Rocket Racing’s themed updates come to an end

Epic Games has announced that its Fortnite-based Rocket Racing title will no longer receive themed updates.

Rocket Racing, which is based on Epic-owned developer Psyonix’s Rocket League, was released in December 2023 but immediately faced criticism from players due to its overpriced microtransactions and overcomplicated driving mechanics.

In a recent blog update, Epic has now confirmed the end of major themed updates for the game, which has previously received officially licensed NASCAR tracks, cars, banners and decals.

Despite this, Rocket Racing will remain playable, with Epic assuring fans new Quests, Ranked periods and Car Items will be added in future. Epic also made a point of highlighting that user-made tracks will continue to be added.

Perhaps signalling the beginning of the end for Rocket Racing, its player base has declined dramatically over the last 10 months, beginning with a peak of 625,683 players on launch to 12,079 over the last 24 hours. Although these are numbers most hardcore sims can only dream of, they still represent an alarming drop.

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Rocket Racing v31.40 update changelog

Improvements and Bug Fixes

Improved Track Textures

• On mobile, textures are now smoother on Seafoam Cove, Bone Cavern, and Pleasant Pitstop.

Bug Fixes

• Equipping the Beast Mode Boost no longer results in an error.
• Fixed several Quest progression tracking issues.
• The intended Quests will now appear when opening the Quests tab in Ranked Racing.
• Fixed matchmaking errors when trying to queue into private creator-made tracks.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes resulted in players getting stuck in a tube on Airborne 2.
• The Ball-R Wheels no longer display unavailable paint colors in the Locker.