Spider-Man 2 has made an impressive mark as one of the leading titles on the PlayStation 5 since its launch in October 2023. Following an eagerly anticipated wait, the game made its debut on PC in 2025. The initial PC release, unfortunately, encountered several issues. However, the developers at Insomniac Games and Nixxes quickly stepped in to address the fallout with a reliable patch.
Since then, the development team has been committed to enhancing the gaming experience by systematically tackling various bugs and glitches reported by players. The recent eighth update has been deployed, focusing on rectifying issues related to ray tracing, especially for users of AMD graphics cards, along with other notable bugs.
Patch Notes Summary for Spider-Man 2 (Version 1.408.0.0)
In response to player feedback concerning the PC port, the teams at Nixxes and Insomniac have boiled down a list of significant problems. Players reported issues such as frame rate drops in forested areas and visual anomalies impacting character hair.
Particularly concerning for many users of AMD graphics cards were performance issues with ray tracing, along with flickering artifacts in various gameplay scenarios.
For your convenience, here are the complete patch notes released by Nixxes for version 1.408.0.0:
Release Notes (Version 1.408.0.0)
- Enhanced performance in densely wooded environments.
- Resolved a crash that could occur when exiting the game during vehicle chases.
- Fixed an issue where AMD users experienced rainbow pixelated artifacts with ray tracing enabled.
- Addressed a glitch that caused character hair to render blurry.
- Eliminated flickering of character hair when Ray Reconstruction was utilized.
- Fixed a bug causing the Greenwich Mural Photo Op to be invisible on Very High Level of Detail setting.
- The transition between wet and dry parts of Spider-Man’s suit no longer appears pixelated.
- Resolved a bug that resulted in the mouse becoming unresponsive when canceling the character change prompt.
- Implemented various user interface fixes.
- Made numerous stability improvements throughout the game.
For further details and information, you can refer to the official source.