Recently, the updated version of The Witcher 3 received patch 4.02. It was positioned as a patch that improves performance and fixes various bugs.
As it turned out, The Witcher 3 version 4.02 sometimes runs noticeably worse than the game with the previous patch 4.01. While in open areas there is relative parity (the new version still occasionally pulls ahead), when it comes to demanding, crowded locations — problems begin.
For Testing Games at the 2:05 mark during testing of The Witcher 3 version 4.02, the game simply crashed altogether. On the Steam forum, players are also complaining about crashes.
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