Aug 23, 2023

The Bell’s About to Ring on Back to School 2023!

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Class isn’t dismissed just yet! Be sure to pay Librarian Mirage a visit in Mallhalla. You’ll find her alongside other classmates and faculty members for one more week as we continue to celebrate the back to school season.

Get ready for an after-school brawl! Battle using 5 of your favorite Legends in Strikeout Mania featured as Brawl of the Week.

Mako continues to lead her ocean conservation initiative. All proceeds from the sale of the Deep Sea Sightseeing Emote benefit Oceana. You can also learn more about the importance of protecting the oceans and claim the exclusive Mako’s Reef Avatar by following the steps on https://gleam.io/IBqTK/mako-saves-the-ocean-free-avatar.

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The morning bell is ringing! It’s time to celebrate Back to School and dress to impress with exclusive Home Team Colors, seasonal Skins, and more available now. Just follow the apples in Mallhalla to stock up!

The Back to School items are:

Exclusive Skins

Librarian Mirage – “Shhh…”
Oendan Jiro – “Let’s do our best!”
Brawldog Mordex – “He comes from the Order of Exalted Linebackers.”
Hall Minotaur Teros – “Do you have your Great Hall pass?”
Swim Team Mako – “I don’t need floaties Coach Brynn – I have fins.”
Professor Vraxx – “Essays on why I’m the greatest space lord due Thursday. 5 million words.”
Rocker Volkov – “Where’s my guitar pick?”
Headmaster Fait – “Time to count the KOs, ready?”
Ace Spiker Lin Fei – “She’s got school spirit!”
Kindergarten Kaya – “Missed the bus? Take a mammoth instead.”
Gridiron Xull – “The best offense is more offense.”
First Day Asuri – “Don’t forget your bus number!”
Greased Lightning Koji – “He’s got the chops!”
Detention Ada – “Being bad feels pretty good, huh?”

Emote
Home Team Cheer – “2, 4, 6, 8 who did we eliminate? YOU!”

Avatars
Oodles of Doodles – “The story’s in the margins.”

An animated Avatar!

Brawlhalla 101 – “Class is in session!”

Purchasable with your hard-earned Gold!

Colors
Home Team Colors

Show off your school spirit in these black, red, and gold colors.
Available for every Legend with hard-earned Gold!

Avatars
Oodles of Doodles – “The story’s in the margins.”

An animated Avatar!

Brawlhalla 101 – “Class is in session!”

Purchasable with your hard-earned Gold!

Back to School also features:

“A+ Brawler” Title reward and +250 bonus Gold for logging in during the Event!
A Back to School UI Takeover with custom main menu, Legend select, and post-match music.

To protect the other realms from Darkheart’s unpredictable power, the gods have folded the one place where it is found into its own pocket dimension – Terminus.

Some inhabitants of this dangerous realm see an opportunity to harness the Darkheart to their own ends. THNX is a mysterious biotech company that has taken Legends from different dimensions to experiment on them.

But many test subjects have escaped, broken out, and banded together to form The Incarnates – a street gang headed by their fearless revolutionary leader, the Street Sovereign herself, Petra!

Battle Pass Season 8: Terminus features 6 all new Skins for the Incarnates: Petra, Xull, Hattori, Orion, a Progression Skin for Tezca, and an animated Epic Skin for Mordex. This is the most new Skins available in a Battle Pass season!

Level up the Darkheart Excavation Podium to see how THNX’s operations and The Incarnates’ resistance have changed Terminus.

Battle Pass Season 8 also features:

85 Tiers of new content including Avatars, Emotes, Sidekicks, Emojis, Weapon Skins, UI Theme, Loading Frame, and 6 new Skins!
A free track extending through all 12 weeks of the Battle Pass.
Weekly Missions available to all players.
A new Weapon set – Cyber Myk – based on the new Live Action Orion Skin’s Weapons.
A purchasable Gold Track with additional exclusive rewards like the new Darkheart Excavation Progression Podium.
2 new Maps – Terminus for FFA and Small Terminus for 1v1. Featuring animated backgrounds!
New Brawl of the Week Modes.
Join Petra’s resistance by completing the free track to earn the “Incarnate” Title Reward.
UI takeover featuring animated splash art of Mordex, Petra, and Hattori.
New main menu, character select, and post-game theme music.
An exclusive Avatar awaits you if you complete all Weekly missions and make it through all 85 tiers!

