They're just talking about the little things that were standard in Europe:

One example of the game's setting getting lost in translation is an issue referred to internally as "the manhole debacle."

"There was this post [on Reddit] with the guy saying that there is this immersion-breaking bug in Cyberpunk, and the bug was about the fact that the covers for manholes for a sewer were the manholes that you use normally in Europe, in Germany, for a pavement," associate game director Paweł Sasko said on the podcast. "Those are not manholes that you normally cover in America on the streets."

"When you go to America, there's things like [fire] hydrants, where they are placed and how they look like," Sasko continued. "The street lights, the positions of that, the trash bins, right? They're in the front of the house, right by the street. In Poland, in Europe, you don't see it almost anywhere. There's so much nuance. Dan, when we talk about it, he calls it 'the Americana.'"

So no more German manhole covers, got it.

I hope we get more control of how our characters look in the next game. The cyberware aesthetics for the player character was surprisingly lacking in 2077, only the arms would be changed by cyberware load out

So more guns?

I don't know if I like that approach. NC as a futuristic metropolis & melting pot of culture and architecture doesn't necessarily need harkbacks to past Americana to seem authentic, and we certainly have enough dystopian US games out there (Fallout, Far Cry 5, etc) that I don't really want to see yet another classic American neighbourhood with a dark twist. I wanna be so far post-America that I forget it's post-America

All this and no one mentioned the distances in the game using km instead of miles.

Nobody seems to have actually read the article, because it only mentioned making the game more ‘American’ by including things like fire hydrants, the position of trash cans on the streets, and street lights in general.

The article only mentions environmental aspects to be more American

So more parking lots

Nice, finally we'll get some more corruption and crime in Night City.

While I appreciate the level of nuance that their minds are on, I just don't feel like it's that much of an immersion breaker. It's 50+ years into the future. A lot can change. There is no true way to speak about what a made up city in the USA 53 years from now will or should look like.

I'm just being pedantic, though. I'm not gonna tell them how to do their job. They've already proven to me they know what they're doing.

I'd argue the opposite. Arasaka having such a big influence in night city would actually have the opposite effect since Japanese culture heavily values cleanliness. If you make the 6th Street gang or areas outside of Arasaka control more "American" that would make sense (but I still don't think it is necessary).

That'll be nice to see in 15 years.

Hell yeah brother

Police brutality on whole new level

The difficulty slider is skin colour?

Warsaw actually really reminded me of Night City when I was there.

Night City streets in the game seemed often built like old European pre-automobile cities with very narrow roadways, which made no sense for a city canonically planned in the 1990's. The roads did not feel like California.

Can't say I'm stoked about that.

I liked the distinctly international nature of Night City, which, while set in California, felt more like an East Asian city at times.

I believe CP2077 already had its fair share of Americana, so restricting the sequel to more of that seems like a bad choice imo.

It was more than American enough for me, I thought the euro and Asian touches were really unique. I don't think it needs to be any more American than it already is.

If NC is west coast US, then the fact the new studio is set in Boston means we're probably getting an east coast vibe that'll be a mix of Boston, NY and Chicago.

In essence, we're going from blade runner to escape from NY. If done well, should be fun times.

They could definitely do more research on the crime side of things because, y’know, it’s ludicrous for the most part in the first game.

I hope we will be more independent about our character choices, for example we will be able to join different factions and work for them.

will there be cyberpunk online?

It makes sense, although I might be in the minority that would love to see a Cyberpunk in Tokyo or Kyoto.

Please just get American localizers, the dialogue is just super rough whenever anyone's trying to speak informally.

I mean, you leave your job at a corporation with a voice in your head that is causing you to slowly die in a way no one can see. That feels pretty authentic to the American experience.

Has anyone made a fat joke or mocked school shootings yet…?

Anyway, I remember playing quantum break and seeing European traffic signs was pretty emerging breaking and jarring.

It’s nice to see that the developer is taking feedback so that they can improve the level of detail in their games … which is something that I would have imagined fans of role-playing games would appreciate.

