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Good Evening Pilots!

We’re proud to announce that update 1.2.0 for Formula Fusion is now released! We’ve been working hard here in sunny Middlesbrough killing bugs and optimizing performance to bring you an updated build. Our Discord channel has a growing, active & friendly community which is always ready to tear up the track!

https://discord.gg/HmRQ8pU

We’re working on more tracks, craft and weapons in the background and they’re looking great. We need to keep these in the studio until they’re all ready for release. We are still in talks with an investor/publisher for porting to consoles but development continues in the meantime. Unfortunately the closest date we have for consoles is sometime 2018.
We thank you for your support and patience.

Patch 1.2.1:

• Fixed an issue which caused multiplayer Endurance & Elimination to end after 3 laps.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused the lap counter in Endurance to read -1
  

Patch 1.2.0:
New stuff:

• Split times have been added to every track and to the HUD for Race events.
  
• Added base black skins for all craft.
  
• HUD now displays indicators for Mag Lock sections and Splitstreaming.
  
• New shadow system, better looking shadows all round and more efficient too!
  
• Elimination is no longer based on completing laps, instead it now sports a funky new timer, don't be in last place when it hits zero!
  
• Multiplayer now supports Speed Lap, Elimination & Endurance game modes.
  
• Multiplayer Race, Clean Race & Speed Lap now have a "countdown to race end" timer which begins when half of the players have finished.
  
• Multiplayer results screen now has a "countdown to return to lobby" timer which begins when all players have finished the event.
  
• When crossing the finish line in multiplayer, players now turn into spectators until all racers have finished, then the results sequence begins!
  
• Spectators now see the entire race hud for the player they are spectating.
  
• Clicking on a player's name in the player overview section of the lobby will now open up the player's Steam Profile page.
  
• Opening the steam overlay in single player events will now pause the game.
  
• AI pilots now have unique avatars relevent to their teams.
  

Changes:

• Midtown
  
  
  
  • Track mesh has been cleaned up.
    
  • Cleaned up Lighting & Shadows.
    
  • Cleaned up a couple of inefficient materials.
    
  • Cleaned up a couple of inefficient meshes around the track.
    
  • Tweaked AI race line to improve AI times.
    
• Fiyah! Fury
  
  
  
  • Added a train to the ravine.
    
  • Cleaned up a couple of inefficient materials.
    
  • Cleaned up Lighting & Shadows.
    
  • Added animated excavators around the track.
    
  • Track mesh has been cleaned up.
    
  • Fixed up some problematic collision areas around the track.
    
  • Cleaned up Night Lighting.
    
  • Cleaned up a couple of inefficient meshes around the track.
    
• Freeway
  
  
  
  • Cleaned up Lighting & Shadows.
    
  • Added collision volumes to some problematic areas on mirrored variants.
    
• El Muro
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• Cleaned up the shanty buildings & materials.
  
• Track mesh has been cleaned up.
  
• Cleaned up Lighting & Shadows.
  
• Cleaned up a couple of inefficient materials.
  
• Cleaned up a couple of inefficient meshes around the track.
  

Mannahatta

• Added flying cars around the city.
  
• Added animated assets to some rooftops visible from the track.
  
• Cleaned up Lighting & Shadows.
  
• Bloom no longer devours the entire screen, you can see again now at night with the tank equipped!
  
• Cleaned up a couple of inefficient meshes around the track.
  
• Reduced the amount of rain by 75%.
  

Atlas Torres

• Added a couple of cosmetic flags around the track.
  
• Cleaned up Lighting & Shadows.
  

Niagara

• Track mesh has been cleaned up.
  
• Added a couple of animated assets to the underground tunnel.
  
• Fixed a couple of meshes from clipping along the waterfall & underwater tunnels.
  
• Cleaned up a couple of inefficient meshes around the track.
  

Trans Atol

• Cleaned up Lighting & Shadows.
  
• Fixed up some problematic collision areas around the track.
  
