What's New
- Added car trailers
- Added new truck trailers
- Added trailer selection to the vehicle card
Performance
- Reduced UI overhead
- Optimised the Lakeside Hill map
- Fixed HUD unnecessary memory allocation
- Fixed log stack trace overhead
Vehicle Physics
- Improved wheel lateral friction forces
- Improved Ackermann steering angles
- Adjusted the torque converter capacity for cars
Maps
- Improved lighting and reflections on all maps
- Added vibration on a cobble stone surface
- Improved road textures on the Lakeside Hill map
- Improved road geometry here and there
Vehicles
- Set interior camera as default
- Improved car paint materials
Input
- Removed keyboard and gamepad steering capping depending on vehicle speed
- Adjusted the dead zone of a gamepad
- Extended DirectInput device support
- Improved Logitech G29 support
- Added custom actions for special scenarios
UI
- Improved vehicle preview images
- Added power and torque plot to the engine card
- Removed unused tabs in the menu
- Improved the loading screen
Artificial Intelligence
- Extended the AI system by adding special behaviours and goals (work in progress - new AI features will be added in the next updates)
Other
- The VR mode is now launched after loading a map
- Improved error handling
- Added vehicle input data to the plugin SDK
More from eXpanSIM
Other announcements
Patch update #34: Smarter traffic and better accidentsVehicles · Added a new sport bike model (inspired by Aprilia Tuono V4 1100) · Added a truck turntable trailer · Added ragdolls to bicycle and motorbike riders · Added reflective paint to trucks and trailers · Added driver models · Added registration plates · Improved motorbike animations · Improved vehicle lights · Improved the autopilot mode Maps · Added German traffic signs and rules · Improv…Patch update #33: Upgraded renderingGraphics · Improved global illumination · Improved sky and clouds · Improved shadows · Improved reflections · Added volumetric fog light scattering · Upgraded water (waves, caustics, underwater volume) Performance · Updated graphics quality options (restored settings to defaults) · Improved VR performance (switched to single-pass rendering) · Improved overall rendering performance Vehicle Physi…Patch update #32: Four seasonsWeather System · Split months into four seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) · Improved rainy weather with wet reflective surfaces, puddles and raindrop ripple animations · Added lightning storm · Added Winter snow cover on terrain, buildings, and vehicles · Added Autumn vegetation colours · Added wind effect (visual and physical) · Improved sleet and hail Graphics · Balanced sky scattering…