Hello Screamers!
This patch brings with it some important bug fixes and buffs to the characters that are currently under performing in races.
In particular, check out the new Aisha ability! Before, you only had 1 free shield during a race but now the ability recharges, making Aisha much harder to take down. Combined with her innate high speed, this should make her a new contender to the top position in Races and Team Races.
We're also making a change on how the game starts: if you've never played it before, it will now bring you to the Main Menu instead of going straight into the Tournament story mode.
This is because we understand that not everyone might want to play the story and also in-game tutorials are now available from the options menu, so we no longer feel the need to make sure you see the essential ones in the first events of the story mode.
We're also continuing to take action against illegitimate leaderboard times obtained through cheats or other unfair methods.
Following internal investigations, a number of times have been removed, and a warning has been sent to offenders. Players who continue to engage in unfair behavior may face further sanctions.
Thank you for your reports and for helping us keep the competition fair for everyone.
Check out the full patch notes below:
General
On first boot of the game you'll now be brought to the Main Menu instead of starting The Tournament. This change as also been applied to the Demo Version of the game.
The Tournament
During races you can now see your set customization for each car.
Characters
Aisha:
Ability now recharges after 45 seconds, granting her multiple free shields throughout a race
Reduced the threshold to activate SGU from 282.5km/h to 268 km/h .
Frederic:
Increased passive sync generation rate
Increased active shift generation rate
Fermi:
Increased maximum entropy by one
Akane:
Fixed an issue where Akane could activate Strike and the Boost gained from her Skill at the same time
Steering Wheels
Fixed an issue on some peripherals where force feedback wasn't working properly and couldn't be tweaked from the options menu.
Score Challenge
Fixed an exploit that allowed players to gain very high scores using the Pause button.