Pacific Drive news & patch notes

Take the tunes with you! All your favorite tracks from the Whispers in the Woods OST are available to stream now in your favorite apps.

Award-winning composer Wilbert Roget, II delivers a foreboding score for Pacific Drive’s cultish expansion, Whispers in the Woods. Blending distorted pads, choral textures, and twisted percussion to reflect the cult’s unsettling presence.

"When scoring games, I like to take influence from the art direction and colour scheme – it gives me a useful impression of the overall vibe of the world and setting. While the base game had a wide variety of green and brown forest colours, Whispers in the Woods featured lots of violent reds, reflecting the cult itself." - Wilbert Roget, II

If you'd like to take at what's behind the music, our composer sat down with the folks from Laced to do a short interview about the process behind creating music for Pacific Drive. It might surprise you to learn what the Harmonic Fellowship and a stadium full of Welsh football fans have in common.

Read more, here!

We hope you enjoy your own real life road trips, commutes, journeys, or whatever big adventure you have next - even if it feels like the Whispering Tide is rising because things are extra spooky on the radio.

Looking for the original, base game, soundtrack? That's available as well! Check it out here.

A short message from Ironwood Studios, to our spectacular players:

Two years is an incredible amount of time to have spent driving through the forest, dodging anomalies, and repairing an old wood-paneled station wagon. But we’ve done it! Four major content updates focused on new ways to play the game, a horror-themed expansion, and so many bug fixes — all of it has led us here. As we enter our third year in the Zone, we want to appreciate and take note of what we accomplished together.

Since its release, Pacific Drive has sold 1.5 million copies, and we’ve reached 3 million players worldwide. We’ve joined PlayStation Plus and (as a carefully planned surprise) Xbox Gamespass, growing the population of breachers in the Zone by the thousands.

Whispers in the Woods reignited our fear of the unknown and drew the attention of anomaly obsessed fanatics and soon, the Ritual Edition of Pacific Drive will be released, wrapping up the entire game and all additional content into one cool, Harmonic Fellowship themed package. Also, we’re thrilled to see our merchandise is out in the wild! Shout out to everyone who’s kept us up to date on their adventures with a cuddly Friendly Dumpster.

Earlier this month we announced that Ironwood received a significant investment into the studio, and we’re happy to confirm that this gives us the ability to continue doing what we love, with a focus on the future. The next time you slide into the driver's seat, hit the ignition, and head off into the Zone for the next great adventure; keep an ear out for some brand new tunes! As a small gift for the community, we’ve added 15 new songs to the in-game radio. You’ll hear new music from Seattle locals like Deep Sea Diver, and even new songs from A Shell in the Pit and Smokey Brights! You can find this on Spotify, Apple Music, and more at this link.

When we celebrated our first anniversary, we said that your passion for our first game has been something out of our wildest dreams and we’re grateful that we have the opportunity to continue working towards that dream. Your support and appreciation have meant everything to us.

From all the folks on the team, thank you for a fantastic two years, stay safe out in the Zone, and we hope you enjoy the rest of 2026!

Announcements

We’re excited to be celebrating the second anniversary of Pacific Drive! We’re grateful to all of you, our players, for the support and enthusiasm you’ve shown the game over the last two years through the content updates, the expansion of Whispers in the Woods, and everything that comes from having such an awesome community.

We hope you enjoy the additions to the radio - there’s nothing quite like having some new tunes to drive to out in the OEZ! Pacific Drive version 1.15.0 is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S | X.

Version 1.15.0 - Highlights

• New Radio Music - Volume 3 of the Radio Sountrack, with 15 new songs

• Visual Issues with ARC Device have been Fixed

• Logbook fix(es)

Bugs and UX Fixes

• Fixed visual issues with the ARC Device resulting from modified graphics settings or performance modes on PlayStation and Xbox

• Fixed an issue where the embark requirements for Rites could reappear when loading back into a Suspended run

• Fixed issue where Whispers in the Woods music, and gateway exit music would disappear when loading back into a Suspended run

• Fixed issue with Logbook UI that would mistakenly show a notification icon, or an empty category as well as dismissing new notification markers in the Crafting Tab of the logbook

• Fixed timing for subtitles during mysterious radio transmissions added in version 1.14

Features and Content

• New Music for the In-game Radio

  • 67 Fairlane - Leon Laudenbach

  • Bedhead - Somebody’s Curses

  • Control Freq - Dusty Suns

  • Dancing With A Ghost - Nouveau Arcade

  • Dark Crosses - Nouveau Arcade

  • Death Bed Confession - Leon Laudenbach

  • Emergency - Deep Sea Diver

  • Motherbear - Somebody’s Curses

  • Reaction - Smokey Brights

  • Regicide - Pale Grey Lore

  • Sketches in Pencil - For the Agenda

  • Undermined - Pale Grey Lore

  • What Do I Know - Deep Sea Diver

  • WOLVES - A Shell In The Pit

  • You Get Out Alone - Recluse

If you’d like to listen to the latest additions to the Radio Soundtrack, we’ve also added a new volume to our Spotify playlists!

Announcements

Hello Drivers! Today’s patch has performance updates, new radio content and a number of bug fixes (including a fix for some players in a broken state). Pacific Drive version 1.14.0 is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S | X. Read below to see what’s changed!

First, a major fix is going out today for any players with corrupted saves in Whispers in the Woods expansion content that stopped them from making progress in the DLC. With this update, affected players will see a pop-up message when loading back into Pacific Drive.

If you see this message, your save file will have automatically applied changes that should fix any outstanding issues and return you to an unblocked state.

• Story progression will be rolled back to just before leaving on the “Initiation” quest. Your progress on the Whispering Chart will be set back to that point as well, with only the very first Junction containing the first audio tape revealed.

• Any Audio Tapes you’ve collected will be removed from your inventory and returned to the world for you to collect, and their objectives markers updated - ensuring that you can’t miss them. The Whispering Chart will be placed back on the Altar in the lobby of the garage, and can be collected then used immediately.

• All attuned car parts and crafting resources will still be in your inventory and storage. Only story critical items should be affected.

• Objective UI elements will not appear until you re-enter the Whispering Woods and approach an altar. At that time your objectives should return in the top right corner of your HUD.

• Store Artifacts in your backpack inventory or car trunk storage. Roof storage and side storage do not count artifacts in mission objectives.

Second, we’ve introduced some performance fixes that may have reverted graphics settings to their default state. Please check to make sure to check that your settings are correct when loading back into your game.

Version 1.14 - Highlights

• Systemic fix for progression-blocked saves

• Xbox performance improvements

• New Radio Transmissions

Bugs and UX Fixes

• Introduced a systemic fix for any save affected by the “Find the Altar of Passage” progression blocker. This will fix saves on all platforms.

• The Refinery garage station no longer blocks a garage cosmetic slot

  • The cosmetic item slot has been relocated to above the door on the Garage exterior

• Fixed Pilgrim crates floating midair after runs have been suspended then re-loaded

• Expeditions Pitstop workbenches should now craft up to tier 3 level recipes and items

• Fixed the custom settings (player selected) applying incorrectly when loading into Expeditions routes

• Fixed some collision issues in tunnels on Whispers in the Woods Maps

• Fixed text overflow for certain UI elements in the UI for workbenches

• Fixed Geiger counter audio persisting during paused states

• Improved performance when using Impact Hammers on Plasma Generators

Xbox Improvements

• Various performance improvements for XBOX consoles.

  • Performance improvements have been made to the opening drive to reduce frame stutters

  • Series S consoles have received optimizations to prevent gameplay hitches and improve general performance

New Radio Transmissions

• There are reports of radio abnormalities coming in from across the Zone - often unattributed, but mysterious all the same! These strange transmissions are not currently harmful.

Breachers!

It's been a huge year for everyone working on Pacific Drive. We took you on a never ending series of road trips with the Endless Expeditions free update in April, released a dozen patches that improved the quality of the game, and of course, introduced you all to Whispers in the Woods, our biggest addition to the game to date.

Throughout this entire journey, we've listened to your feedback, watched streams, reaction videos, and loved the every day conversations from the community from our Discord. Some of you went above and beyond to solve a particularly tricky mystery right before the release of WITW! 👁️ The Steam Awards are currently upon us, and if you've enjoyed our company as much as we have yours, we would be honored if you're able to consider us for the "Labor of Love" award by clicking the checkbox above - as a small studio working on it's first game, it would mean the world to us to have your support. May your remnant never rust, and your gasoline stay fresh - we'll see you all back out in the Zone. Make sure you stay connected by joining us on Discord, Bluesky, X, Instagram, or via Reddit.

We saved your saves! Pacific Drive Hotfix Version 1.13.1 is available to download now on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S | X.

Version 1.13.1 - Highlights

Today’s hotfix is laser focused on a few issues reported by the community this week! We’ve tackled the save loading issue, an inventory system bug, and some scary crashes caused by rogue garage elements.

