Hello! 

Thank you to those of you who have played Traction Downhill Rally and provided feedback. We were excited to see the game was even streamed! So were here with a small bug fix before fixing up some of the new features that I will talk about at the end. 

A quick note

The optimisation of the game is the most important focus at this current time as the minimum specs are higher than you would expect for such a simple art style and game. As our target platform for the future is mobile this will be a major focus for the time being in order to have a smooth experience on all devices. We've implemented a few changes that should see a few more devices able to access the game.

Bugs Fixed:

• Vehicle would occasionally flip on turns
• Vehicle was taking damage on flat terrain
• An overload of particles would cause flickering
• Vehicle would occasionally remain on when not being used
• Some data such as quality settings and PB was not being saved

Changes:

• Modified the completion time of pine level 1 and 3
• Tweaked the suspension of the starter vehicle
•  Modified input system (to prepare for xbox controller support)
• Changed lighting in pine level 2 and 4
• Modified pine level 3s cliff section
• Disable grass on lowest quality setting
• Disable some props on lowest quality setting
• Disable some vfx on lowest quality setting
• Modified camera view distance
• Modified shadow resolution on lower settings
• Modified texture resolution on lower settings
• Miscellaneous background tweaks to prepare for vehicle selection
• Modified damage multiplier on vehicle
• Began recording player data for distance/deaths (not yet implemented)
• Changes to texture resolution on lower quality props
• Some props are now static to improve performance
• Removed inappropriate player high scores (restrictions to be implemented)

Features to come

We've been working on some features that will be released into the build soon. These include profile data, profile recovery, vehicle selection, xbox controller support, MAC support ,vehicle upgrades and a new map to practise your skills with no timer or goals. We can't wait to get this update out and playable but would like them to be done correctly the first time so as to not have to retrace steps later when implementing for other systems.

Thanks for playing our game and we appreciate any feedback.