Can I miss quests if I'm too slow to address them?

[Fab]

Hello. I'm so absorbed by the game that I plan to do most of the quests and side quests. I don't want to end it fast. That said, I realized the NPCs tend to tell me to hurry to do what they want so I wanted to do if I have an unlimited time to do everything I want or if the game will react if I don't act quickly.

[Full Snack Developer]

As far as I can tell, there are only a few quests that need to be done in a certain order. Not timed as in in-game time, per se, just this quest needs to be done before that one in order to trigger it, and that quest needs to be done before doing this one or it's gone (most notably the roller coaster quest, but I think there are a couple others that aren't coming to mind right now, sorry, there are so many lol). But mostly, you don't need to rush the majority of the quests at all, they'll still be there waiting for you when you get around to them. I did the racing quest literally last after I finished Phantom Liberty cause I hate the driving, and that was one of the earlier quests that I got.

[Tokenn]

After Panam side job Riders On The Storm, be alert for a text/call from Mitch. If you wait on this too long, it will time out. It's not a big deal...you get a couple of little gifts out of it but nothing that affects the story at all.

Also, don't talk to the two cops near V's H10 apartment (Happy Together side job) until you've been to the Columbarium. Then when you talk to Barry (you'll know) don't waste any time. Again, it's nothing that affects the main story or anything else, really...but flubbing it might make you feel bad.

[Crimsomrider]

There are two side-quests for Aldecaldos which must be completed within 24-48 in-game hours once they show on the map or they'll be gone;
- Gun Music (if you wait too long it will automatically vanish) - https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Gun_Music
- I'll Fly Away (if you wait too long it will automatically fail) - https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/I%27ll_Fly_Away

There's also one side-quest in Pacifica which has to be completed before a certain main mission, otherwise it will become unavailable;
- Love Rollercoaster (you want to do it before Double Life) - https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Love_Rollercoaster

[Full Snack Developer]

I completely forgot about the Aldecaldo timed quests, thank you @Crimsonrider I remember now I had to reload cause Panam texted me pissed off that Saul was dead and I was like, "Oh, oops!" haha

[Fab]

Thanks everyone, I'll think about your advices the next time I play

[weiss]

Originally posted by Fab:

Hello. I'm so absorbed by the game that I plan to do most of the quests and side quests. I don't want to end it fast. That said, I realized the NPCs tend to tell me to hurry to do what they want so I wanted to do if I have an unlimited time to do everything I want or if the game will react if I don't act quickly.

the only thing you can miss is the secret ending
the 1 side quest which are very important for that are chipin in which has some very important dialogue choices to make which decides that you wether get access to that ending or not. theres a back up mission which is called something with love or so because you need a very high friendship to johnny for this.

but fact is, said ending is extremely hard. if you fail is the game over. no restarts, no do overs. it simply ends there. i mean you can probably load a save game but there are absolutely 0 checkpoints in that ending.

[orcaa]

Originally posted by Fab:

Hello. I'm so absorbed by the game that I plan to do most of the quests and side quests. I don't want to end it fast. That said, I realized the NPCs tend to tell me to hurry to do what they want so I wanted to do if I have an unlimited time to do everything I want or if the game will react if I don't act quickly.

There is one quest in Watson ( the location for Act 1 ) that is time limited as well. It involves the rescue of a Monk from Maelstrom if I remember right.