Community15 Jun 2026Ironwood is hosting a Pacific Drive AMA!Join us this week on R/Gaming for a chance to ask all your burning questions about Pacific Drive! Our Summer 2026 AMA will be held on the R/Gaming subreddit this Thursday, June 18th 2026. We love taking the time to answer your questions and we're looking forward to talking about the game, it's expansion, and anything you'd like to know about what it takes to make a driving-survival game liked P…
A short message from Ironwood Studios, to our spectacular players: Two years is an incredible amount of time to have spent driving through the forest, dodging anomalies, and repairing an old wood-paneled station wagon. But we’ve done it! Four major content updates focused on new ways to play the game, a horror-themed expansion, and so many bug fixes — all of it has led us here. As we enter our…
Announcements We’re excited to be celebrating the second anniversary of Pacific Drive! We’re grateful to all of you, our players, for the support and enthusiasm you’ve shown the game over the last two years through the content updates, the expansion of Whispers in the Woods, and everything that comes from having such an awesome community. We hope you enjoy the additions to the radio - there’s n…
Announcements Hello Drivers! Today’s patch has performance updates, new radio content and a number of bug fixes (including a fix for some players in a broken state). Pacific Drive version 1.14.0 is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S | X. Read below to see what’s changed! First, a major fix is going out today for any players with corrupted saves in Whispers in the Woods expans…
Breachers! It's been a huge year for everyone working on Pacific Drive. We took you on a never ending series of road trips with the Endless Expeditions free update in April, released a dozen patches that improved the quality of the game, and of course, introduced you all to Whispers in the Woods, our biggest addition to the game to date. Throughout this entire journey, we've listened to your fe…
We saved your saves! Pacific Drive Hotfix Version 1.13.1 is available to download now on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S | X. Version 1.13.1 - Highlights Today’s hotfix is laser focused on a few issues reported by the community this week! We’ve tackled the save loading issue, an inventory system bug, and some scary crashes caused by rogue garage elements. Before we get into the patch notes…
Well would you look at that - she's running smooth again. Pacific Drive Version 1.13.0 is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S | X. Version 1.13.0 - Highlights · Nailing down some particularly pesky bugs: · General improvements made to Whispers in the Woods sequences, fixed settings for radiation, audio weirdness, visual hitches and more! · Some general performance fixes: · The…
The OST for our latest expansion, Whispers in the Woods, is available now! Cruise through your local haunted forest to the tunes of 'The Harmonic Fellowship' or experience some form of tranquility with 'Visions' playing softly (or at max volume) in the background. Our appreciation goes out to everyone in the community who was waiting for this release - thanks for falling in love with the latest…
You're finally awake! You were trying to breach the outer wall right? Same as us. Version 1.12.0 of Pacific Drive is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S | X. Version 1.12.0 - Highlights · Our previous shader cache optimizations have been fully restored and improved for base game and Whispers in the Woods. · Harvestmen have undergone a number of fixes including being more relia…
Surprise! It’s a bonus Hotfix. We discovered an issue with the route planner that needed solving as soon as possible to get you all back out into the Zone and on the road. Version 1.11.2 - Negative Scanner charges and Getting Trapped in the Garage We’ve just pushed a solution to help you keep from getting stuck in the garage due to negative scanner charges, and other route planning related issu…
Thanks to all our Breachers we were able to find a lot of fixes, and fast! Version 1.11.1 of Pacific Drive is now available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Version 1.11.1 - Highlights · We've implemented a lot of fixes for softlocks and progression blocking issues have been solved · Xbox users should now be able to access their DLC entitlements offline Bug and UX Fixes · Fixed a rare crash that w…
Welcome to Whispers in the Woods - Pacific Drive’s largest expansion yet, available now on Steam, Epic Games Store, Windows Store, PlayStation, and now Xbox. Click here to check out our update post featuring the launch trailer! Version 1.11.0 - Highlights · Whispers in the Woods is now available! · A brand new storyline for Pacific Drive that adds new gameplay mechanics, a new map to explore, a…
Well isn’t that surprising! Pacific Drive’s largest addition ever is now available on Steam, Epic Games Store, Windows Store, PlayStation 5 and newly available on the Xbox Series S | X. If you’d like to dive straight into our huge list of fixes, features, tweaks, and latest details, the patch notes are available right here. Whispers in the Woods Return to the Zone and witness the rise of a grou…
The mysteries of the Olympic Exclusion Zone deepen, with more secrets and new anomalies waiting to be discovered. But that's the least of your worries -you're about to encounter a group of strange and deadly fanatics obsessed with the OEZ’s anomalies, all while dealing with their influence across the Zone. Whispers in the Woods is an expansion to Pacific Drive - featuring a fully voiced cast of…
