Rocket League’s latest update has started to go live today on the PS4 and PC. This update begins ranked season 1 multiplayer and also includes tons of new tweaks and minor additions for the game.
You can read the full set of patch notes below (via Psyonix).
NEW CONTENT
Antennas
- Added “Community Flags”
- Angry Army
- Anne Munition
- The Attack
- EMD1
- ESL
- itmeJP
- MLG
- Razer
- Saudi Gamer
- Serious Gaming
- Added “Video Games”
- Chivalry – Agatha Knights
- Chivalry – Mason Order
- Added “Country Flags”
- Bahrain
- Belize
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Comoros
- East Timor
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Kosovo
- Lesotho
- Macau
- Mauritius
- Puntland
- Réunion
- Solomon Islands
- Somaliland
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Western Sahara
NEW FEATURES
Online Play
- Added “Find New Match” option to Ranked endgame screen
- PC Players can now filter PlayStation 4 players out of matchmaking search
Ranked Season
- Season 1 has officially begun and all leaderboards have been reset
- The “Solo Standard” 3v3 Ranked Playlist has been re-added
- Season Rankings are now based on Rank Points (RP)
- Rank Points are gained or lost based on Player skill rating, teammates’ skill, and the opponent’s skill (like the Pre-Season rating)
- Rank Points change consistently throughout the Season unlike the Pre-Season skill rating, which changed less and less the more games that were played
- Earning 100 RP will promote Players to the next Division, but dropping below 0 RP will demote them to the previous Division
- The Player’s initial division is seeded based on their Pre-Season skill rating
- Ranked Divisions are now separated into…
- Unranked
- Bronze I
- Bronze II
- Bronze III
- Silver I
- Silver II
- Silver III
- Gold I
- Gold II
- Gold III
- Platinum (Top 100 Players)
- Reaching Silver, Gold, or Platinum division rewards players with special reward items at the Season’s end
- Note: Season 1 will last for the next several months. An end date will be announced several weeks in advance
UI/ UX
- Added Music Player interface to all menu screens
- Added “Featured Video” to in-game blog roll
- Added “Video Games” sub-section to Garage Items/ Antennas
- Spectate Mode: Added persistent nameplate that shows username and stats for all players
- Spectate Mode: Added the ability to focus on the ball while in Flycam
- (PC) Spectate Mode: Controls now support hotkeys for camera switching between players or free cam
CHANGES AND UPDATES
Online
- Ranked Pre-Season is now over (see above)
- Improved overall connection reliability
Arena – Utopia Coliseum
- Daylight has been changed to earlier in the day
- Overall lighting effects and ambiance have been improved
- Level boundaries are now more clearly defined
- Added new arches around the outside of the playing field (because it looks cooler)
- Player start positions and Boost placements have been standardized to match other maps
UI/ UX
- Moved “Save Replay” option lower in the post-game screen so it is not selected by default
- (PS4) Controller audio has been switched to “Off” by default for single-player, but can be toggled back on via Options menu (Splitscreen controller audio still defaults to “On”)
Garage Items
- Antennas
- Moved “Blacklight” to “Video Games” folder
- Moved “Blacklight: Retribution” to “Video Games” folder
- Moved “Edge of Space” to “Video Games” folder
- Moved “Fenix Rage” to “Video Games” folder
- Moved “Shadowgate” to “Video Games” folder
- Moved “Strike Vector EX” to “Video Games” folder
- Moved “Unreal” to “Video Games” folder
- Moved “Warframe” to “Video Games” folder
- Moved “Warframe Chroma” to “Video Games” folder
- Moved “Warframe Excalibur” to “Video Games” folder
- Moved “Warframe Loki” to “Video Games” folder
- (PS4) Moved “Sweet Tooth” to “Video Games” folder
BUG FIXES
General
- Direct Input and XInput controllers no longer stop working when played together
- Improved protection against corrupted save data
- Repaired boundary-collision issue that would sometimes allow players to exit the arena
- Fixed random invisibility bug associated with large Boost pick-ups
Audio
- Fixed issue that caused in-game sounds to drop in and out
- Repaired sound-related crash scenario that caused the game to crash on the loading screen after multiple matches
Maps
- Utopia Coliseum: Fixed issue that would sometimes allow the ball to fall through the bottom of the map
UI/ UX
- (PS4) Text chat now properly works after suspend/ resume
- (PS4) Corrected issue that caused PC players to appear nameless to PS4 players following suspend/ resume
Rocket League was released on July 7th for the PS4 and PC. It is a sports game where players basically play soccer with each other using a car. It has proven to be hugely successful and has surpassed more than a million copies sold on Steam for PC.
Let us know if you have updated to the latest version of the game in the comments below.