Exclusive Battle Pass Items

As you join the Incarnates in their fight to take down THNX and its shadowy leader, you’ll find all-new Battle Pass rewards along the way. You’ll find fellow freedom fighters like Live-Action Orion, tag the walls with Graffiti with a new Emote, and brave the dangerous streets with a new UI Theme and Loading Frame.

All Incarnates are automatically granted access to the Battle Pass track to unlock Colors, Avatars, Emotes, Emojis, an animated Sidekick, a Weapon Skin, and a Title Reward.

Unlocking the Gold track grants access to an even greater amount of rewards and also contains boosters to unlock rewards even faster. Gold Track rewards also include the Corrupted Blood Tezca Progression Skin, Darkheart Excavation Progression Podium, Haruto Sidekick, Darkheart Metamorphosis KO Effect, Mammoth Coins, animated Emojis, and much more!

Brand New Missions for Battle Pass

Battle Pass Season 8: Terminus includes new missions to complete!

All players are granted access to all the Weekly Missions!
Daily, Weekly, and General missions are available throughout the season.
Earn Battle Gems by completing missions to earn rewards!
Battle Gems measure a player’s progress toward the next reward tier.
Unlocking the Gold track will grant boosters for more opportunities to earn Battle Gems and rewards.

Incarnates can unlock over 100 new rewards during the season, so get ready to start brawling!

Players may also use Mammoth Coins to increase progress along the track while the season is active.

For more information, check out https://brawlhalla.com/battlepass/.

As part of Playing for the Planet’s Green Game Jam 2023, Mako is leading the initiative to help raise awareness and donations to protect and restore the world’s oceans on a global scale.

Introducing the new, limited time "Deep Sea Sightseeing" Emote. All proceeds of this Emote will go to Oceana. Oceana is an international organization dedicated to restoring our oceans by winning policies in countries that govern much of the world’s marine life.

Players can also unlock an exclusive Avatar during this event. Unlock the "Mako’s Reef" Avatar by following the steps on: https://gleam.io/IBqTK/mako-saves-the-ocean-free-avatar

Be sure to log in to Brawlhalla during the event to claim a free “Wavemaker” Title Reward. The "Deep Sea Sightseeing" Emote is now available in Mallhalla!

Pick your best 5 Legends and face off against your opponents best 5 Legends in this intense 300% damage battle! When you lose a stock the next Legend in your list spawns in ready to fight. Damage KO your opponent 5 times to win!

1v1 Strikeout
5 Stocks
300% Damage
Legend changes after each stock!

The free-to-play Legend rotation for this week features Cross, Gnash, Dusk, Ember, Jaeyun, Jhala, Xull, Scarlet, and Artemis.

Cross – For years he has owned New York City, but can he do the same in Valhalla? This charismatic mobster steps into Valhalla with Blasters and Gauntlets.
Gnash – In the darkness, before the dawn of history, this Legend was raised by the harsh jungle itself. This Super Hunter uses his Hammer and Spear in battle.
Dusk – Wielding his Spear and a powerful Orb carved from stone and magic, Dusk seeks to spread chaos throughout Valhalla.
Ember – This quick and dexterous elf does battle in Valhalla with Bow, Katars and her two companions: a wolf named Ash and her raven named Yarra.
Jaeyun – The legendary mercenary who has traveled across the Old Kingdom on the back of his dragon turtle companion Imugi, Jaeyun has discovered new riches and sights in Valhalla! He brings the Greatsword and Sword to battle in the Grand Tournament.
Jhala – Given the title “Exalted Lion” by Apollo himself, Jhala “The Unbroken” takes the glamor of Valhalla in stride while having fun slaying her foes with Axe and Sword.
Xull – With legendary physical strength, this Axe and Cannon wielding Orc Warlord is ready to challenge everyone and everything in Valhalla!
Scarlet – A former women’s boxing champion from England and head of the Royal Airship Navy, Scarlet used her ingenuity and knowledge of steam powered machines to build her own Rocket Lance and Hammer to take into battle.
Artemis – After transversing the universe in search of her rival Orion, Artemis has ripped open a wormhole into Valhalla. She is ready to fight with her Rocket Lance and Scythe!

