Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PC Update 8 Patch Notes Reveal Crash & Ray Tracing Fixes

Apr 11, 2025, 10:31 AM

The PC version of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has been updated again this week with a number of key fixes, including resolving a crash that could transpire during vehicle chase sequences. In addition, improvements have bee made to the game’s ray tracing effects for users running AMD GPUs, as well as a number of other fixes for visuals and interface. You can read the full details below in the Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 update 8 patch notes.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was originally released for the PS5 & PS4 in October 2023, and sees Peter Parker and Miles Morales teaming up to take down a number of supervillains including Kraven the Hunter and Venom. The setting of New York City has been greatly expanded, and players are free to switch between the duo to explore the city at various points to tackle neighbourhood crimes and hoover up collectibles.

Performance: Improved performance in environments with large numbers of trees.
Crash Fix: Resolved a crash that could occur when quitting the game during vehicle chase segments.
Ray Tracing (AMD GPUs):
- Fixed rainbow-colored, pixelated artifacts when ray tracing was enabled on AMD graphics cards.
- Addressed flickering effects on character hair when using Ray Reconstruction.
Visual Fixes:
- Character hair no longer appears blurry.
- Wet-to-dry transitions on Spider-Men’s suits are now rendered correctly without pixelation.
- The Greenwich Mural Photo Op now appears as intended when the Level of Detail setting is set to Very High.
Interface Improvements:
- Fixed a bug where the mouse could become unresponsive after canceling the character switch prompt.
- Applied various user interface-related bug fixes.
General: Multiple stability enhancements across the board.