Starfield’s latest complimentary update has arrived, introducing a highly-anticipated feature: the REV-8 land vehicle! Now, you can venture into unexplored territories (and reach new zeniths) with your personal ground cruiser.
Eager to embark in the REV-8? Head over to your favorite city’s ship technician to install the vehicle module, and you’re set! Once you have the module integrated into your chosen vessel, the REV-8 will automatically deploy outside your ship upon landing. Express your individuality by customizing the REV-8 with distinctive colors.
While traversing planets in Starfield, you’re likely to encounter hostile threats. The REV-8 comes with a formidable mounted turret and armor for enhanced protection during drives. Utilize your boosters to swiftly extricate yourself from precarious situations. Additionally, these boosters aren’t just forward-facing—they can also propel you upwards, allowing you to soar through the skies and access previously unreachable areas.
The August Update also includes new Xbox Series S display settings to align with the existing Xbox Series X settings.
New settings:
- Frame Rate Target: You can now select between 30, 40, 60, or an uncapped frame rate on VRR displays. If you don’t have a VRR display running at 120hz, you’ll still be able to choose between 30 or 60. Be aware that screen tearing may occur when selecting 60 on a non-VRR display.
- Prioritize: You now have the option to prioritize between Visuals and Performance while maintaining your chosen frame rate target. If aiming for a frame rate of 60 or above, we recommend setting this to Performance. Prioritizing Visuals retains the highest resolution while ensuring fully detailed special effects, lighting, and crowd scenes. Prioritizing Performance reduces internal resolution and detail. Both modes may dynamically adjust the resolution during intensive scenes or actions. When switching modes, the lighting might briefly change as the system adapts.
- VSync: You can now toggle VSync on or off. Turning it off decouples the game frames from the monitor’s refresh rate, potentially causing screen tearing. Turning it on synchronizes the frame rate to the monitor’s refresh rate to prevent screen tearing, but it may limit the number of frames.
For the complete August Update patch notes, read on.
- Added the new REV-8 Vehicle, available for purchase from the ship technician
- Introduced Xbox Series S performance options
- Enhanced general performance and stability
- Improved Creations UI fixes and enhancements
- Resolved an issue preventing complete scanning of planet Beta Marae I
- Gameplay Options: Fixed a bug with Legendary weapons causing ‘Well Fed’ and ‘Hydrated’ effects to refresh
- Gameplay Options: Corrected a problem with switching weapons that frequently triggered ‘You are now Hydrated’ notifications
- Gameplay Options: Fixed issues causing Sustenance effects to malfunction in NG+ variants
- Fixed a reloading issue with the Novastrike sniper rifle
- Resolved an issue where characters held the Novastrike rifle incorrectly
- Fixed a visual glitch with the Magshot reload animation in zero-g
- The Extreme Temperature Entry Spacesuit can now be displayed properly
- Addressed issue causing multiple items to spawn on display stands
- Enabled interaction with the Rattler displayed on the Trackers Alliance headquarters wall
- Gravity Well no longer pulls NPCs into ships in the Chop Shop
- Adjusted map location markers in cities for improved fast travel
- The apartment in The Well in New Atlantis now has a map marker
- Corrected the marker display for Shepherd’s General Store in Akila
- Fixed issue causing the Rapid Legendary effect to not apply to melee weapons properly
- Resolved an issue causing Lyle Brewer to become hostile to players as a follower
- Updated the status text for the Shielded Grip and Large Shielded Grip mods for the Plasma Cutter
- Balanced Mysterious Tracker’s Voice audio
- Resolved an issue causing unexpected noises upon entering the Lodge for NG+ variants
- Fixed issue causing ship docking bridges to stay extended
- Addressed problem with modifying a landed non-home ship causing duplicate ship models on the landing pad
- Shipbuilder: Ship module variants and flip versions will now correctly revert to the original when pressing Cancel
- Ship Decoration: Fixed issue with the Ecliptic Claymore allowing objects to be placed outside the ship
- Fixed issue turning off Frame generation setting when DLSS was selected for Upscaling (PC)
- Improved lighting for ship and station interiors in photo mode
- Enhanced reflections quality in shallow puddles
- Addressed visual artifacts during upscaling on planets viewed from space
- Helmets will now toggle correctly for downed companions in photo mode
- Fixed issue with Ship and Inventory menus on 21:9 aspect ratios
- Corrected display issues for large Carry Capacity in the inventory with large fonts enabled
- Addressed display issues for The Cue Ball and Ping Pong Ball in the inventory menu
- Flood lamps decoration items will now correctly toggle off and on at outposts equipped with a power source
