Community Patch Update

[Loore]

Work on the Community Patch has been progressing well and I'm pleased today to confirm that we're now at a point where it's in submission with first parties, so we thought it’d be a good time to update you on where we are, and where we’re going.

Due to the different platform timings for patch deployment we're currently estimating the following:

PC - End of the week commencing 19th August

As always, these timings are subject to change should any issues be found but this is THE PLAN.

So what about the content? It’s been put together from your feedback from playing the game since its release, so we really hope it improves everyone’s experience in the game. Let’s take a look…

Custom Playlist
Previously, when competing online via custom playlists, players would receive 50% of the XP and cash reward that would otherwise be received for a regular playlist game. This reduction is in place to help prevent players rigging up “easy to win” custom events to build XP/cash.

Following feedback from the community, the reward for competing via custom playlists has been raised.

Hardcore Playlist
We’ve had a lot of requests for this type of playlist – it removes the use of flashbacks and turns on full mechanical damage and will prioritise race events around circuits for a real test of racing.

Level Cap
Previously, online players could reach a maximum of level 30. We’ve been pleasantly surprised at how many of you guys have hit this level cap, so we are raising the maximum online level to 99.

Fastest Lap Times
The addition of fastest lap times is something that has come up a lot. We have therefore adapted the UI race results screen for online events, so it will now display the fastest lap for each player along with all the other existing information.

New Liveries
Many players have requested additional liveries to use during online play, so we’ve made the single player AI liveries available for you to select during online events.

Maximum Laps
We’ve heard a lot of feedback, especially from Clubs and Leagues, about increasing the maximum number of laps you can set for an online race. As a result we’ve raised it from 5 to 10.

Veto Weighting
Currently, when trying to veto an event type or location it can be difficult to get a passing vote. We’ve made some changes to the system, so it now only requires 51% of the lobby to vote for a change to occur.

Country Flags
We know many players enjoyed this feature in the original GRID and we’ve been made aware of how many of you guys wanted to see it return to GRID 2, so we have re-introduced this functionality. A player’s selected flag will now be displayed next to their name plate while racing and on the event results screen. Represent!

Clean Race Bonus
The amount of money rewarded for racing cleanly has been increased. Seems fair to us.

Vote to Kick
Players within a lobby will now be able to instigate a vote to kick option. This will ensure that everybody in the lobby has a say over who they race against, instead of just the host having the power to “kick” overly aggressive players.

Skip the Level up Graphic
Ok, so not everybody wants to watch the ‘level up box’ at the end of each race – it will now be possible to skip this at the press of a button.

Mod Support
We’ve made some changes to the PC version of GRID 2 that will now allow users to mod the game. We’re quite excited to be able to support the community in their endeavours here and you can find out more at the Codies Blog.

Bug Fixes
We’ve included numerous fixes with the Community Patch – here’s a few of the notable ones:

• Fixed an issue where an invalid distance value is displayed for LiveRoutes events.
  
• Fixed a crash on the second Trans America Pacers event in the career mode.
  
• Fixed a perpetual load in the Miami New Union race in career mode.
  
• Fixed an issue where users saved files were becoming corrupt, this will revert corrupted saves into a usable state (note: this is already live on PC).
  
• Fixed a number of issues relating the upcoming Demo Derby DLC.
  
• Fixed an issue where the minimap was not present in power lap or test drive mode.
  
• Fixed a graphical issue that effected Brands hatch where some sponsor boards would rapidly change textures.
  
• Fixed a graphical issue that effected Chicago where some sponsor boards would rapidly change textures.
  
• In an online custom checkpoint event with several players, the Player Positions OSD fails to update after flashing back over the checkpoint marker whilst overtaking another player, this has been fixed.
  
• When the player applies a dark blue livery to their vehicle and pauses the game whilst in active gameplay, they will observe that the colour will noticeably change to a lighter blue, this has been fixed.
  
