## HIGHLIGHTS

• Four new tracks.
• Three new cars.
• New "Chase" game mode.
• New "Demolition Derby" game mode.
• Improved handling and tire physics.
• Improved damage and collision physics.
  Improved multiplayer connectivity.
• In-game car design sharing.

## CONTENT

• New European 90s hot hatch: Flipper.
• New American 80s muscle car: Blade.
• New European 80s wagon: Hammerhead.
• New The Drome track with two layouts, Deahtloop 2 and Double Cross.
• New Hogtown map with small derby arena & small mud oval.
• 6 new challenge events.

## GAMEPLAY

• Improved visual damage with more detail.
• Improved car-to-car collision shapes so they are more precise.
• Reduced the chance of oil disruption in realistic damage mode.
• Cars now take more damage when armor sectors are destroyed (i.e. black).
• Hitting the environment now does less damage in normal damage mode.
• Reworked the chase camera for better responsiveness and precision.
• Added new chase camera options.
• Added a new closer "dashboard" cockpit camera.
  Improved cockpit camera positioning.

## GAME MODES

• New "Chase" game mode in which a team of runners race to the finish while chasers try to catch them.
      Note: In single-player, the lone player always tries to outrun a horde of bots.
      In multiplayer, the players are divided into two teams of Runners and Chasers.
• New "Demolition Derby" game mode in which players are ranked by score with no respawns.
• In derby modes, the opponent that has damaged you the most can now become your rival for extra points.
• Score attribution is now more robust so there's less chance of missing score or receiving bogus score.
• Points for spinning opponents are now awarded in derby modes too.

## DESIGN BROWSER

• Added a browser for published liveries, with search by name and by creator.
• You can publish your liveries for other players to find and download.
• You can choose whether others can modify your published designs.
  You can rate the designs.

## CARS AND UPGRADES

• Reworked the drivetrain so power delivery through the differential is more consistent, especially on corner exit.
• Improved clutch logic, also full-throttle standing starts drop the clutch again, so cars launch with wheelspin.
• The automatic gearbox shifts more predictably and no longer slips into neutral when stopped.
• New performance rating system based on estimated acceleration, speed and cornering.
• Added Class C with upgraded Class B engines for cars that default to Class C and downgraded Class C engines for cars that default to Blass B.
• Revised engine torque curve, engine braking and inertia on all cars to better represent the type of engine it is.
• Some engine upgrades now add mostly power instead of torque and power uniformly which maintains drivability with engine upgrades.
• Revised tarmac for better sense of grip, a bit less lateral G in corners.
• Revised gravel tires to allow for more wheelspin and power sliding without the car spinning too easily.
• Revised mud tires to have slightly more grip, but also more wheelspin.
• Fixed slip angle calculation in telemetry: now based on tire's location instead of car center of mass.
• Reduced steering wheel animation smoothing in cockpit camera (doesn't apply to wheel controllers: then it's always direct).
• Steering speed sensitivity now decreases when counter-steering, improving ability to catch big slides.
• Improved brake front balancer logic to increase trail braking oversteer and decrease rear lockups.
• Revised traction control logic over different surfaces to maintain helpful throttle oversteer and wheelspin while not spinning too easily on throttle.
• Improve stability control assist to make it less artificial looking and make Half and Full assist modes more distinct.
• As a result of the various handling & physics changes, we are resetting the leaderboards.
• Added paintable side skirt, front and rear skirt and side mirror slots across much of the car roster.
  Added a painted style font and a large set of new decals.
• Fixed paint and decals being corrupted after a car reloaded.
• The School Bus can actually turn now.

## MULTIPLAYER

• Server browser entries are now sorted based on the user's geographical location. (We don't use ping for privacy reasons.)
• Other players' cars now move more smoothly and follow their driver's inputs more closely.
• Car deform is now synchronized between players, so everyone sees the same deformation.
• Selected track objects can be now synchronized between players.
• The race start is now in sync for all players, and other players' cars no longer launch late.
• Dedicated servers use less CPU during races, and very little when no players are connected.
• The tuning menu is now disabled in events where tuning is not allowed.
• The garage menu now opens instantly.
• The server now warns the host that connection may be behind CGNAT.
• Clarified some unclear connection error messages.
• Stepping through cars in spectate mode now cycles only through cars alive.
• Changing the opponent set in an online lobby now swaps the bots straight away.
• Player car is now automatically upgraded or downgraded to the correct class.
• The player car now keeps its damage on the post-race standings screen.
• Fixed multiplayer inputs sometimes being skipped or applied twice, and throttle and brake responding differently than in single player.
• Fixed changes to driving assists, upgrades or tuning sometimes not being applied in online races.
• Fixed online races sometimes starting before all players were ready.
• Fixed the lobby countdown restarting when one player was slow to load.
• Fixed dedicated servers eventually refusing new players.
• Fixed false "High packet loss" warnings.

