Update 0.7 - Now Available!

Update 0.7 - Now Available!

Highlights

New Property

• You can now purchase a new building with 16 parking spaces.

New Business

• Own your own business and earn an additional source of income.

Final Event (First Stage)

• Players can now complete the game and access its first ending, even while development continues.

• Important: This is only the first stage of the final event and will be expanded in future updates.

AI & Police

Police

• Fixed an issue where police could lose track of the player during pursuits (still under validation).

• Various improvements to police AI.

• Added a new police vehicle variation.

• Optimized police lightbar effects.

• Improved the police arrest system.

• Adjusted traffic and police vehicle spawn rates.

• Reduced police vehicles zigzagging.

• Improved overall police AI performance.

Police Roadblocks

• Initial implementation has begun.

  Currently not a development priority.

AI Racing

• Fixed AI collision issues.

• Improved AI cornering.

• Fixed incorrect waypoint selection (still under validation).

• Improved racer randomization.

• Added Tuning Parts to street racers (under validation).

World & Gameplay

• Added ambulances that rescue run-over pedestrians and return them to the hospital.

• GPS is no longer required for Drift Challenges.

• Added termite mounds throughout the map.

• Various improvements to the jobs system.

• While a job is active, other activities and icons will no longer be displayed.

• Updated marketplace pedestrians.

• Removed duplicate pedestrians from the marketplace.

• Added tire pressure adjustment at gas stations.

• The player's car now starts at a random location when beginning a new game.

• Added wet asphalt effects during rain.

• Added a World Cup reference in the favela.

• Adjusted pedestrian positions in several interiors.

• Fixed incorrect wheel positioning.

• Grass now bends when vehicles drive over it (under validation).

• Improved tutorial cone generation.

• Improved scene audio playback.

• Firecracker sounds in the favela now only play when police are nearby.

• Fixed several audio clips that could continuously loop.

HUD & Interface

• Fixed Drift Challenge rewards not appearing in notifications.

• Removed Drift messages appearing during unrelated activities.

• Fixed Job HUD (progress, timer and quantity).

• Permanently fixed a HUD visual issue.

• Temporarily removed the nighttime HUD glow.

• Added BOV gauge support for compatible speedometers.

• Improved workshop music transitions.

• Added save compatibility information.

• Added new in-game status indicators.

• Fixed HUD appearing during the tutorial and cutscenes.

• Updated tutorial texts.

• Improved the loading bar.

• Fixed loading percentage display.

• Improved the long loading message.

• Improved reflections on several windows.

• Re-enabled the Weather App with a new interface.

• Added new graphics settings (now a total of 8 options).

• Fixed a freeze when opening the Graphics Menu.

• Added a button to access the LAF/BDQ Manual.

• Added a button to view the latest game news.

Vehicles & Customization

• Added a functional Car Wash.

• Implemented the vehicle dirt system.

• Added the Multimedia Center upgrade.

• Fixed visual issues caused by broken windows.

• Fixed incorrect speaker texture loading after loading a save.

• Added a Score system for vehicle parts.

• Added the ability to attempt starting a broken engine.

• Improved off-road antenna movement.

• Adjusted headlight intensity.

• Adjusted brake light intensity (now changes depending on day or night).

• Started tuning the Del Valle vehicle physics (under validation).

• Updated the damage system based on vehicle category and value.

• Fixed transmission after entering Drag Races.

• Fixed delayed gear shifting caused by vehicle condition.

• Adjusted fuel tank capacities.

• Added wheel size customization in the Tuning Shop.

• Added the Lowride preset.

• Updated preset values.

• Added categories to the License Shop for future features.

  (Players who skip the tutorial can now purchase the PPD license.)

Optimization & Systems

• Optimized the logging system.

• Fixed interior pedestrian physics.

• Updated project packages.

• Fixed internal references.

• Rebuilt Occlusion Culling for all scenes.

• Improved system integration.

• Applied DXT1 and DXT5 texture compression.

• Implemented a streaming system to improve performance.

• Removed obsolete code from the public version.

• Added an option to return to the Main Menu (under validation).

• Added a Traffic Density option.

• Optimized traffic material generation.

• Improved distant traffic performance.

• Improved save loading.

General Fixes

• Fixed duplicate water splash effects.

• Fixed incorrect road marking materials.

• Fixed teleporting to the hospital after Update 0.6.

• Fixed duplicate loan notifications.

• Fixed incorrect texture at the Sarreiro gas station.

• Possible fix for incorrect rim heating (testing).

• Possible fix for decals not appearing (testing).

• Fixed teleporting to the hospital after calling the tow truck.

• Fixed missing rain splash effects in some areas.

• Fixed player level position in the wallet.

• Fixed water entering interiors too early.

• Fixed a cursor issue caused by a null reference.

• Fixed notifications appearing behind the shop interface.

• Fixed a Localization issue that could cause crashes.

• Fixed a potential save issue when starting a new game.

• Fixed duplicate vehicle purchase on the first purchase.

• Fixed an issue inside the dealership during the first mission.

• Fixed capybara size.

• Fixed cloud fallback.

• Fixed window reflections when viewed over water.

• Fixed Terrain Dynamics behavior.

• Fixed square texture artifacts in two areas of the city.

• Fixed shop sliders resetting incorrectly after canceling changes.

• Various additional internal fixes.

⚠️ Important Notice

Saves from Version 0.6 are NOT compatible with Update 0.7.

Due to major structural changes made during development, you will need to start a new game.

If you attempt to load an old save, the game will display a compatibility warning.

❤️ Final Notes

As this is a major update, you may still encounter some bugs.

If you find any issues, please let us know. Your feedback is extremely valuable and helps us continue improving the game.

And, as tradition goes...

We've also added a bunch of brand-new bugs for us to fix in future updates. 😅

Thank you for your support, and enjoy Update 0.7!