Welcome to Early Access skate. fam!
The playtest forum will be archived (but still visible!), so go check out our new, public forums here. The team has tracked and squashed some bugs that popped up since 0.27.5 (our previous update that gave our skate. Insiders an Insider’s Preview to help iron out some bugs and issues). With the game launching in Early Access on Sept 16, 2025 (tomorrow, can you believe it?!), we’ll continue listening to the community and working to make the gameplay experience better.
Speaking of the skate. Insider program, Insider Rewards will start rolling out this week for everyone who registered as a skate. Insider. You’ll need to check the account you signed up to playtest with to get the Insider deck and pack of Insider deck stickers. Thank you for joining us in the skate. insider program!
PROGRESSION UPDATE
Our Insider's Preview showed you guys cranking through the game, so the team has looked deeply into progression rates and made some changes to how fast you earn XP.
To note:
We’ve eliminated any per-drop XP
Removed XP gain from items acquired through Neighborhood rank up
We’ve streamlined all XP gamins from drop items to be 50 XP, regardless of rarity
Balanced XP gains in Market Mile mission item rewards
BUG FIXES
Fixed a few soft-lock progression issues, including the “Complete The Line” Mission
Fixed some crashing issues
Fixed an issue with party invites for Throwdowns
Fixed performance issues related to Quick Dropping items
Fixed various localization and text issues throughout the game
Fixed some thumbnail issues in the Create-A-Skater
Fixed a flickering shadow in two cinematics
Fixed a few character gesture issues
Fixed for getting stuck under the map
Fixed the “Err” Notification
Fixed PC players unable to turn off friend request notifications
Fixed issue where players are able to see other skaters when in spectate mode and can still hear them; however, in normal gameplay, they are invisible
Fixed issue where if a party member leaves, the party behaves as if they are still joined
Fixed Founder's Edition visual bug - Info Panel shows cross out pricing even if the player does not have EA Play
Some CDN Image resizes to improve performance on Gen 4 consoles, especially Xbox One
Various localization fixes
KNOWN ISSUES
Beyond the fixes coming in Early Access, we do have some Known Issues we’re hard at work on to get addressed and ready for Season 1, coming with Update 0.28.0 in a few weeks.
The replay editor often captures stuttering during export.
Fix: Our team is looking into this for a solution and will keep you posted with our progress.
Players can be trapped by drop items in shop spawn locations.
Workaround: Change “Quick Drop Visibility” in your social settings to “Only Me”.
Fix: Fixed with Update 0.28.
Unable to play Skate. due to a "connection to EA Servers" error. "ERROR 852146987"
Troubleshooting: Make sure to disable VPN; check that the EA App is not in offline mode. For more troubleshooting help, check this Connectivity FAQ.
The RIP Card customization will flicker between the old and new assets for a while after the selected user updates their customization.
Fix: Fixed in 0.28
Player stuck unable to progress Tour 1 Skater Eyes: Stunting 101
Fix: Fixed in 0.28
During the last step of "Spots and How to Own Them" when the user will start the challenge, they will be stuck for ~3 minutes with the message "Waiting for players".
Workaround: Wait for the timer to run out, challenge will then be able to be completed
Fix: Fixed in 0.28
Quick Drops are invisible when chosen and cannot be placed
Fix: Fixed in 0.28
Sometimes viewing the preview of players in the San Van List causes a black screen, and exiting out to game from this state will lead to a soft lock
Fix: Fixed in 0.28
When entering a grind and leaning to exit, skater disappears (rare)
Fix: Fixed in 0.28
Criteria for unlocking the Financial neighborhood is not showing up, causing the "Manual Extension" mission to not appear
Workaround: You can get to the Financial Neighborhood (Market Mile) by doing more Challenges. Get that XP!
Fix: Our team is looking into this for a solution.
Criteria for unlocking the Historic neighborhood (Gullcrest Village) is not showing up, causing the mission to not appear
Workaround: You can get to the Historic neighborhood (Gullcrest Village) by doing more Challenges. Get that XP!
Fix: Our team is looking into this for a solution.
Disabled the “Pad Hopper” Challenge due to a world prop making the Challenge harder than intended.
Fix: Fixed in 0.28.