{"id":714560,"date":"2026-01-23T04:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/714560\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T04:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:43:12","slug":"psa-switch-2-visual-and-performance-improvements-included-in-new-rocket-league-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/714560\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: Switch 2 Visual And Performance Improvements Included In New Rocket League Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Rocket League\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b8276f833efed\/rocket-league.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rocket-league.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Rocket League\"\/><\/a> Image: Psyonix<\/p>\n<p>Since the arrival of the Switch 2 last year, many third-party developers have been updating their existing Switch games for Nintendo&#8217;s new hybrid system.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, Psyonix&#8217;s latest update for its vehicular soccer game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/rocket_league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rocket League<\/a> has today added Switch 2 visual and performance improvements. This includes simplified graphics settings, improved resolution and visual quality upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the segment from v2.64 patch notes detailing the Switch 2 rendering enhancements:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rocket League &#8211; Nintendo Switch 2 Rendering Enhancements (22nd January, 2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We\u2019ve made a series of visual and performance improvements for Rocket League on Nintendo Switch 2.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Simplified Graphics Settings<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Performance\/Quality toggle has been removed, as Rocket League on Nintendo Switch 2 now uses the best of both settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improved Resolution<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Docked mode: Resolution is now locked at 1080p, 60 FPS in docked mode.<\/li>\n<li>Handheld mode: Dynamic resolution now targets 1080p at 60 FPS, but will still reduce resolution as needed to keep gameplay smooth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual Quality Upgrades<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Increased world detail<\/li>\n<li>Higher texture quality in handheld mode, matching docked mode<\/li>\n<li>Crisper texture detail with increased anisotropic filtering (reduces jagged lines and blurry edges on surfaces)<\/li>\n<li>Improved lighting effects<\/li>\n<li>Ambient occlusion<\/li>\n<li>Higher-resolution shadows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can see the other content in this latest update on Rocket League&#8217;s official website. Rocket League is free-to-play, and this is a free update, so you&#8217;ll just need to have access to a Switch 2 to see these enhancements in action.<\/p>\n<p>Rocket League originally arrived on the Switch eShop in 2017. You can find out more about it in our Nintendo Life review.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be revisiting Rocket League on Switch 2 to try out this latest update? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.rocketleague.com\/en\/news\/rocket-league-patch-notes-v2-64\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketleague.com\/en\/news\/rocket-league-patch-notes-v2-64\" target=\"_blank\">rocketleague.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753583769_175_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Psyonix Since the arrival of the Switch 2 last year, many third-party developers have been updating their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[123,270,30813,615,53,16,15,8642],"class_list":{"0":"post-714560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-nintendo-switch","9":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","10":"tag-psa","11":"tag-switch-eshop","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-updates"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115942588690148851","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}