Release Notes for art of rally

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