Wreckfest | Winterfest Update Now Available

[Paul Jeffrey]

Bugbear Entertainment have released a new build of Wreckfest - adding the Winter Fest Tournament, a new car and some game fixes - yay!

• Winter Fest now available.
• Starbeast SS car added.
• Various game fixes.

Yes all you fanciers of closer than close contact, build update time for Wreckfest is upon us again - and this time around we've got a nice new tournament and a fresh car with which to enjoy all the track action.

With this new early January build the development team behind the criminally underrated Wreckfest title have deployed a nice mix of new content and game improvements, with some very pleasing fixes deployed around both the audio and gameplay features such as damage occurrences and other more minor improvements and fixes.

Check out the update notes below!

Update Notes:

PC:1.269477
PS4: 1.90
XB1: 1.9.0.0

TOURNAMENT

• New tournament season: Winter Fest.
• New free tournament reward car: Starbeast SS.
• The DLC promotional screen is only shown once per session for each respective DLC.

SYSTEM

• (PC) Fixed an issue which caused DualShock and DualSense controllers to not function correctly.
• (XB1) Online features now work correctly after disconnecting the controller before the initial interactive screen.
• (PS4) Game no longer freezes after signing out of PlayStation™Network while in a multiplayer lobby.

GAMEPLAY

• Improved Speedie handling and engine to make it more competitive.
• Small special vehicles no longer take excessive damage even from small shunts.
• Rammer and Roadcutter AI Player setups are now more appropriate for their respective classes.
• The rear spoiler of the Nexus RS "BB Racing" bundle is now parented correctly to the trunk lid.
• Exhausts no longer get distorted after deforming.
• Roof decorations no longer deform wildly.
• Fixed Boomer RS taillight cover glitch.

AUDIO

• Rebel Rat engine audio now plays correctly.
• Fixed an issue with Stellar where clicks in sound would occur when idling in neutral gear.
• Cockpit view audio now includes more low and mid range frequencies.
• Audience sound effects are no longer played during loading screens.
• In the settings, the "Interface Sound Effects" now changes volume of UI sounds independent from the "Effects" volume.
• In the settings, the "Ambiance" volume control now affects all track-side sound sources.

Original Source: Bugbear Entertainment

Wreckfest is available now - get off the AC Spa public lobby, go get the game and actually and crash into someone who wants contact!

Check out the Wreckfest news and discussions here at RaceDepartment - head on over to the Wreckfest sub forum and fire up a post today!

 

[M D Gourley]

Only occured to me when I had people call me out for knocking them off a corner (legit move, its a demolition racer) and Im thinking, how did they know it was me?, when I get taken out I have no idea what happened or who did it (well, I have some idea).

Absolutely agree....I personally view in 'Bonnet Cam' mostly as in Cockpit view the bonnet obsures my view after a few impacts and although I can feel through my Wheel when someone is behind me trying to spin me out I can usually correct my steering to get out of it...but as you say who did that ...great fun

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Man, I thought I had some footage of some of the (fair), not spinning other out, but still rubbing and RX-racing I had done on Wreckfest... Turns out it all went away when I did a clean-up on my D-Drive

 

[Neilski]

Darn, I keep meaning to try this...

As for VR - I got sick after 2 laps of AC with no crashing. Also, a piece of VR advice that I regularly see is "close your eyes before you crash"
Would people who are more used to VR be able to cope with crashes all the time?

 

[boomn]

Chase cam would help, but I love the chaotic feeling of being in the car for banger racing

I find the mini-map helps a lot in tracking nearby cars and expecting a loving tap

 

[Metla]

I start every race in the cockpit view, sometimes I have to switch out to bonnet as soon as the first corner, very rarly do I finish a race still in the cockpit.

Its also a great game for the H-Shifter.

The racing tends to be cleaner towards the front of the pack, if you are caught anywhere else it can be a battle more then a race just to get to the end.

 

[Tr0nic]

Interesting answers here...
I think i will check my steering settings later and try it with a wheel again.

 

[RasmusP]

Interesting answers here...
I think i will check my steering settings later and try it with a wheel again.

What wheel do you have?
It's important to put the "saturation" to 50%.

That way the wheel is 1:1 your real wheel. Go into cockpit view and make sure that it matches!

If you don't, the steering will be quite awkward hehe.

I had my g27 and now my fanatec at 900°.

 

[M D Gourley]

The racing tends to be cleaner towards the front of the pack

Yes agree....although had a number of races with the backmarkers lying in wait for the racers in first place so they can take them out...time to practice those defensive driving skills

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

I got to find some kind of footage from this. Haha!

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Ok, found something... From one of the RD events. @Joakim Skalstad getting knocked away by a truck!

From a "Norwegian Evening". So sorry for lots of gibberish (Norwegian talk), and me making sounds like I'm doing something entirely different. But this was one hectic, fair, and though lap! (Sorry @Joakim Skalstad @Roy Magnes and @jmjtsx for having your gibberish on here )

 

[bogani]

Ok, found something... From one of the RD events. @Joakim Skalstad getting knocked away by a truck!

