Cyberpunk - CD Project Red

Had posted something but just realised that you were talking about the 40 series add ons🤦

That does look pretty bad. Still, I'd imagine you can crank the settings without it with a 4090.

I think it looks a lot better with the new features enabled tbh. Be warey of it switching DLSS mode back to auto (which I think ends up at balanced or performance) when you flip FrameGen on/off. I had to select Quality a few times to get it back and it does make a fair difference. Performance has improved since the last time I played after the Path Tracing update. I was getting about 40FPS DLSS2/60+ with FrameGen but now it's averaging 60/90.

I didn't notice last night but I only played about 30 mins, part on my old save for comparison and then the other on a new start so I wasn't map switching a lot by that point. I did notice a clear LoD line in some areas for reflections though, where tilting some things just out of view altered the reflections about 20 feet or so away. A little bit of cheating optimisation going on but tbf I was specifically looking at reflection behaviour while standing still and it didn't intrude during normal play. I'd say the map issue and other lighting pop-ins are from the same algorithm, hopefully they can tune it over time.

RT, if you have it on, is very heavy, especially on AMD cards that are lacking behind in that area.

There are cutscenes and branching dialogues in this one too, but for the most part they don't feel like filler, they drive the story forward.

I started ng last night, only for the prolgueas Nomad but looked spectacular (on PS5). Haven't done enough to see the major changes yet but looking forward to a fresh playthrough.

Quick first impressions:

Loaded up my old end game save and tried a couple of minor gigs I had left over, just to see what a higher level character would play like. Re-spec'd my V with a few implants and the skills tree and messed around a bit without giving it much thought.

Seems to be Cyberware is the main part of the upgrades now, clothes don't seem to do much regarding stats so it doesn't matter what your character wears.

Then started a new game as a Nomad, my old game save was a Street Kid. Update seems fine, not noticing anything huge yet but looks like some of the game systems and menus are improved and streamlined a bit.

I saw on the notes that the economy has been sufficiently changed but i can't find specifics. Anyone notice if audiences, cars, weapons etc are cheaper or more expensive?

Have a few hours into this, started new again but I wasn't very far the last time I tried. Still very early and going with the flow of the main missions for now, just to get back to where I was. Feel like I'm not levelling up as quick, but I know now what I'm doing when I do level up. The revamped skills was badly needed, I'm using the points now instead of getting sick of trying to see where I should use them and giving up. Otherwise plays more or less the same, but feels busier. Lot more pedestrians and traffic. Cops are relentless. I barely tipped a cop car and I ended up being hunted down by SAS looking lads. Bit much imo, and I was only trying to escape, didn't kill anyone. Haven't encountered Johnny yet, and he can't be improved so will see if I can stick with it this time.

It's still not perfect. I'm having quite a few instances of NPCs getting stuck. Especially if you park your car across a footpath, they'll do their best to go through it, successfully half way, but then warp back. Had about 9 of them at one point stuck. Of course, the second I moved the car I was wanted... most enemies land about a foot from the ground and write floating above it. Vehicle collisions are picky about how the car reacts. The driving is... present. The loot is borderlands level and management is better but still messy.

But im still enjoying it. The combat, when it happens if you're following the main quests, is enjoyable but the enemy AI is middling. There's so many systems it can get overwhelming at times, but I think I'm getting the hang of it. I feel like it should have a build saver, so you can quickly swap between whatever build that mission requires, and having to visit the ripperdoc every time is a bit of a pain too. But I'm gonna stick with it for the foreseeable anyway!

I restarted also, after one full playthrough about 6 months after release and another (abandoned now) around 2/3 earlier this year. The whole experience is much cleaner and I like the changes they've made to the levelling experience, both the skills/abilities and the rates at which they're acquired along with gear upgrading being a much slower path now but that also makes it more meaningful imho. I got to start Phantom Liberty proper last night (you need to reach a significant level of original story completion for it to trigger) and am about an hour in. So far it's been great, a crazy action packed run with a really good balance between scripted and open tactics events. I liked it on my first play after giving it time for the core bugs to be settled and now with 2.0 + this pretty expansive DLC I think this game is finally where it can be considered one of the greats (not a GOAT but probably sitting at a good 8.5-9/10 for me).