I have to give credit where credit is due. Hello Games clearly rushed this game out last year, probably due in part to their deal with Sony. They have been releasing some pretty big major updates for the game ever since. The latest “Path Finder” update has really improved the visuals, added a lot more base building material and allows you to get a vehicle to race around the planet on.

I’ve found myself drawn back into this game and enjoying it once again. It isn’t a quick process to get a vehicle but it does give you something else to aim for apart from your base and ship. I guess I better look at getting a freighter at some stage too.

Not resting at all the team have already released a further patch to improve the new “Path Finder” update, which brings it to 1.23.

Here is what is fixed:

• Optimised HBAO so that it runs faster
• Added an option to lock framerate on PS4 to 30 fps to keep the frame rate stable
• Sentinel drones now investigate correctly when in a vehicle
• Fixed a rare bug that could cause players to fall through the floor when exiting a ship
• Fixed texturing issue in freighter bases
• Fixed and inventory exploit when purchasing multiple ships in a freighter that allows you to duplicate your ship’s inventory
• Fixed a bug that causes freighters to be too cheap
• You can no longer build the Exocraft Terminal in freighter bases, this prevented players from being able to complete the vehicle missions
• Fix for ships spawning on top of each other
• Fixed a crash in physics
• Fixed a crash resulting from running out of memory
• Improved vehicle audio
• Fix for certain UI elements having over-saturated colours in HDR
• Fix for font anti-aliasing in HDR
• Improved performance of UI rendering in HDR
• Fix for HDR rendering being dark on some TV models
• Fixed a visual issue with the T-shaped corridor
• Added error messaging for failed uploads to Steam Workshop
• Colossus camera is now slightly further back when moving at speed
• Exocraft mining lasers are now easier to aim up
• Increased yield from Autonomous Field Mining Units
• Fixed issue with Colossus Exocraft’s wheels sinking through the ground
• Adjust colossus collision to make it harder to go underground
• Enable Steam Controller in base reporting and Steam Workshop base upload
• The animation when exiting the Colossus is improved
• Exocraft mining laser uses less fuel but is less effective in combat
• Fixes for the white sphere that shows when at the photo mode boundary
• Fix for ladders vanishing in bases
• Fixed a crash when uploading and downloading bases using Steam Workshop
• Default to frame lock on for PS4 and off for PS4Pro
• Fixed an issue caused when dying in permadeath with the inventory screen open
• Fixed a bug causing poor performace when in a vehicle near predator creatures