Rocket League Update Starts First Season and Introduces Ranks

THE HEADLINES

Ranked Season 1 Officially begins
Added multiple Ranked Season Divisions with post-Season Division placement rewards
Added “Ranked Solo Standard” back to the Online match queue
Made multiple improvements and adjustments to the Utopia Coliseum arena
PC players can now filter PlayStation 4 players out of matchmaking search
Added Music Player interface to all menu screens
Added “Featured Video” to in-game blog roll
Added multiple “Spectate” mode improvements
Added 12 new Community Flags, 2 new Chivalry Flags, and 20+ new Country Flags
Repaired sound-related crash scenario that caused the game to crash on the loading screen after multiple matches

Complete list below…

NEW CONTENT

Antennas

NEW FEATURES

Online Play

Ranked Season

Season 1 has officially begun and all leaderboards have been reset
The “Solo Standard” 3v3 Ranked Playlist has been re-added
Season Rankings are now based on Rank Points (RP)
- Rank Points are gained or lost based on Player skill rating, teammates’ skill, and the opponent’s skill (like the Pre-Season rating)
- Rank Points change consistently throughout the Season unlike the Pre-Season skill rating, which changed less and less the more games that were played
- Earning 100 RP will promote Players to the next Division, but dropping below 0 RP will demote them to the previous Division
- The Player’s initial division is seeded based on their Pre-Season skill rating
Ranked Divisions are now separated into…
- Unranked
- Bronze I
- Bronze II
- Bronze III
- Silver I
- Silver II
- Silver III
- Gold I
- Gold II
- Gold III
- Platinum (Top 100 Players)
Reaching Silver, Gold, or Platinum division rewards players with special reward items at the Season’s end
Note: Season 1 will last for the next several months. An end date will be announced several weeks in advance

UI/ UX

Added Music Player interface to all menu screens
Added “Featured Video” to in-game blog roll
Added “Video Games” sub-section to Garage Items/ Antennas
Spectate Mode: Added persistent nameplate that shows username and stats for all players
Spectate Mode: Added the ability to focus on the ball while in Flycam
(PC) Spectate Mode: Controls now support hotkeys for camera switching between players or free cam

CHANGES AND UPDATES

Online

Arena – Utopia Coliseum

Daylight has been changed to earlier in the day
Overall lighting effects and ambiance have been improved
Level boundaries are now more clearly defined
Added new arches around the outside of the playing field (because it looks cooler)
Player start positions and Boost placements have been standardized to match other maps

UI/ UX

Moved “Save Replay” option lower in the post-game screen so it is not selected by default
Disabled HTML tag support in chat
(PS4) Controller audio has been switched to “Off” by default for single-player, but can be toggled back on via Options menu (Splitscreen controller audio still defaults to “On”)

Garage Items

BUG FIXES

General

Direct Input and XInput controllers no longer stop working when played together
Improved protection against corrupted save data
Repaired boundary-collision issue that would sometimes allow players to exit the arena
Fixed random invisibility bug associated with large Boost pick-ups

Audio

Fixed issue that caused in-game sounds to drop in and out
Repaired sound-related crash scenario that caused the game to crash on the loading screen after multiple matches

Maps

Utopia Coliseum: Fixed issue that would sometimes allow the ball to fall through the bottom of the map

UI/ UX

(PS4) Text chat now properly works after suspend/ resume
(PS4) Corrected issue that caused PC players to appear nameless to PS4 players following suspend/ resume

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