Update 1.5.8 (February 14th, 2025)Improvements

Performance optimizations (that could result in less dropped frames and improve microstutter)
Fixes

Fixed white halos around hashtag text under cars and paint and wash gate titles in MacOS

Driving over bridges in Karura and embankments in Franzenheim no longer causes damage

Driving over distance markers (10, 20, etc.) in Lammpi no longer damages the car
Update 1.5.7 (October 14th, 2024) improvements

updated controller support to resolve misc issues and improve compatibility in Linux and MacOS
fixes

completing a stage in the weekly event now correctly adds +1 event to car stats instead of +2

fixed replay car not waiting for 5 second OOB penalty

fixed issues causing replay car and ghost car during a replay to go out of sync by multiple seconds (can still happen after watching the replay multiple times)

fixed the rotary kei front lights issue in car selection screen
Update 1.5.5 (May 21st, 2024) fixes

fixed unable to scroll down in custom rally stage selection in certain cases

fixed unable to scroll up in main menu in certain cases

das hammer v3 livery now loads correctly when the car is unlocked in career
Update 1.5.4 (April 6th, 2024) fixes

numpad Enter key now works in game

fixed custom livery issues for the rotary kei and das maestro

fixed custom livery template issues for das maestro (creators need to update their custom liveries for das maestro)
Update 1.5.3 (February 21st, 2024) fixes

fixed a performance issue when playing in offline mode

fixed ghost selection not remembered between pre-stage and post-finish menus

fixed other misc issues with ghost selection in menus

fixed misc issues related to browsing the leaderboards
Update 1.5.2 (January 25th, 2024) improvements

DLC cars no longer appear in leaderboard as unknown car

DLC ghosts show the DLC car even when DLC is not owned
fixes

fixed an issue where players were unable to progress in career mode

fixed an issue where the current ghost selection could change after a stage restart

fixed an issue where players were stuck in car selection or loading screens

fixed a spot in Kanto Mountains (Japan freeroam) where the car would respawn under the road

fixed an issue where car stats were incorrectly recorded in the GOG version

fixed localization issues with hud menu option

fixed UI issue in repair screen when using French localization

vibration no longer continues in post-finish menu

fixed an issue where changing language in pre-stage menu could break the menu

fixed issues caused by loading multiple stages in succession with custom ghost selected
Update 1.5.1 (January 2nd, 2024) improvements

updated credits

improved overall leaderboard connectivity
fixes

fixed a bug that caused rank percentages to sometimes not show on leaderboards

fixed a bug that caused incorrect rank percentages on leaderboards

fixed an issue with blurry car wheels rendering through car bodies

fixed an bug where damage wasn’t saved correctly between stages

fixed an issue with certain world best leaderboard entries would cause errors

fixed an issue where car stats wouldn’t count up correctly

fixed a bug that caused high memory usage resulting in a crash when the player has a large amount of custom liveries

fixed the two australia DLC song names being switched

fixed an issue where the world best ghost option would not display

fixed custom liveries not reloading at runtime

fixed capture button in photo mode for controllers

fixed some issues with selecting ghosts over a multi stage rally
Update 1.5.0 (November 15th, 2023)improvements

performance improvements for long sessions and when multi-tasking (e.g. alt+tab)

stability improvements for vegetation renderer indirect

framerate is no longer capped at 230 fps

custom rallies can have 12 stages

windows on some houses and boats glow at night

unlocked songs remain unlocked after resetting collectibles

last visited free roam stage is remembered

various improvements to ghost selection

added “total time” to stage post-finish menu in multiple stage rallies

career and custom rally overall results now support times longer than 1 hour (single stage results still cap at 59.59.999)

free roam views are easier to activate and can be activated by holding the button while passing through the trigger area

added extra checks for unlocking freeroam stages and some achievements

improved controller button glyphs position in enter/exit View prompts
fixes

prevented tires from clipping through road on some stages

prevented various bugs that could be triggered by a terminal damage crash

fixed various issues with saving and loading rally progress and car condition

various fixes to ghost selection in menus and leaderboard interaction

fixed a bug where some ghosts show the wrong vehicle (may not apply retroactively to existing ghosts)

