Hello Riders!
We just released version 1.0.4 and this updates brings quite a lot of changes to the game. Let us briefly walk you through the major ones.
New Bike Part System: Nearly every review we read over the past 4 months criticized that it takes too long to unlock new bikes and from what we gathered most of the community seemed to agree with that. So we changed the system that bike parts are not bound to a specific bike anymore. Instead each bike costs a certain amount of parts and you can freely decide in what order you want to unlock them.
IMPORTANT: This means that if you start the game now you won’t have any other bikes unlocked anymore but you will have all the parts you already collected. You can use these parts to repurchase your bikes (or even different ones) in the bike selection!
Easier Progression System: Until this moment you needed to overcome every challenge in a category in order to unlock the next one. We know that this system blocked a lot of content for some players. Therefore from now on the free ride category of a trail gets also unlocked after finishing the beginner category. The challenges stay the same , so nothing gets easier per se but it allows players to try the free ride mode without having to do all the bike challenges first.
Balancing Changes: We also made some smaller changes concerning the difficulty of some challenges. You can see the full list down below.
CHANGE LOG 1.0.4
- New Part System: Parts can now be freely spent on any bike. ATTENTION: You need to repurchase your bikes with your already collected parts!
- Challenge System Changes:
All challenges in all categories are now available after crossing the finish line. - Bike Icons and Finish Line display: Each bike is now represented by an its own icon and you can see with which bike you already finished a trail.
- Daily/Weekly/Monthly Best-Time Display: If you cross the finish line you will now see if you achieved a daily, weekly or monthly best-time.
- Customization: The customization menu is now also available from the bike selection.
- Fixed missing checkpoint on Mount Riley/Trail 3 map.
- Fixed "rider surfing in midair on resting spot" bug.
- Fixed "locked bike" problem although no bike challenges was selected.
- Improved water shader with moon and bike light reflections
- Several smaller bugfixes and performance optimizations.
- Balancing Changes: Several smaller balancing changes:
- Graterhorn/Trail 02:
- Increased time for Easy Trail challenge from 180 to 190 seconds.
- Increased time for Hard Paint Job 1 Challenge from 135 to 145 seconds
- Increased time for Hard Bike Part Challenge from 115 to 125 seconds
- Increased time for Hard Paint Job Challenge 2 from 125 to 135 seconds
- Graterhorn/Trail 04:
- Increased time for Hard Outfit Challenge from 85 to 90 seconds
- Increased time for Hard Paint Job Challenge from 95 to 100 seconds
- Decreased crash amount for Night Easy Challenge to 18
- Redmoor Peaks/Trail 01:
- Increased time for Easy Bike Part Challenge from 200 to 210 seconds
- Redmoor Peaks/Trail 04
- Increased crash amount for Night Easy Challenge from 9 to 21
- Sierra Rivera/Trail 01:
- Switched time and crash goals for Easy Outfit and Trail challenge
- Sierra Rivera/Trail 02:
- Switched time and crash goals for Easy Bike Part and Trail challenge
- Mount Riley/Trail 01:
- Switched time and crash goals for Easy Bike Part and Trail challenge
- Fixed bug that freeride challenge was a time challenge and not just a finish line challenge
We’re looking forward to your feedback to the new changes. In case you have any questions or want to discuss the changes with the community feel free to hit us up on the official Discord Server: https://discord.gg/lonelymountains
Have a great ride!
Jan & Daniel & Noah
PS: In case you’re reading this but you’re playing on a different platform than Steam please be aware that updates for consoles will from now on follow a week or two after the Steam update due to the longer submission process.