Before we get into the patch notes themselves, we do want to address a concern around file size that you’ve all expressed to us over the last few weeks, namely how large the update file sizes appear to be on PC and Console whenever a new patch or update to the game happens.

To speak on it at a high level, sometimes patching the game involves a re-organization of the files and information that make up the entire game - it’s not possible to just pick and choose which ones are updated, and for safety, it’s easiest to deliver that re-organized structure in the way you’ve been experiencing. A result of this is that the updates themselves appear larger, and take more time to download and install. The good news is that your install size for Pacific Drive won’t increase, outside of content added to the game like the Whispers in the Woods Expansion.

Bugs and UX Hotfixes

• For our players on PC - we’ve fixed the issue where players could indefinitely hang on loading screens while attempting to load into a saved game or in some loading transitions.

  • We’ve fixed this by making adjustments to some build process changes introduced in Version 1.13.0 that were intended for optimization purposes. This has resolved the save game issue, and maintained the improvements made to the overall gameplay experience.

• Whispers in the Woods - We’ve fixed a crash that would occur when players collided with rogue pieces of set dressing during garage sequences in Whispers in the Woods. Often occurring right before the player would pick up the Whispering Chart, or when they attempted to bring it back to the ZETI system.

  • This would occur after the “Mysterious Signal” mission, or after the last mission in the DLC

  • This had the chance to permanently break saves if the player’s autosave occurred at the same point as the crash - so we wanted to take care of it quickly.

• For players using a controller on PC or Console - When attempting to move items into a new inventory one by one, the cursor would follow the item into the new inventory UI rather than stay in the source inventory. This would not occur during quick transfers into normal inventory but - it could cause a crash if you attempted to quick transfer parts into a parts locker. Luckily, we discovered the source of the issue shortly after the Version 1.13.0 release thanks to your reports, and have fixed the root cause.

A Quick “Thank You!” to the Community

It’s no secret that the Pacific Drive community is a passionate one, filled with mystery hunting researchers, rally racing Breachers, and sci-fi mechanics determined to get the most out of all the upgrades to our beloved station wagon.

We want to take a moment and say - Thanks! You all helped us find the above issues, and in some cases, solutions to those issues, extremely quickly by submitting reports and save game data. You can always use www.pacificdrivegame.com/support to reach us directly, use the Steam forums to collaborate your experience with other players, or hop in our Discord to ask us about the most-up-to-date information we can provide.

Well would you look at that - she's running smooth again. Pacific Drive Version 1.13.0 is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S | X.

Version 1.13.0 - Highlights

• Nailing down some particularly pesky bugs:

  • General improvements made to Whispers in the Woods sequences, fixed settings for radiation, audio weirdness, visual hitches and more!

• Some general performance fixes:

  • The game’s file structure and build process on launch have been adjusted to increase performance, and minimize load times

    • This change affects the way that 4.27 UE packages content. Essentially, we’re changing the way we build the game and the way that the data is stored.

    • This allows the build to be more performant during gameplay by reducing the time spent on file read processes.

  • Concentrated efforts to solve a few rough hitches on Consoles

Bugs and UX Fixes

Base Game

• Adjusted build process to make file read quicker

• Fixed an issue where some settings could reset to default during the base game

• Fixed an issue with Protanopia/Deuteranopia colorblind settings making certain in-world menus more difficult to read

• Fixed “Radiation Everywhere” setting not always applying

• Fixed an issue where players could not continuously craft items while the “Pause in Menus” setting was enabled

• Fixed an issue where backpack upgrades would not take effect on the player hotbar until starting a new run

• Certain utility attachments can no longer be seen clipping through the side of Part Lockers when stored

• Fixed an issue where the Deco-Vend machine would occasionally dispense blank Bobbleheads

  • If you are in possession of blank Bobbleheads we kindly ask that you donate them to the Zone on your next trip (the Instability will collect them)

• Fixed more visual/gameplay hitches on Consoles

  • A hitch on PS5 when any item was moved in or out of the hand slot has been fixed

  • Hitching on highlighting any Attuned car part, which would become very noticeable with a full set of Attuned parts

• Fixed an issue where players who did not own the Whispers in the Woods expansion could see the Attuned category tab in the Blueprints menu

Whispers in the Woods

• Opening quest “The Mysterious Signal” fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the Mysterious Signal quest could sometimes not progress properly

  • Fixed an issue where the Mysterious Signal quest junction could fail to spawn enough anchors to summon a Gateway

    • This does not block quest progression, as the objective would still advance if players abandoned trip to return to the garage, but we’ve smoothed the experience out just in case

• Fixed an issue where other Altars of Passage could still be used after a Gateway had been summoned

• Lightning created by artifacts is now able to hit the Lightning Rod and generate LIM energy

• Artifact stacks have changed slightly when interacting with other artifacts

  • Headlight quirks no longer stack by triggering automatically, reducing the ten thousand million lumen headlight effect

  • Artifacts that affect car speed no longer achieve faster-than-light-speeds through automatic interactions

• Furnace on the roof now accept Bounties as resource

• The User Manual logbook entry for the Whispering Tide mechanic now properly unlocks upon encountering it

• Artifacts can now be placed on Altars of Passage by holding the quick-deposit button in addition to using a short button press

• Fixed an issue where junctions marked as Harvestmen nests would not spawn the Harvestmen properly, as well as Glowgrabber appearances.

• Fixed an issue where Radio transmissions or music would play over a sequence that was scored with specific music

• Fixed an issue where players would sometimes hear audio from the Altar in the garage before it had appeared

• Fixed certain road obstructions not playing audio when destroyed

• Artifacts smelted into a refined resource and now displayed horizontally rather than vertically via the tooltip

• Removed incorrect information from furnace UI in early Whispers in the Woods content

• Players will no longer see Hot Dust appear during the finale of Whispers in the Woods

• Spawned parts should no longer float in midair when returning to the Garage after the finale of Whisper in the Woods.

• Duplicate audio logs should no longer spawn in the Whispering Woods.

• Fixed minor LOD issue with some world elements, including bushes, mailboxes and some Tourist gifts

• Fixed material on certain shelters out in the Zone missing textures

Gameplay Balance and Scripting

• Improved tutorialization for Altars of Passage.

  • Quest markers now appear in more situations.

• Adjusted spawn rate for Harvestmen and Glowgrabbers

Upcoming Fixes

We’ve managed to sort out a lot of the lingering issues, and the following is a short list of fixes coming soon in a future update to Pacific Drive:

• Players may see their custom settings apply when loading into Expeditions

  • Currently this can be fixed by opening and closing the gameplay settings menu, but has an incoming fix

• Some players are encountering a crash at the first garage sequence in Whispers in the Woods before picking up the Whispering Chart

• The Refinery station is currently blocking a garage cosmetic slot, we're getting to it!

The OST for our latest expansion, Whispers in the Woods, is available now! Cruise through your local haunted forest to the tunes of 'The Harmonic Fellowship' or experience some form of tranquility with 'Visions' playing softly (or at max volume) in the background.

Our appreciation goes out to everyone in the community who was waiting for this release - thanks for falling in love with the latest sounds from the Zone!

You're finally awake! You were trying to breach the outer wall right? Same as us. Version 1.12.0 of Pacific Drive is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S | X.

Version 1.12.0 - Highlights

• Our previous shader cache optimizations have been fully restored and improved for base game and Whispers in the Woods.

• Harvestmen have undergone a number of fixes including being more reliable when put near their nests, breaking their necks less, and accurately letting you know how full they are.

• Several crashes and softlocks have been fixed thanks to the community’s assistance - thanks, guys!

Bugs and UX Fixes

Base Game

• Pacific Drive and Whispers in the Woods shader caches have been updated to provide a smoother gameplay experience

• Controller haptics (vibration, etc) no longer trigger when disabled from in-game settings

• Fixed spawning issues across all maps that caused hazards to spawn in impossible places

• Fixed multiple instances of broken terrain, models, and collision in the environment

• Fixed the “Hide Junction Condition” setting.

  • It was not universally applying to all maps, now it does

• Fixed an issue where resistance was not correctly applied to the car when spawned in a body of water

• Fixed Audio stuttering when using camera Zoom on Xbox consoles

• Fixed certain instances of tool sound effects persisting after tool usage

• Fixed ZETI animation freezing if it was interrupted by a save, suspend, or load process.

• Fixed an issue where the Shaker spawning underneath the car would prevent the car from being put into drive.

• Renamed TXAA in game settings to be more technically accurate - it now reads as TAA under the same settings

• Fixed certain UI elements being cut off in route planner map

• Fixed the text scrolling animation on car part stat UI to be more readable

• Fixed certain UI issues on hotbar when using controller on PC

• Fixed a selection of missing icons in some Garage Stations, and Garage menus

• The Impact Hammer will now drop the correct resources if it breaks during use

• Fixed an issue where items would fall out of an open inventory with repeat inputs

• Fixed an issue where some UI lists could extend beyond their limits when maxed out

• Double click on transfer should now be fixed across the various UI menus

• Fixed overlapping UI in Arc Device if hovered over two icons at once.

