07-07-2015 New Content:
Prepared the game for upcoming releases and sponsored competitions.
Game:
- Added Fanatec V2 support and default controller profiles.
- Added numerous additions to the Shared Memory to provide more data to 3rd party developers.
- Added individual controller profiles for different Fanatec rims.
- Implemented support so Fanatec rev-light works by default.
- Implemented Fanatec LED display support with following options:
- S-G Speed + Gear
- S Speed
- G Gear
- F Fuel
- POS Position
- OFF Off
- Added a new keybinding option for Fanatec LED Display cycle in secondary functions.
- Added a “Random” setting to Time of Day selection.
- Fixed a crash that could occur with older replays.
- Fixed an issue where cars would randomly lose body parts while watching replays.
- Fixed an issue where car shadows would sometimes stop moving.
- Fixed so that the Vehicle Settings apply when set in pause menu.
- Fixed an issue with loading screen popping up one frame between title and splash screen.
- Improved car shadows
- Improved shadow split performance
- Fixed a crash that was occurring at the end of hillclimb tracks.
- Added additional logging to catch resolution related errors.
- Added additional logging to catch potential ffb/physics issues.
- Fixed an issue where the server difficulty was not matching with what was showing in-game.
- Fixed having 2 “Continue to Results” in pause menu in certain cases.
- Fixed an issue that could cause path to user documents be wrong.
- Fixed Player name and End of Session text not fitting the overlay.
- Fixed an issue where the car was moving at start if gear is engaged.
- Fixed AI in main path braking for cars that are slowing down while entering pitlane.
- Fixed a potential AI distance error for cars to the left/right on different paths.
- Changed default steering lock for gamepads from 13 to 8.
- Updated some values on all gamepad default profiles.
- Deployed code support for upcoming spectator mode (more information to be released later on the forum)
Multiplayer:
- Dedicated: Added result reports (basic version in json and xml format, additional data will be included later).
- Dedicated: Added options to upload reports to ftp and http.
AI, Physics & Audio:
- Touring Classics physics overhaul. This class now matches performance with DTM 1992.
- Decreased gearshift backfire amount on some turbo cars
- Gumpert Apollo gearshift backfires adjusted
- P4/5 Competizione new internal sounds
- Removed the ability to use traction control in Touring Classics
- Sachsenring - Fixed AI car hitting pitwall under ai control during pitstops.
- Sachsenring - Merged cut track rules across all difficulty levels.
Art:
- Reduced quantity of advertisement boards around most of the tracks, and moved some around so it all looks more like it belongs.
- Zolder: added windmills in the distance
- RaceRoom Hillclimb: Deleted animated 2D flags, replaced audience with some more high polygons bodies, replaced 2D audience with new ones
- Lakeview Hillclimb: Deleted animated 2D flags, replaced audience with some more highpolygons bodies, replaced 2D audience with new ones.
- Chevrolet Dekon Monza - Fixed some heavy glare on interior windows.
- Various livery tweaks to DTM 2015 cars (available only through the DTM Virtual Championship)
Portal:
- Added VIP Drivers directory in portal which will list all the VIP drivers.
- Optimized login flow by removing redundant user page load before redirecting to menus.
- Added failover on MW timeouts.
- Added additional checks for store transaction fails.
- Fixed an issue with user content cache which was getting invalidated after adding price to a new content.
- Fixed discounts not being considered for second pack in the cart.
- Fixed an issue with user content cache which was getting invalidated after adding a a new content.
- Fixed discounts not being considered for second pack in the cart.
- Fixed an issue where some transactions were remaining pending and not getting completed.
- Optimized loading times for user content.
- Optimized loading times for web menus.
- Fixed a caching issue that was causing image assets not to load correctly on some browsers such as Safari.