retired AI now remains retired even after resuming saved rally

best time in post-finish menu shows correct locally saved best time when offline or when privacy policy is declined

recover car near finish gates no longer triggers multiple time penalties

skidmarks are cleared when entering free roam views and when recovering car

fixed issues with vehicle placement in free roam views

fixed il gorilla e1 wheel texture issues when changing liveries

fixed issues with wheel texture on some ghosts (e.g. le 504, the fujin, little monkey)

camera effects no longer remain active outside photo mode during a replay

controller vibration stops after restarting stage or recovering car

player selected audio settings are reapplied after disconnecting headphones / earbuds

fixed missing camera shutter sound in GOG Linux build

fixed a bug causing screenshot names to use a 12-hour format in rare cases

fixed guardrail collider in farschewiler

fixed reset zone and prop issues in lake nakuru

fixed house texture issues in norway and kenya

reduced water foam under bridges on some stages

fixed rare leaderboard UI issue in post-finish menu

fixed rare terminal damage UI issue in post-finish menu

fixed issues with fonts for Chinese, Japanese and Korean (incl. rendering on Steam Deck)

retired leaderboard entries can no longer be used as custom ghosts

rich presence fixes for Discord

dynamic resolution option removed for Vulkan, as it’s not supported
Update 1.4.4a (October 5th, 2023)improvements

improved dualshock/dualsense support
fixes

fixed an issue causing players to get stuck in the post finish menu
Update 1.4.4 (August 14th, 2023)improvements

lowered time penalty for AI drivers on heavy damage setting

improved lower and middle bracket AI driver times to be more consistent and competitive
fixes

fixed various exploits

fixed an issue where the game would lock up when quitting

fixed the missing “infinite” camera rotation option
Update 1.4.3 (June 23rd, 2023)improvements

jumps and landings are now more predictable and manageable

prioritise online leaderboard ghosts before loading local ghosts

added and improved camera rotation options

improved switching between vegetation renderer options

added save game backups to help alleviate some save game issues
fixes

fixed issues with haapajärvi local ghosts

fixed volumetric lighting rendering issues on franzenheim

fixed oreng valley -r finish gate

fixed tears and terrain clipping on sardinia freeroam

fixed rocks with no colliders on karura

fixed invisible vegetation on some NVIDIA cards when running DX12

fixed the front left wheel of das speedvan being too large
Update 1.4.2b (January 28th, 2023)

fixed an error causing a weekly event mismatch

updated our input plugin to help alleviate some M1 OSX controller issues
Update 1.4.2 (November 22nd, 2022)improvements

fixed a flooded log

improved terminal damage post stage UX
fixes

fixed a leaderboard exploit

fixed high landing damage on bridges

fixed flickering food stands

fixed credits not rolling correctly

fixed a floating bridge in sardinia

fixed an incorrect description for il gorilla 4s

fixed a double penalty zone
Update v 1.3.5a (30 June 2022)improvements

custom livery iterations can now be viewed by exiting the car select screen and then returning to it
Update v 1.3.5 (14 June 2022)improvements

updated Unity engine version

improved some erroneous Chinese (Simplified) localisations in photo mode

various collision and prop fixes

filled a gap on kvannkjosen that the car could get stuck in
fixes

fixed an issue where repeatedly switching custom liveries could cause a memory leak

fixed an issue where the car could roll away from the starting line if the game was left running

fixed an issue with screenshots not working when running the game through Vulkan

fixed an issue where car damage could persist between game modes

fixed some minor UI alignment/scaling issues

fixed issues with selecting different ghost types

fixed an issue where two player cars could spawn on stage start

fixed an issue where the car could spawn in the air on stage start

fixed an issue where friends times could not be seen

various minor codes fixes and improvements
Update v 1.3.4 (1 March 2022)improvements

improved the controller graphic shown on first boot

minor improvements and fixes for Apple Silicon users
fixes

fixed an issue where damage was not correctly carried over between stages

fixed an issue where excessive bloom and volumetric lighting could occur during a stage