Aug 23, 2023

Developer Diary | Norway Alt History

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Hej everyone, it’s me, Carlo! Katten has been staring at me from the other side of the office all morning, which can only mean one thing: it’s time for me to write another Dev Diary! Now, I’ve already talked about Historical Norway, the Joint Focus Tree, and modding stuff so there’s only one more thing I could write about, and that’s our favorite kamerat, LevTrotskij.

Known outside of Norway as Leon Trotsky, he was one of the most prominent members of the bolsheviks in the Soviet Union, renowned marxist theorist, known for his permanent revolution, and even more permanent exile. He was Lenin’s successor apparent, but Stanlin’s political maneuvering forced him out of the government and eventually out of the Soviet Union. After that, he was allowed to move to Norway, with the newspaper editor, Konrad Knudsen. So far so good.

The important thing for us happens in an August much like this one, in 1936, when Quisling’s thugs ransacked Knudsen’s house, and would’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t because Knudsen’s daughter drove them off. So much for the tolerant left, smh. This event will be represented in AAT’s Norway, regardless of the path you take, and it’s the start of trotskij’s event chain.

Historically, the pressure from fascists and stalinists was too much for the Nygaardsvold Cabinet, so he was put under house arrest in a farm in Hurum, which, by his own account, was one of the worst periods of his life. After that he was allowed into Mexico, and received by the artist Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera. And then they lived happily ever after. Though he was, indeed, kicked out when Diego Rivera found out he was having an affair with Frida Kahlo and then was killed with an ice pick by a Soviet Union agent. Other than that he had a good time in Mexico by all accounts.

Of course, you don’t need to care about what happened historically. You can just imprison him, or send him to Mexico right away and use this altercation as a justification for increasing political repression, send him straight to Stalin, and even put him in government. Those last two are especially useful if you’re going the communist route by the way.

Communist Route?... Oh, right, that’s what I was supposed to write about, Alt History content for Norway! Since I already wrote about Trotskij's fate, let me tell you about the options you have for
turning Norway even redder.

First step, the labor movement needs to regain its momentum, with the ‘A Resurgent Labor Movement’ focus. This will set Norway on to the path of Communism, but which one? You can compromise with the NKP to adopt their Stalinist stance or prosecute them and let the Labor Party embrace Trotskij’s teachings, and if you kept him in Norway you’ll also have him as an advisor and general.

Each path has advantages and disadvantages: you can be beholden to the Soviet Union and their support, or you can go your own path and bring the Permanent Revolution to the rest of the world.

Regardless of your communist goals, you will need to rouse the proletariat in states that are industrialized enough, and when you’re ready you can trigger the communist revolution and fight in a civil war against the old Norway! Now of course, riling up the workers has its cost, because they’ll do some heavy damage to your factories and infrastructure once they rise up for the revolution.

Let’s take a better look at the ‘Rouse the Proletariat Decisions’. The first level will grant you the state once the civil war starts, but will leave your buildings in a pretty rough shape.

You can reduce this damage by bringing it to Level 2 and you will also be granted 2 irregular divisions.

Then if you’re really serious about that state you can fully rouse its working class, reducing the damage to the buildings and upgrading those troops to Militias.

And before you think “But Carlo, what if I just rouse the whole country and I skip the civil war?”, I’ll tell you now, that won’t work. You will have to choose carefully how to approach these decisions, as you can’t go over 20 Total Support for the Revolution and no matter what, the other side will have Oslo.

Ok now, let’s go over the things you’ll be able to do once you’ve seized the means of production in Norway. If your senpai Stalin noticed you, there will be plenty of improvements to your industrial base, manpower and a close collaboration with the Soviet Union, and even help them invade Finland. Maybe the Arms Against Tyranny thing is just aspirational.

If instead, you decided to go with uncle trotskij, as I said before, you’ll get an extra advisor and general, and that will put you behind the wheel of your very own communist faction, the Norintern with the focus ‘The Permanentest Revolution’. That’s what it’s actually called, and nobody has complained about it so I guess the name is final? Defend Finland, bring the war to Stalin, Sweden, Norway and even Hitler, bringing about a new, Trotskyist world order.

To summarize, with Stalin you’ll get soldiers and industry. With Trotsky you’ll get easy wargoals and offensive bonuses. Your pick.

