Pacific Drive — patch notes and updates
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| Pacific Drive: Whispers in the Woods OST Now Available on Streaming Services | 2026-04-10 | 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 lot |
| 2 Years of Road Trips Into the Olympic Exclusion Zone! | 2026-02-23 | 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 |
| Pacific Drive - Version 1.15.0 Patch Notes 2/23/2026 | 2026-02-23 | AnnouncementsWe’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 - HighlightsNew Radio Music - Volume 3 of the Radio Sountrack, with 15 new songsVi |
| Pacific Drive - Version 1.14.0 Patch Notes 12/16/2025 | 2025-12-16 | 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 |
| Nominate Pacific Drive for The Steam Awards! | 2025-11-27 | 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 curre |
| Pacific Drive - Version 1.13.1 Hotfix Patch Notes 11/20/2025 | 2025-11-20 | 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 - HighlightsToday’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 a |
| Pacific Drive - Version 1.13.0 Patch Notes 11/17/2025 | 2025-11-18 | 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 - HighlightsNailing 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 timesThis 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 |
| The Whispers in the Woods OST is available Now! | 2025-11-12 | 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! |
| Pacific Drive - Version 1.12.0 Patch Notes 11/11/2025 | 2025-11-11 | 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 - HighlightsOur 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 GamePacific Drive and Whisper |
| Pacific Drive - Version 1.11.2 Hotfix Patch Notes 11/06/2025 | 2025-11-06 | 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 GarageWe’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 r |
| Pacific Drive - Version 1.11.1 Hotfix Patch Notes 10/29/2025 | 2025-10-29 | 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 - HighlightsWe've implemented a lot of fixes for softlocks and progression blocking issues have been solvedXbox users should now be able to access their DLC entitlements offlineBug and UX FixesFixed a rare crash that would occur when attempting to save a game that had a large or older save fileFixed 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 at |
| Pacific Drive - Version 1.11.0 Patch Notes 10/23/2025 | 2025-10-23 | 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 - HighlightsWhispers 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 DriveNew Languages, new minor features, and new cosmeticsAdditional bug fixes and UX improvementsFeatures and Content ad |
| Pacific Drive: Whispers in the Woods is Available Now! | 2025-10-23 | 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 WoodsReturn 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 dee |
| Whispers in the Woods, a new Expansion to Pacific Drive | 2025-09-11 | 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: |
| Pacific Drive Version 1.9.4 Hotfix Patch Notes 07/14/2025 | 2025-07-14 | 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 - HighlightsThe 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 |
| Pacific Drive Version 1.9.3 Hotfix Patch Notes 04/24/2025 | 2025-04-24 | 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. Version 1.9.3 - Highlights 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 Bugs and UX Fixes Fixed remaining cases of anomalies and Zone condit |
| Pacific Drive Version 1.9.2 Hotfix Patch Notes 04/15/2025 | 2025-04-15 | 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. Version 1.9.2 - Highlights 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 Bugs and UX Fixes Potential fix for crash that can rarely happen after accepting analytics collection details Fix for Rou |
| Endless Expeditions - a Pacific Drive Spring Update | 2025-04-03 | Our largest ever free content update is now available for all players of Pacific Drive. Want to dive into a huge list of changes, new features, and all the best details? Patch notes are right here. Expeditions We’re happy to introduce a brand new way to play Pacific Drive! 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. On an Expedition, you’ll be able to visit new Junction types that can assist you or |
| Pacific Drive Version 1.9.1 Patch Notes 04/3/2025 | 2025-04-03 | Endless Expeditions is the largest update to Pacific Drive since it launched a year ago. It's available now on PC and PlayStation 5! Want to see the full community post with a link to the trailer? Check it out! Version 1.9.1 - Highlights 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 |
| Here's what's next for Pacific Drive - Endless Expeditions! | 2025-03-25 | Hit the wide open Zone in the largest ever update to Pacific Drive. Set off from the garage on new continuous drives between multiple junctions - Expeditions. Dangerous and filled with their own unique rewards, these challenging trips will test even the most seasoned breacher. New maps, spawning systems, improved tools and so much more are coming April 3rd, 2025. We've also created a new Suspend Run feature, something that's been requested heavily by the community! Suspend and quit while on a trip mid-junction and return any time without losing any progress. There's also new cosmetic rewards for your garage, over an hour of new music on the r |