Via the Rocket League blog:
NEW CONTENT
ARENAS
- “Champions Field” is now available in all Playlists, and in Private Matches
- “Starbase ARC” has been updated with new visuals and reduced brightness
- Boost pads are now standardized in all standard Arenas
CRATES
- “Overdrive” Crate has been added
- When received, the Overdrive Crate will display as “Crate - Overdrive” in your inventory
- “Champions” Crate Series has been retired
TRAILS
- Trails are now available in the Car Customization menu
- Trails appear behind the Wheels when your Battle-Car goes SuperSonic
- Every player has the “Classic” Trail by default
- More Trails are available in the Overdrive Crate
GOAL EXPLOSIONS
- Goal Explosions are now available in the Car Customization menu
- Every player has the “Classic” Goal Explosion by default
- New Goal Explosions are available as Common drops after all online and offline matches:
- “Standard Green”
- “Standard Orange”
- “Standard Pink”
- “Standard Purple”
- More Goal Explosions are available in the Overdrive Crate
ENGINE AUDIO
- Engine Audio is now available in the Car Customization menu
- You have access to Engine Audio for every Battle-Car you own
- The Engine Audio can changed on any Battle-Car in your GA
- Licensed Battle-Cars are excluded
- Engine Audio for all existing Battle-Cars has been updated
- Legacy Engine Audio is still available as an Engine Audio customization option
- “Gfinity” (Updated)
- “X Games”
- “Monstercat”
ANTENNAS
DECALS
RICK AND MORTY
- Rick and Morty items are now available as drops after matches
- “Interdimensional GB” Boost
- “Sanchez DC-137” Wheel
- “Rick” Antenna
- “Morty” Antenna
- “Cromulon” Topper
- “Mr. PBH” Topper
- “Mr. Meeseeks” Topper
RLCS SEASON THREE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ATTENDEE ITEM
- Players who attended the RLCS Season Three World Championship in June can now redeem their in-game item
- Item: “Decennium Pro” Wheels
- To redeem, go to the “Extras” menu, select “Redeem Code,” and enter your unique code
- These wheels are not tradeable
BRISK
- Players with a valid code can redeem their Brisk in-game items
- Item: “GA-819 HB” Wheels
- Item: “SWT-T” Decal
- To redeem, go to the “Extras” menu, select “Redeem Code,” and enter your unique code
- These items are tradeable
ACHIEVEMENTS AND TROPHIES
- Storm Trooper
- Equip a Very Rare Item and complete a game in an Arena with turbulent weather
- Good Times
- Head to Champions Field and complete an Online game
- Swap Meet
- Trade and receive one or more items with another player in a single transaction
- Trade Secret
- Trade In five items of the same quality to receive an item of the next-highest quality
- Rank Up
- Complete all placement matches in any Competitive Playlist
- Note: If you are already placed in one or more Competitive Playlists, this achievement should unlock automatically
- Coming On Strong
- Score or Assist a combined 30 goals or assists in Casual or Competitive Online matches
CHANGES AND UPDATES
GENERAL
- Players now have 50 Car Preset slots, up from ten
- A “Change Preset” button has been added to the end of game lobby. You can now change to another Battle-Car preset without exiting a match
- “Dodge Deadzone” added to Controls Options.
- This setting allows you to control how far you must tilt the controller stick to activate a directional dodge move in the air instead of double jumping.
- The default value of 0.5 means you must move the stick at least half of the way towards your intended direction to dodge instead of double jump.
- The maximum value of 1.0 means you must move the stick all the way in a direction to trigger a dodge.
