Farming Simulator 25 Update 1.8 Patch Notes and Precision Farming 3.0 Details

Farming Simulator 25 update 1.8 is a substantial patch with performance work, bug fixes, new machines, and support for Precision Farming 3.0. If your farm uses mods or custom graphics settings, expect some short-term shader stutter after updating.

What Update 1.8 Adds

Update 1.8 targets smoother gameplay across platforms. The official changelog also notes that stuttering can happen right after the update, especially with mods or custom graphics settings, because shaders need to be recompiled. Annoying, yes. Broken, no.

Precision Farming 3.0

The headline addition is Precision Farming 3.0, available free through ModHub. The modpack was popular in Farming Simulator 19 and Farming Simulator 22, and now it supports Farming Simulator 25.

New Precision Farming 3.0 features include:

• Tramlines: Drive machines over consistent paths for cleaner field work.
• Subsidies: Earn in-game subsidies by planting more eco-friendly crops.
• PWM: Pulse Width Modulation sprayers allow nozzle output adjustments while working.
• Automatic Section Control: Machines can disable individual sections to reduce overspraying.

Returning features include Soil Types, Soil Sampling, Variable Rate Seeding, Environmental Score, and other systems from earlier Precision Farming releases.

Farming Simulator 25 Update 1.8 Patch Notes

Changes and Improvements

• Fixed overloading of fluids for placeables such as greenhouses, productions, animal pastures, and similar systems.
• Various technical changes to improve performance.
• Various technical improvements to free up video memory for gameplay.
• Various stability improvements to prevent crashes.
• Various text and translation adjustments.
• Various visual adjustments on several models.
• Fixed electric machinery not recharging with time scale slower than 5x.
• Fixed ModHub updates not being correctly applied without a game restart.
• Fixed performance issue with garlic in greenhouses.
• Fixed reflection issues with DRS, Dynamic Resolution Scaling, enabled.
• Fixed shadow lights flickering in certain moments while driving.
• Improved mod selection screen with added search and separation for outdated or unavailable mods.
• Improved AI Go-To planning and driving behavior.
• Improved AI Go-To status information for players.
• Improved fillplane visuals for sorghum.
• Improved manure heap detection for animal husbandries.
• Improved menu navigation behavior in various scenarios.
• Improved player disconnection information in multiplayer.
• Improved steering assist and helper field detection.
• Improved steering assist line visibility in colorblind mode.
• Improved steering assist line visibility on grown crops.
• Improved traffic driving behavior.

New Machines and Items

• Case IH Farmall C Series tractor
• Case IH L530 frontloader
• CLAAS Arion 570 motor configuration
• Fiat 160-90 DT tractor
• GÖWEIL G-1 F125 Kombi baler
• HORSCH Finer 6 SL cultivator
• New Holland CH7.70 harvester
• New Holland 980CR 8-30 corn header
• New Holland SuperFlex 25FT header
• New Holland Varifeed 28FT header
• Pfanzelt DW P 186 forestry winch

New Additions and Functionalities

• Added lime spreading capability to Farmtech Variofex 750.
• Added in-game Shop search function.
• Added care wheel configuration to Bredal K105.
• Added automatic vehicle reset on out-of-bounds machines.

Modding

• Prevent nested Placable.onCreate calls to avoid crashes and errors.

Info

• As with all major Farming Simulator updates, stuttering may occur on the first launch after updating when using mods or custom graphics settings because shaders are being recompiled.