2.0 Horrible audio issues

[jvaz615]

I reinstalled for the new 2.0 update. My main issue is when im in a car or a heavy gun fight, the audio is a loud crackling and distorted. Ive tried fixes ive found but nothing is working

[Wurm65]

I got the fps to an acceptable level, but my sound is all jacked up. stuttering when talking to Jackie etc.

[s3fra]

same, audio is messed up. Jackie talking in car suddenly sounded incredibly far away while audio from the rest of the city got amplified

[Wurm65]

I found a fix using google to reduce the sound output to 16bit, 96000 Hz that was meant to fix a bug in the original release of the game. I had no sound issues before 2.0 so I didn't need to do this. Going to try it now and will report back after testing if it worked.

[Wurm65]

Originally posted by jvaz615:

I reinstalled for the new 2.0 update. My main issue is when im in a car or a heavy gun fight, the audio is a loud crackling and distorted. Ive tried fixes ive found but nothing is working

Only thing that worked for me was downloading the sound driver from my motherboard manufacturer and reinstalling it. Worked like a charm and the sound is fine now.

[jvaz615]

Originally posted by Wurm65:

Originally posted by jvaz615:

I reinstalled for the new 2.0 update. My main issue is when im in a car or a heavy gun fight, the audio is a loud crackling and distorted. Ive tried fixes ive found but nothing is working

Only thing that worked for me was downloading the sound driver from my motherboard manufacturer and reinstalling it. Worked like a charm and the sound is fine now.

Tried that. Didnt work for me unfortunately. Im really glad it helped you issue though

[Wurm65]

Originally posted by jvaz615:

Originally posted by Wurm65:

Only thing that worked for me was downloading the sound driver from my motherboard manufacturer and reinstalling it. Worked like a charm and the sound is fine now.

Tried that. Didnt work for me unfortunately. Im really glad it helped you issue though

Damn sorry to hear it. To be honest it was the last thing I tried and was extremely happy when it worked. I was almost thinking of playing with the sound off it was that bad.

[Doom Of Jörmungandr]

Originally posted by jvaz615:

I reinstalled for the new 2.0 update. My main issue is when im in a car or a heavy gun fight, the audio is a loud crackling and distorted. Ive tried fixes ive found but nothing is working

i suggested to someone else a while back to turn off controller vibration, to 0...it fixed audio crackling for me, and i think a bunch of others. its 100% worth a try, even if you are on mouse and keyboard. i was, and it still fixed it for me. i know it's a ridiculous solution, but it actually worked for me

[Doom Of Jörmungandr]

have you tried my suggestion before already? if so, thats the only fix i know. sorry

[jvaz615]

Originally posted by Dr. Chemical:

have you tried my suggestion before already? if so, thats the only fix i know. sorry

Yes I have done that previously. Thank you though

[SatoriLuvTheFlex]

im having even worse audio only npc talk and car sounds but no gun or game menu sounds

[Tigtone]

If you're on Linux/SteamDeck: Adding the "PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60" launch Option fixed audio distortion for me.

[Deadclips]

I'm also having bad sound stuttering. Only in Cyberpunk 2.0.

I initially had the issue on Windows 10. I updated to 11 and reinstalled Cyberpunk and my audio drivers. Still the same issue.

I did not have this problem before Cyberpunk 2.0.

[Ganny]

So I just found out my soundcard is basically useless and after switching from that to nvidia audio, zero issues. Also had no issues when using motherboard audio, but the quality wasn't as good.

[no!]

Originally posted by Dr. Chemical:

Originally posted by jvaz615:

I reinstalled for the new 2.0 update. My main issue is when im in a car or a heavy gun fight, the audio is a loud crackling and distorted. Ive tried fixes ive found but nothing is working

i suggested to someone else a while back to turn off controller vibration, to 0...it fixed audio crackling for me, and i think a bunch of others. its 100% worth a try, even if you are on mouse and keyboard. i was, and it still fixed it for me. i know it's a ridiculous solution, but it actually worked for me

im using mouse & keyboard and yet this somehow worked, thanks!

[MARCE𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙋𝙪𝙣k]

I had this problem before 2.0 and it was fixed by changing the sample rate to 44100 hz. Now with 2.0 that fix doesn't work at least for me.

I read on Reddit that mods cause these problems. I tried uninstalling all my mods and it fixed a little bit, but it still broking when the vehicle gears up. So weird...