Well, another Cyberpunk 2077 patch has arrived, and although this one doesn’t bring any spectacular gameplay additions it does promise further bug fixes and stability improvements.
Patch 1.23 is now live on all platforms, and sorts out a number of quest-specific bugs and general performance issues. The patch itself is apparently rather chunky, with console users reporting a download size of 30GB (my Steam download was a rather more modest 3.45GB).
Of note is the paragraph on stability and performance, which says the patch will provide “numerous crash fixes in animations, UI, scene, physics and gameplay systems”. The patch also promises a reduction in the number of crashes through “memory optimisations and memory management improvements in various systems”. There’s also a vague mention of “various console CPU optimisations”.
The timing of this patch is interesting, given the recent news that Cyberpunk 2077 will return to the PlayStation Store on 21st June (albeit with a warning for those brave enough to play it on PlayStation 4). The game was removed from the store back in December after players encountered numerous performance issues on base last-gen consoles.