No, Cyberpunk 2077's elevators aren't just loading screens in disguise, says lead: "The engine is a miracle. I will not accept slander."

A persistent belief about Cyberpunk 2077 is that the elevators help mask loading times, a common trick in game development. Not actually the case, apparently, as a prominent developer at CD Projekt Red has made very clear.The creative director for Cyberpunk 2 and the cinematic director on Cyberpunk 2077, Igor Sarzynski, spoke about the rumor on Bluesky. "You really think you can traverse [the] whole city and enter a huge complex interior with no loading screens but we need to do elevator tricks