Welcome back to The Weekly Grind, San Vanners! Let’s roll!
What’s going on?
We’re two weeks out from Season 5, but today we’re stoked to share the details of what’s coming on September 8. Dive into the blog, if you haven’t, but for a quick summary:
Super Ultra Mega Resort, aka S.U.M.R. Camp, is coming on Sept 8!
Underflips
Player Spot Battles through the Throwdowns Menu
Block Parties - and Block Party Improvements
New Brands
New Music
And more…
We’re in week 5 of X Games San Van! Check out the mid-season blog for more details. That means you get two more weeks to complete the X Games Challenges, get your X Games gear, and throw down in the X Games San Van stadium. We’ve also reset the X Games Challenges, so get those last X Coins to complete your X Games San Van collection in the Extravert shop.
Don’t forget: Keep sharing your bugs/issues so we can squash ‘em flat.
Let’s dive right into the calendar.
The Weekly Grind returns (that’s today!)
New Weekly Tasks and X Games San Van Challenge Reset (also today!)
Season 5 Reveal (Today? That’s right, also today!)
X Games San Van Week 5 with Open Access (July 21 - Sept 8)
Update 0.32.0 Notes (Sept 7)
Update 0.32.0 Goes Live and Season 5 Launches (Sept 8)
The Weekly Grind Interviews
S.U.M.R. Camp
Underflips
What other types of interviews would you want to see? Let us know - gameplay, tricks, world design, etc.
We wanted to share a few pieces of content that caught our eye. Remember: if you want to be featured in The Weekly Grind, make sure to share yours (screenshots, videos, clips) via skate.reel.
Xpanding the X Games Street Course with some QD handplants, Credit:SpiffyAstro
Gettin' some work done, Credit:Fal$e
X Games Air Out, Credit:neto drm
Chronophotography with NoOneCaresWrkHrdr
Part of The Weekly Grind will be dedicated to sharing the current Known Issues the team is tracking, any active deployments/fixes, and next steps.
Some Players are unable to export in MP4 Format.
Workaround PC ONLY: Using WebM format when exporting works.
Pinned tasks do not remain pinned when the game reconnects after inactivity.
Changing the graphics preset doesn’t update the settings shown at the bottom of the Graphics screen as it should.
The option to select between 16:9 centered HUD and full-width and height UI is present but non-functional while in Windowed mode.
Daily and Mastery Task sections sometimes display a blank screen.
Quick Drop radial menu resets temporarily after joining the server.
Tailslides and Noseslides are not correctly detected when approaching a ledge from its end.
Friends list sometimes displays multiple entries of the same friend or none at all.
Wallride detection often causes skater to flip unnaturally.
Smith to Tailslide task often fails to register when done correctly.
Sometimes the wrong item spawns when you use the Quick Drop menu to place something.
X-Games Intro Video, Mission, Tasks and Challenges are missing on first login after the 0.31.5 update.
Pinned tasks cycle when performing gestures.
Players cannot find non-friend accounts using Skater codes.
Quick Ollie/Nollie into No-Foot Grab causes leg clipping with board.
Performing footplants causes extra one-foot grabs to appear in trick scoring.
Some flip trick animations appear different in the Replay Editor when done by other skaters.
Some specific landing animations make the skater's upper body snap upright immediately.
Skateboard clips through a specific ledge in the Hedgemont area.
Game intermittently fails to enter Quick drop mode from the radial menu
Workaround: Hold D-Pad Left as a shortcut to enter Quick Drop mode.
Traffic and Pedestrians are sometimes Present During Challenges.
Workaround: Turn off Challenge Player Visibility in Settings.
Gap Distance not registering correctly in block parties.
Switch or nollie 360 inward heelflip rotates the skater if PS5 power saving is enabled.
Workaround: Disable Power Saver for skate.
Add EA Friend option is sometimes missing when using the Find Skaters option.
Workaround: This should only happen if you're hovering over Requests before pressing the Find Skaters button.