We know you've probably had Zone gunk stuck to your boots for weeks - so we did some clean up around the Garage for you! We made changes to some settings, fixed a ton of bugs, and adjusted a few things - Version 1.9.4 of Pacific Drive is now available on PC and PS5. Version 1.9.4 - Highlights · The sink, toilet, and hand dryer are functional at Oppy's Garage! · The Z.E.T.I. device upgrade issue…
We've rounded up the most common issues identified from Endless Expeditions and done our best to get you all set up for the Final Expedition! Version 1.9.3 update to Pacific Drive is available now on PC and PlayStation 5. Version 1.9.3 - Highlights · We identified cases where anomalies that had already invaded the garage would remain, even after our attempted fix on the previous update. This is…
Looks like you've all collected quite a few bugs while out on your Expeditions! The 1.9.2 update to Pacific Drive fixes some of them - and we're actively investigating a lot more. This patch is live now and available on PC and PlayStation 5. Version 1.9.2 - Highlights · Potential fix for a crash linked to current analytics system · Fixes regarding Dead End junctions and Route Planner warnings ·…
Our largest ever free content update is now available for all players of Pacific Drive. Want to dive into a huge list of changes, new features, and all the best details? Patch notes are right here. Expeditions We’re happy to introduce a brand new way to play Pacific Drive! Expeditions start in the garage with an ever-changing set of challenges and restrictions, generating new routes, and rampin…
Endless Expeditions is the largest update to Pacific Drive since it launched a year ago. It's available now on PC and PlayStation 5! Want to see the full community post with a link to the trailer? Check it out! Version 1.9.1 - Highlights · Expeditions · Expeditions start in the garage with an ever-changing set of challenges and restrictions, generating new routes, and ramping up the difficulty…
Hit the wide open Zone in the largest ever update to Pacific Drive. Set off from the garage on new continuous drives between multiple junctions - Expeditions. Dangerous and filled with their own unique rewards, these challenging trips will test even the most seasoned breacher. New maps, spawning systems, improved tools and so much more are coming April 3rd, 2025. We've also created a new Suspen…
For our incredible community: As Ironwood Studios heads towards it's second year of Pacific Drive - we want to take a moment to reflect on our first year and look forward to what’s next. A year ago, Ironwood Studios released it’s first game! After 5 years of development it’s hard to believe, however our work on Pacific Drive hasn’t stopped. Since launch we’ve released three major content update…
Happy Hotfix - I mean, Holidays! We’re gearing up for a pretty big 2025, but we wanted to make sure we took care of this first - so lets lets get to the good stuff. Version 1.8.3 - Tidying up the Garage Drumroll, please - The ‘Garage Barrage’ achievement and progress tracking has been fixed! This issue arose during the recent 4.27 upgrade and was reported quickly by the community. Thanks so muc…
Hold on, there's no need for any percussive maintenance! We've fixed quite a few issues that popped up after last weeks big update - Pacific Drive Version 1.8.2 is available now on PC and PlayStation 5. Version 1.8.2 - Highlights · Custom music stuttering in the garage has been fixed · Using the ‘more info’ button in certain menus is fixed · PS5 - adaptive triggers for DualSense are now fixed B…
The Trips and Treasures update is now available for Pacific Drive on Playstation 5 and PC, free for all players. Want to read through the patch notes, with our full list of changes and updates? Click here! Decorate with new Garage Cosmetics! Now that you've been living in the garage for awhile, we thought it'd be nice to let you decorate! 23 new cosmetic items are able to be discovered on your…
As the year draws to a close, we’re happy to announce that the ‘Trips and Treasures’ update for Pacific Drive is available now on all platforms! Decorate your garage by hunting down brand new cosmetic items to make your space as cozy or as cool as you want it to be - as well as a new anomalous activity that takes some work to crack open. Alongside the new content, we’ve also upgraded to the lat…
Ironwood Studios is pleased to announce that we've collaborated with Starward Industries and 11bit Studios to bring a piece of their awesome atompunk indie game The Invincible to Pacific Drive! You'll find the new decal kit in game, a new sticker, and an astronaut bobblehead! It all matches so well with our flashy red paint. We're also updating the game with another round of fixes and quality o…
Another week, another set of hotfixes! This time we've tackled ongoing issues with the new presets and achievements, as well as balanced some of the new difficulties. Pacific Drive version 1.7.3 is available now on PC and PlayStation 5. Version 1.7.3 - Highlights · Various fixes related to Achievements and presets · Colossal Cappy is now scannable, with the correct logbook implementation Bugs a…
Here's a new set of hotfixes - and in record time! Thanks so much to everyone who identified issues with the new Custom Radio features, your feedback and info was key in solving these bugs quickly. Todays 1.7.2 patch is available now on PC and PS5. Version 1.7.2 - Highlights · Various 'Custom Radio' fixes · Fixed Waypoint placement issues Bugs and UX Fixes · Fixed Soft-lock that would occur aft…
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