Patch update #26: City Driving

What's New

• Added traffic offence detection

• Added country-specific traffic rules and road signs

• Added many performance optimisations

• Expanded the AI traffic system

Artificial Intelligence

• Improved AI vehicle goal selection and path generation

• Ensured that AI vehicles select a correct lane on an intersection

• Enabled AI vehicles outside the city centre (Lakeside Hill map)

• Reduced the probability of deadlocks

• Increased AI vehicle speed

Vehicle Physics

• Added gear P for the PRND gearbox

• Improved automatic gear change logic

• Improved the torque curves of selected engines

Vehicles

• Added a new Volvo coach bus

• Added a new tandem trailer

• Added complete sets of mirrors to trucks

• Improved body and suspension parameters of several vehicles

Maps

• Extended AI space in the Windridge City map

• Improved roads and buildings on the Lakeside Hill map

• Added Polish, French, and British road signs

• Enabled left-handed traffic

Visuals

• Improved materials and reflections

• Improved post-process rendering

• Improved resolution scaling (sharpening)

• Improved Temporal Antialiasing quality

Performance

• Reduced CPU use of the AI system

• Optimised rendering of far objects

• Optimised mirror rendering

• Optimised building geometry

• Optimised forests and grass rendering

Input

• Redesigned the controls panel

• Added input signal filtering

• Added Stream Deck integration

• Improved steering wheels compatibility

UI

• Added vehicle trailer load settings (in the vehicle selection panel)

• Added mirror calibration panel (during runtime)

• Added vehicle parameter panel (during runtime)

• Improved translations

Fixes

• Fixed light flashes

• Fixed destructible object state in replays

• Small sound effect adjustments

Other

• Added D-Box motion platform integration

• Added DynaSim motion platform integration

• Added TrackIR head tracking integration

• Added support for multiple DLL plugins

• Updated plugin SDK