Looks like the update has broken performance for quite a few players, especially on AMD setups or Linux/Proton rigs. The main menu stuttering and long loading times definitely point to an optimization bug rather than hardware getting outdated. Hopefully, CDPR rolls out a hotfix soon because Dogtown was already heavy enough before this patch.

The issue isn’t just about a texture or a flag—it’s the corporate censorship and what it signals. If management is already stepping in to scrub a presentation video to avoid “offending” corporate masters, it makes you wonder what kind of creative compromises are happening behind closed doors during actual game development.