Picture this: You’re at a doctor’s office waiting your turn, or sitting on the bus to work, and you whip out your Nintendo Switch 2 and boot up Star Wars Outlaws. It’s a massive open-world game with space travel and, in theory, shouldn’t run well on a Nintendo handheld. But it does! Why? Because Ubisoft just put out the second Star Wars Outlaws Nintendo Switch 2 update to improve performance and graphics!
Star Wars Outlaws Patch Notes on Nintendo Switch 2
General Gameplay
- Improved Kay’s movement under certain conditions to look better
Performance
- Improved stability and performance
Graphics
- Fixed a flickering issue with rocks on Tatooine
- Fixed an issue where some scenes would not display correctly when using the Cinematic 21:9 display mode
- Fixed some broken textures
- Fixed an issue with flickering when using Game Chat
- Fixed massiff eyes
- Improved textures of mountain ranges when viewed from a distance
- Improved texture quality when resuming the game after a transition
- Improved sand and dust clouds visual quality
- Improved space graphics and shadows around the Trailblazer
UI
- Fixed an issue with flickering on the equipment menu
- Fixed an issue with directional button icons
- Fixed an issue where distant NPCs could not be tagged when viewed through the electrobinoculars
- Fixed an issue where hyperspace destinations from the Story Packs could appear on the jump list during syndicate quests
- Fixed an issue where the speeder tutorial could be completed by using the incorrect button prompt
- Fixed an issue where localized text could overlap in some menus
Miscellaneous
- Improved progress tracking for unlocking Ubisoft Connect challenges
Story
Main Game Quests:
- Fixed an issue where the next objective would not load if Kay died before reaching the tower during ‘Outlaws’
- Fixed an issue with NPCs during ‘Breakout’
- Fixed an issue with a stationary TIE Fighter during ‘Jabba’s Favor’
- Fixed an issue where the ‘Hired Gun’ NPC character model would not load fully during the ‘Legacy’ quest
A Pirate’s Fortune Story Pack
- Fixed an issue where the game could crash when interacting with the Raven 6 arcade machine when in ‘Hauler’s Keep’ in the Khepi System.
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