Demo Reset & Rendering Changes (DirectX) — Road to Vostok Steam update #625783

Hi everyone!With the Early Access launch approaching on April 7, it’s time to make some necessary changes to the current Road to Vostok demo regarding...

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Road to Vostok (1963610)
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patch note
Published
10 March 2026 - 19:03:33 UTC
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Hi everyone!With the Early Access launch approaching on April 7, it’s time to make some necessary changes to the current Road to Vostok demo regarding rendering and drivers.Current Demo RecapTo provide some context, here is the state of the current demo:The demo currently uses Vulkan as the default rendering architecture.Vulkan has caused several driver issues, particularly for users with AMD hardware.The demo contained few critical bugs and collision issues where players could get stuck.The Switch to DirectXTo avoid these Vulkan-related issues at launch, the upcoming Early Access version will use DirectX as the default option. To ensure rendering and performance parity between the demo and the Early Access build, I am updating the demo to DirectX as well.In order to implement this update, I unfortunately have to reset the demo entirely. This means overriding all game files, including ex...

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