Paul Jeffrey
Premium
That's right folks, after many months of eager anticipation, gamers on Xbox One and PS4 can now finally get their hands on the rather excellent Wreckfest videogame from Bugbear Entertainment.
Having undertaken a lengthy development process since being acquired by THQ Nordic, Wreckfest has finally made it over to the world of console gaming!
Although a big news story in its own right, Wreckfest fans on PC can also rejoice as a major new build release has been deployed to the PC version of the game. New cars, new tracks, new features and plenty of improvements, check out the update notes below:
4 NEW RACING TRACKS + 1 NEW DERBY ARENA
- Clayridge Circuit
- Deathloop
- Northfolk Ring (two routes)
- Dirt Devil Stadium (Speedway)
- Dirt Devil Stadium (Derby Arena)
5 NEW VEHICLES
- Venom (career reward)
- Stretch Limousine
- Couch Car
- Motorhome
- Big Rig
CAREER ENHANCEMENTS
- Several new career events and challenges featuring new tracks and vehicles. Check each Championship for new events – for example the first championship Regional Juniors now has the Couch Craze challenge to unlock this vehicle.
- There's now more variation in the computer-controlled AI cars, and they will also make use of the upgrade parts to make your life so much more miserable.
- Many events have been changed and tweaked to offer more engaging, balanced gameplay experience.
- Also, achieved bonus targets are no longer reset when restarting a career series.
GAME IMPROVEMENTS
- Polished and more detailed environments.
- Animated objects such as flags and balloons.
- New paint jobs for most vehicles.
- Collision improvements: the cars no longer clip each other.
- Quick match functinality for multiplayer.
- Streamlined server browser.
- Overhauled server lobby user interface and improved usability.
- Improved car and upgrade selection in the garage/pit.
- New daytimes for many tracks.
- Improved career menu screens.
- Multiplayer: Bots now get auto-kicked also during races if a human player joins and takes their slot.
- Multiplayer: At event start, players not ready won't be kicked as long as they have a valid car.
- New track and event specific loading screens.
- A save data backup is created automatically whenever the game is updated.
- Minimap (can be disabled in the Settings menu).
PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS
- Overall game performance increased especially for older PCs.
- Multiplayer better optimized for poor connections and PCs.
- Drastically reduced loading times for all tracks.
- Server side: hardware and bandwidth demands reduced.
BUGFIXES
- Numerous bugfixes, tweaks and improvements, many based on the feedback we've received from you. As always, thanks for your continuing support and keep those suggestions coming!
Happy days for fans of crashing!
Wreckfest is available for PC now, with console release to follow August 27th.
For more smashing fun, head over to the RaceDepartment Wreckfest sub forum, and don't forget to check out the awesome RD Wreckfest Racing Club for some contact filled and laugh out loud online racing activity!
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