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Steam News20 June 201511y ago

Beta 5

The main feature for this week is the revamped scoring system, which now has a score multiplier for drifting without crashing. Improvements: More car colors. Gave more final engine sounds to each car.

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What changed

3 fixes4 additions3 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
addedThe main feature for this week is the revamped scoring system, which now has a score multiplier for drifting without crashing. Improvements:
changedGave more final engine sounds to each car.
addedAdded many new/improved audio effects for scoring.
changedFree-roam: Optimized the mountain meshes.
changedLevels & Free-roam: Optimized all the Mtn Drift & regular drift level walls, this should fix the lag issues.
addedLevels: Added a score multiplier which increases as you get more points. It will expire upon crashing or not drifting for a certain amount of time.

Absolute Drift changes

addedThe main feature for this week is the revamped scoring system, which now has a score multiplier for drifting without crashing. Improvements:
changedGave more final engine sounds to each car.
addedAdded many new/improved audio effects for scoring.
changedFree-roam: Optimized the mountain meshes.
changedLevels & Free-roam: Optimized all the Mtn Drift & regular drift level walls, this should fix the lag issues.

The main feature for this week is the revamped scoring system, which now has a score multiplier for drifting without crashing. Improvements:

  • More car colors.

  • Gave more final engine sounds to each car.

  • Added many new/improved audio effects for scoring.

  • Free-roam: Optimized the mountain meshes.

  • Levels: Made all Mountain drift levels wider.

  • Levels & Free-roam: Optimized all the Mtn Drift & regular drift level walls, this should fix the lag issues.

  • LevelsAdded a score multiplier which increases as you get more points. It will expire upon crashing or not drifting for a certain amount of time.
  • Driftkhana: Donuts are now worth 5000pts, Spin-Zones are worth 3000pts.

  • Added a "Exit to Desktop" button in the Free-Roam pause menu.

  • All scores are now formatted with commas for readability.

Fixes:

  • Fixed the bug where Clipping Points would sometimes stay white.

  • Fixed a problem with the rev limiter not limiting properly.

  • Fixed the issue with Spin-Zones & Donuts where they would suddenly expand to their complete state instead of smoothly expanding.

Source

Steam News / 20 June 2015

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