# The Sims 4 Free Content and New Performance Cache! - Product: The Sims 4 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-sims-4) - Vendor: Maxis - Date: 2026-08-25 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1222670/view/706654920914241103 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-sims-4/releases/2026-08-25-free-content-and-new-performance-cache - Labels: Platforms: Windows, PlayStation What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **changed** — Marketplace images are now cached after the first download, with subsequent visits only downloading new or changed images to improve loading times - **added** — Image cache can be manually cleared using the cheat command clearonlinethumbnailcache true - **added** — Six new size-inclusive clothing items in Create a Sim including a dress, tops, jeans, cardigans, shirts, and slacks - **added** — Five new Styled Looks designed to showcase the new size-inclusive clothing options - **added** — Five new Starter Sims created to display the new outfits and clothing options, available in Create a Sim and the Gallery - **added** — New afro-textured hairstyle inspired by natural hair sculpting - **added** — The Sims 4 Mean Girls Capsule Kit featuring Y2K fashion inspired by Mean Girls - **added** — The Sims 4 Clueless Capsule Kit featuring 90s style from Clueless - **fixed** — Marketplace page layout now displays correctly when entering from Create a Sim after installing a new pack with Quick Buy - **fixed** — Right Stick controls no longer get stuck when scrolling in the Marketplace from Create a Sim - **fixed** — Right Stick controls no longer get stuck when scrolling through Pack Details pages in the Marketplace - **fixed** — Addressed a top PlayStation crash that would appear during game launch **Update 8/‌25/‌2026 PC: 1.127.41.1030 / Mac: 1.127.41.1230 Console: 2.38 ** Sul sul, With this update we are bringing improvements to your Marketplace browsing experience. Previously, Marketplace images were downloaded every time you browsed. Now, they’re cached after the first download, so we’ll only download images that are new or have changed. Along with performance improvements, Create a Sim (CAS) is getting some stylish additions, including new clothing especially designed to celebrate Sims of every size, plus an out-of-this-world hairstyle. And of course, we are bringing some important bug fixes with this update. -The Sims Team ##### **What’s New? ** ##### **Image Cache** The new Image Cache looks to improve loading times and reduce downloading of images across the Marketplace on subsequent visits, reducing the time needed to do a little window shopping or picking up that new Maker Pack you see everyone talking about. If you run into any issues with Marketplace images, you can manually clear the image cache by opening the cheat console and running the cheat command: - clearonlinethumbnailcache true While our PlayStation and XBOX Simmers can’t peek under the hood at the cache directly, on PC/Mac you can view this cache by navigating to: - Documents\\Electronic Arts\\The Sims 4\\onlinethumbnailcache The cache will also be automatically maintained 14 days after the last Marketplace visit and remove unused images and free up space on your storage device, and while the cache has an upper limit of 250MB the space the cache uses will generally be lower. ##### **New Size-Inclusive Styles** This base game drop enhances body diversity representation in Create a Sim by adding a new set of CAS assets designed to flatter Sims of all shapes and sizes. This drop contains 6 new CAS assets—from a versatile dress, tops, jeans, cardigans, shirts, and slacks—along with 5 new Styled Looks that use these items to help jump-start your outfit inspiration. We’re also adding 5 new Starter Sims, each created to showcase these new outfits and clothing options. In addition to finding these Sims in CAS, they will also be available on the Gallery so you can easily bring them into your worlds and give them a story! ##### **New Afro-Textured Hair** Hair is, and continues to be, a powerful part of self-expression, and we know how much it means to you all to see more styles and textures represented in the game. Our newest hair addition is an afro-textured hairstyle inspired by the art of natural hair sculpting... and it’s giving whimsical, cosmic beauty with plenty of main-character energy! We had so much fun developing this look that we couldn’t stop dreaming up different Sims to wear it. Now it’s your turn! We can’t wait to see how you style it. ##### **Two New Kits** Bring iconic fashion to your Sims with two new kits: The Sims 4 Mean Girls Capsule Kit and The Sims 4 Clueless Capsule Kit. Channel teen royalty in glam Y2K looks inspired by Mean Girls, then serve totally iconic 90s style with chic plaid fits and trendsetting outfits from Clueless. The Sims 4 Mean Girls Capsule Kit and The Sims 4 Clueless Capsule Kit will be available on August 27, 2026. ##### **Bug Fixes & Updates** - The layout of the pages in the Marketplace will now display correctly when entering from Create a Sim after installing a new pack obtained with Quick Buy. ##### **Console** - Addressed one of our top PlayStation crashes which would appear during game launch. Thank you to all the PlayStation Simmers that took the time to provide additional information during the crash through the PlayStation reporting system. - When scrolling with the Right Stick, the controls will no longer get stuck when browsing the Marketplace from Create a Sim. - When scrolling with the Right Stick, the controls will no longer get stuck when reviewing the Pack Details pages in the Marketplace.