Starfield players discover they've been fast travelling all wrong

Starfield’s latest update has firmly put it back on the map, massively winning over the game’s players.

If you ask me, Starfield didn’t need to do much at all to solidify itself as an all-time great. It already boasts an engaging narrative, supported by the vast freedom of its sprawling galaxy.

You cannot fault the game’s scale and ambition. Players have been saying for quite some time though that some quality of life changes wouldn’t go amiss.

Well, the largest update to date is now in Steam beta testing with a full PC and Xbox rollout expected next week.

The update finally introduces surface (or city) maps which should make finding key locations and certain vendors much easier - especially in metropolises like New Atlantis.

Players can now also customise the interior of their ship, edit traits and appearance after entering the Unity, and a new dialogue camera toggle has been added.

The Xbox Series X version will now run at a defaulted 40fps with 60fps targeting possible, and all players can now benefit from new gameplay adjustment settings.

There’s more on the way too with developers teasing land vehicles. If you too have found yourself drawn back into Starfield, you might want to make note of this fast travel tip.

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Until those land vehicles arrive, we’re going to have to continue traversing barren planets on foot but one player has found a cheeky exploit that should speed things up.

As reported by ScreenRant, this discovery is courtesy of Reddit user -Captain- who’s found out that you can use large bodies of water to gain a fair bit of speed, essentially letting players glide across the surface.

“If you ever need to travel through a large body of water, you can water glide endlessly if you time it right,” they wrote, with an accompanying video demonstrating how to use the jetpack to such effect.

Unfortunately, there is one catch. This exploit only appears to be possible on PC which means those of us on Xbox are going to have to continue being patient until the land vehicle update drops in the future.