Synth Riders News

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• A bug which caused misses to be graded as poor hits has been fixed.
  
• New Visuals setting allows disabling of the red vignette particle effect seen when missing a note or hitting a wall.
  
• Practice mode now works correctly again on Quest
  
• Practice mode correctly grades your performance on song completion.
  

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official discord server (Invite: http://discord.synthridersvr.com). Please use #bugs-report to make sure that we see your feedback.

If you want to support the development of Synth Riders, we really appreciate reviews left on the Steam/Oculus Store!

Hey Riders,

We’re into the final week of Synthtober Fest, our month-long celebration to mark 12 months since Synth Riders left Early Access and was released for the Oculus Quest! You can find out all the details of events here: https://synthridersvr.com/fest/

(Still not riding those synths on a Quest 2 and would like to? You can enter our Gleam draw to win one here: https://gleam.io/EaGcj/synthtober)

A New Master Difficulty Map for “Revenger”
As a part of continuing to complete our Cyberpunk Pack, you’ll find that “Revenger” by F.O.O.L. is out for revenge, now with a new Master difficulty added!

Advanced Graphics Controls - Now With Obstacle Controls! (Quest only)
Quest players, have you ever played “Phoenix” by Raizer and noticed the stacks of obstacles vanishing? This “obstacle despawn” effect cuts down stacked identical obstacles which helps to keep the game running smoothly for players on Quest. However with the enhanced abilities of the Quest 2, and the ability to tune advanced graphics settings in game now, we’re offering Quest players more detailed control of this despawn effect.

In Settings > Visuals > Advanced Graphics Settings you can now dial up (or down) the walls on the Quest 1 and 2, and even disable “cosmetic” walls entirely! Our algorithm spots walls which do not impact on the game play area and are used mainly to add to the atmosphere (such as the overhead wall tunnels in “Phoenix”), and then these can be turned off to improve performance.

100% Perfect Hits? That’s Incredible!
Now that we’ve seen players getting a perfect hit on every note in a song, we’ve added a special “Incredible” message seen on song completion, and those have their scores marked on the leaderboard with gold lightning bolts. We’ve also improved the accuracy stats percentages display to show decimal places.

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Larger font used to display the in-game News and Updates on PCVR.
  
• Keyboard trigger for color change disabled (thanks cronoiserich).
  
• Sorting songs by “Newest” working as expected again (thanks everyone).
  
• Quest 2 note jump speed limited to 2x due to performance issues encountered at 3x.
  
• Note values updated on Modifier Selection screen.
  

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official discord server (Invite: http://discord.synthridersvr.com). Please use #bugs-report to make sure that we see your feedback.

If you want to support the development of Synth Riders, we really appreciate reviews left on the Steam/Oculus Store!

[h3]Come Children of the Night, rise up to meet our Halloween Challenger, SteveKnows who has crept onto the Leaderboard in the dead of night, and set a score for you to beat - if you dare![/h3]

This week's Challenges are all Halloween Themed with some of the best OST tracks to get you into the spirit but to be in on the top 3 prizes this week ghoul need to look for Steve's specific challenge for Vampirevania.

Get a top 3 place before the challenge closes on November 3rd to win $25, $50, or $75, and remember that you can also win one of 4 x $50 for taking part in at least one Featured Challenge every week in October. More details and rules can be found here.

"Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand;
Riders play to get top scores and terrorise the leaderboards.
The more you practice on the song, your accuracy.. rises -
For no mere mortal can resist.. the Challenges.. and prizes!"

This week's winners and upcoming challenges will be announced on our Twitter and Facebook. Make sure to follow!



[h3]Join our Gleam giveaway to win the Oculus Quest 2 headset:
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[h3]And stay tuned for more #Synthtober activities coming soon:[/h3]

[h3]Synthtober Fest celebration continues! We're thrilled to invite you for a challenge created by a fantastic mixed reality creator - Naysy! You can play it now until October 27th.[/h3]

We’ve asked some of your favorite VR YouTubers to each set a Featured Challenge for you during Synthtober. The third challenge, coming from Naysy, is now live. Jump in now to play a song and modifiers chosen by Naysy and to try to beat her score!

You can win $25, $50, or $75 for placing top scores in the challenge! You can also win 4 x $50 for taking part in at least one Featured Challenge every week in October. More details and rules can be found here: https://synthridersvr.com/synthtober-contest

This week's winners and upcoming challenges will be announced on our Twitter and Facebook. Make sure to follow!



[h3]Join our Gleam giveaway to win the Oculus Quest 2 headset:
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[h3]And stay tuned for more #Synthtober activities coming soon:[/h3]

[h3]Hey Riders, we are excited to announce that Synth Riders is now part of a brand-new "Perfect Hit VR Bundle" along with Eleven Table Tennis and Thrill of the Fight![/h3]

This is a cross-publisher bundle that combines exciting gameplay with intense movement, allowing you to smash, soar, and spar your way to Perfect Hits!

Thanks to the bundle, you can grab all three games with a 20 percent discount. The bundle is flexible, so if you own one or two of the games included, you can still complete your collection saving 20 percent on the missing games.

https://youtu.be/zmr75_6Lu_Y
We are big fans of Eleven Table Tennis and The Thrill of The Fight and believe these are the perfect titles for the Synth Riders community to discover.

[h3]>>Here's a link to the bundle<<[/h3]

[h3]About the included games:[/h3]

Eleven Table Tennis is the ultimate Table Tennis simulator serving up realistic physics and thrilling fast-paced matches against an AI opponent or other players in multiplayer.

The Thrill of the Fight is the boxing game that delivers an authentic fight experience against a roster of AI fighters who will test your fitness, coordination, and strategy in the ring.