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Not only are we releasing the major australia DLC later today, but there's also a huge update to the base game full of fixes and quality of life improvements that is live right now - check it out below!

Changelog

improvements

• performance improvements for long sessions and when multi-tasking (e.g. alt+tab)
  
• stability improvements for vegetation renderer indirect
  
• framerate is no longer capped at 230 fps
  
• custom rallies can now have up to 12 stages
  
• windows on some houses and boats now glow at night
  
• unlocked songs remain unlocked after resetting collectibles
  
• last visited free roam stage is remembered
  
• various improvements to ghost selection
  
• added “total time” to stage post-finish menu in multiple stage rallies
  
• career and custom rally overall results now support times longer than 1 hour (single stage results still cap at 59.59.999)
  
• free roam views are easier to activate and can be activated by holding the button while passing through the trigger area
  
• added extra checks for unlocking freeroam stages and some achievements
  
• improved controller button glyphs position in enter/exit View prompts
  

fixes

• prevented tires from clipping through road on some stages
  
• prevented various bugs that could be triggered by a terminal damage crash
  
• fixed various issues with saving and loading rally progress and car condition
  
• various fixes to ghost selection in menus and leaderboard interaction
  
• fixed a bug where some ghosts show the wrong vehicle (may not apply retroactively to existing ghosts)
  
• retired AI now remains retired even after resuming saved rally
  
• best time in post-finish menu shows correct locally saved best time when offline or when privacy policy is declined
  
• recover car near finish gates no longer triggers multiple time penalties
  
• skidmarks are cleared when entering free roam views and when recovering car
  
• fixed issues with vehicle placement in free roam views
  
• fixed il gorilla e1 wheel texture issues when changing liveries
  
• fixed issues with wheel texture on some ghosts (e.g. le 504, the fujin, little monkey)
  
• camera effects no longer remain active outside photo mode during a replay
  
• controller vibration stops after restarting stage or recovering car
  
• player selected audio settings are reapplied after disconnecting headphones / earbuds
  
• fixed a bug causing screenshot names to use a 12-hour format in rare cases
  
• fixed guardrail collider in farschewiler
  
• fixed reset zone and prop issues in lake nakuru
  
• fixed house texture issues in norway and kenya
  
• reduced water foam under bridges on some stages
  
• fixed rare leaderboard UI issue in post-finish menu
  
• fixed rare terminal damage UI issue in post-finish menu
  
• fixed issues with fonts for Chinese, Japanese and Korean (incl. rendering on Steam Deck)
  
• retired leaderboard entries can no longer be used as custom ghosts
  
• rich presence fixes for Steam and Discord
  
• dynamic resolution option removed for Vulkan, as it’s not supported
  
• vegetation renderer indirect option removed for Vulkan, as it’s not supported
  

If you've enjoyed the game over the years and can spare a moment for a review it's much appreciated!