This is no regular update!
For a long time now, we've wanted to have ability to put a specific level in the spotlight, to give everyone a common challenge and a leaderboard to compete in. That's now in, with our first slot going to Skate or Bye, a new skateboarding level.
After the feature window is taken up by the next highlighted level, Skate or Bye will be available normally in Challenge and Sandbox modes.
Let us know how you feel about this update! Our plan is to improve this according to feedback, and possibly seeing if this could even be used with Workshop levels.
Now, on to the release notes...
New Game Mode: Featured level on the Title Screen gives time-limited access to a level that the player may still have locked in the Challenge mode. While Featured, the level may limit which vehicle or vehicles may be used. This is so the competition leaderboard is fair for everyone.
New level: Skate or Bye! Collect golden hot dogs to beat a time limit!
New hat: Mallard! Mr. Dismount's favorite cap while carving up the streets.
New controls: Vehicles have secondary sideways spin air control while the handbrake button is pressed down
New controls: Width/height sliders added to Low Blow obstacle
Level Editing Toolkit: Collectible hot dog added, useful for levels where you want the player to pick up something generic for points.
Level Editing Toolkit: Improved NPC Train asset added
Levels polished: Stair Chase, Tropic Cruise, Slam Dunk
Made Barrel Jump's challenge less difficult
Owtobahn: trains now have more accurate colliders
Tuning for characters' leg joints
Visual effects improvements
Memory usage optimized
Debris particle meshes optimized
Fixes to hat placement on ragdolls and custom faces
Air control engages faster, tweaked for all vehicles
General driveability updates for a number of vehicles
Corley: fixes to some ragdoll poses
Ricky-Tick: ragdoll poses added to front passenger seat
Ricky-Tick has an extra gear
Boss Throne & Pivot: colors now better match those seen in the Paint Job cards; minor fixes to poses and meshes
Street Slicer control change: secondary rotation is now Spin instead of Roll
Street Slicer control and stability improvements
NPC Wedge is faster
[UPDATE]: Audio pops on exit fixed
[UPDATE]: Missing geometry on Intel graphics fixed
[UPDATE]: Previous week leaderboard text fix
[UPDATE]: Parkade Drift screens highlighting the effect of Manual Vehicle Control style
[UPDATE]: LEP - an NPC placed into a scene can now stop without despawning
[UPDATE]: Improvements to raytraced reflections
[UPDATE]: Glove Plaza improvements
[UPDATE]: Pivot physics material fixes