From a "Norwegian Evening". So sorry for lots of gibberish (Norwegian talk), and me making sounds like I'm doing something entirely different. But this was one hectic, fair, and though lap! (Sorry @Joakim Skalstad @Roy Magnes and @jmjtsx for having your gibberish on here )

The only thing missing there in the second vid is some gravel rattle sound effects. You got the tire screech from the asphalt but as soon as you hit the gravel, nothing.

Looks fun though

 

[Two Hands]

If only I could get it working with my wheel.
I can use my wheel but it has never detected it as a wheel and because of that the 'ffb' is only vibration like that you would get on a controller. It's a real shame because I love the concept behind this game.

 

[Two Hands]

Darn, I keep meaning to try this...

As for VR - I got sick after 2 laps of AC with no crashing. Also, a piece of VR advice that I regularly see is "close your eyes before you crash"
Would people who are more used to VR be able to cope with crashes all the time?

I'm fortunate that I have never had any issues with VR and nausea or anything like that. Regardless of whether playing flight sims, racing sims, echo arena with all axis unlocked etc. I know I would have no problem whatsoever but I don't think that's the norm.

With that said some people like myself seem better suited to vr than others. I've introduced quite a few people to VR. The lucky ones never have issues or only slight issues and the unlucky ones either say 'never again' or they keep trying until they get their VR legs.

I think even you would probably be able to get used to it if you push past the nausea by playing multiple ~15 minute sessions over the course of several days to get your VR legs. Who knows why some people have an easier time but I think everyone is capable of getting used to even the crazier stuff like flight and racing sims.

 

[G-Slev]

Is controller or wheel preferable for wreckfest? For some reason, the game will not save the settings for my csw 2.5 when I exit the game, but even then when I do set up the wheel, the steering doesn't feel right.

Manual shifting with a controller doesn't feel right either

 

[RasmusP]

Is controller or wheel preferable for wreckfest? For some reason, the game will not save the settings for my csw 2.5 when I exit the game, but even then when I do set up the wheel, the steering doesn't feel right.

Manual shifting with a controller doesn't feel right either

For me the wheel is a lot better.
Csw 2.5 too. I had the saving bug too once, funnily all buttons would be saved but not the axis...

About "doesn't feel right". What were your settings?
I didn't play it in a long time but I had:
900°, 60% FF, for/spr/dpr 100, 90-100 fei, dri at -2.

In the game I had the strength at 100.
It's important to put the saturation to 50!!!
Otherwise the steering won't be 1:1 but some weird sluggish something.

 

[Metla]

Excuse me while I put on my fire suit.

Running 360° on my CSW 2.5 for Wreckfest.

Ive got FEI at 000, My understanding is that anything over 000 reduces detail, so 90-100 will be having a significant effect.

New Tuning parameter "Force Effects Intensity" (FEI) - Beta Firmware & Survey

We have developed a new firmware and driver (v291) for the CSL Wheel Bases and we kindly ask you to test it and give us your feedback. On one hand the CSL Elite Wheel Bases (CSL E WB, CSL E RW PS4) can reproduce high-dynamic force feedback effects as intense as sent by games/simulations.

forum.fanatec.com

 

[RasmusP]

Excuse me while I put on my fire suit.

Running 360° on my CSW 2.5 for Wreckfest.

Ive got FEI at 000, My understanding is that anything over 000 reduces detail, so 90-100 will be having a significant effect.

New Tuning parameter "Force Effects Intensity" (FEI) - Beta Firmware & Survey

We have developed a new firmware and driver (v291) for the CSL Wheel Bases and we kindly ask you to test it and give us your feedback. On one hand the CSL Elite Wheel Bases (CSL E WB, CSL E RW PS4) can reproduce high-dynamic force feedback effects as intense as sent by games/simulations.

forum.fanatec.com

It's the opposite. 100 does nothing, the further you go down, the smoother it will be.
I normally use 100 but when I get too much flatspotting in rf2, I lower it down the worse it gets.

360° and then the saturation at default?
Then, Afaik, it's basically 720°.
But anyway, I'd say 300-600° are fine!
Saturation at 40-50 with 900° feels the same though.

Edit: your link is some beta from 2017 for the csl elite base. FEI is differently for csl and csw!

Here's the part from the csw 2.5 manual:

"6.3.8 FEI (Force Effect Intensity)
FEI range: OFF … 100 FEI default: 100
This parameter adjusts the intensity of force effects and can make effects more
smooth: OFF is very smooth and low noise while 100 is very sharp and direct.
Tuning this parameter can improve the feeling of the wheel depending on the
game. This can be helpful to reduce the noise level especially for bases assem-
bled to tables or rigs."

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

It's important to put the saturation to 50!!!
Otherwise the steering won't be 1:1 but some weird sluggish something.

Heh, 720 degrees, default saturation here. It all feels pretty darn good!
Logitech G29 here though.

 

[RasmusP]

Heh, 720 degrees, default saturation here. It all feels pretty darn good!
Logitech G29 here though.

Can you tell me your saturation value? I didn't drive for a bit of time so don't know if things might have changed..
720 with default should be around my 900° and then saturation at 65%

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Can you tell me your saturation value? I didn't drive for a bit of time so don't know if things might have changed..
720 with default should be around my 900° and then saturation at 65%

In 90 min Gotta wait for the other person sharing my desk to finish the work-day (working from home ftw...) before I connect my wheel. (As I think the wheel must be connected to see this, right?).