• When the player has a custom livery applied to all of their vehicles, any new vehicles which they win via vehicle challenges would not have the player's livery applied by default.
• The player would need to manually re-apply their livery. This now happens automatically.
  
• When racing around Yas Marina the player could "corner cut" the chicane by a fair amount and would not be flagged for cheating. They can no longer do this.
  
• We have fixed an issue where the replay cameras would lose track of the player if they keep to the left approaching a specific corner on Yas Marina.
  
• Miscellaneous: many various tracks / car geometry, stability, string and difficulty balancing fixes.

Demo Derby Update
Work on the Demo Derby DLC is making great progress and the multiplayer sessions we've been playing in the office have been great fun. We've got no solid date for this release yet but it will launch after the Community Patch and, as always, we're looking to get this out to you guys as soon as possible. For free!

It won't be long before we pay a visit to an old friend...

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[Andûr]

Hahaha go ahead, funny discussion mates :D But i'm only a nooby nobody so don't listen to me hahahahaha ;) I wanna drive with you and your pro-friends mitchellvii :)

EDIT: and just one question: how you managed it to drive 1,5k races and only be LvL 27 ?? wtf only costumer events or what ? :/

[mitchellvii]

Origineel geplaatst door GWSR Airendil:

Hahaha go ahead, funny discussion mates :D But i'm only a nooby nobody so don't listen to me hahahahaha ;) I wanna drive with you and your pro-friends mitchellvii :)

EDIT: and just one question: how you managed it to drive 1,5k races and only be LvL 27 ?? wtf only costumer events or what ? :/

Ok, I won't listen to you.

As far as the 1.5k races, that's just nuts. I haven't driven anywhere near that many as I've only owned the game for about 3 weeks. It says I have played almost 80 hours in past two weeks. No way. Play for a few hours couple nights a week and occasionally during the day. How could I have played 225 hours in 3 weeks of even owning the game? That would mean 16 hours a day 5 days a week. Ridiculous.

[Kibō]

Origineel geplaatst door mitchellvii:

Origineel geplaatst door GWSR Airendil:

Hahaha go ahead, funny discussion mates :D But i'm only a nooby nobody so don't listen to me hahahahaha ;) I wanna drive with you and your pro-friends mitchellvii :)

EDIT: and just one question: how you managed it to drive 1,5k races and only be LvL 27 ?? wtf only costumer events or what ? :/

Ok, I won't listen to you.

As far as the 1.5k races, that's just nuts. I haven't driven anywhere near that many as I've only owned the game for about 3 weeks. It says I have played almost 80 hours in past two weeks. No way. Play for a few hours couple nights a week and occasionally during the day. How could I have played 225 hours in 3 weeks of even owning the game? That would mean 16 hours a day 5 days a week. Ridiculous.

Well, how else did you get that many online races then? Sharing your account?

[mitchellvii]

Origineel geplaatst door VQKibo:

Origineel geplaatst door mitchellvii:

Ok, I won't listen to you.

As far as the 1.5k races, that's just nuts. I haven't driven anywhere near that many as I've only owned the game for about 3 weeks. It says I have played almost 80 hours in past two weeks. No way. Play for a few hours couple nights a week and occasionally during the day. How could I have played 225 hours in 3 weeks of even owning the game? That would mean 16 hours a day 5 days a week. Ridiculous.

Well, how else did you get that many online races then? Sharing your account?

No idea. As I said before, I have nowhere near that many online races. I play with another buddy of mine quite often. We both started at the same time and we are both now the same level and he is a very good driver. Steam screws up the stats on all my games.

One reason I am not a higher level already is that we play mostly custom matches with our friends (who we know don't cheat) and custom matches award only 1/2 points that public matches do. So if I had been in the same number of public matches I would be level 54 by now.

If I hacked (like you), I'd be Level 99.

[Kibō]

Origineel geplaatst door mitchellvii:

Origineel geplaatst door VQKibo:

Well, how else did you get that many online races then? Sharing your account?

