October 10 update

This week we've prepared for you a substantial update addressing several community feedback points. Some of the highlights include changes to red flag rules, better AI tyre strategy, and mod support for customizing the point-scoring system and season monetary rewards. We hope you enjoy it!

Changelog v241009

Bug Fixes

• Fixed driver’s stress bar filling up during pit stops

• Drivers can no longer get punctures in the pitlane

• Fixed “Lord of the pits” achievement not being unlockable. The progression of the pitstop-time-based achievements is now 8s, 6s, 5s

• Fixed “Home Sweet Home” achievement not being unlockable

• Fixed the “Patriotic” trait not working for some drivers

• Fixed “Steady hands” crew chief trait not working as intended (being a variant of “Risk taker” instead of its opposite)

Gameplay Improvements

• Red flag change: all drivers keep running until the leader has stopped on the start/finish line. This avoids some drivers getting penalized if they were following a car but that car had crossed the start/finish line when the red flag came out

• Red flag is now 8 mins to allow all the cars to complete the required laps while lining up behind the leader on the start/finish line.

AI Improvements

• Improved AI decisions (improved reaction times) on sudden track changes under rainy and torrential weather conditions

Modding Improvements

• Fixed Mod selection screen not automatically refreshing after downloading to a mod

• File loading for mods is now case-insensitive

• Point-scoring system and end of season monetary rewards can now be modded

UI/UX Improvements

• Added track background images in the career calendar and in the quick race track selection.

• Reordered end of weekend notifications: player drivers replacement, then AI drivers replacement, then sponsor challenge notification.

• Fixed long driver names not fitting in garage screen

• Visually improved the shadows behind some panels

• Introduced the feedback bar for Mac builds

Localization Improvements

• Small localization fixes for French, English, Italian