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UPDATE 1.1.176 (22/08/17)

New stuff:

  • Lobby overhaul:
    • Can now access skin builder in lobby.
    • Host can now change game settings from the lobby.
    • UI has been reworked slightly to accomodate new options.
    • Fixed a couple of performance issues when looking at other players.
  • New Help section, containing various short tutorial videos to help new players understand the core mechanics of the game and its UI.
  • Mirrored track variants for both Forward, Reverse, Night & Day.
  • Added support for DLC skins (looking at you Kickstart & Test Pilots!)
  • Added black backdrop for settings menu to help readability.
  • Added slipstreaming!
  • Spectator Mode now displays a HUD for the player you're viewing or basic info in cinematic mode.
  • New tether animation effect.
  • New toggle interface in track selection screen for variants.
  • New TDR skins.
  • Community music pack.
  • New weapon behaviour cards for each weapon.
  • Tech Credits are now displayed in the main menu.


Changes:
  • Increased the max allowed distance from the track.
  • Updated incompatibilities on weapon cards.
  • Craft Death Sequence has recieved a slight make-over.
  • Updated a couple of card descriptions in the Garage.
  • New sky boxes in some tracks to be more efficient.
  • Added L3 and R3 icons for the remap menu.
  • The Beast's difficulty has been slightly lowered.
  • Added static images to the track select menu, no more black boxes!
  • Improved AI behaviour to be much more dynamic.
  • Removed a couple of boostpads on Atlas Torres.
  • Mine base damage reduced from 30 to 15.
  • Cluster Bomb base damage increased from 8 to 12.
  • Increased Sabre's top speed by 6km/h.
  • Increased Dragon's base acceleration.
  • Increased Dragon's top speed by 12km/h.
  • Increased Vixen's base acceleration.
  • Increased Vixen's top speed by 6km/h.
  • Increased Vixen's BOOST effect.
  • craft respawn time lowered from 5s to 2.5s
  • Mouse cursor is now hidden when controller is being used.
  • Music selection has been moved to the settings menu.


Bug fixes:
  • Fixed an issue causing the arrows on track textures to be displayed the wrong way round.
  • Fixed an issue causing Mannahatta's track texture to be miscoloured.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented ghost crafts being rendered in Time Trial.
  • Fixed some performance issues in El Muro's environment.
  • Fixed some performance issues in Atlas Torres.
  • Fixed an issue which caused incompatible cards for weapons to be shown in slot 2.
  • Fixed a performance issue when networked clients crafts were destroyed.
  • Fixed a performance issue which affected most of the weapon particle systems.
  • Fixed an issue which caused some particle systems to be CPU reliant instead of GPU.
  • Fixed a performance issue in Freeway.
  • Fixed a performance issue with the clouds in Atlas Torres.
  • Fixed an issue which was preventing Mannahatta's rain to be displayed correctly.
  • Fixed an issue which would cause performance problems for a Host when a player left a race early.
  • Dragon & Voxel Garuda skin and trail now display the correct icons.
  • Fixed an issue which caused the in-game settings menu to not render correctly.
  • Fixed an issue which caused the destruction camera to not follow the craft correctly when playing as a client in multiplayer.
  • Fixed an issue which caused the card selection window to glitch out when using a controller and the mouse cursor was hovering over the element.
  • Fixed an issue which caused the game to crash after completing the tournament with The Beast.
  • Fixed an issue which caused the game to crash after completing any campaign event after scoring Gold in every event.
  • Fixed a performance issue in the sparks particle effect.
  • Fixed a performance issue with the Gauss Cannon particle effect.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented loading screens from showing when joining lobbies with a password.
  • Removed some misplaced kill zones in Midtown Trafik.
  • Fixed an issue with the Python wallriding on Fiyah! Fury.
  • Fixed an issue that caused tournaments to say 0/6 events completed regardless of progress.
  • "Homebound" by Kraedt now plays the correct track instead of playing "Sound Of Speed" by Some Primate.
  • Fixed a bug that would cause the game to crash under cetain criteria for spectators.
  • Fixed a bug which caused the camera to snap to the wrong orientation on a section of Midtown.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented loading screens from displaying correctly for clients when returning to the Lobby.
  • Fixed a bug which sometimes caused the results screen to hang around in the lobby for clients.
  • Fixed an issue which sometimes caused energy bolts to attach to the player which fired them when using a sticky upgrade.
  • Fixed a bug which would sometimes crash the host when a player left a multiplayer game during a race.


Known Bugs:
  • Spectator mode UI goes a bit strange sometimes when a race finishes.