NFS World maintenance patch

[Hydro_PT]

To all Need For Speed: World players, please be aware that the game serves will be shut down today (February 7th), to deploy a new game patch. The maintenance will take 4 hours.

Start: 14:00 PST -- 17:00 EST -- 22:00 GMT
End: 18:00 PST -- 21:00 EST -- 2:00 GMT (February 8th)


New features:

- Players are now able to chat while in the Safehouse;
- When sending a whisper to another Driver, a separate chat filter is created to allow the player to see a record of the conversation between two players;
- A notification icon will appear when receiving updates to specific chat filters;
- Two new Team Escape events have been added to the game: "High Stakes" and "Underground";
- For a limited time only, A Valentine Aftermarket Card Pack is available for purchase and includes exclusive Valentine's Day Neons and License Plates;
- The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 "2011 Beast" has been reintroduced to Need for Speed World and is available for purchase from the Car Dealer;
- The Lexus IS F "2011 Beauty" has been reintroduced to Need for Speed World and is available for purchase from the Car Dealer;
- An all new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition "2012 Beauty" has been added to the game and is available for purchase from the Car Dealer;
- An all new Lexus LFA "2012 Beast" has been added to the game and is available for purchase form the Car Dealer;


Bug fixes/changes:

- Existing Team Escape events have been adjusted for difficulty. Time limits are now shorter, while Rep and Cash rewards have increased;
- The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has undergone retuning to increase the car's top speed and enhance its handling;
- The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 bumper cam has been adjusted;
- The Lexus LFA's engine sound has been changed to match the real-life acoustics of the LFA's V10 4.8L engine and multi-stage exhaust system;
- The Lexus IS F has undergone retuning to increase the car's top speed and enhance its handling;
- A 7th gear has been added to the Lexus IS F;
- The Lexus IS F's bumper cam has been adjusted;
- The "/f" friends chat functionality has been fixed;
- Fixed an issue that caused exhaust tips to clip into the Lamborghini Countach 5000 QV's body when equipped with visual packages;
- Fixed an issue that caused 2 steering wheels to appear on the Nissan 200SX while in minimum level of detail;
- Some missing vinyl thumbnail images were added for the Koenigsegg CCX "Elite";
- Some minor world/environment fixes were made;
- Some missing mouse-over SFX were added when highlighting elements in the Aftermarket Shop;

UPDATE: The patch took less time than predicted to be deployed. The servers are now up and running!

[honke]

Loll no hope anymore for new anti cheat haha.

[Hypermiling]

Those re-tunes you asked for (poll)

Of wich Poll they're talking about?

[Hydro_PT]

@honke: Who knows, maybe they will do it. Someday...

@Hypermiling: Marc is talking about the poll he did on Facebook about the return of the Lexus LFA The Beauty and the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 The Beast. Apparently these cars will return due to Valentine's Day and Marc wanted to know what kind of modifications they needed. Most people voted for "add 10 kph to their top speed". Marc also said he tweaked the bumper camera on the Lexus a bit. Apparently it wasn't very tight/precise.

[Hydro_PT]

Patch notes released! It is indeed a nice game patch. I wish all game patches were this good.

New cars, new events and Team Escape events have now a shorter time and better rewards. Nice, can't wait to try them out now. I always thought they were a bit too easy.