Rennsport’s latest update improves mirror detail, changes livery pricing

Rennsport’s ‘Patch 2’ has now been released across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and it aims to remedy some of the more obvious ailments.

In particular, we noticed in our review that there was no way of avoiding a jump start when using automatic gears, and if you turn off the rear-view mirror, you get a black box on the HUD. Both of these quirks are now claimed to be remedied.

Likewise, there is set to be an upgrade for the rear-view mirror (and in-car display) quality, with a list of changes for that area.

The full changelog is listed below, within which is a potentially key change to livery pricing.

A source of chagrin, currency packs are to be purchased in set amounts; before then, you can purchase a design. The structure meant some would be priced above the entry-level pack price, meaning a purchase of a larger currency pack than the cost of the livery.

Packs are set in bundles of R$500 (£3.99), R$1,100 (£7.99), R$1,670 (£11.99) and R$4,000 (£28.99).

Livery prices would range from R$200 all the way up to R$400 and R$600 for some of the dynamic designs. The new pricing is R$100 for ‘normal’ and ‘R$150’, meaning if this is something you decide to purchase (hey, your call), you don’t need any of the larger packs.

In terms of AI fixes, their unrealistic qualifying lap times are said to be fixed, although we hope work is continuing on their overall on-track characteristics.

Rennsport Patch Notes Update 1.1.5

Crashes

• Fixed a crash on consoles that could happen when the player selects ‘Open Free Camera’ from the Pit screen during a Quick Session/Official contest or while watching a replay

AI

• Fixed an issue with AI lap times sometimes being unrealistic

Rear View Mirror

• Enabled smooth distance fade for grass for consoles
• Increased console grass cull distance and decreased overall density
• Improved fade and cull distance for all platforms
• Increased object cull distance scale to 100% for consoles
• Increased mirror resolution on all consoles
• Increased mirror draw distance on all consoles
• Adjusted mirror sky colour to improve the visual fidelity
• Fixed an issue where the rear view in-car mirror and the virtual rear view mirror showed different distances

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where, after you finished an online race, you were not able to spectate or exit the race results screen. When you cross the finish line now, the results screen will show up after 3 seconds through which you will be able to spectate or exit the ongoing session
• Fixed an issue where you would be put into first gear when using “Auto Transmission” and pressing the throttle while waiting for the race to start, resulting in a false start
• Fixed an issue where if you disabled the virtual mirror it would just be a black bar
• Fixed an issue where the Drive Line assist was not always visible even though it was enabled in Singleplayer

Penalties

• Fixed an issue where penalties were applied on transition between race stages. The UI can still show that a penalty is applied but this is only visual and has no effect on the gameplay

Quick Session

• Removed the BoP screen

UI

• Fixed an issue where the lap count was sometimes missing in the stage result screen
• Fixed an issue where the player position marker on the minimap didn’t align with the actual car position and automatically inverted in certain sections during Time Trial
• Fixed an issue where the ‘Wrong way’ indicator incorrectly displayed after passing the first turn on ‘Orchard Road Street Circuit’ 

Store

• Changed livery pricing in the store to 100R$ for normal and 150R$ for dynamic liveries. Everyone who purchased a livery with the old pricing will keep their access to it and get a full refund of their spent R$ added to their account.

Settings

• Fixed an issue where changes to the Nvidia Reflex settings were not saved

XBOX

• Updated incorrect terminology used for “Start Engine” icon in the controller image 

Known Issues

• Players can re-enter the track from spectator view, after a race. They are visible for other drivers but don’t have any collision
• If the player spectates their own car, when a race is over, their car will appear to be rubber-banding
• Game crash on Xbox when the player tries to watch the same replay twice