don’t Lose Your Mind (regardless of outcome) and receiving a message from Delamain.
- Rayfield’s CrystalCoat™ is now available for vehicles from partner brands, including motorcycles. Additionally, the infamous hacker known as Cosmetic_Troll exploited a vulnerability and created a cracked version of Rayfield’s CrystalCoat™ technology for lower-end vehicles. Please note, however, that some models do not support the technology, such as heavily modded nomad vehicles and job-related vehicles.
- Fixed an issue where unique color schemes did not work properly on the Mizutani Shion MZ1 and MZ2.
- Fixed an issue where unique color scheme could not be applied properly to the Villefort Deleon “Vindicator”.
Photo Mode
- Added 27 new NPCs that can be spawned in Photo Mode, including Rita Wheeler, the Cassel twins, fixers, Dum Dum, the iguana, Brendan, and more.
- You can now switch between alternative outfits for NPCs spawned in Photo Mode.
- You can now switch between V’s saved Wardrobe outfits in Photo Mode.
- Added a confirmation pop-up when exiting Photo Mode to prevent accidental exits after setting up the perfect shot.
- Added more customization options to the Look-At Camera feature, including an option for only the character’s eyes to turn toward the camera instead of their entire body.
Added improvements to Lighting:
- Added multiple new stickers and frames, including iconic quotes and stylish overlays that let you turn your screenshots into Night City postcards – perfect for sharing memories from the City of
Added a new Time and Weather tab: Quality of Life & Accessibility
- The game will now detect if the player is using inverted mouse button settings and automatically adjusts in-game button prompts accordingly.
- Added an option to toggle aiming down sights in Settings → certified Intel GPUs. To enable this feature, your display must support the technology (Find My Display) and have “Game Mode” enabled. The HDR10+ GAMING toggle can be found in Settings in the Video tab.
- Fixed an issue where the DLSS Super Resolution Preset would invisibly revert from the CNN model to the Transformer model after restarting the game, even though the UI still displayed the CNN model as active.
- Added more detailed information to the DLSS Super Resolution Preset tooltip in Settings to help players choose the best option for their setup.
- Added the ability to move the mouse cursor to a different display while in Windowed Borderless mode.
- Increased the maximum save size from 12 MB to 15 MB.
- It will now be possible to rebind the key used to jump out of vehicles with the Stuntjock perk.
Console-specific
- Added VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) support for Xbox Series X | S [6,434 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/seriesxs/”>Xbox Series X|S.
- Fixed an issue where foliage was not properly affected by weather conditions on PlayStation 5.
The sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 is now in the pre-production stage of development, it was recently confirmed.
Last month, Mike Pondsmith, who created the Cyberpunk IP, spilled that the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel features a new city that feels like “Chicago gone wrong”.
