The beta for the heritage update is live on the "beta-beta" beta branch.
features
- added new cars: le gorde, la regina, the pebble v1, la hepta, the pebble v2, la super montaine,
- la longana
- livery mods can be added into the game files and shown in-game
- added ghosts to time-attack and custom rally
- leaderboards for the previous 5 online events can be viewed in the online events leaderboards now (main menu only)
- added new screenshot button in photo mode
- populate the polaroids in the main menu with images taken by the player using the new screenshot tool
- added ability to rotate cars in car chooser menu
- added option to toggle the game running in the background
- added option for instanced and indirect rendering for vegetation in advanced graphics settings. (if you can’t see the vegetation and you’re on ost/linux, change it to instanced)
- added an "extras" screen with funselektor links in the main menu
- added new menu items in the main menu (heritage update and mods)
improvements
- updated the input plugin
- adjusted all car colliders so that they don't clip through the ground on hard impacts
- car physics bodies are way less bouncy which should help on jump landings and reduce weird behaviour
- added a ui popup in menus to display what song is currently playing
- reduced build size by removing unused textures and increasing compression on textures and sfx
fixes
- fix for bug where input would freeze on end of stage screen after returning from replay
- fix for bug where countdown timer would not show if stage was reset during countdown
- fix bug where controller vibration could continue during stage over screen
- fix for potential crash when retiring from career after completing a stage
- fix for potential crash when relating to the particle system during replays
- fix for potential crash when replays are restart
- fix for bug where the car physics remain frozen when restarting a stage during a waypoint reset
- fix for potential crash when using autofocus in photomode
- fix bug where screen fade would hitch if stage reset was called during a waypoint reset
- fix bug where quick stage restart would happen instantly on button down in time attack
- fix bug where the timer wheel ui would be hidden after using quick stage restart
- fix bug where stage times had rounding issues.
- fix bug where screenshake would happen after a stage restart or offroad reset
- fix a bug where pausing as you hit the finish line would trigger an out of bounds reset
- fix some explosive hay bales in hockweiler
- fix bug where car momentum could carry over after a stage reset
- fix bug where skidmarks were not cleared immediately on car recovery
- car dirtyness in replays is saved per-frame, so when rewinding it still has the correct dirtyness. this fixed a bug where the car would get dirtier when rewinding.
- fixed the car slowing down when going on the ice on the kvannkjosen stage for some playerst
- fix bug where restart race ui didn't disappear immediately
- fix bug where prop repositioning occasionally didn't happen on stage restart
- fix bug where music stopped working until introduction sequence was watched again
To access the beta version:
Go to the "beta-beta" branch in the game settings for art of rally