Hey riders! This update is packed with fresh challenges, a new progress tracking menu, and some visual and performance improvements. We’ve also made some fine-tuning, optimized materials, and fixed some bugs and more. Check out the details below.
Release Notes:
🆕 New Content
- Flying Caver Elite Challenge Track: New Elite tier challenge track set deep in the caves. Packed with dangerous jumps, high-speed sections, and twisty corners. Can you fly thru unscathed?
- Mad Man's Road Speedy Challenge Track: Test your precision and speed on this smooth, fast-flowing challenge track with winding turns and narrow jumps.
🕹️ Enhancements
- Free Play & Challenges Completion Progress Screen: A brand-new menu screen in Garage was added that helps you track your completion progress across Free Play and Challenges.
- Speedy Environment Improvements: Enhanced landscapes with better grass, improved generated geometry, and smoother terrain blending for improved visuals in environment for Speedy tier challenge tracks.
- Material Improvements: Various materials were tweaked for better visuals and performance.
- Credits & EULA Update: Updated a few sections in the credits and EULA.
🛠️ Fixes & Optimizations
- Steering Fix: Fixed an issue where players and NPCs couldn’t fully turn left. Bikes now steers evenly in both directions, improving control and balance.
- Performance Optimizations: Tweaked core settings, optimized textures, and made other refinements to improve stability and performance.
- Shadow Blob Temporary Disabled: Shadow blobs under dynamic objects like bikes and animals have been temporarily disabled. These were causing major hitches for many players, so we’ve removed them while working on a better solution to ensure smoother gameplay.
- PSO Tweaks: Made some adjustments to shader compilation to boost performance.
That’s it for this update. We hope you enjoy the new challenges and improvements. As always, let us know what you think and keep shredding.
Enjoy your ride! 🚵♂️