• Cleaned up a couple of inefficient meshes around the track.
  

Garage

• Reworked lighting effects to be more atmospheric.
  

Disabling video billboards has been changed to disable all video assets, this may help reduce loading times for players with slow hard drives.
Build version number in the settings menu now contains time and date of the build.
Tutorial menu now displays the menu path correctly.
Race setup now supports up to 999 laps.
Reduced airbrake drag for the F4000 class.
Energy Bolt base tracking raised by 10%
Energy Bolt base speed raised by 23%
Dragon top speed reduced by 6km/h
Dragon acceleration reduced slightly.
Reduced initial impulse of boost charge on all craft.
Lobby details now displays if collisions are disabled for Clean Race.
Tweaks to collision settings on walls to stop craft getting "glued" to walls.
Gauss cannon will now target mines aswell as other craft.
'Double Drop' card for Mines now reduces damage by 30% instead of 20%.


Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug causing the music selection screen in the settings menu causing a slight stall when opening.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused one of Mannahatta's loading screens to be blank.
  
• Cleaned up a couple of inefficient materials which were used globally across all tracks.
  
• Leaderboard widgets no longer display 1st position twice.
  
• Campaign & Multiplayer events no longer set lap times for F4000 speed classes when not in that speed class.
  
• Fixed a bug in the main menu which caused an average 10-15fps drop at all times.
  
• Fixed a bug which sometimes caused the Map Voting videos to not display correctly.
  
• Fixed a bug which sometimes caused the Map Voting display to not appear at all.
  
• Fixed a bug which stopped the "Hide HUD" option in the settings menu from working.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused craft headlights to constantly cast high resolution shadow maps even when the headlights were turned off.
  
• Fixed a crash which happens whent the post-race sequence is left running for a long period of time.
  
• Changing selected craft in the lobby will now un-ready the player.
  
• Changing the game mode in the lobby race setup menu will now correctly reset Collision/Loadouts enabled options.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused the map vote to be difficult to see your current selection when all maps had recieved a vote.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused post-race AI to not work correctly for clients in multiplayer.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused the controller to vibrate like crazy after a client has finished an event in multiplayer.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused the spectator cameras to shake after a client has finished an event in multiplayer.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused Ghost data to be recorded when the game is paused causing huge ghost files.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused an fps drop when completing a lap in Time Trial.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused the "back" UI sound to be played when navigating through cards.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused the "confirm" UI sound to ignore UI sound settings.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused the Main Menu ambient music to ignore the music volume setting.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused the track arrows on Altas Torres to face the wrong way.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused the Energy Bolt to steer in the wrong direction when fired backwards down a track.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused the manual camera in the skin/loadout selection screens when in the lobby from not working.
  
• Fixed a bug for spectator mode to sometimes display the incorrect lap count of the player you are spectating.
  
• Fixed a bug which sometimes caused the Main Menu to lose all UI when failing to join a lobby.
  
• Fixed a bug which sometimes caused the lobby to lose all ambient sounds.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused speed lap results to be incorrect for the last player to cross the finish line.
  

Known Issues:

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Good Evening Pilots!

Just a small patch to address a handful of issues in yesterdays update.

• Fixed an issue which caused the Razer Vixen skin to not appear in the garage.
  
• Fixed an issue causing a second Razer Voxel skin to appear which didn't do anything.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused all Razer skins to have their craft name.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused certain skins to appear even though they weren't unlocked.
  
• Map Voting in the lobby is now much less intrusive.
  
• Fixed an issue causing Smoke Bomb to constantly show up as being removed when returning to the main menu.
  
• Leaderboard times are now uploaded in Race and Speed Lap instead of just in Time Trail.
  

If you're struggling to find an online race to join you may want to consider joining the official discord channel here: https://discord.gg/HmRQ8pU

Have fun & see you on the track!

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.
  

Good Evening Pilots!

Build 1.0.168 is now live, here are the patch notes!

Changes

• Added "Automatically detect settings" to the settings menu.
  
