Update Notes
This update is mostly bug fixing, with a major donut checkpoint rework and repair drone wheel-change fixes.
Donuts now behave more like other checkpoint types. They use an initial target/static lightwall to aim for, now coloured red to make them easier to distinguish. They also have a lighthouse-style spinning beacon on top.
As you approach the donut lightwall, it moves away from you until you reach the required rotation angle. Once the target degrees are reached, the wall stops and you can pass through it.
This means old short, hairpin-style donuts will no longer work as intended. For custom stages, these should generally be replaced with an apex or one-sided lightwall. If there is enough demand, we may add a dedicated hairpin / donut / 180 checkpoint type later.
Additions
- Added a rare returning main menu music track.
- Added per-planet Free Practice time and weather defaults.
- Added more driver portraits to the UTV and EXO4 lineups.
- Added a start-line reminder when a system command input is required.
Stage & Series Changes
- Changed ARC New Earth stages to easier routes with target times.
- Changed ARC Dhool’s second stage due to too many downhill drop starts.
- Replaced the first EXO4 OTS New Earth stage with a new route.
- Increased Moon Daily stage lengths from 1–4 km to 2–5 km.
- Removed Sprint and Endurance stage categories for simplicity. Points awards are now the same for all stages, except Power Stages.
- Service stages now select the Service button by default on the stage overview.
Checkpoints & Donuts
- Updated donut checkpoint presentation with red lightwalls, circular wall visuals, and a spinner beacon.
- Tightened donut checkpoint completion so near-hairpin passes no longer complete too easily.
- New Earth no longer uses red lightwalls in most cases, due to the new donut checkpoint colour.
- Increased checkpoint and donut beep volume.
Vehicles & Handling
- Corrected EXO4 default setup center differential tuning.
- Smoothed the interior camera aim.
- Fixed missing RCS glow/brightness.
- Fixed RCS continuing to work after being destroyed.
- Fixed some RCS glow states not updating correctly after overheating.
Visuals & Effects
- Improved wet-weather surface effects so dry particles are suppressed and vegetation wetness responds better.
- Some ground materials now emit longer-lasting dust.
- Reduced scanline interference over dashboard info text.
- Made obstacle scanner drop markers more visible in bright conditions.
- Fixed black visual dots caused by a bad weather/time/reflection-probe combination.
Fixes
- Fixed repair drone wheel changes. Hopefully no more rover explosions.
- Fixed repair drone attaching audio continuing while paused or after restarting.
- Fixed Free Practice restarts carrying over damage from the previous attempt.
- Fixed the dropship sometimes not appearing when called by system command.
- Fixed the pause menu failing to appear while CameraLink TV noise was visible.
- Fixed split radio callouts giving positive feedback when the player was actually behind.
- Fixed missing low-split radio audio clips.
- Fixed gearing tuning changes showing inconsistent modified/unsaved state.
- Fixed the “first win” message so it only plays for the player’s first event win.
- Fixed Mining driver lineup data using the wrong asset name.
- Fixed a player portrait being cropped on the series leaderboard.
- Fixed cliff scan markers being placed down the drop instead of at the cliff lip.
- Fixed a swingarm setup warning/error that could appear with some setups.