Now let’s move slightly to the right. To the allied democratic branch, which starts with a fictional Vote of No confidence that the Nygaardsvold government loses. This branch is what happens when militaristic industry tycoons take control of the government. It overlaps somewhat with the democratic branch, except you can skip the whole Broken Gun thing and go straight for rearmament, so you’ll have more time to get ready for what’s coming, but at the cost of a lot of civilian industry.

This path leads to a more centralized government, so all the local preparations are pooled together, letting you start nation-wide initiatives, both during peacetime and war time.

It also overlaps a little with the Trotskyist path, just not the commie parts, and you’ll be able to join the allies instead of forming your own faction.

Let’s keep going, I have actual work to do, so I’m gonna skip the historical path. A few things have changed, but not enough to care, and the dog is still there so onwards to the fascist path, which, of course there is one.

It starts with The Stumbling Storting, in this reality the labor party fails to secure political stability for Norway, leaving the door open to fascists, and other undesirables.

Let’s go with Undesirable Elements #1, fascists. In this scenario Quisling is somewhat good at making people think he’s competent and that fascism is reasonable. The Nasjonal Samling will lurk in the shadows and build support for their agenda state by state, seeking support from the Fatherland League (A proto-fascist nationalist movement), industrialists, conservatives and even fascists abroad.

Eventually, you’ll reach a familiar focus, ‘Quisling’s Coup’, except this time, you’re ready for it, you have built the support needed to make the takeover as easy as possible for you and the foreign fascist invaders, whom you invited! Yes, in this path you can invite the most suitable fascist regime to invade Norway so you can take over the government and help them on their fascist crusade. Don’t worry if they say no, that rejection will also allow you to start the coup without them, who needs Hitler anyway.

The coup, as expected, will trigger a civil war in which, unlike the communist one, you’ll only control Oslofjord. That’s alright though, you prepared for this, which means that you can take over states where you built support in. If you only prepared base level support, you’ll get the state, not too shabby! But if you built more support, you will be rewarded for your efforts with a brand new Military Factory, and maybe even a couple of militias too if you fully prepared it.

This should put you on the right footing to start your fascist campaign, have fun making the world a worse place! Eventually, you’ll make it to your outlandish viking theme claims around the North Atlantic. Classic.

Now onto the last branch: The monarchist branch. For some reason a lot of people who want nordic focus trees also want a monarchist path, I can understand why, but I still think they’re wrong. I still made a monarchist path for Norway, whose king was reluctant to become their king, and even when he took over, by all accounts had no intention of becoming anything more than a figurehead.

This reality starts much like the fascist one, with the Storting devolving into chaos, and the Royal Chamberlain, Anker Peder Wedel-Jarlsberg uses this opportunity to build support for a more involved monarchy, with his steady hand at the helm of course. Obviously, he is not part of the real Wedel-Jarlsberg noble family that lives in Norway, any similarities are purely coincidental, etc. He’s not Wedel-Jarlsberg with a ‘-’, his is a minus symbol. Just do me a favor and don’t tell the legal team, they don’t need to stress about it.

Peder Anker will travel all around Norway proselytizing his monarchist cause, giving you bonuses for building defensive buildings, and adding more building slots, which will of course reduce the available manpower in the state, because, you know, they’re all busy being monarchists so they don’t have time to be soldiers.

Except… If you go all the way with your monarchism you get 2 free militia divisions, and once you get the power as the Regent of Norway you can edit to your heart’s content. They’ve been so converted that they are now soldiers for monarchism.

Once the Absolutist Regency is the rule of the land you’ll recruit the crown prince, Olav to join either the Navy or Army staff, since he was indeed employed in both during the war. In this case you’ll probably want him dedicating all his efforts on one thing, so he can become either a General or an Admiral and will allow you to specialize your country further.

And of course you can get an extra set of outlandish claims. Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, part of Russia, and even part of Sweden. At the end you’ll be able to consolidate your kingdom to make it easier for Peder Anker to rule over his king’s land.

And well that’s it. Obviously there’s tons more to unearth if you ask the right questions ;) and many more things I’ll either keep as a secret for release or haven’t implemented yet, like the new Trotskij portrait and the [Redacted] of [Redacted]. Also, don’t forget to stay tuned for the Sweden alt history Dev Diary, where you’ll see how wildly different the world would be if Sweden had privately managed vacation instead of state managed ones.

Aug 23, 2023

Check out PC Specs and Supported Wheels for Forza Motorsport

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*Forza Motorsport on PC does not support Intel GPUs at launch.