• Fixed occasional mission objectives reappearing or appearing too late

• Fixed VFX for Sealing Kit when flat tire is in water

• Improved Level of Detail for several items in game

• Updated Credits for Narrative

Whispers in the Woods

• Fixed an occasional crash when starting the final chapter of Whispers in the Woods, the final ritual beginning from the Garage

• Fixed a softlock when player attempts to complete Whispers in the Woods storyline without a full resonator charge

• Fixed the opportunity for accidental death that occured during the last quest of Whispers in the Woods

• Fixed a rare issue where the last gateway in Whispers in the Woods would bring players back to a normal Garage.

• Fixed “Abandon Trip” negating embark requirements for certain Rites during Whispers in the Woods

• Fixed Taking a standard Junction Exit after summoning an Attuned Gateway causing Altars of Passage to not spawn in future Exit Junctions

• Additional improvements to alleviate fog flickering on all platforms

• Added mission markers to Altar Bounties after they’ve been spawned

• Fixed an issue where PlayStation 5 players could occasionally see longer-than-normal load times while traveling within the Drowned Wilds region

• Fixed VFX on burning sticks and headlights to be a little less harsh

• Improved smoke VFX for the cinderstick headlights

• Fixed rare instances where dialogue audio was missing subtitles

• Fixed a repeating sound effect when radio-affecting artifacts are activated

• Fixed Save/Load missing menu descriptions on certain Whispers in the Woods save slots

• Fixed the Summoned Gateway music occasionally failing to play during Gateway escape sequences.

• Fixed occasional issue where lights on gateway altars and fellowship structures would not appear

  • Glowing sigils have been added to certain cult sites

• Fixed VFX for Resonator energy when car is in motion

• Fixed the Resonator tooltip getting stuck on screen, no longer occurs

• Fixed Roof Furnace - it can now hit 100% when active

• Fixed an issue where hand tools could be activated during the final cinematic of Whispers in the Woods

• Fixed Pilgrim chests not being accessible via the Thermal Vac

• Several fixes have been added for the Harvestmen Anomalies:

  • Increased spawn rate for Harvestmen

  • Harvestmen will now seek their nests when full of fuel

  • Fixed several Harvestmen visual issues that were related to the following: walking forward while holding them, picking them up too quickly, and attempting to pick them up while they are feeding

  • Harvestmen fuel visual effect is now more accurate to their hunger state.

• Fixed the Interloper ambushing the remnant while the player is away

• Fixed certain Whispers in the Woods nodes appearing as “Unknown” on the route planner

• Artifacts that affect the front driver-side door will no longer trigger while entering/exiting the remnant

• Audio tapes in Whispers in the Woods now float in water

• Player should no longer occasionally spawn into maps upside down

• Fixed minor issues with car parts when returning to the garage after Whispers in the Woods

• Fixed appearance of Fog in certain lighting scenarios

• Fixed an issue where harmonic headlights could have had multiple status effects

• Updated Kepler credits and Narrative credits

An additional incredibly important fix

• We have patched up the side of the garage where an unstable exterior lamp had begun to slowly attempt to float away. It has now been tethered to the side of the garage using various advanced methods. Be warned, it has been known to turn invisible.

Gameplay Balance and Scripting

• The player is no longer be able to use a Junction re-stabilizer in an Expedition Chart

• Whispers in the Woods - Furnace will no longer run while game is paused.

• Whispers in the Woods - Updated Harvestmen to be more visible, they should now have a soft emissive glow on some body parts

• Whispers in the Woods - Artifact Nullifier now has VFX when consuming Energy

• Whispers in the Woods - Slight decrease in the battery drain rate on the Artifact Nullifier

• Whispers in the Woods - Several artifacts later in WITW have had their synergy costs reduced

• Whispers in the Woods - Adjustments have been made to the mix for the WITW finale music for volume and dialogue balance

• Whispers in the Woods - Certain Artifact effects have been rebalanced to relieve larger issues when using multiple in combination

• Whispers in the Woods - Transmuters now more accurately reflect the correct biomes in Whispers in the Woods

• Whispers in the Woods - Rebalanced Harmonic Wheels, Attuned Furnace and general harmonic energy generation

• Whispers in the Woods - WITW lighting presets are now available in photo mode

Known Issues

• Occasionally radiation can appear in the final ritual of Whispers in the Woods

• Status Effect indicators are not properly rotating in inventory

• A hitch can occur when destroying a Plasma Generator with the Impact Hammer

• The Refinery station is blocking a garage cosmetic slot

• Occasionally, some new anomaly types will fail to spawn in their specially marked junctions

  • Glowgrabber

• A slight hitch occurs when any Attuned car part is highlighted

  • Successful investigations have led to a fix dropping in a future patch

• Garage Deco-Vend granting blank bobbleheads

  • We’ve identified the root of the issue, and this will be fixed in a future patch

• Gameplay difficulty settings not applying consistently

We'd like to take a beat here at the end of our massive list of patch notes and say - thank you! We wouldn't have been able to identify half of these issues, or get them fixed as quickly, without the details and information submitted by you, our players. That's not all though - we're currently working on another patch that follows this one, so stay tuned!

Surprise! It’s a bonus Hotfix. We discovered an issue with the route planner that needed solving as soon as possible to get you all back out into the Zone and on the road.

Version 1.11.2 - Negative Scanner charges and Getting Trapped in the Garage

We’ve just pushed a solution to help you keep from getting stuck in the garage due to negative scanner charges, and other route planning related issues. Today’s fix is live for all platforms - PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

Some players have gotten stuck with negative scanning charges when interacting with the route planner, and that's made it impossible to leave the garage entirely - because selecting a route is key to starting the journey from the garage.

This was happening due to a difference in the number of charges between Whispers in the Woods maps, and the base game. If players attempted to scan the Whispers in the Woods nodes but did not leave the garage after scanning, then returned to base game map, the math would assume they had scanned a multiplicative amount and could register a negative amount of scanner charges.

While most players could revert this change by going on an expedition run, some players were completely hardlocked by the embark requirements of their expedition level and would not be able to leave the garage entirely - needless to say this isn't ideal and we wanted to provide a solution for you all as soon as possible!

This fix corrects the misalignment between the Whispers in the Woods charges and base game charges. It should also correct any negative numbers that players might have on their save files (you should at least have one map scanner charge on a previously bugged save). We’ve confirmed this fix with new save games, jumpstarted save games, personal developer saves, and the affected individuals who donated their saves to our support line (and ultimately were the absolute heroes in us tracking down the source of the issue).

We know that a large group of you hasn’t encountered this particular issue - but for those that have, thank you for reaching out to us. Your saves, experience, and all the information shared really helped us nail this down so we could get you a solution as soon as possible. Friendly reminder - here’s what you can do if you encounter a bug or crash with Pacific Drive.

• Submit via our support form here on the website

  This goes directly to us in the studio and it’s the #1 way for us to get your reports - it also opens up a channel for us to communicate with you 1:1 and really dig in to find solutions or for us to get access to your save files.

• Start a bug post in our community Discord

  Post your bugs! Get help from other community members, and brainstorm solutions with other hardcore players. There’s nothing like figuring out a quirk that’s plagued you so long you thought it was a bug with a little help from another Breacher.

• Reply to the bug report Steam discussions thread or submit a new thread

  Similar to Discord but an additional option just in case you’d rather use it instead.

Thanks to all our Breachers we were able to find a lot of fixes, and fast! Version 1.11.1 of Pacific Drive is now available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.

Version 1.11.1 - Highlights

• We've implemented a lot of fixes for softlocks and progression blocking issues have been solved

• Xbox users should now be able to access their DLC entitlements offline

Bug and UX Fixes

• Fixed a rare crash that would occur when attempting to save a game that had a large or older save file

• Fixed a softlock in early Whispers in the Woods mission when breaking down attuned car parts and not having enough materials to craft more.

  • If your save is currently in this state, new attuned parts should appear from the pneumatube next to the route planner.

• Fixed a softlock in base game tutorial where tires would sometimes obtain extra unintended status effects.

• Fixed a softlock in base game tutorial that would prevent player from using the route planner in certain circumstances.

• Improvements have been made to alleviate fog flickering on consoles however this will slightly impact render resolution on affected platforms.

  • A fix for the render resolution changes is already planned for a future patch.

• We’ve taken steps to prevent players from stumbling into an issue with Whispers in the Woods where they cannot properly progress through the game after the first Altar of Passage.

  • We are still actively investigating instances of this issue for existing players

• Xbox Specific - We’ve fixed Xbox Whispers in the Woods DLC entitlements (licensing) becoming unavailable when playing offline - all content should now be available without requiring an internet connection.

Ongoing Performance Issues

We’re aware of certain players experiencing performance problems on multiple platforms. We are actively investigating these issues; however we do want to remind console players of the existence of performance mode. For players on the Xbox series S we highly advise this to be enabled.

