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Borderlands 4 update adds FOV slider for PS5 and Xbox Series X, Gearbox immediately warns using it could cause “some dips in performance”

Austin Wood

25 September 2025

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A new Borderlands 4 update is rolling out today, bringing a highly requested FOV slider for PS5 and Xbox Series X players as well as miscellaneous bug and performance fixes for everyone.

The update is a staggering 11.2GB on PC, and from the patch notes, it sounds like consoles have gotten some hefty downloads of their own.
The PS5 and Xbox Series X FOV slider is the headliner, though Gearbox is quick to warn that “increasing the FOV past the default could cause some dips in performance.”

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As Borderlands 4 PC performance woes continue, Gearbox says “we’re reading every piece of feedback” and it’s “our top priority” to make improvements, with one patch coming today

As Borderlands 4 gets a PC performance-improving patch, creative director promises there’s “more in the pipe” and “we have some great fixes in the console patch” that’ll be released as “soon as it’s ready”

Increasing FOV may hurt a game’s performance; it remains to be seen how heavily an expanded FOV may impact Borderlands 4’s frame rate. It doesn’t need a massive FOV bump on console, for my money, but I don’t think anyone wants to pit frames and FOV against each other when plenty of other games give you both.

Additionally, “Vehicle Field of View settings will now be changed for both users when playing in splitscreen.”
The good news is that Gearbox says it has “addressed various instances of hitching, low FPS, and crashes” and made various “improvements to stability and performance.” Once again, we are lacking specifics here and still need to see the real-world performance.
“We are continuing to investigate and will make further improvements to stability and performance,” Gearbox adds, affirming that the battle is not yet over.

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A few balance changes were thrown in, too, and everyone can let out that breath because it seems nobody has been majorly nerfed. A few abilities, like Harlowe’s Ground State capstone and Amon’s Firewall skill, have been “corrected” to ensure intended behavior, but that seems to be it.
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