Hey ranchers,

An optimisation and bug fix patch is now available for testing on the unstable branch! We want your help testing the patch before it goes live on the main branch!

This interim patch includes tweaked FSR and DLSS settings, as well as optimisations to some elements which were causing hits to performance such as anti-aliasing and chicken eggs. Large ranches with high volumes of animals should see improved FPS on some set ups.

This is in addition to the following:

- Optimized number of draw calls
- Optimized textures and materials of stones, grass, trees and buildings
- Removed unnecessary files from the game
- Fixed issues when mounting horses
- Fixed a bug with a mouse or gamepad when opening a building book
- Eggs now break again
- Fixed a bug where FSR made the picture too blurry
- Fixed a bug where it was impossible to turn off TSR


- Load up Steam and head to your Library
- Right click on Ranch Simulator and then select ‘Properties’
- Head to the Beta tab and in the drop down select ‘unstable_branch’ (no password needed)
- This will then download the new build for you


Once this patch is live on the main branch, we'll be working on the horse breeding and tree growth update! Keep an eye out for more news.


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Thanks,
The Ranch Sim Team

Hello ranchers!

We hope you've been enjoying Ranch Sim and the latest update! (Hands up if you've unlocked all the achievements!)

We wanted to offer a quick update on the work going on behind the scenes and what you can expect from the next couple of updates.

Right now, we're working away on improving some aspects of the game which we know need attention. We've been listening to all of your feedback and are pleased to confirm that the next update will bring further improvements to optimisation, including improved FSR and DLSS! We've also optimised some elements which were causing hits to performance such as anti-aliasing and chicken eggs. Several minor gameplay bugs are also being addressed in this patch.

We don't have a release window to share for this update just yet, but do keep an eye out for news!

If you're looking forward to the horse breeding and tree growth update (and why wouldn't you be?!), don't worry! This update is still on the way too. It'll just release following this optimisation/bug fix update.

As always, keep the feedback coming!

Please note: At 2am ET/7am BST on 20 June, the Epic Online Services (EOS) will go down for 30 minutes for scheduled maintenance, followed by degraded service availability for up to 3 hours. This will result in Ranch Sim's multiplayer being unavailable for those 30 minutes, with potential issues for up to 3 hours following.

Thanks,
The Ranch Sim Team