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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor PC Patch 9 Removes Denuvo, Brings CPU, Ray Tracing and Stuttering Improvements

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Respawn has just released a new PC performance patch for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. According to the team, Title Update 9 will address some of the stuttering issues, and it will improve CPU performance. Plus, it will remove the Denuvo anti-tamper tech.

Going into more details, Patch 9 brings framerate improvements for various hardware configurations. It also packs fixes for several sources of framerate hitching for smoother gameplay. Ray Tracing has also been optimized for CPU usage and should now scale better for high-end GPUs. And finally, there are fixes for performance related to using a mouse as gameplay input.

I’m currently downloading the game so I can test this patch and I’ll report back on my findings. To be honest, though, I don’t expect this update to resolve all of the game’s traversal stutters. Still, it might reduce them due to the CPU optimizations.

Since the new version won’t have Denuvo, we won’t know whether or not it was the cause of some of the stutters. Most of the time, Denuvo does not impact a game’s overall performance (in terms of average framerates). However, it can cause additional stutters. We’ve seen this in Tekken 7.

Respawn also claimed that it has optimized the “Optimizing Game Files” screen. The game will now use multiple CPU cores, something that should reduce the amount of time it takes to complete it.

Like always, Steam will download this update the next time you launch its client. Below you can also find its complete changelog.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Patch 9 Release Notes

Performance Improvements:

  • Framerate improvements for various hardware configurations.
  • Fixes for several sources of framerate hitching for smoother gameplay.
  • Ray Tracing has been optimized for CPU usage and should now scale better for high-end GPUs.
  • Fixes for performance related to using a mouse as gameplay input.

Quality of Life:

  • The “Optimizing Game Files” screen has been optimized and can now see speed increases from multiple CPU cores.
  • Mouse and keyboard functionality has been improved across a variety of menu screens, including the first time user screens, title menu, game menu, and workbench.

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed collision issue where players could fall through elevators at low framerates.
  • Fix for a conversation-related crash when walking away from NPC characters.
  • Fix for various, intermittent crashes.

General:

  • Denuvo DRM has been removed.