Several improvements have come to Farming Simulator 25 with Patch 1.5 today, and most of them are centered around making the game look and perform better than ever on all platforms.
By default, the PlayStation 5 Pro version of the sim will perform better than before. Things will also look better across all platforms because of new graphic improvements, like water reflections and foam to certain watery areas.
Additionally, there are now performance modes for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Different fixes impact this as well, such as the render quality from different sources and several technical changes that the patch notes didn’t go into at length.
Farming Simulator 25 Patch 1.5 also included many changes that affected how things collide. Essentially, when players run into various things, they won’t end up falling through the map or bouncing around nearly as often (and hopefully not at all).
A few things will look different. For instance, more light sources will create shadows. This makes the simulator look better and more realistic than ever.
There are other more realistic changes in Patch 1.5 as well:
- The harvest rate of of grapes and olives was doubled
- The planting cost of grapes and olives was reduced
- Leaves on the ground of sugarbeet plants were improved
The last two major additions include a small Cement Factory and a shader generation step into the loading screen. The shader generation step is important for save files that are either missing shader caches or have mismatching ones.
The patch notes include a plethora of small changes that also target UI and more niche situations. Plus, several modding changes were made as well. Players can read the full patch notes here.
As the patch notes also point out, players may run into stuttering issues when launching the game for the first time after an update. If this happens, players can relaunch the game.
Farming Simulator 25 is available for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The incredibly popular simulator sold 2 million copies worldwide in its first week. It’ll even make an appearance at the real-world agricultural machinery show LAMMA later this year.
