Exciting news! The Spy Update is finally here!
Inspired by thrilling events from the 70s, the spy feature lets you send a spy to another team to sabotage the opponent or steal their best parts. But be careful - if your spy is caught, you’ll face penalties!
In addition to the new features, we've made significant balance changes and enhancements. We've limited part building to one per race weekend, ramped up the aggression of AI drivers, and increased the chance of team members "partying too hard" the night before a race.
ℹ️ The Spy Update levels the playing field, helps underdog teams compete, makes late game more competitive, and provides opportunities to spend your extra budget or playfully disrupt other teams.
🎁 To mark the occasion, we're celebrating this major release with a special sale! Enjoy 20% off Golden Lap until March 20th.
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Spy Update
- the player and the AI can send a spy to another team (costs $10 per spy, up to 1 spy per weekend, up to 2 spies per season)
- the spy can copy a part design (gets you a free part)
- the spy can sabotage a part (failure results in a penalty)
- the spy can report a part with a copied design (results in a penalty for the team that stole the design)
Gameplay Improvements
- you can now build only one part per race weekend (the change will apply in a new career or after you complete one race weekend in your current career)
- AI will use high engine mode more often
- AI will occasionally push the car past its limits
- you can tune the car in Quali during red flag (send out is still after the red flag ends)
- increased chance of getting the Partied Too Hard trait in Quali or Race
- you can now cancel a pit order in Quali
UI Improvements
- long driver and team names are handled gracefully
- all retiring team members who participated in current or previous seasons will be included in the retiring members summary at the end of the season
- added a Points column in race results screen
- updated icons for track traits
- added a link to the Golden Lap Booklet in main menu > extras
Localization Improvements
- improved localizations for German, French and Turkish
- resolved issues with localization text not fitting in buttons or tooltips
Mod Improvements
- mod debug now checks the number of free drivers in the mod and returns a warning if there are too few
- you can now disable driver deaths
- you can now set the career decade to start in a year between 1900 and 9989
Bug Fixes
- fixed an issue where AI drivers with puncture won't pit sometimes
- fixed various issues with car speed and position in standings during yellow and red flags
- fixed issues with sponsor challenges not clearing in certain cases
- fixed issues with music and ambient sfx not playing in certain cases
- weather overlay and effects now load correctly in career dashboard and preseason
- sponsor challenge summary after a race now shows the correct sponsor logo (instead of STOPPE)
- fixed sfx for cars passing near pit lane on Schwarzwaldring
- fixed issues with performance values of newly build parts seen in pre-season