New Big Patch available

Steam post imageHello Screamers! This big patch is meant to address many community reported issues and prepare for the Ranked Mode release.

Important - Score Challenge Leaderboards Reset

• We fixed various exploits that allowed players to inflate points through unintended means in the Score Challenge. We've fixed the issue and performed a Leadboards reset to ensure that everyone has a fair chance at competing in this game mode.

Wheel Support

Many bugs have been fixed to unlock support of multiple racing wheels and pedal sets. Following is a list of confirmed supported peripherals:

Wheels:

• Logitech - Pro Racing Wheel

• Logitech - G923

• Logitech - G920/29

• Thrustmaster - T248

• Thrustmaster - T128

• Fanatec - Gran Turismo DD Pro Wheel Base (8nm and 5nm)

• Fanatec - CSL DD (8nm and 5nm)

Pedal Sets:

• Thrustmaster - T-LCM Pedals

• Thrustmaster - T3PA

• Thrustmaster - T3PA

• Fanatec - ClubSport Pedals V3

• Fanatec - CSL Elite Pedals V2

• Fanatec - CSL Pedals LC

• Fanatec - CSL Pedals

Team Races

Points rewarded for reaching a certain Position have been changed as follows:

• When playing an Online Team Race, Position points will not be awarded to players that don't reach the finish line before the end of the timer that signals that a race is over (the player will still receive KO points).

Gage's Workshop

• Fixed the ! simple remaining visible even if there are no new items to check.

The Tournament

• Lowered the difficulty of all events when playing on the Story Focus difficulty settings.

• Fixed an issue where Fermi continued burning in the final shots of the in game cutscene of Episode 3.

Characters

Akemi:

• improved the performance of the engine in the first 4 gears.

• improved the max steering angle.

Lavinia:

• improved the speed preserved by the car after a Strike.

• lowered speed requirement to enter SGU.

• increased base Sync generation.

Cars

• Fixed an issue where pressing the Boost and Shield buttons at the same time could give players two charges of Entropy in addition to activating Shield.

• Fixed an issue where Akane could gain multiple Entropy bars when using her skill.

• Fixed Fermi set Color 02 - No Sponsors having the wrong luggage cart color.

• Fixed Aisha flaps not working on the non-default spoilers.

Score Challenge

• Fixed a crash that could happen in the bonus Overdrive event after the player KO's an opponent.

Online

• Fixed an issue where, in some cases, the game wasn't correctly receiving the ping from the servers. This could cause players to be sent to servers with a higher ping than what was necessary.

• Fixed an issue in the handling of high speed collision that could cause unpredictable car behaviors. In general, the experience will feel more stable.

• Fixed an issue where, in Character Selection, deselecting the character just before the race started could cause the player to spawn with an invalid character.

• Fixed an issue where charging the Strike up to around 70% and then releasing it could improve the wheel's grip.

Tracks

• Fixed an issue in the Gate to the Sky track where, under specific circumstances related to the shortcut, you could remain permanently stuck in a state of respawn.

General

• Fixed the Dolly and Dolly and Pan functions being inverted in the Photo Mode.

• Fixed an issue where the game could not be set to a 4k resolution on a secondary monitor.

• Fixed an issue where cutscenes where not using Traditional Chinese subtitles even if that was the selected language.

• Fixed the Overdrive engaged effect when playing in HDR not showing the car.

• Numerous other bug fixes and improvements.