No idea. As I said before, I have nowhere near that many online races. I play with another buddy of mine quite often. We both started at the same time and we are both now the same level and he is a very good driver. Steam screws up the stats on all my games.

One reason I am not a higher level already is that we play mostly custom matches with our friends (who we know don't cheat) and custom matches award only 1/2 points that public matches do. So if I had been in the same number of public matches I would be level 54 by now.

If I hacked (like you), I'd be Level 99.

And yet here you are accusing me of being a hacker but you haven't got a single proof to prove me wrong. Care to elaborate on the no evidence yet accusing part?

[mitchellvii]

Origineel geplaatst door VQKibo:

Origineel geplaatst door mitchellvii:

No idea. As I said before, I have nowhere near that many online races. I play with another buddy of mine quite often. We both started at the same time and we are both now the same level and he is a very good driver. Steam screws up the stats on all my games.

One reason I am not a higher level already is that we play mostly custom matches with our friends (who we know don't cheat) and custom matches award only 1/2 points that public matches do. So if I had been in the same number of public matches I would be level 54 by now.

If I hacked (like you), I'd be Level 99.

And yet here you are accusing me of being a hacker but you haven't got a single proof to prove me wrong. Care to elaborate on the no evidence yet accusing part?

Already told you. Now you are boring me.

[Kibō]

Origineel geplaatst door mitchellvii:

Origineel geplaatst door VQKibo:

And yet here you are accusing me of being a hacker but you haven't got a single proof to prove me wrong. Care to elaborate on the no evidence yet accusing part?

Already told you. Now you are boring me.

It's making me laugh how you're accusing me of using hacks but you can't even prove it besides your own words. Why not get your "friends" to post in here and let them say their opinion? Maybe 1 of them recorded ingame and can "bust" me that way?
Right, I forgot, you have no friends and you haven't busted me. You're just a jealous kid because others are better than you.
Yes, there are hacks available. No, there aren't that many hackers.
The only reason CM decided to actually place VAC is as a security measure, because for now they can't ban the hackers.

Get your facts straight, then come back with proof that I hack.

[Andûr]

Origineel geplaatst door mitchellvii:

Origineel geplaatst door GWSR Airendil:

Hahaha go ahead, funny discussion mates :D But i'm only a nooby nobody so don't listen to me hahahahaha ;) I wanna drive with you and your pro-friends mitchellvii :)

EDIT: and just one question: how you managed it to drive 1,5k races and only be LvL 27 ?? wtf only costumer events or what ? :/

Ok, I won't listen to you.

As far as the 1.5k races, that's just nuts. I haven't driven anywhere near that many as I've only owned the game for about 3 weeks. It says I have played almost 80 hours in past two weeks. No way. Play for a few hours couple nights a week and occasionally during the day. How could I have played 225 hours in 3 weeks of even owning the game? That would mean 16 hours a day 5 days a week. Ridiculous.

Ye thats ridicolous, Steam won't show anything what you have not done. That actually shows you're just a bad driver. I don't believe you, but cool story bro. Kibo, just stop answering him, its just senseless, he will never learn ...

[mitchellvii]

Origineel geplaatst door GWSR Airendil:

Origineel geplaatst door mitchellvii:

Ok, I won't listen to you.

As far as the 1.5k races, that's just nuts. I haven't driven anywhere near that many as I've only owned the game for about 3 weeks. It says I have played almost 80 hours in past two weeks. No way. Play for a few hours couple nights a week and occasionally during the day. How could I have played 225 hours in 3 weeks of even owning the game? That would mean 16 hours a day 5 days a week. Ridiculous.

Ye thats ridicolous, Steam won't show anything what you have not done. That actually shows you're just a bad driver. I don't believe you, but cool story bro. Kibo, just stop answering him, its just senseless, he will never learn ...

Lol, so I've played Grid for 225 hours in 3 weeks? Hilarious and impossible. Steam is, of course, infallable.

