Planet Coaster 2 was off to a solid start in early November, but longtime Planet Coaster players have had many significant grievances since it launched. December’s big 1.1.0 patch was a solid one, yet instability issues and deeper mechanical quirks remained. As we enter 2025, a transparent spring 2025 roadmap has been shared, and now we know when to expect Update 2, the next meaty one.
Alongside news on Update 2’s ETA and when the plans for Update 3 will be unveiled, Hotfix 4 has been confirmed to hit on January 22. It’ll focus on cleaning up crashes before the game transitions into the following major patch. The news arrived today through a post shared on Steam.
Below you’ll find a quick and to-the-point rundown of what to expect from Hotfix 4 as well as the latest news on Update 2’s release date. Frontier also points all players to the Issue Tracker site to help collect reports and details on everything broken as it plans out Planet Coaster 2’s post-launch roadmap.
Planet Coaster 2 Hotfix 4
The fourth hotfix is targeting crashes that have been tracked via the in-game crash reports, the Steam forums, and the aforementioned Issue Tracker site. Here are the complete details on what it includes:
- Crash when closing various info panels.
- Crash when downloading a high number of blueprints from the Frontier Workshop.
- Crash when in the Research screen.
- Crash when returning to Main Menu from a game level.
- Crash when opening the Settings screen.
Planet Coaster 2 – Update 2 release date
- Update 2 will be available to download and install on February 13.
Frontier has also stated the dev team will be chatting about Updates 2 and 3 on Wednesday, February 26, at 6pm GMT. That should be the first ‘Frontier Unlocked’ livestream of the year. At this stage, we don’t know if the stream will have news about other games in the developer-publisher’s portfolio.
The team also reminds everyone that each update will continue adding more content and enhancements to the game. It’s not all about fixes, and free content drops will arrive alongside the paid DLC packs we’ve learned to expect from Frontier.
Planet Coaster 2 is available on the Humble Store for £39.99.
For the latest gaming news, follow GameWatcher on BlueSky, check out our videos on YouTube, or give us a like on Facebook. We sometimes include affiliate links in our posts, which grants us a small commission, thank you.