One specific outstanding issue is a lack of PC shader caching. While this hot fix does not contain improvements in that area, we do have a fix ready to be deployed in the near future which should alleviate those problems.

Known Issues

• Xbox Specific - Audio will sometimes stutter when zooming in/out with the camera

• Controller haptics still activate occasionally when disabled in settings

  • Temporary solution - disable haptics/vibration at a device level

• Status Effect indicators are not properly rotating in inventory

• Z.E.T.I. System can get stuck in animation when saving/quitting during the animation

  • Can be solved by re-inserting hard drive or audio tape items

• A hitch can occur when destroying a Plasma Generator with the Impact Hammer

• Abandoned cars sometimes spawn floating

• Taking a standard Junction Exit after summoning an Attuned Gateway can cause Altars of Passage to not spawn in future Exit Junctions

• The Refinery garage station continues to run while game is paused

• The Refinery is blocking a garage cosmetic slot

• Rare instances where Audio Tape dialogue is missing partial subtitles

• Occasionally, some new anomaly types will fail to spawn in their specially marked junctions

  • Harvestman

  • Glowgrabber

• Harvestman neck can erratically stretch and distort visually in certain situations

• Hooligan logbook Photo cannot be unlocked

• A slight hitch occurs when any Attuned car part is highlighted

Welcome to Whispers in the Woods - Pacific Drive’s largest expansion yet, available now on Steam, Epic Games Store, Windows Store, PlayStation, and now Xbox.

Click here to check out our update post featuring the launch trailer!

Version 1.11.0 - Highlights

• Whispers in the Woods is now available!

  • A brand new storyline for Pacific Drive that adds new gameplay mechanics, a new map to explore, and a fully voiced narrative that exposes you to an anomaly-obsessed group of Zone fanatics.

• Significant Performance Improvements to Pacific Drive

• New Languages, new minor features, and new cosmetics

• Additional bug fixes and UX improvements

Features and Content added to Base Game

• Added new languages

  • Ukrainian

  • Italian

• Updated Spawning Rules and Map improvements

  • Traffic Jam Obstruction

  • Dynamic Street Light Spawning for Paved and Dirt Roads

• New color variations to find for decal kits-

  • Five new colors for Arda, Flames, Numbers, Panel, Sketchy, Stripes and Two Tone decals - bringing the total number to 32 new car cosmetics!

• New garage cosmetics to discover and collect: Little library, Advanced Dartboard, Footprint, Hockey Sticks, Wheeled Shelves, Tennis, Steering wheel collage

Whispers in the Woods is Out Now!

• Brand new linear Narrative storyline

• Fully voice acted with new cast of characters

• New Gameplay systems

• New musical score by Wilbert Roget, II

• New Anomalies and Anomaly Behaviors

• New Items, Car Parts, and Cosmetics

• Explore the Whispering Woods

Performance Improvements

A small foreword: This patch brings our largest effort, and in turn our most significant performance improvements to Pacific Drive to date. These improvements positively impact all versions of the game, including PC (high and low spec machines) and Consoles (both standard and performance mode). The changes target CPU, GPU, Video Memory, and Load times.

• CPU

  • Disabled multiple unutilized aspects of Unreal Engine 4.27 that were not necessary for Pacific Drive

  • Reduced complexity of the physics scene for faster performance

  • Optimized expensive player specific physics overlaps

  • General improvements for blueprints by increasing use of cached data

  • Minor Time of Day optimizations

  • Multiple CPU specific hitches fixed

• GPU

  • Massive reduction in base geometry and LODs for very expensive foliage and rock meshes

  • Improved culling of meshes at extreme distances

  • Improved LOD generation for the entire game. Notable areas of improvement

    • Car Parts and Upgrades

    • Items, Tools, and Resources

    • Garage Stations

    • Resource Providers and Scrapable Vehicles

    • Environment Detailing Meshes

  • Reduced dynamic distance field scene complexity

  • Reduced the default mirror shadow quality settings which were set higher than needed and could significantly impact performance

• Video Memory

  • Removed redundant landscape grass data for improved memory footprint

  • Reduced some expensive distance field mesh resolutions for improved memory footprint

  • Reduced unused or underutilized texture sizes across the game with no visual impact

• Load Times

  • Improved load times across the game with targeted procedural generation spawning optimizations

A Note on Shader Caching:

Alongside the improvements in performance, we are aware that there have been some regressions with shader caching with this update. However, overall performance has been largely improved over previous versions and we do have a fix for this specific issue that will be deployed in a near future patch.

Gameplay Balance and Scripting

• Improved Resistance stacking for certain Car Parts

• Adjustments to Lim Shield Effectiveness

  • The Lim Shield now has active battery drain while activated

    •  0.35 kW/sec. Battery Drain per Damage is reduced by 50% to help counteract this. 

Developer Note: We found players were driving with the LIM Shield active at all times without much downside. To better align the car part with our design goals we added battery drain while it is active, but also lowered how much your battery drains when the shield mitigates damage.

• Adjusted Expeditions Tutorials process

  • Tutorial timing flexibility for new players, you now have the ability to back out earlier if you don’t want to listen to Francis talk as much!

• Weather pattern timing has been slowed, allowing them to last longer

• Reduced death penalties on default settings:

  • 85% Chemicals lost on death

  • Car parts that die shortly before players dies are more likely to appear in the Friendly Dumpster

  • Car parts returned from Friendly Dumpster are more likely to return with better health ranges.

  • Car parts that die shortly before players die are less likely to appear on Remnant

  • These settings remain adjustable under Gameplay Settings if players prefer a different experience

• Changed quirks that influence Battery Charge. 

  • Battery now charges at 0.65 kW / Sec as opposed to 2 kW/Sec

Bugs and UX Improvements

• Fixed occasional softlock conditions in Expeditions tutorial

• Incorrect maps have been removed from the Expeditions map pool

  • Stabilizer maps have been removed from the Expeditions map pool, player can no longer spawn gateways by activating stabilizers on an Expeditions run

• Fixed Red Balloons duplicating after resuming a suspended run on certain maps

• Fixed occasional crashes on save/load

• Fixed the rare occurrence of  duplicating fuel cans

• Fixed occasional softlock conditions in tutorial

• Electric Engine now correctly display resource consumption rates

• Repair Stop in Garage will now ignore peculiar parts

• Improved HUD feedback on Thermal Vac and Magnet Bumper

  • Prevents Anchors from accidentally being put into Magnet Bumper inventory 

• Bridge points of interest now have less aggressive LOD (pop-in)

  • Switching from low detail to high detail bridge meshes happens further away

• Fixed missing collision on two trees 

• Radio no longer lowers volume temporarily for dialogue when dialogue is fully muted in settings

• Updated lighting visuals in red Zone storms

• Fixed certain spawning issues for obstructions and buildings that sometimes block roads

• Updated Pacific Drive Crash Reporter options and legal language to be Ironwood Studios specific

Known Issues for Base Game

• Controller haptics still activate occasionally when disabled in settings

• Status Effect indicators are not properly rotating in inventory

• Z.E.T.I. System can get stuck in animation when saving/quitting during the animation 

  • Small workaround - can be fixed by reinserting Z.E.T.I hard drive

• A hitch can occur when destroying a Plasma Generator with the Impact Hammer

• Abandoned cars sometimes spawn floating

Known Issues for Whispers in the Woods

• Taking a standard Junction Exit after summoning an Attuned Gateway can cause Altars of Passage to not spawn in future Exit Junctions

• The Refinery garage station will continue to run while the game is paused

• Rare instances where Audio Tape dialogue is missing partial subtitles

• Occasionally, certain new anomaly types will fail to spawn in their specially marked junctions 

  • Applies to REDACTED Anomalies

• REDACTED neck visuals can erratically stretch and distort in certain situations

• REDACTED logbook Photo cannot be unlocked due to the nature of the Anomaly

• A slight hitch can occur when any Attuned car part is highlighted

Platform Specific Issues for Whispers in the Woods

• The Xbox Entitlement for the WITW DLC is tied to the connection status of Xbox Online Services

  • If a player has an existing Xbox save with the WITW DLC and goes offline, they get a warning that “this save is inaccessible due to missing content” message when trying to load the game. Save becomes accessible once connection is reestablished to the Xbox Online Services.

• On PlayStation 5 Performance Mode and Xbox Series S consoles, depending on graphics settings, there is a problem that can cause fog to flicker under certain conditions

  • We’ve prepared a fix for this issue, and will be implementing it soon

Well isn’t that surprising! Pacific Drive’s largest addition ever is now available on Steam, Epic Games Store, Windows Store, PlayStation 5 and newly available on the Xbox Series S | X.

If you’d like to dive straight into our huge list of fixes, features, tweaks, and latest details, the patch notes are available right here.

Whispers in the Woods

Return to the Zone and witness the rise of a group of Anomaly-obsessed fanatics in this terrifying new expansion to Pacific Drive.

