Overview
We're continuously committed to enhancing your gaming experience, and this latest update is packed with bug fixes, visual enhancements, performance improvements, and new features.
We've ramped up performance through upgraded landscape rendering and optimizations, enabling smoother graphics and a more seamless gameplay. We've also addressed multiple CPU/GPU performance issues to minimize frame drops.
This update brings a more intuitive UI, with track difficulty icons, and an aesthetic overhaul of the landscapes in Novice Challenges. For those craving a addditional challenge, we're excited to introduce a new intermediate challenge track, "Ramp Jump", ready for you to conquer.
Additionally, we've added enhanced ambient rain sounds and a new audio cue for missed checkpoints. You can also monitor your progress with our new gameplay statistics feature.
Lastly, we've resolved several bugs, including the off-center bike respawn issue and irregularities with the multiplayer menu screen.
Release Notes
🆕 New Content
- New Intermediate Challenge Track - "Ramp Jump": Gear up for an adrenaline-pumping ride with the newly added challenge track "Ramp Jump". Push your biking skills to the limit with this thrilling new addition to our list of challenges.
🛠️ Bug Fixes
- Off-center Bike after Respawn: The issue causing the bike to incorrectly reposition after respawn has been rectified, ensuring a seamless experience.
- Menu - Multiplayer: The Multiplayer menu screen tiles have been fixed, eliminating the unwanted display of the selected border.
⚙️ Improvements
- Menu - Track Difficulty Icons: The UI now includes a new feature displaying track difficulty with distinct icons.
- Novice Challenges - Landscape Visual Overhaul: Novice Challenge (desert) landscapes have been transformed for a more immersive gaming experience.
🚀 Performance
- Landscape Rendering: The use of an adaptive page table for landscape virtual texture has significantly improved game performance, enabling faster, smoother graphics rendering and allowing the use of higher resolution textures.
- Optimized Landscapes: Performance has been enhanced by removing invisible parts of landscapes in challenges.
- CPU/GPU Performance issues: The resolution of multiple issues causing frame drops in certain environments leads to a smoother, more seamless gaming experience.
🎮 Features
- Enhanced Sounds: New ambient rain sounds and a special audio cue for missed checkpoints have been added to heighten immersion.
- Basic Gameplay Statistics: Keep track of your performance with our new basic global metrics feature. Fundamental metrics like total distance covered and top speed achieved are now being recorded and can be viewed in the Garage menu under the Statistics screen.
We appreciate your continued support and feedback. We look forward to your thoughts and suggestions.
Enjoy the ride!