Borderlands 4 gamers have found a approach to skip enormous chunks of the map in a method dubbed “cricket leaping” — however a developer at Gearbox has warned motion might need to be taken to patch it out of the recreation if it begins inflicting points.
As demonstrated by streamer Bahroo, Borderlands 4 gamers can propel themselves throughout the map through the use of a glitch at The Prospects’ Ripper Drill web site. To do that, you stand on the high of the drill, line your self up in the path you need to journey, along with your again in the direction of the path you need to journey, tab out of the recreation, then hearth. Your character hurtles via the air, which, together with Borderlands 4’s glide capability, allows you to move over important areas of the map.
As famous in a social media submit, cricket leaping will play a vital position in Borderlands 4 speedrunning. However will it final? Artistic Director Graeme Timmins responded on social media to say “I’ve received my eye on this.”
But it surely appears like cricket leaping is right here to remain, not less than for now.
“My solely fear is streaming points or if this introduces instability,” Timmins continued. “Not out to spoil individuals’s enjoyable, however can’t have it trigger tech points. For now tho, not going to do something till confirmed points come up.”
I’ve received my eye on this. My solely fear is streaming points or if this introduces instability. Not out to spoil individuals’s enjoyable, however can’t have it trigger tech points. For now tho, not going to do something till confirmed points come up.
— Graeme Timmins (@ProdigyXL) September 20, 2025
Timmins went on to deal with a grievance from one Borderlands 4 participant at the lack of updates for the console model of the recreation in comparison with the PC model, which has seen two post-launch patches.
“Console testing and certification is extra concerned than pushing out PC builds,” Timmins explained. “It simply takes longer with 1st events ensuring we’re sending out good high quality patches. It is coming and we’re doing the whole lot we are able to to make it occur shortly.”
Borderlands 4 console gamers are eager for a patch to deal with some evident technical issues. Final week, the tech consultants at Digital Foundry confirmed a gradual worsening of framerate with steady playtime, even on PlayStation 5 Professional and Xbox Sequence X.
As revealed in a new video published to YouTube, Digital Foundry discovered efficiency begins dipping after round half-hour to an hour, which it referred to as “too intrusive on the general expertise, too common an interruption.” Even after a very recent boot, the recreation remains to be liable to framerate drops.
Gearbox growth chief Randy Pitchford has acknowledged the drawback on social media, promising incoming enhancements. As a workaround, Pitchford prompt console gamers stop Borderlands 4 and restart. Digital Foundry’s Tom Morgan confirmed this does restore efficiency, however criticized the scenario, saying “resetting the recreation each hour ought to actually not be an anticipated resolution for gamers.”
The PC model, in the meantime, remains to be on a combined Steam evaluate score, with most of the adverse feedback revolving round PC efficiency. Digital Foundry has mentioned its initial analysis of Borderlands 4 on PC exhibits important stutter issues, and have suggested towards working the recreation on its ‘Badass’ graphics setting, which suggests there are certainly issues with the Unreal Engine 5 title.
Gearbox has mentioned addressing PC efficiency is a “high precedence” for the studio. In the meantime, the studio pointed to a Borderlands 4 Nvidia Optimization information on (*4*), advising gamers learn how to optimize their graphics settings for “higher efficiency and framerates” on PC with the Nvidia app, though customers report combined outcomes.
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Gearbox has additionally issued a bit of recommendation to PC players that to me reads like an effort to forestall gamers from making knee-jerk reactions to the recreation’s efficiency as quickly as they’ve modified their settings: “Please observe that any time you modify any of your graphics settings, your shaders might want to recompile. Please maintain enjoying for not less than quarter-hour to see how your PC’s efficiency has modified.”
If you’re delving into Borderlands 4, do not go with out up to date hourly SHiFT codes record. We have additionally received a enormous interactive map able to go and a badass Borderlands 4 planner tool courtesy of our buds at Maxroll. Plus take a look at our knowledgeable gamers’ decisions for which character to decide on (nobody agreed).
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