Whispers in the Woods is a brand new story for you and your trusty station wagon. Available at any point after the first few hours of the game, this expansion takes you deep within a new and mysterious part of the Olympic Exclusion Zone’s forests.  Marked with strange symbols and effigies, these woods are filled with new dangers and mysteries to uncover. Find and experience the power of Artifacts, each adding bizarre and inexplicable new effects.

The mysteries of the Olympic Exclusion Zone deepen, with more secrets and new anomalies waiting to be discovered. But that's the least of your worries -you're about to encounter a group of strange and deadly fanatics obsessed with the OEZ’s anomalies, all while dealing with their influence across the Zone.

Whispers in the Woods is an expansion to Pacific Drive - featuring a fully voiced cast of characters, new gameplay systems, additional content, and even more terrifying secrets to uncover.

Wishlist Whispers in the Woods:

We know you've probably had Zone gunk stuck to your boots for weeks - so we did some clean up around the Garage for you! We made changes to some settings, fixed a ton of bugs, and adjusted a few things - Version 1.9.4 of Pacific Drive is now available on PC and PS5. Version 1.9.4 - Highlights

• The sink, toilet, and hand dryer are functional at Oppy's Garage!

• The Z.E.T.I. device upgrade issue has been fixed during the introductions to Expeditions quest line, when presented by Francis in the garage.

• We have moved several gameplay options to the accessibility section of the pause menu - this means that they are universal, and will be applied across all saves as well as available in the Expeditions game mode. Check below for more details.

Bugs and UX Fixes

• The following options have been moved to the Accessibility section of the settings menu, which applies them universally to all save slots and game modes like Expeditions:

  • Pausing the game while in menus

  • Easy Ignition

  • Equipped Part Swapping

  • Easy Shifter

  • Enabling or Disabling the Acid Splash effect on Windshield

  • Require Car in Park to Turn On

• Fixed issues surrounding the start of an Expedition

  • Fixed placing a Rewoven Hard Drive into the Z.E.T.I not triggering the Expedition state (Map wouldn’t appear, garage couldn’t open)

  • Expeditions rewards are now fixed, solving the previous issue of them not being available to certain players

• Fixed an issue where players could not install the Z.E.T.I. Device upgrade delivered by Francis during the Expeditions intro quest

• A handful of rarely occurring crashes are now fixed permanently:

  • Spawning system-related crash from reloading into a map or resuming a save

  • PhysX crash

  • Rare crash during Expeditions introduction

• Fixed an issue where the dash light indicating that Quirks are present would not turn on, leading to an issue where subtle quirks would go unnoticed. The dash light tracks the 'severity' of quirks, illuminating yellow, then red, based on the number of quirks you've collected and how detrimental they are to the cars function. Often, more harmless quirks will only trigger the warning light when you collect more than one.

• The Garage bathroom fixtures are fully functional once again - the sink, toilet, and hand dryer are all usable after resuming from a save or map reload

• Fixed an issue where the Spike Strip and Spike Log Anomalies would unintentionally deal far too much damage to the player when the car dropped below its protection threshold

• Fixed issue where subtitles would be shown twice during gameplay

• Fixed an issue where retrieving items from a Burr using the Thermal Vacuum could cause them to fall under the world

• Driver entrance to car animation has been fixed - no longer possible to crouch repeatedly, triggering physics obliteration of the car

• PlayStation DualSense controllers now play radiation detection noises as intended

Known Issues

• “The Visions” mission markers have a chance to not appear

  • Temporary workaround: mural locations have not changed, refer to this screenshot.

• When reloading from a suspended run, the car can experience an incredible amount of upward movement depending on how closely to the car the game was saved

  • This situation is dependent upon frame perfect scenarios and is affected by car and player collision, is extremely rare.

• Some Campaign Mission details can appear on Expeditions

  • Details may appear in route planner information if junction is repurposed from a Campaign Mission

• Occasionally Tool Instruction UI will scale smaller via HUD

  • Temporary solution: Using the tool will make the text scale properly

• When upgrading Backpacks at the Outfitting Station, additional quick slots will not immediately appear

  • The correct number of quick slots will display after leaving the Garage or reloading the save file

• Trip Report may not properly count trip time displayed when loading from a suspended run

• The Paint Shelf objective is registering paints and decal kits in locked Goldshells

• Tesla Towers don’t target Conductive Goldshells

• Status effect indicators on bumpers are not rotating properly in inventory when storing part

• Player can stand on rear left door when exiting car if rear left door is open, will also cause door to break and fall off

• Occasionally, Players are able to highlight containers through walls

We've rounded up the most common issues identified from Endless Expeditions and done our best to get you all set up for the Final Expedition! Version 1.9.3 update to Pacific Drive is available now on PC and PlayStation 5.

• We identified cases where anomalies that had already invaded the garage would remain, even after our attempted fix on the previous update. This issue is now fixed for *everyone*!
• “Prologue” by Zachary Blystone has been cleared for the Streamer Safe radio playlist
• “Personal Methods of Creative Expression” achievement has been fixed

• Fixed remaining cases of anomalies and Zone conditions appearing at the garage - we appreciate the Breachers that submitted reports of Anomalous Activity
• Fixed an issue where some maps with stabilizers could still appear in Expeditions, which could allow them to be completed early
• Fixed the Remnant Ghost disappearing when suspending a run on the same map
• Fixed ‘Scrap’ terminology - previously used as a verb instead of correctly labeling Scrap as a material
• Fix for the “Personal Methods of Creative Expression are Highly Encouraged” achievement sometimes not unlocking when conditions are met
  • This was caused by players unintentionally being able to remove the license plate from the car while in the garage. Now when loading into the garage, the license plate will be automatically reapplied to the car if it is detected missing.
• Fix for the first ARDA Payload found upon reaching Expedition Tier 15 - Payloads always reward an Unrestricted item at this difficulty
• Fix for Expedition Rewards not appearing on certain save files - rewards should be visible in the Route Planner and awarded on completion of Expedition
• “Prologue” by Zachary Blystone re-added to Streamer Safe Music setting
  • Certain songs included in Streamer Safe mode were being incorrectly claimed due to a technical error. The underlying error has been resolved, so existing claims should automatically reverse and no new claims should appear. If you have any content featuring Streamer Safe songs claimed going forward, file a support ticket on our website.
• Updated credits
  • Added additional staff under our LQA partners at Roboto Global

• “The Visions” mission markers not appearing
  • Temporary workaround: mural locations have not changed, refer to this screenshot.
• When reloading from a suspended run, the car might experience an incredible amount of upward movement depending on how closely to the car the game was suspended
  • This situation is dependent upon frame perfect scenarios and is affected by car and player collision, is extremely rare.
• Some Campaign Mission details might appear on Expeditions
  • Details may appear in route planner information if junction is repurposed from a Campaign Mission
• The Paint Shelf objective is registering paints and decal kits in locked Goldshells
• Trip Report may not properly count trip time displayed when loading from a suspended run
• Some AMD Cards + Drivers are soft-locking while attempting to load into gameplay
  • Recommended troubleshooting - update all drivers and verify game files via Steam or Epic
• Occasionally Tool Instruction UI will scale smaller via HUD
  • Temporary solution: Using the tool will make the text scale properly
• When upgrading Backpacks at the Outfitting Station, additional quick slots will not immediately appear
  • The correct number of quick slots will display after leaving the Garage or reloading the save file
• Tesla Towers don’t target Conductive Goldshells
• Status effect indicators on bumpers are not rotating properly in inventory when storing part
• Player can stand on rear left door when exiting car if rear left door is open, will also cause door to break and fall off
• Occasionally, Players are able to highlight containers through walls
• Saving and quitting in the Garage causes the sink and toilet to stop working

Looks like you've all collected quite a few bugs while out on your Expeditions! The 1.9.2 update to Pacific Drive fixes some of them - and we're actively investigating a lot more. This patch is live now and available on PC and PlayStation 5.

