Major Borderlands 4 Update Addresses Biggest PC Performance Complaints

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A patch for Borderlands 4 is incoming, addressing player complaints about PC performance among other issues. This is the first major patch for Borderlands 4, which was released last Friday. Reviews were positive on almost every aspect of its gameplay, story, and character customization, but its performance has become a common pain point for fans and professional critics alike.

The update, announced today via the official Borderlands X (formerly Twtitter), is expected to be rolled out on all platforms today. In addition to fixes for the game’s poor performance on PCs, which has been an ongoing issue and a common player complaint since release, the patch also includes updates to progression, an improved Gilded Glory Pack, and more – see the full patch notes via 2K.

Borderlands 4’s Performance Has Become A Problem

PC Players Are Suffering

Although Borderlands 4 is generally well-liked among fans of the series, its performance, especially on PC, has been subject to widespread criticism. In his 9/10 review of Borderlands 4, Screen Rant‘s Brandon Key reports, “I never once got a steady frame rate. The game hovered around 50–58 FPS the whole game, and I even dropped the game to just Medium settings, and even then, the frame rate was unstable.“

This issue was apparently prevalent enough that it disrupted gameplay. This poor performance left some players surprised, especially since Borderlands 4 has simple, stylized graphics and isn’t technically an open-world game. Like previous series entries, its map is divided up into smaller, segmented, open-but-not-open-world chunks.

Complaints about Borderlands 4‘s performance reached a fever pitch in the days after launch, tanking the game’s review score on Steam and even attracting the attention of Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford. Pitchford took to the replies on his sociel media posts, offering fairly standard suggestions such as “Quit game and restart,” which only served to ignite further ire from already disgruntled players.

Now, though, Gearbox is taking a more comprehensive approach to improving Borderlands 4‘s performance, with a patch specifically designed to address the issue. While the jury’s still out on whether it’ll solve most players’ hiccups, it’s a good start, and shows that Gearbox is actively working to fix the issue.