Hello everyone!
I've been working really hard over April and into May to bring you this latest update to TRF, with the longest changelog yet!
The major changes are:
Cops & Racers game mode added.
5 New Tracks added.
Extra objects to place in the editor.
Gamepad support in the Track Editor
32-bit Support Removed, the game now requires a 64-bit OS.
Online play has been removed.
A ton of bug fixes.
The removal of online play was a sad moment for me, but the content I was able to add because of its removal was worth it in my opinion, and I think the majority of the players will benefit from it.
Here are the full patch notes for this release:
2021-013 (11-05-2021):
From this point onwards TRF requires a 64-bit OS. 32-bit may be able to continue to be unofficially supported on another branch, but you should not purchase the game unless you use a 64-bit OS.
ADD: Added a new Game Mode: Cops & Racers
ADD: Added a new Race Track: Grass Raceway 4
ADD: Added a new Race Track: Mt. Raceway 2
ADD: Added a new Race Track: Desert Oasis
ADD: Added a new Race Track: Ocean Raceway 3
ADD: Added a new Race Track: Calden Park
ADD: Added a new placeable object: Small Boost Pad.
ADD: Added 2 new tree variants: Palm Trees.
ADD: Added a new track piece: Half-length Straight.
ADD: Added the ability to choose weapon pre-sets for events: Normal, Bolts & Shields, Nitro Only, No Weapons.
ADD: Gamepad support added for the track editor.
ADD: You can now use LB/RB on an Xbox controller to navigate the level select pages.
ADD: Experimental support for spawning cars near where the previous round ended on Advanced tracks in Elimination mode. Previously you always started from the start/finish line in Elimination mode on Advanced tracks.
CHANGE: The base game engine has been updated.
CHANGE: Executable is now a 64-bit exe, not 32-bit, this brings a big improvement to performance.
CHANGE: When using Up/Down or LB/RB to change selected object in the track editor, the page will keep up with the selected objects page.
CHANGE: Boost/Slow Pads now light-up so they are more visible at night.
CHANGE: Off-road detection on 90 degree corners is slightly less forgiving again.
CHANGE: Off-road detection on 45 & 180 degree corners should be more accurate.
CHANGE: Weapon Balancing largely changed. Last is more likely to get nitros and strikes, first is more likely to get shields.
CHANGE: Improved the way that log fences detect collisions.
CHANGE: Changed how vehicles get eliminated in Elimination mode.
CHANGE: Made the camera focus on the cars quicker at the start of each round in Elimination.
CHANGE: Changed possible spawn locations for restarting an Elimination round, should produce better results.
CHANGE: Temporarily removed Team Standings table at the end of a Team event.
CHANGE: The lobby should handle correcting the number of laps better, and stop defaulting to "3" at the end of each event.
CHANGE: You can no longer use the "Sim Racing" mutator in Zen mode.
CHANGE: Improved the quality of the explosion created by meteors.
CHANGE: Improved the quality of the explosion made by vehicles exploding in Pass The Bomb.
CHANGE: AI will now attempt to reverse if they're stuck driving into a wall in Battle Arena's.
CHANGE: AI will now take slight avoiding action to avoid crashing into other cars in races.
FIX: You can now select all objects/track pieces in the track editor using Up/Down again.
FIX: Selecting car horns in car select should now work again.
FIX: Fixed a crash when saving a Neon track in the new editor.
FIX: Fixed a long-standing issue that prevented cars from finishing in sprint races at times.
FIX: You can no longer start a team-based event when all players are set to the same team.
FIX: The "Scale" options in the track editor should now be visible/invisible at the correct times.
FIX: Fixed an issue where edited terrain wouldn't be loaded for WIP maps.
FIX: Fixed an issue where terrain would be made "deeper" each time you saved and loaded a track.
FIX: Fixed an issue with Elimination mode where racers would be incorrectly eliminated.
FIX: Fixed an issue with Elimination mode which means the camera should correctly focus on the lead car more often.
FIX: Fixed an issue with Elimination mode where the AI couldn't earn points properly.
FIX: Fixed an issue where terrain would not correctly display in the lobby.
FIX: Fixed an issue where AI head/brakelights would be visible in Drift and Zen modes.
FIX: Fixed an issue where particles sometimes wouldn't appear when vehicles were eliminated in Pass The Bomb.
FIX: Fixed an issue where Boats could not move properly on Basic Tracks made in the Water environment.
FIX: Fixed an issue where vehicles would not correctly detect they were in water.
FIX: Fixed a crash when exiting a track that had a spinning hammer/bar in it.
FIX: Spinning bars/hammers will now reset to their original rotation after ending a test in the track editor.
FIX: Fixed an anti-cheat issue with one of the tracks.
FIX: Tyre screeching sounds, as well as gravel sounds, will now correctly play on Advanced Tracks.
REMOVE: Network mode has been removed.
As always, please report any bugs you find and any suggestions you have either in the forums here on Steam, or over on the TRF Discord server at: https://bit.ly/2OIgGPq
- Oliver