fixed an issue where the recover penalty could apply twice

fixed an issue where custom liveries could cause a memory leak

fixed misaligned wheels on the esky v2 and the il cavallo 308

fixed various crowd members not dodging the car

fixed certain road markers not behaving correctly

fixed a graphical bug on race load

fixed misplaced reset zones

fixed gaps in finish gates

fixed props and crowds that float or clip into the ground

fixed some localisation terms

fixed an issue with duplicate leaderboard names

fixed issues with rich presence

fixed an issue where the car could spawn floating in the air
Update v 1.3.2 (16 September 2021)fixes

Fixed various exploits
improvements

Reduce wear and tear damage across all damage levels

Vegetation system optimisations

Add filter tags to indicate online status of leaderboards
Update v 1.3.0 (12 August 2021)

features

6 new rally stages in Kenya: mount kenya, karura, homa bay, ndere island, lake baringo, lake nakuru

1 new freeroam location

4 new cars: gazelle, the king of africa, das 559, the hyena

added dx12 in the game launch options

improvements

changed road marker behavior to not get react with car after being hit

dynamic resolution scaling when running the game in DX12, which has shown performance improvements

changed car group trailers codec for better compatibility across different operating systems

added an error message when accessing online events having not accepted the privacy policy

prevent online events from being hidden on connection error

added progress bar to the videoplayer

fixes

fixed RALLY letters updating incorrectly on freeroam loading screen

fixed floating house in Sardinia4

fixed AI driver using Group S car in Group B

fixed a bug where pressing the skip song button during the splash screen would play a song at full volume even when volume was set to 0%

fixed online events ranking text not responding to dark mode

fixed bug where driving around the finish line could get the player reset to a position beyond the finish line

fixed a section of road in mount asama that incorrectly treated the car as if it was off road

fixed stage time on stage over screen reading as zero on terminal damage

fixed cozzie sr71 drawing drawing incorrect transmission particles (was set to AWD, should have been RWD)

fixed guard rail collider on mount asama

fixed freeze at end of stage

fixed ghosts to correctly spawn

fixed a bug where car cleaning would (visually) become undone on a quick restart

fixed offline times not being taken into account for post stage best time

fixed a bug where the post stage restart button could be pressed infinitely

fixed road markers not responding to slow collisions with car
Update v1.2 (18 June 2021)

features

huge re-design of the UI and also dark mode and UI scaling

cross-platform leaderboards with downloadable ghosts of anyone you see on the leaderboard

car physics body collider is less bouncy

lowered the maximum torque rpm for all cars.

raised the rev limit for group 2 cars and vans.

updated baseline ai times

rain ai times use faster times from the wet leaderboards

improvements

optimized grass shader

optimized vegetation cutout shader

lighting for all times-of-day have only one light instead of multiple lights for better performance.

stages now use ambient light from the skybox instead of a gradient, which gives equal or better lighting to the previous multiple directional lights and also doesn't tint the dust/smoke blue.

updated localization for new terms and also fixed some existing terms

road bumps have been toned down as they were throwing the car at high speeds

fixes

dirtiness should now be correctly carried over from each stage.

fix hammer v3 light position

fix hammer v3 red livery

fog lighting doesn't cast shadows and they weren't noticeable before anyways, which gives a performance boost

fixed class video compatibility issues

fixed missing transmission sfx on some cars

time attack last played settings now load correctly

possible fix for changing song during a race causing a skip in gameplay

fix bug where using photo mode after changing language mid race could lead to a crash

fix for controller vibration issues with multiple controllers plugged in

fix screen fades not working correctly on super wide monitors

fix bug where one weather type would be applied to all stages of the same name in custom rally
Update v1.1.2b (27 April 2021)improvements

wear and tear damage on the severe setting has been halved
fixes

fix tree in haybale on Noormarkku

fix flags in ground on Noormarkku

fix rock on road on Noormarkku

fix das eibenhammer headlight position

fixe achievement progress not updating
Update v1.1.2 (23 April 2021)features

added group videos that have been unlocked by the player to extras menu.