If you’re wondering how your PC will run the game, we’ve created this spec sheet which outlines the minimum, recommended, and ideal PC setups to enjoy the game. We’ve optimized it to look and play great across a wide range of PCs, taking advantage of cutting-edge PC hardware and technologies with real-time ray tracing on-track and maximum performance enabled by NVIDIA DLSS 2 and AMD FSR 2.2. These upscaling techniques reduce load on your PC, rendering the game at a lower resolution while keeping image quality intact.

Forza Motorsport on PC supports native resolutions up to 4K and beyond, rendering ultrawide and non-standard resolutions for on-track gameplay.

We’ve also introduced shader pre-compilation and pre-caching in Forza Motorsport. This feature already exists in Forza Horizon 5 – it's the “Optimizing for Your PC” screen that shows up when you first launch or update the game – and it’s designed to prevent shader compilation stutter during gameplay. Forza Motorsport also supports DirectStorage for CPU improvements when loading files to memory. This results in faster track loading.

In addition, unlocked framerates with or without V-Sync enabled are supported for single-player racing in Forza Motorsport. In multiplayer, framerates are locked to ensure a consistent and competitive online racing experience for all players across a variety of PC hardware configurations and the Xbox Series X|S consoles. Please note that the first time you launch Forza Motorsport on PC, by default the home space and menu navigation will be locked to 30FPS, however this can be unlocked in the video options menu.

What’s more, we expect to continue optimizing and improving Forza Motorsport on PC after launch. Be sure to share your wishlist of PC-specific features with us at the Forza Suggestions Hub by upvoting features you’d like to see, or starting new threads for items that haven’t been suggested yet.

Plug in and Play with Your Favorite Devices

Forza Motorsport natively supports popular racing wheels from Logitech, Thrustmaster and Fanatec. We also support the DirectInput API on PC, enabling players to plug in and play with a much wider range of hardware than before. This level of device extensibility means Forza Motorsport is accessible to more players who use custom hardware setups.

Console

Fanatec

ClubSport V1

Fanatec

ClubSport V2

Fanatec

ClubSport V2.5

Fanatec

CSL

Fanatec

DD1

Fanatec

DD2

Fanatec

CSL DD

HORI

Overdrive

Logitech

G920

Logitech

G923

Logitech

Pro DD

Thrustmaster

TX 458

Thrustmaster

TX Leather

Thrustmaster

TMX

Thrustmaster

TMX Pro

Thrustmaster

TS-XW

Thrustmaster

T128

Thrustmaster

T248

Fanatec

ClubSport V1

Fanatec

ClubSport V2

Fanatec

ClubSport V2.5

Fanatec

CSL

Fanatec

CSR

Fanatec

CSR Elite

Fanatec

DD1

Fanatec

DD2

Fanatec

CSL DD

Fanatec

GT DD

Logitech

Driving Force GT

Logitech

Driving Force Pro

Logitech

G25

Logitech

G27

Logitech

G29

Logitech

G920

Logitech

G923

Logitech

MOMO

Logitech

Pro DD

Moza

R9 (CS Wheel)

Moza

R9 (GS Wheel)

Thrustmaster

RGT

Thrustmaster

T100

Thrustmaster

T500 RS

Thrustmaster

TX 458

Thrustmaster

TX Leather

Thrustmaster

T300 Ferrari

Thrustmaster

T300 Ferrari GTE

Thrustmaster

T300 Ferrari Int

Thrustmaster

T300 RS

Thrustmaster

T300 RS GT

Thrustmaster

458 Spider

Thrustmaster

T150

Thrustmaster

T150 Pro

Thrustmaster

TMX

Thrustmaster

TMX Pro

Thrustmaster

TS-PC Racer

Thrustmaster

TS-XW

Thrustmaster

T128

Thrustmaster

T248

Thrustmaster

T818

Remapping your controller, mouse and keyboard, as well as other devices connected to your PC is also supported. With the DirectInput API, you can plug in and remap your favorite high-end steering wheel, non-standard controller (like a USB NES gamepad) and even a flight stick.

Forza Motorsport features rumble vibration support for Xbox controllers and improved force-feedback for wheel users, taking advantage of advanced wheel features to display RPM, shift lights and race data on custom screens.

