New World Beta Release Notes
by Bojan at 11:27 • Comment (1) • Link to news article
[b]And here is a list of what you can expect in the new beta, the release notes:
- SpeedBoost: SpeedBoost has been added to each persona. Items such as power-ups and rental cars can now be purchased using SpeedBoost.
- Purchasing Flows: New SpeedBoost screens have been added. Click on the SpeedBoost symbol anywhere in the game to open the SpeedBoost purchasing screens.
- 15 More Driver Skills: Race, Pursuits and Exploration Driver Skills with multiple ranks spread over the new levels.
- Progression Amplifiers: Progression Amplifiers give an increase to Rep or in-game Tokens.
- 4 New cars: Nissan 240SX [Tier 1], Nissan Silvia (S15) [Tier 1], Toyota Corolla GTS (AE86) [Tier 1], Volkswagen Scirocco [Tier 1]
- 2-Way Friend Request System: Players now have the option to accept or decline proposed friend requests (Currently limited to 3 friends).
- Facebook Connect: Our Need for Speed World website now offers the option to "Facebook Connect". This allows users to link their EA account to their Facebook account allowing log-in our portal with their Facebook log-in info.
- Import Friends from Facebook: Users who have gone through "Facebook Connect" on our website, will have the option to import their Facebook friends into their in-game friends list. Only friends who have also Facebook connected will be selectable. The user is able to import friends each time they log-in to the website.
- Friends Rankings: Ranking system has been added to the News gadget to compare yourself to your friends.
- My Motto: A personal quote can be added under your persona name in the profile gadget.
- Improved disconnection error messages: User is informed of disconnects through the chat window.
- Improved Race & Traffic AI: Traffic is no longer out of control. Race AI is no longer crashing into walls and barriers.
- Improved Sense of Speed: Improved FPS, speed lines and motion blur for a greater sense of speed.
- News Gadget: Updates on friends, your recent accomplishments, system updates.
- More Vinyls: More vinyl layers have been added for more car visual customization possibilities.
- Paint Specific Regions: The user can now paint individual sections of the vehicle including, hood, doors, rear/front bumpers, spoilers and rims.
- Player profile in Safehouse: Player Profile with Driver Skills, friend compare and profile statistics has been added to the Safehouse.
- Progression: More levels for extended playability.
- Pursuit Milestones: Add rep rewards during pursuits for breaking rules of the road.
- Recent Players List: Drivers met in previous events will appear in a window within your social gadget.
- Rental Cars: Tuned cars can be purchased for a predetermined amount of time with SpeedBoost.
- Stats Tracking: View your career stats, your friend's or compare your own with your friends
[b]And the list of known bugs:
** Need to uninstall any previous versions of the game **
- Friends & News Gadget may impact client performance, and connectivity.
- Player connections sometimes timeout after readying, or running down the Lobby clock to 0:00.
- Players occasionally are not able to proceed into the Lobby, and will indefinitely search for Opponents.
- Rarely Friends/Friend Requests couldn't be removed or accepted
- Saving Vinyl changes rarely fail, or will cause a disconnection (With changes lost).
- Sometimes there is a long delay loading into a Multiplayer race where the player is able to drive around in free roam.
- Vinyls & Paints do not always show up in Freeroam when many cars meet up in Freeroam
See you online this weekend!