New Witcher 3 Next-Gen Patch Improves Console Performance Mode Among Other Fixes

CD Projekt Red is rolling out the 4.02 update patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with major quality of life changes for the PC, PlayStation and Xbox versions.

of 4.02 patch notesThe Polish game studio made it public on Monday . But the most important part is that the update improved the game’s overall stability and performance.

For the PC version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, this patch improved the CPU core utilization of the DX 12 version and restored horizon-based ambient occlusion. It also includes fixes for other bugs such as the “My Rewards” section not being localized in REDlauncher. Toussaint scenery flickers when Nvidia HairWorks is disabled. Game stutters momentarily as a result of particle optimization.

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The 4.02 patch also made some great optical improvements across all platforms, including adding refractions to SSR, ray-traced reflections on water surfaces for better immersion, and motion blur sliders.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be ported to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on December 14, 2022, bringing new outfits and quests inspired by the Netflix series. His five new games in The Witcher series are currently in the works.

Christina Alexander is a freelance writer for IGN.