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Not only are we releasing the major australia DLC later today, but there's also a huge update to the base game full of fixes and quality of life improvements that is live right now - check it out below!
Changelog
improvements
- performance improvements for long sessions and when multi-tasking (e.g. alt+tab)
- stability improvements for vegetation renderer indirect
- framerate is no longer capped at 230 fps
- custom rallies can now have up to 12 stages
- windows on some houses and boats now glow at night
- unlocked songs remain unlocked after resetting collectibles
- last visited free roam stage is remembered
- various improvements to ghost selection
- added “total time” to stage post-finish menu in multiple stage rallies
- career and custom rally overall results now support times longer than 1 hour (single stage results still cap at 59.59.999)
- free roam views are easier to activate and can be activated by holding the button while passing through the trigger area
- added extra checks for unlocking freeroam stages and some achievements
- improved controller button glyphs position in enter/exit View prompts
fixes
- prevented tires from clipping through road on some stages
- prevented various bugs that could be triggered by a terminal damage crash
- fixed various issues with saving and loading rally progress and car condition
- various fixes to ghost selection in menus and leaderboard interaction
- fixed a bug where some ghosts show the wrong vehicle (may not apply retroactively to existing ghosts)
- retired AI now remains retired even after resuming saved rally
- best time in post-finish menu shows correct locally saved best time when offline or when privacy policy is declined
- recover car near finish gates no longer triggers multiple time penalties
- skidmarks are cleared when entering free roam views and when recovering car
- fixed issues with vehicle placement in free roam views
- fixed il gorilla e1 wheel texture issues when changing liveries
- fixed issues with wheel texture on some ghosts (e.g. le 504, the fujin, little monkey)
- camera effects no longer remain active outside photo mode during a replay
- controller vibration stops after restarting stage or recovering car
- player selected audio settings are reapplied after disconnecting headphones / earbuds
- fixed a bug causing screenshot names to use a 12-hour format in rare cases
- fixed guardrail collider in farschewiler
- fixed reset zone and prop issues in lake nakuru
- fixed house texture issues in norway and kenya
- reduced water foam under bridges on some stages
- fixed rare leaderboard UI issue in post-finish menu
- fixed rare terminal damage UI issue in post-finish menu
- fixed issues with fonts for Chinese, Japanese and Korean (incl. rendering on Steam Deck)
- retired leaderboard entries can no longer be used as custom ghosts
- rich presence fixes for Steam and Discord
- dynamic resolution option removed for Vulkan, as it’s not supported
- vegetation renderer indirect option removed for Vulkan, as it’s not supported
If you've enjoyed the game over the years and can spare a moment for a review it's much appreciated!