- Rocket Trails have been renamed Rocket Boosts
- Pressing Start when selecting Online Playlists now starts the matchmaking search
- The Boost Meter and Rumble Powerup are now displayed when watching a player in Spectator Mode
- The Boost Meter and Rumble Powerup now display during Replays
- A pop-up window will appear when exiting a match when you have indicated you wanted a replay, but did not save a replay
- A “Maintenance Mode” message has been added to the matchmaking ticker. You will see this only when PsyNet is undergoing maintenance
- “High Contrast Nameplates” now default to ON. This can be reverted in the Options Menu
COMPETITIVE SEASON 4
- Competitive Season 4 has ended. Titles and items will be awarded for your highest rank achieved during the season. Season 4 Rewards are custom, non-tradeable Trails
- “Season 4 - Bronze” Trail
- “Season 4 - Silver” Trail
- “Season 4 - Gold” Trail
- “Season 4 - Platinum” Trail
- “Season 4 - Diamond” Trail
- “Season 4 - Champion” Trail
- “Season 4 Grand Champion” Title
- Season 4 Grand Champions will also receive the “Season 4 - Champion” Trail
COMPETITIVE SEASON 5
- Competitive Season 5 has begun
- New for Season 5 is the “Season Reward Level,” a new type of Skill Tier progression
- Your skill ratings are carried over directly from Season 4 into Season 5
- You do not have to play placement games this season
- Players will compete against opponents of the same skill ranking to earn wins that count towards your Season 5 Reward Level
- Each level requires 12 wins against players of the same Skill Tier or higher
- Ex: A Bronze player must win 12 games against Bronze Skill Tier players or higher in order to unlock Bronze-level Season Rewards
- Losses do not affect your win count progression
CAR STANDARDIZATION CHANGES
- Implemented a new type of car standardization that minimizes differences in handling and hitbox between cars of the same “type”. For this initial release, this affects the following cars:
- “Octane” Type: Octane, Octane ZSR, Takumi, Takumi RX-T
- “Dominus” Type: Dominus, Dominus GT, Hotshot
- “Plank” Type: Batmobile, Mantis, Paladin, Twin Mill, Centio V17
- “Breakout” Type: Breakout, Breakout, Animus GP
- Note: The Breakout hitbox has been widened slightly. This affects all cars using its standard type.
- “Hybrid” Type: Venom, X-Devil, Endo
- Note: This is a new type that offers a middle ground between “Octane”-type and “Dominus”-type hitboxes.
USER INTERFACE
- The “Find Match” window has been updated
- Casual and Competitive Playlist categories are now separated by dedicated tabs
- The game will remember your last chosen category
- A new “Recommended” Server Region has replaced the “Select All” option
- Recommended servers are any servers with good ping
- Good ping is defined as 100 ms or below
- A new warning pop-up message has been added to the trading screen
- After you invite a player to trade, a new message will appear with several trade-related disclaimers
- Players have the option to disable the message upon first viewing
AUDIO
- Engine Audio for all Battle-Cars has been revised (see “Engine Audio” under “New Content” above)
- The Music Playlist UI has been updated
- Rocket League Radio: Players can now select specific soundtrack playlists, or choose all playlists
- The “Rocket League x Monstercat” playlist has been added with 18 new songs
BUG FIXES
GENERAL
- Updated Car Bumping and Demolition
- Fixed a bug with Car Bumps and Demolishes that could cause them to be ignored at wider collision angles
- Fixed an issue where Supersonic FX would stay active despite the car falling below the minimum speed to Demolish opponents
- Fixed an issue with ball bounces off of the junctions between curved and flat wall segments. These bounces should now be more consistent than before
- Changed car suspension code to reduce the likelihood of getting stuck when driving up curved surfaces
- Centers, Saves, and other related stats now work correctly when the “No Goal Reset” Mutator is active
- Ball should no longer get “stuck” in Free Play Training
- Party members that go directly to Free Play Training from the post match screen will no longer prevent Party leaders from matchmaking
- Players will no longer receive a matchmaking ban if they leave a Competitive match during the final goal replay
- Fixed a bug with the “Hexed” and “Snakeskin” decals that changed their look in the v1.34 update.
- Wheel effects no longer flicker when browsing or equipping other items in the Garage
- Loading screen now correctly displays all information when joining a Rumble or Dropshot match
- [Steam] Additional player names in Splitscreen Mode are now correctly displayed in the Party Bar
- Duplicate item sound no longer plays when scrolling through items in the Garage
- Nitro Crate localization has been updated for Portuguese and Turkish languages
- Ball Cannon properly disappears between shots in Custom Training levels
- [PS4] Cars with three painted items or more equipped will correctly appears in other Party Member’s lobbies
- Adjusted the “Crazy Sandwich” Decal on the Ice Charger
- An idle warning now appears when viewing the midgame menu
- Appearance of the ball indicator and direction indicator on Aquadome have been adjusted
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