• Potential fix for a crash linked to current analytics system
• Fixes regarding Dead End junctions and Route Planner warnings
• Doors at Oppys Garage will no longer lock themselves on re-load
• Anomalies can no longer visit Oppy’s Garage, stability has been restored

• Potential fix for crash that can rarely happen after accepting analytics collection details
• Fix for Route Modifiers applying to the garage (Asteroids, Tourists, Possessed Car)
• Added option to rebind “Throw” from RMB or LT to any key or mappable button
• Fixed an issue where unrestricted parts would only bypass embark requirements for Expeditions in the trunk - now able to bypass restrictions in side and roof storage
• Fixed controllers and gamepads not having a selection highlight while holding a container and viewing the inventory
• Fix controllers and gamepads cursor appearance in inventories and across containers
• On controllers and gamepads, the ‘purchase’ button for Ida’s Exchange will now be highlighted
• Fixed an issue where the warning notification for Dead End nodes were not appearing in the Route Planner
• Fixed an edge case where it was possible to burglarize Ida’s Exchange
• Extra checks for determining a valid route in the Route Planner
• Expedition Offers can no longer be selected before they are fully displayed in the Route Planner
• Fix for closed doors in the garage re-locking upon Oppy’s Garage map reload, doors can no longer lock themselves
• Fixed issue where garage inventories would spit items out if manually placed inside
  • Fixes Part Lockers, the Detailing Station, and the Wall Mounts
• Fixed the peculiar status effect on fuel tanks re-applying its capacity increase each time the game loads
  • *Current* fuel values will not change, only the *cap* will be reset to normal. Your tank that holds 15 million gallons will continue to do so until it breaks, but it won’t get any bigger.
• Fixed an audio spatialization issue with the garage jukebox in 5.1 surround sound
• Fixed Friendly Dumpster interaction audio - happy gurgles are back
• Fixed the backpack inventory displaying incorrectly when upgraded via the outfitting station
• Fixed missing localization for Ida’s logbook entry
• Fix for Expedition quest objectives appearing while on campaign/supply runs
• Fixed non-exit junctions displaying a gateway cost in the features tab of the Route Planner
• Fixed Grid Inventory can no longer become “sticky” and will drag and drop certain items properly
• Fixed an issue where quest junctions would connect themselves to a route before they should be able to
  • Most commonly shows up as being unable to travel to the Mid Wall Crossing junction, despite it being connected to the active route
• Credits Updated
  • Ida of Ida’s Exchange - Callyn Dorval
• Temporarily removal of “Prologue” from Streamer Safe list
  • If you’ve received a DMCA notice please submit a support ticket via www.pacificdrivegame.com/support

• Initial battery cost of Anchor Locks lowered on earlier Expedition difficulty tiers
• Initial Trunk and Part restrictions lowered on earlier Expedition difficulty tiers
• Items spat out by Ida will now stay put a little more
• Pufferfish has increased odds of dropping Unrestricted Items
• Zone Trader will now offer more Unrestricted Items
• Zone Trader prices slightly lower
• Higher chance of finding tools in car trunks while on Expeditions
• Higher chance of finding tools in Government Crates while on Expeditions
• Higher chance of finding First Aid Kits out of backpacks while on Expeditions

• "The Visions" Mission markers not appearing
  • Temporary workaround: mural locations have not changed, refer to this screenshot.
• Sometimes Expeditions rewards are not provided after successfully completing an Expedition
• Lamp outside garage is losing grip on building, atmospheric escape possible
• When reloading from a suspended run, the car might experience an incredible amount of upward movement depending on how closely to the car the game was suspended
• Some Campaign Mission details might appear on Expeditions
  • Details may appear in route planner information if junction is repurposed from a Campaign Mission
• The Paint Shelf objective is registering paints and decal kits in locked Goldshells
• Trip Report may not properly count trip time displayed when loading from a suspended run
• Some AMD Cards + Drivers are soft-locking while attempting to load into gameplay
  • Recommended troubleshooting - update all drivers and verify game files via Steam or Epic
• Occasionally Tool Instruction UI will scale smaller via HUD
  • Temporary solution: Using the tool will make the text scale properly
• Tesla Towers don’t target Conductive Goldshells
• Status effect indicators on bumpers are not rotating properly in inventory when storing part
• Player can stand on rear left door when exiting car if rear left door is open, will also cause door to break and fall off
• Occasionally, Players are able to highlight containers through walls
• Saving and quitting in the Garage causes the sink and toilet to stop working.
• Remnant ghost disappears when the player suspends on the same junction as it

• Autosaving on entry to a new junction, which can now be turned off via gameplay settings if you’d like to manually manage your saved game
• There is a new ‘Jumpstart’ option when starting a new save, allowing players to bypass the initial tutorial section of the game

• The Plasma Scrapper and Thermal Vacuum have been upgraded, adding new functions
• There is now an additional hour of new music in the game, consisting of 21 tracks from new and returning artists
• 25 New collectible Garage Cosmetics found exclusively during Expeditions
• New Fax Machine entries
• HUD options to allow for more organized, immersive gameplay
• New car cosmetics featuring personalities from the launch period streamer contest

• Expeditions
  • Expeditions start in the garage with an ever-changing set of challenges and restrictions, generating new routes, and ramping up the difficulty to ensure that every journey feels fresh. This new way to play is perfect for roguelite fans, offering players endless possibilities to keep playing.
• Suspend Run
  • Previously, Pacific Drive saved upon entry to every new junction and you were able to manually save at any time in the garage. Now you can also suspend your trip at any time in a junction and keep all your progress up to that point. Upon loading back into the game you’ll find yourself on the same trip, in the same location, with your inventory up to date, and your progress in the junction saved.
• Brand New Content
  • Over an hour of new music, new fax machine entries, updates to tools, UI, performance fixes, and so much more! Endless Expeditions is truly our biggest update ever and we're so excited to share it with you.

• Expeditions Mode
  • Expeditions start in the garage with an ever-changing set of challenges and restrictions, generating new routes, and ramping up the difficulty to ensure that every journey feels fresh. This also includes new Anchor types, Francis VO, and the ZETI device.
• Ida’s Exchange
  • Ida is a trader who has appeared in the Zone to swap resources for hard to find parts, cosmetics, and more
• Anchor Locks
  • A new type of obstacle - locked Anchors that appear in Expeditions
• New Expeditions Junction Types
  • Pit Stop Junctions
  • Ida’s Exchange Junctions
  • Anchor Junctions
  • A.R.D.A Junctions
  • Desolate, Junkyard, and Residential Junctions
• Unrestricted Parts
  • This is a new part category that helps specifically with Expeditions restrictions
• Field Guide Quests
  • Specifically used as a tutorial and for players using the Jumpstart feature to get into the game
• Gas Island
  • At the start of every junction, you will find a Gas Island to help you on your Expeditions

• Suspend Run
  • Exit your game at any time, and “suspend” your progress for the next time you join the game.
• Jumpstart
  • Experienced players have the opportunity to start a new game from the main menu and skip the first quest.
• Autosaving
  • Autosaving during transition points can now be turned off via gameplay settings
• HUD now has three display options under Accessibility Settings to reduce or remove visibility
  • Player Info HUD
  • Mission HUD
  • Item & Interaction HUD
• Performance Improvements
  • Minor Post process GPU optimizations for damage and other player effects
  • Asynchronous loading for held-in-hand items has been improved to prevent gameplay hitching
• Analytics implementation on PC versions of the game
  • Prompt to opt out can be found in the Game Data section of the Accessibility settings as well as on first startup for the Endless Expeditions update
  • Anonymized information that is helping Ironwood improve Pacific Drive

• ARC Device Updates
  • ARC Device map icons now display tooltip information when hovered over and have been increased in size for better visibility
  • ARC Device map now consolidates groups of icons into a single icon
• Plasma Scrapper and Thermal Vacuum updates
  • Plasma Scrapper
    • The Plasma Scrapper now automatically collects scrapped resources, has received damage, activation time, and distance buffs.
  • Thermal Vacuum
    • The Thermal Vacuum can now open unlocked containers while gathering materials, and automatically add them to your car’s inventory if it’s close by, also has a higher durability, wider range
• 25 New Garage Cosmetics
• Available as expedition rewards, Ida’s Exchange rewards and found throughout the Zone
• Streamer Rewards Cosmetics
  • A new Breebunn Bobblehead is acquirable for the car
  • Two new mirror ornaments from Elliejoypanic and Outhouse069
  • Additional radio interstitials have been added
• 6 New Wilderness Junctions added to the map pool
• 21 new radio songs
  • 6 of these songs have been added to the Streamer Safe music list
• Improved Route Planner UI
  • Split Route Planner information into 2 screens, Route Features and Route Details that you can toggle between
  • NEW: The Features Screen
    • Displays your critical story mission
    • Junction Features displays key info about the current hovered junction
    • Junction Conditions now include a brief description
  • IMPROVED: Route Details Screen contains detailed route information with improved readability
    • General pass on colors and states of Junctions to make it a bit easier to understand
    • The route planning screen now more clearly shows undiscovered junctions and how to reveal them
    • Once the Bypass Junction garage upgrade is built, you now only need to drive through a single Highway map even if multiple stretches of highway are on the route
• Additional Fax Machine Entries added
• DLC digital store capsule updated
  • Will now rotate through all available DLC options
• Credits have been updated
  • Streamers featured in game
  • New music credits
  • Added additional IW Pets

