Torque Drift News

Happy SPOOKY SEASON drifters!



How've y'all been enjoying the ALL CHASE CHALLENGE?! The new Halloween Sponsor Tree is our special treat to you! Created with love by our game designer, it features some loopy lines and custom chases that take you all over the track! We didn't want to leave you totally in the dark, so over on the Torque Drift Instagram, we had our very own GMG Wallen show us how it's DONE!



We've been blown away by the TALENT in the TD community in our weekly Halloween livery contests through the month of October. The winner each week is chosen for our Player Spotlight Challenge, and you're all making it VERY hard for us to choose...

As an extra special treat for y'all, we put together a few new STICKER PACKS to use on your masterful creations, and we can't wait to see what you come up with!



Join us in-game for loads more Halloween goodies, and don't forget to share your liveries with us on Instagram using #TDHalloween2021!

What’s up drifters?! The SPOOKIEST time of the year is upon us…yeah that’s right, the Formula Drift 2021 Season is ENDING! But there’s no rest for the wicked…we’re FULL THROTTLE INTO FESTIVE FUNTIMES!


[h3]NEW FD IRWINDALE LAYOUTS & SPONSOR TREE![/h3]

We’re been super proud to bring you true-to-life tracks all season long, with up-to-date track maps thanks to our partners at Formula Drift! We hope you’ll enjoy FD Irwindale’s new layouts, plus the very last FD SPONSOR TREE for the season!

Get in there, get sideways, and win yourself some FD crates and the exclusive [FD] TITLE FIGHT '21 title!

[h3]NEW LIVERY FOR DAN BURKETT’S MKIV SUPRA![/h3]

Rad Dan’s MKIV Supra has a sweet new livery, just in time for Irwindale! Finish off the season in STYLE and go check out the new look in the Paint Shop!

[h3]NEW HALLOWEEN STICKER PACKS![/h3]

We’ve been FROTHING over the liveries y’all have been sharing over on Instagram for our Halloween livery contests! Here’s a new TREAT to add to the mix – we’re dropping a BRAND NEW Halloween sticker pack, plus if you’ve ever wanted to just have the whole damn alphabet in a pack already…well, we did that. We made it for you! (Sorry it took us this long)


[h3]ALL CHASE CHALLENGE: NEW HALLOWEEN SPONSOR TREE! [/h3]

This isn’t like any sponsor tree you’ve seen before…but there’s nothing to be afraid of, we promise. This tree is an ALL CHASE CHALLENGE, with custom chases that can go just about anywhere.

We’ve included some pretty crazy lines in there that aren’t on our official layouts, but we’re betting you might have already discovered some of these nooks and crannies for yourself…either way, we can’t WAIT for you to test them out for yourselves! Let us know what you think – this is something new for us, and we’d love to show you more!

Keep your wits about you and try your best to stay behind the lead car, otherwise who knows where you’ll end up…

P.S. Don’t be spooked when your run ends with a 5 second timer! You didn’t time out…or did you?! Okay, okay, jokes aside, don’t worry – you didn’t fail. But did we scare ya?!


[h3]NEW CAR RANKING DISPLAY![/h3]

Speaking of scary new things, the first thing you might notice in this update is the new car ranking display! We’re always tinkering under the bonnet and making improvements so our players can have more FUN!
Our clever designers and engineers have been hard at work under the hood with the new car ranking display. This should clear up some of the existing confusion around which car parts can be used for which cars!

First of all, don’t worry – your existing progress will be carried over in this new display system. You will not lose any progress. The new system is meant to help you see your car ranking across the different game environments. By making this more visible, it should now be easier for you to compare your cars in one place, and understand how improving your car’s rank will impact your overall gameplay strategy.

We’re super grateful to our amazing Discord and beta communities for all their support and feedback so far – and we’d love to hear any additional feedback and suggestions on this new design!


[h3]BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS [/h3]

• Player profiles will now load/save faster
  
• Improvements to open lobby performance
  
• Leaderboards should now update with freestyle scores
  
• Issue has been resolved where players would get booted from multiplayer events when the search for an opponent timed out
  
• Fixed bug where cars wouldn't load when returning to the main menu from the world map
  
• Retuned VR38 import engine
  
• Visual bug affecting cars with upgraded suspension has now been resolved
  
• Other fixes for bodykit issues, UI, audio
  

PHEW! Thank you all so much for your constant feedback, we hope this fat update will keep your wheels spinnin' and rubbers burnin' for a while, as always... please let us know what you think!

Stay Sideways!
- Torque Drift Team

Hey again Drifters!

**Please note that to see these changes in the game, you will need to download this update.

Hey everyone! We’re aware that there have been some issues affecting your enjoyment of the game since the last update. Thanks so much for your patience while we worked on these fixes!

In our investigation, we were also able to implement some visual and performance improvements across the board!

[h3]Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements:[/h3]

• Visual and performance enhancements across the game
  
• Fixed a bug where actions such as buying a car could cause the game to lag or crash
  
• Resolved an issue affecting open lobbies and multiplayer which made an opponent’s car appear stock
  

Again, thank you everyone for the reports and your patience!
- Torque Drift Team

SUP DRIFTERS!!! We’ve got some super fun content for y’all to round out this Formula Drift 2021 season!

[h3]ALL NEW FD LONG BEACH LAYOUTS & SPONSOR TREE! [/h3]

Can you believe we’re at the SECOND LAST ROUND?! Formula Drift Long Beach is a double whammy IRL, and no less exciting in-game! For Long Beach, we’re bringing you ALL NEW track layouts designed in collaboration with the FD team, plus an FD Sponsor Tree for Round 7: AutoZone!
Get in there and battle your way to the top for some FD crates and an exclusive [FD] STREETS OF LONG BEACH '21 title.

[h3]NEW CHRIS FORSBERG LIVERY NOW LIVE![/h3]

Go check it out – Chris Forsberg’s latest livery is now IN THE GAME! It sure is a looker! If you already own Chris' car, then you’ll be pleased to notice that we’ve now added some helpful hints to let you know when a new livery is available!

[h3]BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS [/h3]

• Known issues: We are working with our 3rd party audio tool provider to resolve the audio issue. A fix is on the way!
  
• Implemented system to inform players when new livery is available
  
• Players should now be able to change tires in the pre-game lobby
  
• Resolved issue with garage timers where players who opened the game offline could not access their parts
  
• Fixed a bug with nitrous boost activating when out of gear
  
• Players should now only open one session instead of multiple when tapping on the sponsor tree
  
• Fixed R34 gearing issue in automatic transmission
  
• Players should now be able to switch between controller and touch-screen mode when playing an event on mobile
  
• Plus other improvements and fixes to UI!
  

As always, we're super grateful for the best community EVER! (Yes, that's you!)
Keep your eyes peeled everyone... with only 3 months left of the year, as well as the festive season right around the corner, we may or may not have some exciting content planned :-)

That's all we can talk about for now, lots of love!
- Torque Drift Team

Hey again Drifters!

We’re pushing out a hotfix for some issues that we want to resolve so that y’all can get back to enjoying FD St. Louis!

[h3]Bug Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where drift battle event syncing wasn't working as intended
  (PC and Mobile should now have the same drift battle list.)
  
• Fixed issue with in-game timers that made wait times longer than they should be
  (Any timer that has already been set will remain until the timer runs out.)
  

Thanks everyone for alerting us about this, catch y'all on the track!
- Torque Drift Team