Summary
- Farming Simulator 25’s free content update adds new machines like tractors and front loaders for players.
- The update includes quality-of-life improvements like a ModHub “update all” button and graphics settings menu.
- The community also plays a role in expanding the game with mods, while the developer continues to support modders.
Farming Simulator 25 has released its first free content update, adding new machines alongside various quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes. This free Farming Simulator 25 content update gives players even more options to take care of their crops and enjoy their farms.
Ever since its release in November 2024, Farming Simulator 25 has quickly established itself as a staple for farm-simulation enthusiasts. Farming Simulator 25 allows players to build and manage their own farms. The game features realistic machinery like tractors and front loaders that players operate to cultivate crops across various landscapes, from European farmlands to East Asian rice paddies and classic American farmhouses. Farming Simulator 25 sold 2 million copies in its first week, ranking it among the top 20 best-selling Xbox games of 2024.
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Giants Software released the first free content update for Farming Simulator 25, introducing several new machines and vehicles for free alongside quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes. Players can claim two new tractors for free, the CLAAS ARION (550–530) and John Deere 6R Series (230–250). This free update also brings two new front loaders, the CLAAS FL 140 and John Deere 683R. Last but not least, players can get a free Albutt f155A Bale Grab at the dealership. These new machines add more vehicle variety to Farming Simulator 25, which already boasts over 100 machines and dedicated mods to add even more options.
Farming Simulator 25 Releases Adds Free Machines
Beyond new machinery, this free Farming Simulator 25 update brought a variety of gameplay improvements and bug fixes. Giants Software added a ModHub “update all” button, a saving notification icon in multiplayer, smaller engine configurations on DEUTZ-FAHR Series 6C and SAME Virtus RVShift, as well as the ability to access the graphics settings menu while already in a game for those who would like to get enhanced graphics in Farming Simulator 25. Some minor balancing changes address issues with AI fieldwork helpers and animals. Additionally, various bugs were fixed to further improve the overall gameplay experience.
While official updates continue to add new content, the Farming Simulator 25 community also plays a key role in expanding the game. Players frequently develop mods that introduce new features, such as graphics enhancements for improved visuals, custom vehicle mods that add new tractors and machinery, and crop mods that adjust growth mechanics in Farming Simulator 25. Giants Software continues to support the modding community by adding new options for modders in Farming Simulator 25, although the developer warned that the new update could require updating some mods to work properly.
Farming Simulator Free Content Update Patch Notes
Free Content
- Albutt f155A Bale Grab
- CLAAS ARION (550–530) Tractor
- CLAAS FL 140 Frontloader
- John Deere 6R Series (230–250) Tractor
- John Deere 683R Frontloader
New Additions & Functionality
- ModHub “update all” button
- Saving notification icon in multiplayer
- Smaller engine configurations on DEUTZ-FAHR Series 6C and SAME Virtus RVShift
- Graphics settings menu within the active gameplay
Changes & Improvements
- Various technical changes to improve performance
- Various stability improvements to prevent crashes
- Various text / translation adjustments
- Various visual adjustments on several models
- Changed custom pasture calculations allowing for more chicken, pigs, and sheep in the same area as before
- Fixed AI fieldwork helper ignoring user preferences
- Fixed animal health and productivity calculation
- Fixed animal productivity bar showing global productivity state instead of combined productivity (globalProductivity*foodProductivity)
- Fixed belt position while unloading bales on the New Holland Pro-Belt 165
- Fixed display of cow barn capacities
- Fixed export of farmland area and price for game stats on dedicated servers
- Fixed grass eating cows
- Fixed International CV Box configuration wetness
- Fixed missing beetroot filltype on Bergmann RRW 500
- Fixed missing silage additive on Pöttinger BOSS ALPIN 251
- Fixed ModHub checkmark on newly downloaded mods
- Fixed shop display cutting off filltypes on some machines
- Fixed shop display when all used machines are bought
- Fixed spinach not withering
- Fixed train hotspot stuttering when far away
- Fixed UI scaling not being applied correctly on some UI elements
- Fixed UI sound when opening the license plate menu or color picker
- Fixed wrong or no player names displayed when selecting vehicle on map
- Improved offroad driving speed and behavior of Go To helper
- Improved performance of periodic game stats saving on dedicated servers avoiding lag spikes
- Improved shop display of long machine names
Modding
- Added support for continuous motion in uvScrollShader using z and w values in ‘offsetUV’ parameter
- Added warning of env map directory if not properly setup for maps
- Added rearLight84 & rearLight85
- Adjusted light of rearLight30
- Fixed custom placeable names using ‘nameL10nKey’ attribute not being synchronized to clients
- Fixed Lua breakpoints in Studio not working if they were added before connecting the game instance to Studio
Farming
Simulation
Immersive Sim
- Released
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November 12, 2024
- ESRB
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E For Everyone
- Developer(s)
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Giants Software
- Publisher(s)
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Giants Software