• Added camera shake effect when taking damage, can be tweaked in settings.
  
• Added music selection screen to main menu so you can disable tracks you don't like. (temporary placement)
  
• New Oforia music pack, 8 tracks.
  
• New Dub Fx music pack, 13 tracks.
  
• Python BOOST constant increased.
  
• Craft rebalancing.
  
• Reblance of Tech Credit rewards for completing events.
  

Weapons

• Weapons now cause some visual effects to happen when being hit.
  
• Smoke Bomb effect tweaks.
  
• Energy Bolt visuals tweaked.
  
• Weapons no longer have enforced Utility/Offensive. You can now choose any weapon in any slot.
  
• Weapon slots have 2 upgrade slots each.
  
• Utility Weapons now have upgrade cards.
  
• Removed Flares.
  
• Removed Energy Leach.
  
• Energy Bolts lifetime increased to 5 seconds from 3.
  
• Shockwave should now apply impulses correctly in multiplayer.
  
• Tank rework, tank now grants weapon damage immunity.
  

Skins

• Shark Skins.
  
• Pixel Skins.
  
• The Beast Trail.
  
• Samurai Skins.
  
• Wonderkind Skins.
  
• HotRod Skins.
  
• OkMen Skins.
  

Bug Fixes

• Bug fix to stop "Waiting for Players" to sometimes persist after race starts.
  
• Updated a couple of icons that still used the placeholder icon.
  
• Fixed a gate that was clipping through the track on Fiyah! Fury.
  
• Performance fix to rain effect on track textures.
  
• Fixed a bad mesh that was out of place on Fiyah! Fury.
  
• Fixed a bad kill volume that was clipping through the track on Mannahatta.
  
• Performance increases to multiple textures in the game.
  
• Fixes to The Beast on Trans Atol Reverse.
  
• Fixed some bad splines in Atlas Torres & Freeway.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused player stats to not record Shots Fired correctly.
  
• Performance fixes to various particle systems.
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause "Card NONE has been removed" to be displayed when returning to main menu & the "Fromula" typo.
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause the Loading Screen to not be displayed when joining a lobby from a steam invite.
  
• Fixed a bug that would cause Mannahatta's lighting levels to be blinding on low settings.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused controllers to vibrate constantly on Endurance mode.
  
• Fixed a boost pad on Mannahatta that was clipping into the track.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused disabled collisions in clean race to not work.
  
• Fixed a bug which would cause the campaign to say "102%" when completed.
  
• Fixed a bug in the garage which would occasionally cause a crash when changing cards.
  
• Fixed a bug in the main menu which would occasionally cause a crash.
  
• Perfomance fixed to Niagara.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused rebinding analogue controls to become digital.
  
• Default FPS cap is now unlimited with Vsync enabled. (will only affect first time installation).
  
• Fixed a kill volume on Fiyah! Fury which was clipping through the track.
  
• Fixed a bug which would cause you to get stuck at the results screen of The Beast event.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused time trail ghosts to be recorded in all game modes.
  
• Tweaked the resolution of the team videos in campaign.
  
• Fixed perfect lap in multiplayer. Perfectionist Achievement is now attainable.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the "Shield Low" & "Health Low" notifications to not work correctly in multiplayer.
  
• Performance fix to audio effects.
  
• Fixed a bug which would sometimes cause the event banner at the start of a race to not close correctly.
  
• Fixed a bug which caused BOOST audio to play indefinitely sometimes.
  
• Fixed a bug causing the UI to flicker when two racers get the same time on Speed Lap.
  

Known Issues:

• Mannahatta track texture is bugged, will be fixed in a coming patch.
  
• when returning to a lobby sometimes skins aren't applied correctly. Changing craft fixes this.
  

The leaderboards have been wiped for this update. This may happen again over the coming week or two, once we start the official racing seasons we will begin storing leaderboards on the Formula Fusion website.

We hope you all enjoy the update, see you on the track!