Beta 3.3 - Time Trial highlight, UX / UI and performance

11 May 2021Developer post

KEY FEATURES

All multiplayer modes have been deactivated until further notice. The main mode, Time Trial, now allows players to register their score without connecting to a server. The leaderboard of each track are highlighted and can be displayed in many areas.
Due to working progress with the new leaderboard system, global ranking is disabled until the next update.
Visualize top ranked of friend players simply and directly inside the game. To each leaderboard entry is linked the vehicle used by the player and the ghost of the player ahead of you will be displayed when racing.
The main menu has been entirely redone, all menus and game modes are gathered and accessible from a single panel.
UI elements have been reviewed in all screens, becoming more effective and homogeneous.

[UX] The ghost of the player ahead of you in the leaderboard is displayed during the race
[UI] Button to access leaderboards from the Pause menu
[UI] Current track leaderboard displayed in the vehicle selection menu
[UI] Current track leaderboard displayed at the end of a race
[UI] Putting forward tracks that have not been played yet
[UI] The player can now choose which controller he wants to use by changing it in a list inside the "Controls" tab of the Options menu
[UI] Change view button displayed at the bottom left of the screen
[Performance] Occlusion culling added to the environments, boosting FPS, particularly on city

[Vehicles] All vehicle colliders have been reviewed
[UX-Vehicles] Vehicle colldiers are now precisly taken into account when validating checkpoints
[UX] The default visual quality is now "High"
[UX] Blurred background in the vehicle selection menu
[UX] All medal ghosts are now displayed except the author one, displayed when the gold medal has been beaten
[UX] MSAA deactivated by default for all graphics profiles
[UX] City spawn location moved in free mode
[UX] The tutorial is now on city and all actions are displayed from the beginning
[Environments] New characters added in the city environment
[Environments] The snow hut interior inside Adventure has been redone
[UI] The end of race menu has been redone
[UI] The vehicle selection menu has been slightly changed
[UI] Gradients in vehicle selection menu changed
[UI] UI elements when racing have been moved
[UI] Changed initiation episode icon
[UI] Texts displaying "beta" have been replaced with "early access"
[UI] Condition to unlock a track are now more clearly displayed
[UI] The number of medals possessed by the player is now directly displayed below the track list
[UI] The transition animations when changing episodes un Time Trial have been reviewed
[UI] Changed the lap indicator image at the bottom right during a race
[UI] The loading screen has been slightly modified
[UI] Buttons to access inventory have been removed
[Graphics] Shadow distance have been changed for all graphics profiles

[Tracks] The number of medals needed to unlock Train Station has been changed
[Tracks] The number of medals needed to unlock Saloon 2 has been changed
[Tracks] The number of medals needed to unlock Saloon 3 has been changed
[Tracks] The track to unlock Around The Block was not set properly
[Environments] Some city objects and colliders have been reviewed
[UI] A medal was sometimes displayed next to the current time even if the track had never been finished
[UI] Coming back to the main menu after a misc track now goes to the correct category
[UI] Unlock track condition "Finish track X" was not translated
[Steam] The achievement when finishing the tutorial was not given
[UX] The track guide was sometimes visible when the option was deactivated
[Dev] Unity updated to latest 2020 LTS version