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eXpanSIMNewsPatch update #34: Smarter traffic and better accidents
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Patch update #34: Smarter traffic and better accidents

eXpanSIM · published 27 Aug 2026, 20:07 UTC · build 24977618

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Vehicles

  • 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
  • Improved traffic signs and lights
  • Added loading/unloading ramps to the Lakeside Hill map
  • Added a roundabout to the Lakeside Hill map
  • Added realistic bus stops to the Windridge City map
  • Reorganised obstacles on the Windridge City map

Vehicle Physics

  • Rehauled motorbike driving physics and control modes
  • Improved crashed motorbike revive procedure
  • Improved wheel contact forces
  • Improved differential steering in tracked vehicles
  • Tuned powertrain parameters

AI Traffic

  • Added bicycles to traffic
  • Added motorbikes to traffic
  • Added trucks to traffic
  • Added warm clothes for pedestrians
  • Improved vehicle priority rules and intersection handling
  • Improved vehicle turning and speed control
  • Prevented traffic vehicles from using rusty skins
  • Fixed occasional freezing of pedestrian animations
  • Reduced vehicle blocking
  • Added a cleanup system for blocked vehicles

Graphics

  • Improved PiP camera quality
  • Improved mirror picture quality
  • Improved minimap anti-aliasing
  • Fixed duplicated camera views when DLSS is enabled
  • Removed rendering API selection

UI

  • Added German language
  • Added replay speed (slow motion)
  • Added PiP camera orientation automatic saving
  • Fixed occasional freezing of the top bar
  • Added vehicle categories
  • Added detection of more traffic offences
  • Many small fixes

Performance

  • Optimised object rendering performance
  • Optimised destructible object physics
  • Optimised replay memory consumption
  • Improved UI responsiveness and performance

Other

  • Fixed the Steam license check error
  • Updated Unity to 6000.4.10f1
  • Updated OpenXR integration
  • Updated SDK documentation
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