See You at the Starting Line

Forza Motorsport is coming October 10 to Xbox Series X|S consoles, Windows 10 and 11 PCs via the Microsoft Store and Steam, and Xbox Game Pass for console, PC and Cloud Gaming (Beta).

Pre-order the Forza Motorsport Premium Edition on the Microsoft Store or Steam and play the full game up to 5 days early. Here’s a look at what’s included in each version of the game available for pre-order.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2440510/Forza_Motorsport/

Forza Motorsport Premium Edition

PLAY UP TO 5 DAYS EARLY from October 5, 2023
Includes the full game
Race Day Car Pack
Car Pass
VIP Membership
Welcome Pack

Forza Motorsport Premium Add-Ons Bundle

PLAY UP TO 5 DAYS EARLY from October 5, 2023*
Race Day Car Pack
Car Pass
VIP Membership
Welcome Pack
Save 10% with Game Pass

The Premium Add-Ons Bundle is the best value for our Game Pass members as compared to buying each included item separately, and a great option for Standard and Deluxe Edition players looking to expand their game.

*Requires game, sold separately, or Game Pass subscription (excluding Core).

Forza Motorsport Deluxe Edition

Available October 10
Includes the full game
Car Pass

Forza Motorsport Standard Edition

Available October 10
Includes the full game
Play it with Game Pass on console, PC and Cloud Gaming

If you want to know more about online racing in Forza Motorsport, check out our previous blog covering Featured Multiplayer, Private Lobbies and Rivals. You can also read about how we’re ensuring clean, tight and competitive racing with new advanced Drivatar AI opponents and upgraded tire physics.

Aug 23, 2023

Update 8 Fixes v0.8.1.0

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Hi Pioneers!

Hello everyone, We’re back from vacation and we’re finally ready to introduce some of the changes we’ve been working on, the focus for this patch is mostly performance improvements that we hope have some positive impact for all the players who were struggling with performance after we made the transition to Unreal Engine 5.

One of the bigger additions of this update is the inclusion of Nvidia DLSS as an upscaling method which in our internal testing has resulted in a performance increase.

There were a lot of minor improvements all across the board so we’re very interested to hear what is your experience with all the work that we’ve done so if you have any feedback please let us know over at our QA Site: https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/ We will be monitoring all your posts to keep working on improving the performance and the overall game stability.

As always, with every new update if you’re experiencing some major issues launching the game or very unexpected behaviour, please take a look at the “Known Issues” section as this contains some very common workarounds for those issues.

Hope this patch helps and thank you all for your continued support <3

PERFORMANCE

Added Nvidia DLSS as a selectable Upscaling method
Added Intel XeSS as a selectable Upscaling method
Added Upscaling method settings
- You can select between TSR, DLSS or XeSS under this drop down when your hardware supports it
Fixed Lumen for buildable lights. Fixed apply customization data to also apply extra data.
- You will need to reload your save if Lumen was not enabled in order for this to work
Added Lumen boost to materials
Enabled Skip draw when shader isn't done compiling, this should help reduce rendering hitches
Disabled overlap caching to reduce consistent chaos performance loss.
General Chaos memory optimizations
Optimized physic scene handling for foliage, should reduce hitches.
Optimized logic to determine if an entity is near a factory.
Refactored sign system for optimal performance.
- Improved consistency with backgrounds between signs sizes.

BUG FIX

Fixed a Train pathing issue related to duplicates in the pathfinding results. This would make it so trains would sometimes take the wrong turn at the first switch out of a station.

KNOWN ISSUES

A reminder for people who have been having issues with unexpected crashes on startup or weird behaviour with the game, in that case please try to verify your game files.

You can do this on Steam by Right Clicking the game in your Library > Properties > Local Files > Verify integrity of game files...

And on Epic by clicking on the three dots (“...”) next to the title or at the right side, depending on your selected library view > Manage > Verify Files > Verify

This may or may not redownload a large amount of files which might take a while depending on your internet connection or hard drive speeds so be wary of that.
If you are using mods, they might need to be updated or uninstalled after updating so please keep this in mind too.
The first time booting the game will be very slow, but that should not continue to happen after the first boot
Game can hang on quit
There is major performance loss when running out of VRAM
Factory Animation tick reductions can be slightly too aggressive
TSR can cause visual issues with conveyor belts, you can try using the following console command to alleviate the issues, but this will reduce AntiAliasing quality
- r.TSR.ShadingRejection.Flickering 0