The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition Patch 1.3 promises major improvements on PC

The Outer Worlds should now run a lot smoother on PC with update 1.3

Private Division has released update 1.3 for The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition, adding changes to the game that should dramatically improve the game’s smoothness and overall playability on all platforms. 

Alongside a series of general bug fixes, The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition has now been updated to reduce hitching on all platforms by implementing new shader cache improvements while reducing instances of traversal hitching on all platforms. These changes should allow The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition’s framerate to be a lot smoother on all platforms, with less hitching and stuttering.

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition’s 1.3 update has also made changes to the game’s FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 (FSR 2) implementation to reduce ghosting within the game, dramatically increasing the quality of the game’s resolution upscaling technology. 

With the release of update 1.3, The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition should now run a lot better on PC and consoles. Sadly, these patches have arrived long after the game’s launch on PC and current generation consoles, a factor that will limit this update’s impact on the overall perception of Private Division’s current-generation update for The Outer Worlds.  

You can join the discussion on The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition’s patch 1.3 on the OC3D Forums. 

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition Patch Notes: 1.3

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition Patch v1.3 is available now for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Thank you for your patience while our team worked diligently to get this out, and continue reading below to see what resolutions this update brings you.

Performance:

• Virtual texture updates to improve performance on consoles
• Hitching improvements across all platforms
• PSO cache improvements to fix hitching issues on PC
• Rebalanced SSGI settings on PC
• Updated environment asset to reduce stutter in Roseway
• Fixed ghosting issues caused by FSR

Stability:

• Fixed crash when unequipping items in the options wheel
• Fixed various rare crashes

General:

• LOD fixes across different environments
• Reduced flickering in Emerald Vale
• Fixed rare T-posing bug in Eridanos
• Fixed wrong inventory tooltip when playing with gamepad on PC
• Fixed various clipping issues
• Fixed various popping issues
• Optimized rock shaders on Monarch
• Fixed offset map in Pit on Tartarus
• Fixed minor issues caused by FSR
• Fixed bug where SMC is on fire when first arriving in Gorgon
• Various bug fixes