1.2.6 Patch Notes - Performance & Popularity

Hi there good folk! This is a medium sized update which includes general stability, performance and balance changes.

Performance

• Fixed the fullscreen FPS drop that occurred when Steam overlay is enabled; fullscreen now runs smoothly.

• Optimized calculations for large fleets and customer pools; hovering over keys, driver cards, and customer notes no longer causes stuttering when the city is busy.

New: Base Popularity

• Serving customers now increases your base's popularity and higher popularity generates more customer demand. Completing a high volume of trips and keeping the base rating high helps your popularity rise rapidly

New: Record Trip

• Beating your previous best daily trip count now earns you Reputation at the end of the day. A minimum of 60 passengers is required to achieve your first record.

Balance Changes

• Maximum driver capacity has been increased from 8 to 9.

• Dispatch radio call limits and zone demand bonuses have been rebalanced; a larger fleet receives more calls.

• Added a 3rd upgrade level to the dispatch radio, allowing it to show even more customers.

• To balance the increased passenger count and new mechanics, the per-kilometer fare and Reputation gained from events have been slightly reduced.

Fairer Ratings

• Rating penalties when your base score is high have been softened; a single bad trip no longer wipes out a whole day's worth of good trips.

• Traffic that forms after drivers are dispatched to a customer no longer causes a bad rating.

e-Taxi Usability

• When an e-Taxi equipped driver exhausts their patience and goes on a break, they now notify you via the radio; the feeling of the automation silently failing is gone.

Time Indicator

• The cigarette pack under the phone has been removed, and a new cigarette pack has been added next to the clock. The pack starts the day full and the cigarettes inside deplete towards the end of the day.