BIG DEMO UPDATE 🙌
Hey Drivers!
We’ve just dropped a new update for the Driving Life Demo – packed with improvements, fixes, and cool new systems. All based on your amazing feedback! 🙌
Here’s what’s new:
Vehicle Damage system;
Re-imagined dialogue system;
Job system revamp;
Improvements to navigation;
Changes to settings;
This is in addition to the following improvements made since the release of the Demo;
🚧 That’s it (for now)! We’re still working hard and your feedback helps us steer in the right direction. Thank you for all your support – and keep on driving!
– The Driving Life Team
We’ve just dropped a new update for the Driving Life Demo – packed with improvements, fixes, and cool new systems. All based on your amazing feedback! 🙌
Here’s what’s new:
Vehicle Damage system;
- Vehicles will now take damage when crashing above 20MPH and such crash will no longer result in instant gameover.
- Vehicle UI now features a damage meter and the vehicle will gradually emit smoke as, damage rises.
- Too much damage will total the car, which will then need to be towed.
- There will be repair shops in the full version of the game, but for now towing also repairs the car.
Re-imagined dialogue system;
- New dialogue system allows for skipping and closing dialogue.
- NPC Speech now part of the UI and no longer based on bubbles above the NPC heads.
Job system revamp;
- Job giver NPC might now call player as soon as card is given. (NPC used to call on the next day after card was given)
- Objective tracking system with detailed instructions for each step.
- Jobs now always begin and end by talking to the job giver NPC.
- Addition of grabbing system : certain jobs now require you to manipulate objects and actually transport them in vehicles.
- Tourist Transport, Flatbed Delivery and Restaurant Delivery jobs reworked and featuring new objectives.
- New post office job, find Lisa in Samuelton to apply.
Improvements to navigation;
- new signs placed on the side of the road indicate the direction to towns.
- street name signs and directions signs now visible from further away and in a more consistent radius.
Changes to settings;
- Steering wheel mapping should now be more straightforward and should now save. (still no support for combined pedals, sorry)
- "Window" settings should now reflect actual setting and should now save.
- Improved readability of driving tips and driver UI.
This is in addition to the following improvements made since the release of the Demo;
- Simple Transmission mode (no clutch + semi-automatic shifting)
- Invert camera options (in the gameplay section of the settings screen)
- Camera sensitivity options (in the gameplay section of the settings screen)
- FSR 3.1 can now be enabled. (in the video section of the settings screen)
- Fully customizable controls (Keyboard and gamepad rebind screens in the controls section of the settings screen)
- Mouse shifting (Can control the gear shift lever directly with the mouse or thumbstick)
🚧 That’s it (for now)! We’re still working hard and your feedback helps us steer in the right direction. Thank you for all your support – and keep on driving!
– The Driving Life Team