CD Projekt Red Is Looking Into a Witcher 3 Bloom Fix as HairWorks Hurts Performance Again

CD Projekt Red is looking into a fix for the bloom effect in The Witcher 3 and hopes to have it ready for the next update. At the same time, somehow 11 years later, Nvidia HairWorks is once again hurting performance in this game.

CD Projekt Red hopes to fix The Witcher 3's bloom in the next update

The news comes from the studio itself. Its global community director addressed the bloom problem directly, and his exact quote was this: "We are looking into addressing the Bloom effect across all platforms. We're hoping to have the changes ready for the next update, but no details yet."

First and foremost, that tells us another update is happening soon, which, let's be real, we expected. This one is a big one, because players have been turning bloom off entirely since launch to stop the game from looking washed out.

Nvidia HairWorks is hurting Witcher 3 performance again

There are also updates on Nvidia HairWorks. CD Projekt Red warned that it may significantly impact performance and recommended turning it off until the patch lands. Honestly, HairWorks tanking Witcher 3 performance is par for the course. It feels like we're back in 2015 again, and I'm getting so much nostalgia just thinking and talking about it.

AMD users hit graphical problems while Nintendo Switch 2 updates are in the works

AMD GPU users have been hit with some graphical problems as well, so CD Projekt Red is telling players to grab the latest GPU drivers. Nintendo Switch 2 also has some updates the studio is working on. I'm sure that's just one of the many platforms they're working on updating.

This is really step one. This game is about to run so optimized once they sort out all of the rest of the issues. Regardless, the fact that we are on the path again 11 years later is exciting, and some issues with a free update are bound to happen. The hype is certainly real.

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