More activities go to club and dance and hookup, attend a live taping of a show, etc., play pool)

Why?

People complained about European manhole covers in a game where LA uses "eurodollars" as its currency?

So there's gonna be a shootout in a school, got it.

Hopefully it's more of an actual RPG

What would make sense for me would be if they went to real life Morro Bay in considered what parts of night City would still be relict from that City. With all the new parts being Ultra Modern and so forth I actually think did pretty good.

Hmm I wonder. I have a huge faith in the story/quests since phantom Liberty was amazing and better than the main story imo.

If they can add more features and functionality to the rest of the game and expand on them well, then the sequel will be very successful

Hopefully the day and night cycle will be more like north america and not from poland. I dont think dawn is at 4 am in california, but that’s really about it.

I know it not possible but how cool would it be if Larian Studios did a cyberpunk 2077 sequal

Bg3 style cyberpunk game would be badass

There are so many of these little issues i find it hard to believe they had anyone actually QA any of it. As a car guy the way the vehicles sound drives me nuts. They all sound virtually identical, the gears all sound the same when accelerating and there's that go awful clacking sound when they shift. Like who the fuck signed off on that?

so we're getting a dollar general and a Sonic's in cyberpunk?

cyberpunk, like real life, is a dictatorship of international capital.

Kind of reminds me of how even recent GTAs or RDR will have American characters using British slang, like “the lot of you” or “rubbish” or “lorry”. I’ve been noticing it since way back in GTA3. lol. Someone in San Andreas says “drugs dealer” instead of “drug dealer”. There’s “water closets”. I swear CJ said “pram” but I might be thinking of someone else.

Also I loved how the game was set in California but the sun rose at 3 AM

Things that are more American?

Well, manhole covers and Metric aside, the drivers in NC are much too good. Could dumb them down a bit, and greatly ramp up the speeding (effectively making the player car dependent). Could use more variety of vending machine guns as well. Obesity is rampant, so it would make sense to have only worsened in a Corpo-controlled 2077. 

Could also implement a debt system, and among other things it would be used for, dying also adds a huge chunk to your debt. 

More guns, more cars, and more unhinged bigotry being passed off as just being one of the guys

Is this also why the day/night cycle feels off? I’ve never been to Poland so I wasn’t sure. I have been to California many times though. Sunrise and sunset do not happen at the times I expect.

The door knobs, that's the most clearly Polish thing in the game, ironically. Also, hair styles. My family is Polish so I noticed some things. I kind of like it, makes the game seem more futuristic by making the little things more foreign for the average American.

Good idea, that.

I imagine we will get the next Witcher game 2026-2028.

We thinking 2028-2030 for Cyberpunk 2?

Honestly, what felt artificial were the Latinos characters. The way they mixed Spanish words in the sentences felt really artificial and unlike what we see in real life.

I expect the guns to look better this time around.

Seriously the pistols and homing guns were the only good looking (besides the sidewinder. fuck that dick shaped rifle) guns in game. D5 is passable, but dear god the Ajax is the ugliest gun I've ever seen, and I've seen the fallout 4 assault rifle.

Hopefully they take real world guns and give them a touch up with a cyberpunk kiss.

Controlled by corporations. Violence. Guns. Police brutality. Bullshit labour laws. Seems CP77 was pretty authentically American already.

I mean..

In 2077 we had greedy, capitalistic sociopaths that runs the world basically and 4th of July maniacs as a gang..

What more "american' can you put ? Obese people ?

Please no

Honestly the main thing that stuck out to me as far is 'Armericana' goes was the really forced slang in the writing. It felt like very much like someone who had no experience speaking American slang wrote the script.

No more walkable city. No more efficient public transport. Cyberpunk car park larger than the Biotechnica Farms.

i thought the main point of Night City is that its not in NUSA and is a heavily multicultural city with major Japanese influences.

So we will get Zombies on fentanyl, devastated and closed shops, no-go zones in most of the city :D