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Beta Build

Hey Everyone!

It's been a week since launch and it's been exciting seeing everyone's reaction to the game. Thanks for all of the bug reports and feedback. This is a BETA build that we are testing before setting it live for all players. If you could report your bugs and feedback in our beta thread

You'll need to opt-in to the "beta-beta" branch on steam by right-clicking "art of rally" in your game library and going to the "betas" tab.

Features
  • added the ability to play the previous song and next song in the playlist when in the menus (currently triggered with shoulder buttons on controller, tab on keyboard).
  • updated AI times
  • AI difficulty on normal, skilled and master increased
  • norway can be played in the Group 2 rallies in career now
  • added dither to edge of grass rendering
  • vegetation cutout shader is now toggleable in advanced graphics settings


Improvements
  • resolution should (when on auto) now preserve native ratio.
  • FXAA anti-aliasing uses the alpha channel now so it'll be even faster.
  • high and highest quality settings use FXAA instead of SMAA anti-aliasing by default
  • increased downsampling on Distance Blur
  • lowered Bloom diffusion value so it's faster
  • changed AO type to deferred from camera-space
  • renamed the counter steer factor percentages to be from 80%-280% which 100% being no change in countersteer speed
  • reduced terminal damage speed threshold by 6.66%
  • Improved Vegetation rendering


Fixes
  • sardinia 5 fences had the car cutout shader
  • photo mode saturation in Norway during Snow & Night wasn't working
  • fixed slower framerate on foggy stages
  • fixed a bug where skipping the intro to career mode text too quickly could lead to a crash
  • fixed initial auto settings not setting resolution correctly.
  • fixed bouncy haybales on Sardinia 6
  • removed achievement checking performance hit when going really fast
  • fixed incorrect livery bug
  • livery selection is now saved correctly in custom rallies


And if you've enjoyed the game so far it would be great if you can leave a review on Steam!