Patch 2.31 is rolling out on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Mac, and Nintendo Switch 2. Inside – a smarter AutoDrive, Photo Mode tweaks, quest/open-world fixes, a vignette toggle, and platform-specific improvements. Full notes below.
Highlights
- AutoDrive drives smoother, overtakes blockers, and ignores red lights when navigating to a point; Free Roam follows traffic rules more reliably.
- Photo Mode gets broader pose support and easier NPC placement.
- New Graphics toggle to disable vignette (Settings → Graphics → Basic).
Vehicles
- Updated AutoDrive: smoother pathing, overtakes stalled traffic, no stops at lights; Free Roam honors traffic rules and navigates the city more consistently.
- Fixed: Johnny no longer always spawns in the passenger seat when using the Delamain Cab service.
- Fixed: applying CrystalCoat to the Yaiba ARV-Q340 Semimaru no longer makes its wheels flash random colors.
Photo Mode
- Most poses added in Update 2.3 now work for any gender.
- NPC collision disabled, making it easier to place NPCs on objects with collision (e.g., car hoods).
- Fixed: several poses not working for Royce.
Quests & Open World
- Freedom — corrected the journal entry that appears if you choose not to steal the Rayfield Caliburn “Mordred.”
- Motorbreath
- A follow-up text from River now actually arrives after he says he’ll be in touch.
- The Yaiba Semimaru no longer flips during the chase, blocking entry.
- The quest can’t be triggered if River died in The Hunt.
- You can obtain the Yaiba ARV-Q340 Semimaru via AUTOFIXER even if you failed The Hunt (which normally unlocks the side quest for this vehicle).
- Nitro (Youth Energy)
- Fixed a crash that could occur in certain cases after leaving the Yaiba showroom event.
- The proxy interface UI in the Yaiba showroom no longer gets cut off when “Larger HUD Elements” is enabled.
Miscellaneous
- Multiple localization and lipsync fixes across languages.
- Added a toggle to disable vignette (Settings → Graphics → Basic).
- PC/Mac: fixed cases where Ray-Traced Reflections could render incorrectly.
- Fixed several issues with Delamain text messages.
- Various fixes for fluff vendors.
PC-specific
- Fixed: NVIDIA Reflex could be disabled while DLSS Frame Generation was enabled, causing a pink screen.
- Fixed: Path Tracing not activating properly in some scenarios.
Mac-specific
- Fixed: changing graphics presets could set Screen Space Reflections higher than the equivalent PC presets.
- Fixed: permanent white screen when Frame Generation is enabled during the braindance in The Information.
- Selecting “Defaults” in Video Settings no longer turns HDR Mode off.
- Fixed inverted behavior of the “Mute Game in Background” toggle.
- Removed the outdated “(Requires Game Restart)” note on “Disable Spatial Audio.”
- App Store version no longer gets stuck on the “Press Space to continue” breaching screen.
- General stability and performance improvements.