Hello Riders,
Here's the first bigger patch addressing some critical issues like disconnects when joining QuickMatch lobbies and the visibility of the "Racing End Timer" - but also a lot more. Take a look:
Fixes
- Critical: Sometimes, Quickmatch lobbies were not closed correctly, leaving them in a broken state. Joining players just got a disconnection error. This should fix many of the “Disconnected” situations when trying to join a Quickmatch.
- Critical: The “Racing End Timer” is now displayed correctly when players take too long to finish in quickmatch and is now also used in Quickmatch Team Mode.
- Critical: Fixed black spots appearing around steep sections on Low-quality terrain.
- Critical: The Render Scaler now takes the display refresh rate into account for achievable FPS.
- Critical: Team Mode Tutorial videos now work on the Steam Deck.
- Major: Navigation between colors now works correctly with the shoulder buttons between hair and beards.
- Major: Fixed a rare case where the UI broke when entering spectator camp at the exact moment a run ended.
- Major: Parallax snow now works on low-quality terrain (used tessellation before).
- Minor: Trick Scores were sometimes not displayed correctly.
- Minor: Shop Items no longer turn white when leaving the screen.
- Minor: Removed the “No Crashes” Bonus and “Under 7 Minutes” bonuses from the result screen, as they had been removed before release.
Improvements
- Critical: Improved level design for Sierra Gelida Trail 4. The first big jump is now easier, especially on the black slope.
- Major: Reduced noticeable terrain popping on Low-quality terrain on Steam Deck.
- Major: Snow Props now properly check for snow deformation
- Minor: Removed visual jittering for the Team Mode Score Display.
- Minor: Nicer transition when entering Spectator mode.
- Minor: Removed multiplier UI from player names in resting spots.
- Minor: Various smaller performance improvements.
- Minor: Snow clouds now fade out when they get too close to the camera.
- Minor: Increased water quality for Steam Deck quality settings.
Changes
- Balancing: Updated values for some challenges.
- Balancing: Updated EXP and Snowflake distribution for the racing mode. In general, you now get more EXP and Snowflakes, even for lower ranks. This should significantly speed up the progression in multiplayer racing.
It's been a crazy week, we received tons of feedback, love and bug reports - keep it coming! We are already working on the next patch, trying to focus on the most important issues and work our way through to give you all the best possible experience.
The next patch will contain stability fixes for multiplayer sessions and improvements for the end of QuickMatches and a lot more - expect it at some point next week!
- your Megagons