Day 1 Patch Notes

Versions

Xbox Patch - 1.1.0.0
PlayStation Patch - 1.01
PC/Steam Patch - Day 1 Update

PATCH NOTES

• Added support for Logitech G29 and Logitech G920
• Fixed an issue on Xbox that could cause the game to enter an unresponsive state if the user is changed during game suspension
• Fixed a blurry jumbotron image
• Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash if the console runs out of storage space
• Fixed a very rare issue that could cause the game to crash with damage set to Visual Only
• Fixed an issue that could prevent races from starting at Daytona
• Resized pit options to better accommodate non-English languages
• Introduced Charters into Career
• Introduced the option to start from scratch again in the Paint Booth
• Improved the performance of some smoke effects
• Added the "1 can" refueling option to the pit menu
• Added additional repair option to the pit menu
• Tidied up how the Camaro logo was displayed on custom vehicles
• Fixed a progress issue in Career that could occur if the player didn't have an active contract
• Fixed an issue that could cause the diagram on the Car Setup screen to appear smaller than intended
• Fixed an issue that could player cars to be forced through the floor after a high speed collision
• Added additional number styles to the Paint Booth
• Fixed an issue that was causing tires pressures to be shown as having negative values
• Allow the player to set their own name in Career
• Sped up the rate at which cars load in the main menu
• Improved texture loading during cutscenes
• Fixed an issue that could cause the spotter subtitles to remain on screen
• Increased the speed that players cross the start line after a rolling start
• Fixed a rare lighting issue at Talladega
• Fixed an issue that would cause race results to change after watching a replay
• Fixed an issue that was impacting on-track performance while in a pack
• Fixed an issue that would prevent the player from restarting a Qualifying session
• Fixed an issue that could cause the player car to overlap with AI cars during pit scenes
• Updated the control map image
• Improved the performance of online games for players with poorer internet connections
• Fixed an issue that could cause the player car to park at an incorrect pit stall
• Fixed an issue that would cause AI Practice times to display as 0.000
• Fixed an issue that would cause the AI to display incorrect qualifying results if the player skips the session
• Fixed an issue that would cause the player to lose control of the car after a pit stop
• Fixed an issue that would cause the sky to flicker aggressively as the sun set
• Improved AI performance around Bristol Dirt
• Improved AI pitting behavior
• Fixed an issue that was preventing the Pole Sitter achievement/trophy from unlocking correctly
• Fixed an issue that was causing track wall colors to bleed onto the track surface
• Improved AI behavior around COTA
• Improved AI behavior around Charlotte Roval
• Fixed an issue preventing 100% length races from completing
• Fixed an issue that would prevent a full replay from being played on PlayStation
• Fixed an issue that could cause the race to continue to run after the player chooses to restart
• Fixed an issue where some drivers were assigned the incorrect number
• Updated windshield banner
• Improved audio mix for views within the car
• Improved AI pit entry behavior
• Updated localizations across the game
• Improved the AI's ability to drive on dirt!
• Corrected the car spoiler colors
• Resolved an issue that was causing some logos to appear at a lower quality
• Resolved an issue that was causing tires to appear incorrectly during the victory lane sequence
• Fixed an issue that could cause the AI to retain control of the player car after multiple yellow flags are triggered
• Fixed an issue that could cause the crew chief to appear with an untextured face
• Added animation to 1 can pitstop
• Improved the responsiveness of the spotter
• Fixed an issue that would cause qualifying sessions to end too early
• Fixed an issue that was preventing matt textures from being properly displayed
• Fixed an issue that could cause the autopilot to retain indefinite control of the player car after a pitstop
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause the game to crash when viewing a replay
• Fixed an issue that was causing some areas of the Toyota Camry to appear as transparent
• Fixed an issue that could cause AI cars to be shown with low levels of detail during a replay
• Increased AI speeds across all tracks, making them competitive
• Fixed an issue that could prevent caution flags from being properly displayed
• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when loading into practice sessions at Texas, Indianapolis Road or COTA
• Fixed an issue that could cause the cockpit view to stutter while on track
• Fixed an issue that was causing the incorrect rim color to be shown on some cars
• Fixed an issue that would cause sections of the track to suddenly become invisible at Homestead Miami
• Updated the career Playoff logic to make it more accurate
• Fixed an issue that could cause the HUD to display inaccurate lap data in qualifying sessions