• Fixed Battery Jumper charging animation for XL Roof Battery
• Abandon, Save and Quit Options have been removed from Pause Menu
• Fixed an issue where a Quirk with the “Brakes Weaken” behavior could cause problems with the car’s physics (i.e. launch across the map randomly) when braking
• Fixed gas pump interactivity, including cables and vacuuming nozzles
• Fixed Radio audio doubling when installing the ARC Device
• Removed Legend UI prompts from ARC Device and Route Planner
• Fixed Sprint unintentionally toggling on if you were sprinting while opening a menu
  • Also fixes some instances of sprint getting toggled while trying to use certain tools, preventing use
• Status effects now show up in list inventories
• Inventory screens now show an item's usage info by default instead of logbook info by default
• In the Player Menu, the Missions tab can now selectively hide and show individual active missions, allowing you to hide a mission's HUD tracker and objective markers if desired
• Pacemaker conversions no longer destroy items that cannot convert, there have been additional adjustments and additions regarding items in game
• Transmuters have been upgraded, rebalanced, with additional options for conversions - there is also a new visual indicator to clarify how many input items are required
  • This includes new Expeditions exclusive conversions
• Gameplay setting to prevent Harmful Status Effects now also prevents status effects from applying when an item runs out of health like ‘Breaking’
• Fixed a crash with old data conflicting with newer updates while starting a new game in the same save slot
• Backup saves are now fully deleted when starting a new game on a recently cleared save slot
• Controller zoom in/out now works while the game is paused
• Anchor requirements are now always revealed on maps which have been revealed mid-run
• Screen Shake intensity setting has been added under Accessibility Settings
• Fixed missing mission objectives in some map views
• Impact Hammer should now return materials when placed in deconstructor
• Fixed random returns to garage after selecting new node
• Fixed upgraded trunk UI cut off in some resolutions
• Oppy should no longer try to talk to you during a pause menu
• “Weak Brakes” quirk should no longer launch the car when combined with other brake quirks
• Fixed audio levels for music and interstitials when volume is set to “0”
• Fixed throw meter getting stuck at “2”
• Fixed some healing stations spawning in inaccessible locations
• Negative status’ should no longer apply after “Breaking” when the setting is disabled.
• Gas pump haptics, tool haptics and some other small haptics should now function correctly
• Scrapper will no longer be stuck in a Pacemaker when being dispersed
• Gas pump will no longer fly into the sky when vacuumed
• Reduced collision on garage toilet so that y’all can place things on it.
• Garage fuel nozzle should no longer clip through car to refill can
• Falling plates on stabilizers should now consistently fall to the ground during certain campaign events
• Fixed softlock when player flips car too close to exit
• Fixed some healing particles and sprites should no longer have a repeating texture
• Improved randomization and balancing:
  • Randomization seeds have been improved for expeditions and campaign maps
  • Updated Storm Speed, as occasionally storms would move slower than intended
  • Olympium Vein density has been increased
  • Adjusted anchor spawn frequency for main questline
  • Improved Spawn rates, certain materials now appear more frequently
  • Swamp Coral, Olympium, and Red Balloons

• When reloading from a suspended run, the car might experience an incredible amount of upward movement depending on how closely to the car the game was suspended
  • This situation is dependent upon frame perfect scenarios and is affected by car and player collision
• Some Campaign Mission details might appear on Expeditions
  • Details may appear in route planner information if junction is repurposed from a Campaign Mission
• The Paint Shelf objective is registering paints and decal kits in locked Goldshells
• Grid Inventory can become “sticky” and will not drag and drop certain items properly
• Some Expedition mission icons can appear incorrectly with the Campaign icon rather than an Expeditions icon
• Trip Report may not properly count trip time displayed when loading from a suspended run
• Some AMD Cards + Drivers are soft-locking while attempting to load into gameplay
  • Recommended troubleshooting - update all drivers and verify game files via Steam or Epic
• Occasionally Tool Instruction UI will scale smaller via HUD
  • Temporary solution: Using the tool will make the text scale properly
• Tesla Towers don’t target Conductive Goldshells
• Status effect indicators on bumpers are not rotating properly in inventory when storing part
• Player can stand on rear left door when exiting car if rear left door is open, will also cause door to break and fall off
• Occasionally, Players are able to highlight containers through walls

Happy Hotfix - I mean, Holidays! We’re gearing up for a pretty big 2025, but we wanted to make sure we took care of this first - so lets lets get to the good stuff.

Version 1.8.3 - Tidying up the Garage Drumroll, please - The ‘Garage Barrage’ achievement and progress tracking has been fixed! This issue arose during the recent 4.27 upgrade and was reported quickly by the community. Thanks so much for everyone who submitted tickets and shared their game logs with us. Here’s what happened — when the game launches we build up a cached mapping of the upgraded stations so that we know which upgrades are available to the player within their garage, and this was tied to how the achievement was tracking progress and completion. That list wasn’t being populated correctly due to an internal change in how certain assets are enumerated with the upgrade to 4.27. Our fix is two-fold — obviously, fix that mapping, but also we’re re-checking for certain achievements upon loading your game, as it previously only checked for achievement completion upon upgrading something in your garage. Pretty slick! For those affected by the issue, loading into your game with completed garage upgrades will unlock the achievement immediately. For anyone that hasn’t quite unlocked it yet but noticed the progress was incorrect, your progress will be updated correctly. For those of you rushing to get 100% completion before the end of the holiday, now you can! Best of luck, drive safe, and have fun. Before we forget - we'd like to take a moment to appreciate you, our players, for being so locked in and determined to play as much Pacific Drive as possible. We truly wouldn’t have caught this issue and found a fix without your many reports and contextual info. As a reminder - here’s what you can do if you encounter a bug or crash with Pacific Drive.

• Submit via our support form here on the website

• This goes directly to us in the studio and it’s the #1 way for us to get your reports - it also opens up a channel for us to communicate with you 1:1 and really dig in to find solutions.

Hold on, there's no need for any percussive maintenance! We've fixed quite a few issues that popped up after last weeks big update - Pacific Drive Version 1.8.2 is available now on PC and PlayStation 5.

• Custom music stuttering in the garage has been fixed
• Using the ‘more info’ button in certain menus is fixed
• PS5 - adaptive triggers for DualSense are now fixed

• Fixed Custom Music stuttering during playback in the Garage
• Fixed an issue where saves sometimes would incorrectly claim there were missing DLC licenses on the Epic Games launcher
• Fixed Adaptive Trigger effects not firing correctly on DualSense controllers for PS5
• Fixed the video settings menu incorrectly displaying Windowed mode at 720p resolution any time the window mode or resolution settings were changed
• Fixed 'more info' L3 button on controller to view more information about an item - specifically in the player inventory screen
• Fixed an issue with tab labels in the crafting/logbook menus updating on a delay
• Fixed text on the ARC Device interface not properly displaying in recently added languages
• Fixed an issue where the players could progress past being able to unlock the Locked: Keypad Logbook entry
  • Players can now scan the keypad in the garage even after its been unlocked to receive the Logbook entry

• AMD hardware is having intermittent stability issues
  • Temporary fix: roll back to previous drivers, available via AMD Adrenalin
• Status effect icons on bumpers do not properly follow the icon when the bumper icon is rotated
• Radio Interstitial subtitles will appear regardless of how far player is from the radio
• Subtitles can sometimes appear ‘squished’ when in menus, or on loading screen
• Containers can be lootable through specific walls
• Tool instruction UI elements can sometimes shrink to an unreadable size
  • Quick Fix: Using the tool as intended can reset the UI text

As the year draws to a close, we’re happy to announce that the ‘Trips and Treasures’ update for Pacific Drive is available now on all platforms!

• New Garage Cosmetics system - show off your trophies, or make it cozy!
• New Anomalous Activity - Goldshells, a puzzling source of cosmetics for the garage and car.
• A incredible new discovery, a REDACTED INFORMATION to be found in the Zone.
• Upgrade to Unreal Engine 4.27
• New Paid Cosmetics - the Frozen Pack!

• 23 Garage Cosmetics for you to discover, bring back, and mount in and around the garage.
  • 23 new posters, signs, and decorative items for the garage
  • 30 locations in the garage to customize
  • Discoverable in multiple locations!
  • More garage cosmetics are being planned for the future
• New Zone Activity - Goldshells!
  • Multiple types can be found out in the zone
  • Recommended method for opening is REDACTED
• Something new is stirring out in the Zone there are rumors and sightings of REDACTED
• 10 additional Wilderness maps have been added to the deep zone biome
• Main Menu Button added to show and take player to newest cosmetic DLC at digital store
  • PS5
  • PC
• New Localized Languages
  • Polish
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Turkish
• Credits Updated
  • Added new team members
  • Added additional localization support
  • Added new co-development partners

We’ve updated the Unreal Engine version that Pacific Drive uses to the latest version of Unreal Engine 4 - 4.27!

• This upgrade comes with significant changes and improvements to DirectX 12, which we have found improves performance and fixes those rare cases of mesh transforms becoming ‘corrupted’.
  • For visual context, this is the glitch that showed massive spikes or broken textures in-game.
  • Ex: (The sky dome being too small, a car part’s mesh physically skewed, or other similar vertex-bending artifacts).
• This upgrade moves us to the newest, most stable version of Unreal Engine 4, which improves stability of the game across the board.
• Performance Improvements from the engine update and the result of ongoing work:
  • Foliage & Landscape Optimization (GPU)
  • Improved shader caching to address hitches (GPU)
  • Post Process & Lighting Optimizations (GPU)
  • Multiple UI Optimizations (CPU)
• For anyone facing issues with this upgrade, it’s recommended to check that your GPU drivers are up to date.

