I finished season 2 up to the update and tried to start it all over again WITHOUT the mods so I can play it to 2.3 instead of 2.2
Then I started a new game but I am guessing the mod was applied.
After trying this, I opened another FRESH copy and skipped to the end, saved my progress, OVERWROTE the previous version, then opened a fresh copy of 2.3 and had the mod applied already.
Still the same.
Next I went in to the save files for 2.3 and deleted them all, finding the save previous to the last in season one I REsaved the new file.
Again still the same mod applied.
I cannot think of any other way to play this without mods so I can see 2.3 end, OR is there little difference between 2.2.1 and 2.3?