Your buddy hacks and I wouldn't surprised if you do too.

[Kibō]

Origineel geplaatst door mitchellvii:

Origineel geplaatst door GWSR Airendil:

Ye thats ridicolous, Steam won't show anything what you have not done. That actually shows you're just a bad driver. I don't believe you, but cool story bro. Kibo, just stop answering him, its just senseless, he will never learn ...

Lol, so I've played Grid for 225 hours in 3 weeks? Hilarious and impossible. Steam is, of course, infallable.

Your buddy hacks and I wouldn't surprised if you do too.

Well, steam can't just change its data. It just adds the gameplay time (the time you have the game open).
Also, you are not only accusing me but others too now? Talk about false libeling... surely there must be something in the terms stating something about falsely accusing others...

[Prophet]

Origineel geplaatst door mitchellvii:

Lol, so I've played Grid for 225 hours in 3 weeks? Hilarious and impossible. Steam is, of course, infallable.

You unlocked your first achievement for the game on June 7th. That's almost three months ago. Steam might not be infallable, but this is prettty suspicious dude.

[Dick Dastardly]

Look lads this debate you have going on is going NOWHERE and it seems to me that it is in an inappropriate thread. You should both just agree to disagree and get on with your lives. Who cares when someone started playing and how many hours he has done, if either of you choose to lie then your only lieing to yourself. One of you be the better man and just do not respond to the other, as it will never end at this rate. Be the bigger man and just step back and leave this debate behind you. I use the word debate very loosely as it is most polite word I could use LOL.

Tony

[mitchellvii]

Origineel geplaatst door Prophet:

Origineel geplaatst door mitchellvii:

Lol, so I've played Grid for 225 hours in 3 weeks? Hilarious and impossible. Steam is, of course, infallable.

You unlocked your first achievement for the game on June 7th. That's almost three months ago. Steam might not be infallable, but this is prettty suspicious dude.

Yes, I played single player occasionally for a while but only recently began playing MP, about 3 weeks ago. That and I play alot of Custom Games with my friends for 1/2 points. Reason I am just Level 27 now.

[mitchellvii]

Origineel geplaatst door VQKibo:

Origineel geplaatst door mitchellvii:

Lol, so I've played Grid for 225 hours in 3 weeks? Hilarious and impossible. Steam is, of course, infallable.

Your buddy hacks and I wouldn't surprised if you do too.

Well, steam can't just change its data. It just adds the gameplay time (the time you have the game open).
Also, you are not only accusing me but others too now? Talk about false libeling... surely there must be something in the terms stating something about falsely accusing others...

No I only accused you directly, said I wouldn't be surprised if your friend hacked, didn't say he did as I have no idea, have never watched him. Birds of a feather flock together.

I spectated you again yesterday. You were driving Hong Kong. You wrecked badly 3 times, each time you respawned at full speed and further down the track than you wrecked. Another OBVIOUS sign of a hack in use. Your respawn resulted in zero time penalty and zero speed loss.

Seriously, you can't even make it down Hong Kong without totaling your car 3 times with no one near you and you consider yourself an elite driver? Please. There is no way driving as poorly as you do you constantly place first by a large margin without hacking.

Despite 3 total wipeouts you still defeated a room of Level 30+ drivers by 10 seconds. What utter BS.

[mitchellvii]

Origineel geplaatst door Tony:

Look lads this debate you have going on is going NOWHERE and it seems to me that it is in an inappropriate thread. You should both just agree to disagree and get on with your lives. Who cares when someone started playing and how many hours he has done, if either of you choose to lie then your only lieing to yourself. One of you be the better man and just do not respond to the other, as it will never end at this rate. Be the bigger man and just step back and leave this debate behind you. I use the word debate very loosely as it is most polite word I could use LOL.

Tony

Lol, and we care what you think why?

CodeMasters can solve all of this by finally applying a working cheat patch which should have been released on day one.