What's New
- Added traffic offence detection
- Added country-specific traffic rules and road signs
- Added many performance optimisations
- Expanded the AI traffic system
Artificial Intelligence
- Improved AI vehicle goal selection and path generation
- Ensured that AI vehicles select a correct lane on an intersection
- Enabled AI vehicles outside the city centre (Lakeside Hill map)
- Reduced the probability of deadlocks
- Increased AI vehicle speed
Vehicle Physics
- Added gear P for the PRND gearbox
- Improved automatic gear change logic
- Improved the torque curves of selected engines
Vehicles
- Added a new Volvo coach bus
- Added a new tandem trailer
- Added complete sets of mirrors to trucks
- Improved body and suspension parameters of several vehicles
Maps
- Extended AI space in the Windridge City map
- Improved roads and buildings on the Lakeside Hill map
- Added Polish, French, and British road signs
- Enabled left-handed traffic
Visuals
- Improved materials and reflections
- Improved post-process rendering
- Improved resolution scaling (sharpening)
- Improved Temporal Antialiasing quality
Performance
- Reduced CPU use of the AI system
- Optimised rendering of far objects
- Optimised mirror rendering
- Optimised building geometry
- Optimised forests and grass rendering
Input
- Redesigned the controls panel
- Added input signal filtering
- Added Stream Deck integration
- Improved steering wheels compatibility
UI
- Added vehicle trailer load settings (in the vehicle selection panel)
- Added mirror calibration panel (during runtime)
- Added vehicle parameter panel (during runtime)
- Improved translations
Fixes
- Fixed light flashes
- Fixed destructible object state in replays
- Small sound effect adjustments
Other
- Added D-Box motion platform integration
- Added DynaSim motion platform integration
- Added TrackIR head tracking integration
- Added support for multiple DLL plugins
- Updated 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…