• Fixed an issue where sometimes meshes would become distorted on load for any location in game.
• Improved car doors closing on inclines, related to physics and has been adjusted.
• Player will now receive an impact hammer from the friendly dumpster if they can’t progress in the tutorial after returning from the first trip without one
• Resources less likely to get stuck in boulders - no longer stuck inside geometry.
• Fixed UI tabs to update more reliably in the logbook, inventory, and menus
• The radio will not interrupt music played by quest progression
• Prybar health meter has been enlarged when the icon is flipped horizontally
• Fixed an issue where the camera would sometimes move erratically while getting into the car
• Made payload more noticeable after it lands and fixed issue were interact prompt would not appear when highlighting the payload
• Fixed an issue where cosmetic items could be duplicated while interacting with the Detailing Station specifically
• PC ONLY - Fixed an issue where some graphics setting configurations were displaying at higher settings than displayed.
  • Ex: Choosing a low, medium, high setting will no longer leave the setting set higher than displayed and will now be accurate.

• “More Info” button is not working with controllers on any platform while in the inventory menu screen specifically, usually mapped to L3
• Status effect icons on bumpers do not properly follow the icon when the bumper icon is rotated
• Radio Interstitial subtitles will appear regardless of how far player is from the radio
• Custom music will cut out infrequently while playing in the garage
• Rarely, loot containers may spawn with no loot in them
• Containers can be lootable through specific walls
• Issue where the display mode can be shown incorrectly; will show Windowed mode at 1280x720 instead of the correct settings after changing the display mode and/or resolution.

• Snowflake Antenna Topper
• Frozen Steering Wheel
• Snowman Bobblehead
• The Chrome Toboggan Hood Ornament
• Snowdrop Mirror Ornament
• Blizzard Decal Kit

• A Hot Cocoa Sticker
• The Ski Pole Shifter

Ironwood Studios is pleased to announce that we've collaborated with Starward Industries and 11bit Studios to bring a piece of their awesome atompunk indie game The Invincible to Pacific Drive!

You'll find the new decal kit in game, a new sticker, and an astronaut bobblehead! It all matches so well with our flashy red paint. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43621109/7f903b0d35bf717396646de0d2837ca74e04bd42.jpg We're also updating the game with another round of fixes and quality of life updates, a handful of which were caught by our community recently! Pacific Drive version 1.7.4 is available now on PC and Playstation 5.

• New content featuring The Invincible
  • New Decal Kit
  • New Sticker
  • New Bobblehead
  • Astropunk Red Paint
• Resource replenishment has been fixed on all game modes

• Gameplay settings now properly transfer when saving to a new save slot.
• Resource Replenishment setting now activates on death as well as successful returns to the garage.
• Presets can now be deleted in-game on PlayStation 5 and on PC.
• Getting into the car while trying to quick heal no longer causes the last equipped item to appear in the player’s hands while seated in the car.
• More lockers and storage containers are sortable.
• Radiation suit now correctly blocks radiation under 2.5K with the new difficulty presets.
  • Special shout out to Macksfield, a player from our community who was experimenting with the upgrades and discovered that unintended radiation was making it's way into the Drivers suit.
• Dumpster Pearls now properly provide resources when fed to the Matter Deconstructor. This was related to harmful status effects and/or fatigue effects being disabled in the settings.

• Rarely, loot containers may spawn with no loot inside of them.
• Certain containers can be highlighted and looted through specific walls.
• Duplicate cosmetics from Deco-vends can become ‘falsely’ duplicatable if players don’t add them to the detail station and hold them in inventory.

Another week, another set of hotfixes! This time we've tackled ongoing issues with the new presets and achievements, as well as balanced some of the new difficulties. Pacific Drive version 1.7.3 is available now on PC and PlayStation 5.

• Various fixes related to Achievements and presets
• Colossal Cappy is now scannable, with the correct logbook implementation

• Players are now warned when choosing a custom preset that includes settings that will disable achievements on main menu, and in game.
  • Scenic Route now has a warning that explicitly states that achievements will be disabled because it turns off player death.
• It is now more difficult to disable Achievements from main menu and settings menu
  • Achievements can only be disabled if game is started with settings applied from either the main menu, or from the settings menu - changes will not take effect if the pause menu has not been exited.
• Colossal Cappy is now easier to scan, and it’s entry will now appear in the logbook after being scanned.
• Removed a road-less map from the early game pool.
  • A specific Forest map was proving to be too nasty when encountered early on in higher difficulties due to the lack of roads. This map has been removed from the pool of viable early game maps and will now only appear later in the game.
• Fixed typo in credits for "Worse in Person"

• Implemented an “Accident Forgiveness Plan” where players who encountered an issue where achievements were erroneously disabled after scrolling through difficulties now have achievements enabled again for viable saves.
  • Fix is retroactively applied to existing saves - it will be possible to start earning achievements again on affected saves.
  • Story-related achievements will need to be re-attempted.

• ‘Resource Replenishment’ upon return to garage setting is not activating upon death
  • Planned fix is being tested, likely to be resolved soon.
• OGG files are not as reliable as MP3’s for custom radio music
  • Temp solution: Convert songs to MP3 format
• PS5 only - Presets are currently not removable on console
  • It's possible to keep creating presets without deleting old ones
  • Currently an issue because the file system is inaccessible on the console
  • Fix is being researched and investigated
• Duplicate cosmetics from Deco-vends can become ‘falsely’ duplicatable if players don’t add them to the detail station and hold them in inventory.

Here's a new set of hotfixes - and in record time! Thanks so much to everyone who identified issues with the new Custom Radio features, your feedback and info was key in solving these bugs quickly. Todays 1.7.2 patch is available now on PC and PS5.

• Various 'Custom Radio' fixes
• Fixed Waypoint placement issues

• Fixed Soft-lock that would occur after driving through a level exit while interacting with the ARC device map.
• Custom Music can now be used in DirectX11 mode.
• Exiting the car while parked under a Stabilizer no longer teleports the player on top of the Stabilizer.
• Impact Hammer recipe is no longer affected by recipe scaling options during Q01. Will still scale after Q01 is completed (Identified as an issue with higher difficulty presets specifically)
• “Siphon Fuel” objective during the tutorial will no longer jitter as fuel is being pumped.
• Fixed issue where waypoints were unable to be placed on map when Zoomed in on certain maps
• Fixed default and custom music sometimes overlapping when played in-game
• Custom difficulties that contain a period in their name will now appear and be usable in the preset difficulties list.

• ‘Resource Replenishment’ upon return to garage setting is not activating upon death
• Investigating map selection for higher difficulties
• OGG files are not as reliable as MP3’s for custom radio music - Temp solution: Convert songs to MP3 format
• PS5 only - Presets are currently not removable on console - It's possible to keep creating presets without deleting old ones
• Investigating ‘Cappy is Unscannable’ issue

• Pacific Drive The standard Pacific Drive experience - a Pacific Drive through the Olympic Peninsula.
• Scenic Tour Crafting requirements, resource consumption, driving difficulty, hazards, dangers, storms, and damage are all lowered or disabled. The player cannot die. A scenic route through the story of Pacific Drive.
• Joyride The same gameplay and tension as Pacific Drive, but gathering, crafting, and research requirements are all lowered. Damage and failure penalties are minimal.
• A Sunday Drive Focus on the Olympic Peninsula with minimal interruptions
• Nuclear Journey Every map will be filled with low dose radiation that is harmful to the player. Storms are faster and stronger, hazards and damage are more plentiful. An unpredictable, irradiated journey that only the car can protect you from.
• Mechanic's Road Trip Terrain and the status of the car impact driving more. Items to repair the car are more costly to craft, and can't be crafted on a run. A challenging drive and susceptible car will provide a test of your forethought, problem solving, and automobile experience.
• Olympic Gauntlet All aspects of the game are much harder - An extreme gauntlet to challenge the most dedicated Breachers.
• Iron Wagon All aspects of the game are much harder, and failing a run will delete your save file. An extreme gauntlet to challenge the most dedicated Breachers, with no room for failure.

• Songs are loaded from `%localappdata%/PenDriverPro/Custom/Radio/` folder, and this feature supports .wav, .mp3, and .ogg files, as well as simple .m3u/.m3u8 files.
• Playlist files may point to an external internet radio stream as well (if the stream type is supported).
• Enabled in the Audio settings category, can choose to have no custom music (Default), a mixed playlist of default music and your custom set, or exclusively your own music.
• Reminder: If you are streaming the game or otherwise creating content, you could be at risk of DMCA strikes or content restrictions on platforms like Twitch and YouTube if you are playing copywritten music through Pacific Drive’s in game radio. Use this feature responsibly, and at your own risk.

• Mailbox Bunny (Bobblehead)
• Sawblade (Hood Ornament)
• Tourist (Shifter)
• Anchor (Steering Wheel)
• Vacation (Sticker Pack)
• Anomaly (Decal Kit)