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Patch Notes 20/08/14

Just to let you know a new patch is currently scheduled for deployment today (20th Aug) and the full list of changes can be found below:

  • Stability Improvement - Improved the stability of the game when navigating through the front end menus of the game for extended periods.
  • Save Fix - Fixed save issues which caused corruption when uninstalling previously used DLC packages.
  • Stability Improvement - Resolved issues which could cause multiplayer hosts to crash if clients became desynced during online eliminator events.
  • RaceNet Fix - Fixed certain instances of players not receiving their awards or achievements when competing in certain RaceNet challenges.
  • Stability Improvement - Fixed issues which could have sporadically caused players to crash when entering or leaving Time Trial events.
  • Stability Improvement - Resolved Time Attack related crashes which occurred during certain RaceNet challenge scenarios.
  • DLC Fixes - Integrated multiple fixes for upcoming DLC packages to optimise stability and compatibility.
  • Online Fix - (Drift) – Fixed issues which in some cases could have caused players to become stuck in a black screen when competing in online drift sessions.
  • Messaging Improvement - improved game messaging under certain scenarios where players are attempting to access online functionality without an active internet connection.
  • Save Fix - Added prevention measures to ensure save file does not read as corrupted if certain save file components are deleted.
  • Save Fix - Added a preventative fix to stop save game corruption if controller action maps are invalid.
  • Save Fix - Added chunk header to DLC initialisation to help prevent future corruption of save games.
  • Text Fix - (Japanese) - Fixed issues which prevented certain text strings from appearing correctly in Japanese language.
  • Audio Fix - (Splitscreen) - Added a preventative fix to stop mode specific music from playing incorrectly within the menu selection screens after a race session had previously finished.
  • Online Fix - The online repairs/wear and tear functionality has been reworked following feedback from the community.
  • Online Fix - A restorative fix has been implemented to ensure that players who had previously lost vehicle level data (reset to level one) will now have this data partially restored.
  • Graphical Fix - Resolved issues on certain PC configurations which caused lighting artefacts on night races when advanced lighting was enabled.