After a challenging debut that left Spider-Man 2 with a “mixed” user rating on Steam, the game has received its first substantial patch aimed at addressing numerous crash issues and bugs. This update comes with a commitment from the developers to deliver further bug fixes, enhancements, and performance optimizations in the near future.
The game’s launch on PC in January was marred by performance hiccups and frequent crashes, prompting a wave of frustration among players. According to PC Gamer’s Nick Evanson, the root of some performance problems may lie in the game’s implementation of GPU decompression via DirectStorage. While today’s patch notes do not specifically address this issue, Evanson suggests that resolving it could be complex, especially for users with lower-end gaming systems.
For those still grappling with performance issues, there are some workarounds available until a comprehensive solution is rolled out. Players are encouraged to ensure their GPU drivers are current, and if problems persist, reaching out to Nixxes support may provide additional assistance.
Release Notes (v1.205.0.0)
- Various crash fixes based on player feedback and data from our crash reporting system.
- Improvements to crash reporting with screenshot support.
- Film Style Animation and Comic SFX can now be toggled via Settings > Game > Camera.*
- User interface improvements to simplify starting a New Game+.
- Implemented autosave backups. At key points in the story, the game will create a backup of the autosave slot.
- Added mouse scrolling to the manual load/save menu.
- Various improvements and bug fixes to the user interface.
- Reduced noise in character hair when using DLSS Ray Reconstruction.
- Enemies webbed to surfaces no longer have a black background when using ray-traced shadows and ray-traced ambient occlusion.
- Fixed a bug related to ray-traced reflections that could cause pixelation artifacts along water edges.
- Settings for Subtitle Text Size, Closed Caption Text Size, Icon and Prompt Size, and Audio Listening Mode are no longer synchronized between different devices.
*These options become available after obtaining the Across the Spider-Verse Suit.
As a result of this change, these settings will be reset to their defaults after you install this update.
