Game update

v0.20.1: Performance Profiles, Improved Vehicle Handling, Minor Annoyances Fixed

Tornado: Research and Rescue · published 47 days ago

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The goal for this was to fix minor (and some major) annoyances:

The drifting behaviour of the truck has been dialed back to keep it controllable

You can now enter your vehicle easily without the probe menu interfering

You can enter your vehicle even if you park near a siren

The mini-map and expanded map automatically adjust their zoom levels so you don't have to keep manually adjusting the zoom between the two

Performance profiles have been added in the game (High Fidelity, Balanced, Performance) and shadow quality settings

Some optimisations have been made, there was a lot of unnecessary work being done behind the scenes for the windshield rain effects which has been removed

Enjoy! :)

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