## AI

• AI cars now race more naturally as a pack, with faster cars overtaking and others giving way instead of queuing up. 
• In Chase Mode, AI drivers can now give a chase and switch to derby-style ramming of other cars when near.
• Improved derby AI pathfinding and attack behavior, with better routes and speed build-up before engaging targets.
• AI opponents now automatically switch to appropriate engine as per the event class restriction.
• AI can now use a wider variety of car models for each class.
• Added American, European, front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and muscle car AI Sets.

## SYSTEM

• Fixed several crashes and improved game stability.
• Optimized VRAM usage, especially with a varied grid of cars.
• Fixed a range of crashes, including when loading damaged track files and during car customisation.
• Fixed a crash when changing colours in the paint editor.

## TRACKS

• Added spectators to tracks.
• Cleaned up duplicated and floating objects across many tracks, including Scrapyard, Speedway, Crash Canyon and Dalsbanen.
• Spinning out on the Speedway outer oval no longer triggers a false "wrong way" warning.
• The maximum scene size is now doubled.
• Trees now fade between detail levels instead of popping as you drive towards them.
• Grass now fades in smoothly instead of popping in, and draws much further on Ultra.
• Trees and plants now show up in reflections.
• Flattened grass and plants no longer flicker back upright when driven over again.

## INTERFACE

• Added a new event feed, currently used in Demolition Derby.
• Added on-screen goal (call to action) text element to HUD.
• Derby modes now show a player list too.
• The player list now shows each car's damage.
• Player list can be now expanded with a configurable button.
• The pause menu now shows the current standings in single player too.
• AI cars and wrecked cars are now ranked properly in the results list.
• Redesigned score popups with new icons.
• Car name tags now move smoothly and only show for the nearest cars to reduce clutter.
• The minimap is now visually smoother and shows a marker where you went offroad.
• A confirmation dialog is now displayed when deleting a decal group.
• Player profile now shows correct progress right after launching the game.

## AUDIO

• Car collisions: Fixed issue where rear bumper of player car was affecting collision sound mix levels.
• Car-to-car collisions: Fixed issues where game engine would update incorrect physics impact intensity to collision sound effects.
• Car-to-surface collisions: Implemented detection for transition from impact to contact (scraping sounds).
• Car-to-surface collisions: Added scraping sounds for asphalt, concrete and metal static surfaces.
• Mixdown: Implemented initial set of game state based event support to control audio mix states in a more precise manner across various screens.
• Mixdown: Implemented tech feature to switch mix settings according to audio endpoint channel configuration (stereo, 5.1 etc.).
• Mixdown: Sound attenuation over camera distance is now less steep for npc car engines & collisions.
• Mixdown, cockpit view: Fixed camera state automation issue where excessive filtering was applied to both engine and collision sounds.
• Mixdown, cockpit view: Improved clarity and intensity of bass frequencies below 170 Hz for more consistent levels across parented camera views.
• Spatial audio: Implemented support for both 3D positioned (localized) reverberation zones and ambient sound emitters, as separate components to include on track layouts.
• Spatial audio: Implemented tech support to link custom soundbanks with track layouts.
• Spatial audio, tracks: Added basic reverberation zones to passageways like bridge underpasses.
  Valken & Nami class B: Added turbocharger sound to engines.
• Wheels: Fixed issue that stopped tire slip gravel & pebble kickup textures from playing correctly.
• Wheels: Tightened up physics response of tire contact on asphalt; onset of lateral scrub sound now kicks in more sharp.
• Wheels: Added longitudinal tire contact scrub sounds for asphalt and gravel surfaces, to audibly indicate braking slip threshold (tire not locked up).
• Wheels: Added new version of wake-up strip sounds (f.ex. Mora).
• Wheels: Fixed issue that would sometimes cause excess triggering of suspension activity / bumpstop related sounds (rumbling).