added new class unlock sequence in career mode for more hype!

damage is added to the car after every stage according to the damage setting and stage distance.

cars on wet stages are shinier and wetter looking. dirt will also look muddier and a bit more diffuse on dry stages.
improvements

crowd system should now respond correctly to change in settings.

reorganized extras menu

increased car livery texture size from 1024x1024 to 2048x2048 which makes them much clearer

made the new group 4 heritage cars smaller.

on car chooser menu, keep car rotation between car selections

ai gets more damage after every stage according to the player's damage setting

baked water material to be more performant
fixes

added missing side mirrors and wind wipers to the original

fix bug where replay ui could remain on screen after exiting replay

fix bug where button mashing 'submit' after restarting race from pause menu would result in continuously restarting

fix bug where the hidden photomode hud would display after taking a screenshot when it should remain hidden

fix grass visible through prop car on villacidro

fix sign always knocked on vestpollen

fix explosive pole on nasu highland

fix incorrect fence colliders on nikko

fix bug where simulator achievement could be awarded without the player finishing in first place

fix ghosts not functioning correctly on haapajarvi

fix issues with removing files from screenshot folder

fixed a Finland road having weird bumps

mac case-sensitive save fixes

ghost corruption fix

volumetric lighting fix for mac

photo mode effects fix

fixed a floating jump arch on normarkku
Update v1.1.1 (28 January 2021)improvements

odometer stats now include driving in freeroam, terminal damage finishes and restarted stages

changed the method of recording odometer stats

add link to screenshot folder from 'extras' menu
fixes

fix a bug where the song playlist order could get mixed up

fix a bug where the game hitching could trigger a waypoint reset

fix a bug where skidmarks could behave weirdly when reseting stage midway through a skid

fix a bug where the stage progress bar wasn't cleared immediately on stage reset

fix a bug where the car could roll forward after a stage restart

fix a ghost toggle bug where ghost would be disabled after exiting photomode

fix a ghost toggle bug where ghost would be disabled after exiting photomode and then resetting / quick reset

fix a bug where the fade to black screen after the stage intro cinematic could be extended indefinitely through button mashing

fix some explosive road markers in franzenheim

fix a bug where stage restart could be called multiple times

fix low hanging powerlines in mertesdorf

fix powerlines not being visible when viewed against the sky

fix flags in rocks on tsumagoi

fix a bug where your displayed time could be rounded differently to your leaderboard time

fix to Das Uberwhip and Esky v2 livery templates
Update v1.0.5c (10 November 2020)features

offline personal best time functionality
improvements

optimize vegetation system to do less combining, faster rendering and deallocation of vegetation. this could range from no noticeable difference to quite a significant boost in fps and lower jitter.

lowered the collider of the t22 so the wheels don't clip on harsh jump landings

some code optimizations

enable running the application in background when not in focus
fixes

fix bug where 'barely keeping it together' achievement was being awarded even on terminal damage stage completes

parking lot achievement no longer awarded before all cars are unlocked

fix bug where the car would keep some momentum after resetting.

fix typos in credits

fixed: when a xbox one controller disconnects abruptly there was a massive lagspike in the game, we have improved upon that so it happens less likely, but our hands are tied to an issue in xinput.

potential fix for a bug that prevents players from finishing a stage by resetting them to the last waypoint when they cross the finish line

fix bug where screenshake would happen after a stage restart or offroad reset

fix bug where the car would keep some momentum after resetting.

fix incorrect reporting of stages won in custom mode

fix incorrect reporting of stages won in career mode

"groundhog day" bug

fix bug where loading a season in progress would place you in the wrong rally and stage
Update v1.0.4 (12 October 2020)improvements

skip song and previous song buttons changed to comma and period on keyboard

Players can now skip the keybinding overlay after the introduction

headlight shadows are darker now and use less sampling so they're better on performance too.
fixes

Fixed: logging truck liveries had reversed bonus liveries.

Kvannkjosen boats on frozen lake have colliders now

fixed: holzerath haybales at one intersection were a little bouncy