• Fixed an issue that would cause the wrong car to be displayed during Victory Lane scenes
• Fixed an issue that would cause damage to carry over between sessions
• Fixed an issue that could cars to appear on fire at the start of practice sessions(!)
• Fixed an issue that was causing the steering wheel to display if the Steering Animation option was set to None
• Added an visual prompt to inform players that they are driving in the wrong direction
• Fixed an issue that would prevent the HUD from being correctly updated during road course qualifying
• Improved the visual driving line overlay across most tracks
• Fixed an issue where the last lap HUD was being displayer as "-1"
• Fixed an issue that was causing some audio to still be played when the master volume is muted
• Added helper text to main menu options
• Fixed an issue that was causing AI drivers to suddenly switch lanes at the start of a race
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Paintbooth UI to become inaccurate
• Fixed an issue that could cause some logos to be shown at an incorrect size
• Fixed an issue that could cause chase cameras to suddenly clip inside the player car on certain tracks
• Improved UI performance on console
• Updated the wedge values in the pit menu
• Fixed a rare issue that could shadows to flicker
• Fixed an issue that could prevent players from being returned to the garage during practice sessions
• Added music to the start screen
• Fixed an issue that caused the player to gain an unfair advantage at the start of a COTA race session
• Added an "unsaved changes" warning when loading a livery in Paintbooth
• Added missing button prompts to Paintbooth
• Fixed an inconsistency in how we displayed some assists in different areas of the game
• Fixed an issue that was preventing the game from pausing while suspended
• Prevented players from opening the pause menu in areas they were not intended to
• Smoothed out the loading process
• Fixed an issue that was causing abandoned changes to be retained in the Paintbooth
• Fixed an issue that was preventing some cutscenes from being skippable
• Fixed an issue that was causing players to place 1st when disqualified from the session
• Fixed an issue that could cause the player car to appear to overlap a second version of itself during certain cutscenes
• Fixed an issue that could cause cars to be unexpectedly on fire(!) at the start of road course qualifying sessions
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Martinsville Blue Emu trophy to appear at a lower quality than intended
• Fixed an issue that could result in blank jumbotrons
• Removed the grass that was unexpectedly growing on track at Watkins Glen
• Fixed an issue that would cause the wrong number of laps to be displayed in the HUD after restarting a race
• Improved AI behavior around Texas and Talladega
• Fixed an issue that was causing the wrong helmets to be shown in cutscenes
• Made on-track cones load in earlier
• Fixed an issue where the manufacturer of custom cars was being incorrectly displayed
• Fixed an issue that could cause cars to spawn at incorrect locations
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to be placed in the wrong starting position after a restart
• Fixed an issue where the front splitter of the Camaro would roll around in sync with the wheels
• Fixed a number of issues where it was possible to highlight multiple rows in the pit options
• Fixed an issue that would prevent the HUD from being hidden when turned off
• Updated camera angles for the intro scenes at some tracks
• Corrected some of the navigation in the Paintbooth
• Fixed an issue that was causing the Car Setup screen to appear at a lower quality than intended
• Fixed an issue that could prevent players from gaining control of the car at the start of a race at Watkins Glen
• Added rewind and fast forward functions to the replay
• Changed Rookie assists in the datapad to match the main menu
• Fixed an issue that could cause the player car to be displayed improperly in some cutscenes
• Adjusted the pit line exits at most tracks
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to fall out of the track at Charlotte Roval
• Added button descriptions to the paintbooth
• Updated Indianapolis intro scenes to remove "ugly" camera shots
• Updated sunset times to be more accurate
• Updated an issue that could cause the AI drivers to break formation during race starts
• Corrected typos in a few messages
• Fixed an issue that could cause road course qualifying sessions to end too soon
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the correct localized audio being played on PC
• Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause the game to crash when left idle
• Updated the default pit menu selections
• Normalized brightness across camera views
• Fixed an issue that was preventing sound effects from being played during pitstops
• Fixed an issue that could cause the player driver to get stuck partway through a gear change animation
• Fixed an issue that would prevent sound effects from playing while driving over the grass in online sessions
• Added the jack arrow decals to custom liveries

Fixed an issue that could cause wheels to be shown with missing textures