Chasers,

We are thrilled to announce the release of 0.4.0: The World Has Evolved. This update rebuilds the world from the ground up with new vegetation, textures, terrain, lighting, and environmental detail. The update also includes several new features such as The Warden, driving improvements, modern upscaling support, new customization, and more.

WORLD OVERHAUL

Nearly every part of OUTBRK’s 625 km² world has been revisited. Forests, ground textures, terrain, lighting, and environmental composition have all been rebuilt to create a richer and more natural storm-chasing environment.

Vegetation & Terrain

• Replaced all legacy vegetation with new higher-quality, biome-specific trees and ground foliage

• Replaced ground textures throughout the world with new higher-quality materials

• Reworked forest, farm, and vegetation placement to create more natural environments and transitions between biomes

• Improved environmental composition across the world

• Optimized vegetation and rendering performance in fields and farm areas

Tree Destruction Rework

• Replaced every legacy tree model with new fully destructible models, which includes branches.

• Reworked tree-destruction behavior to reflect exact tornado strength

• Improved collision around broken trunks and fallen tree pieces, making them easier to navigate

• Removed collision from small branches on standing trees to improve off-road travel

Lighting & Shadows

• Improved environmental lighting throughout the OUTBRK world

• Improved Ambient Occlusion across the OUTBRK world

• Significantly Improved up-close and distant shadow fidelity

• Increased max shadow rendering distance from 80 to 800 meters

Map Updates

• Added a new lake and surrounding forest area POI

• Added new roads and interstate ramps

• Added additional farm areas throughout the world

• Added six new billboards to the map

• Repositioned forests and vegetation across the map

• Updated the world map and minimap to reflect the rebuilt environment

DRIVING REWORK

Vehicle handling has been overhauled across all OUTBRK vehicles. The new driving model is designed to feel more responsive, predictable, and controllable during both routine travel and quick maneuvers on tilt prone vehicles like the Hammerhead.

• Significantly improved turn control for more precise and predictable cornering

• Significantly improved overall handling, responsiveness, and stability

• Reworked vehicle acceleration and throttle response

• Reduced odds of tilting during routine operation on Hammerhead & Predator vehicles

THE WARDEN

Meet The Warden, a new fully customizable pickup truck built for chasers who want capability, space, and a commanding view of the storm.

• Added The Warden as a new playable vehicle

• Available for 500,000 OUTBUCKs

CUSTOMIZATION

The decal system has been rebuilt to support decals that can cover the entire body of a vehicle. Brand new car cosmetics were also integrated, opening the door to more detailed and expressive customization.

DECALS

• Implemented a new full-body vehicle decal system.

• Added new Cow Pattern decal

• Upgraded several decals to use the new full-body decal system

• Added several new content creator decals to the game

  • OTUS Decal

  • Max Velocity Decal

  • Stormbusters Decal

  • ND Gaming Decal

• Fixed an issue causing the flames decal to be incorrectly rotated on all vehicles

• Fixed decals not being properly affected by shadows, causing them to glow in the dark

CAR COSMETICS

• Integrated several new car cosmetics to customize on any non-unique vehicle

  • Camera: SquareCamera

  • Equipment: Mesonet3, Small & Large Anemometers

  • Protection: Chainlink HailGuard

  • Laptop: Heavy Laptop

UPSCALING

The Upscaling system has received an overhaul that now supports next generation upscaling capabilities to increase visual fidelity & performance.

• Updated the upscaling integration with support for DLSS 4, FSR 3, FSR 4, and XeSS 3

• Only upscaling methods supported by the player’s GPU are shown in the settings menu

• Added automatic GPU-Vendor detection to select best upscaler by default

• Added automatic upscaling mode selection based on users quality preset

  • Low: Performance mode

  • Medium: Balanced

  • High: Quality

  • Fantastic: Ultra Quality

LOADING SCREENS

• Added several new loading screens to the rotation, showcasing the diverse landscapes of OUTBRK’s newly overhauled world

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue causing players to get stuck on "Connecting to PlayFab" when launching game

• Fixed plexiglass panels not being lined up on Altitude windows

• Fixed numerous floating poles across the OUTBRK world

• Fixed an issue causing utility poles to duplicate numerous times during destruction

• Fixed several instances of terrain and grass clipping on roads

• Fixed "Exclusive Full Screen" being selectable despite being EOL

• Fixed outdated tester list in game credits

• Fixed missing colliders on fences, siren poles, weather stations, and car garages

• Fixed rare invisible collisions when driving offroad

• Fixed minor cracks in the terrain

• Fixed floating background mountains

• Fixed RV Scaling globally

• Fixed a road having no barrier before it ended