Here is the full list:

• Host can choose any car / any track combination and set the number of laps
• Ensure players are invulnerable when resetting after a crash (to avoid crashing again immediately)
• Add ahead/behind distances to the in-game HUD
• Further improvements to finding games to make it easier for players to get into game, add ‘browse games’ option on console, extend browse games to include games in progress
• Handling – Improve landing from air to lessen the chances of your car ending up facing the wrong direction
• Lobby graphics given an overhaul
• All cars by default can carry more boost
• Xbox Live : Add presence text for in lobby and in online game
• Bug Fixes – primarily to Pursuit Mode

Making games is a fun yet highly complex process and Dangerous Driving is certainly a compex game to make. No game is perfect, they never can be. Or at least, they would never ever get released. But here are the latest fixes and improvements to the game. Be sure to let us know if you experience any problems. We love to get feedback from our Players. Without your support, we would not have this wonderful opportunity to make videogames. Arcade racing games have been our passion for over twenty years and we’d love to continue making them. As you’re here, hopefully you feel the same way as we do!

We will be publishing details of the next Dangerous Driving  update very soon. Check back or sign up to our Dangerous Driving Club HERE. You know it’s the right thing to do. In fact, we think you’ll be unsure of what path to take in life until you do. So sign up today, we’ll work hard to make it worth your while.

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“Fully Comp” is the third Update for Dangerous Driving. We’re pleased to announce that the Update is now live and available for download on PSN and Xbox Live. This update is a significant one.

If you want Fixes, you got it!

Here are the main changes included in this  “Fully Comp” update to Dangerous Driving

• Host of improvements to physics and collisions including:
  • Improve collision after a Takedown to reduce the likelihood of the player car intersecting the road and spinning rapidly, before being reset to the track
  • Decrease the chance of player car going underneath a rival and being forced through the road
  • Reduce the likelihood of getting launched into the air as a result of ramming a rival (surely this is the epitome of Dangerous Driving?)
  • Limit being spawned facing the wrong way after a collision
  • Improve collision with barriers to address the situation where the player car gets lifted up or stuck and being spun around
  • Make the consistency of collisions with traffic better – traffic is now always fatal (we have slightly reduced the amount of traffic to accommodate this)

But wait! There’s more! It’s a “Fully Comprehensive” Update

• Improvements in joining online games – to reduce the number of network errors being returned when trying to join a game; we have also added some extra tools to analyse where and why the failures are happening
• Restore the in-Garage ticker showing the car stats and mileage (went missing in the last update!)
• Fix for Wrecks not getting cleared online – this may be a player selectable option in a future update
• Fix an issue at the U turn on the Hypercar Class Shakedown event where players get stuck in a crash/respawn /crash loop
• Improve how player is reset on track after a crash in Dangerous Driving
• Save Sensitivity options – previously reset each time the game was relaunched
• Remove reset on the right stick camera movement. It will instead reset when you crash or restart
• Fix for Pursuit vehicles taking each other down and ending the event early
• Upgrade to latest Unreal Engine for improved graphical performance and faster load times for Dangerous Driving

We’re excited about getting these fixes out to you. We’ve also firmed up the plan for the next update to Dangerous Driving Check out our roadmap page for more details.

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UPDATE: The PC version launched June 14th and includes everything listed below but ALSO includes a heap of fixes which are part of the ‘Fully Comp’ update. See details below.

The Third Party Fire and Theft update adds the following

• 6 player online racing (see our blog post HERE which details everything you need to know about online play details.)
• Ability to raise the camera on the right stick
• Save player’s last paint choice per car
• Increase the amount of Boost earnt from Air
• Add HUD scaling on PC to fix issues reported with running the game at different resolutions
• Fix Xbox One Leaderboards ‘Top’ filter never loading on the Results screen

The PC update also includes the following fixes to Dangerous Driving

• Host of improvements to physics and collisions including:
  • Improve collision after a Takedown to reduce the likelihood of the player car intersecting the road and spinning rapidly, before being reset to the track
  • Reduce the likelihood of player car going underneath a rival and being forced through the road
  • Reduce the likelihood of getting launched into the air as a result of ramming a rival
  • Improve collision with barriers to address the situation where the player car gets lifted up or stuck and being spun around
  • Reduce the likelihood of being spawned facing the wrong way after a collision
  • Improve the consistency of collisions with traffic – traffic is now always fatal (we have slightly reduced the amount of traffic to accommodate this)
• Fix an issue at the U turn on the Hypercar Class Shakedown event where players get stuck in a crash/respawn /crash loop
• Improve how player is reset on track after a crash
• Save Sensitivity options – previously resets each time the game was relaunched
• Remove reset on the right stick camera movement. It will instead reset when you crash or restart.
• Upgrade to latest Unreal Engine for slightly improved graphical performance
• Fix for Pursuit vehicles taking each other down and ending the event early.
• Fix for Wrecks not getting cleared up online
• Make it easier to find games online – introduce option to browse games

These fixes and improvements will be coming to the console versions of Dangerous Driving very soon. Release Date currently estimated to be June 25th 2019.

There are 2 known issues on console which are currently being fixed :

• On PlayStation – the second half of a Point to Point track won’t always load in and you can get caught in a crash loop. UPDATE: This has been fixed by a PS4 update on June 18th
• On PlayStation and Xbox – the vehicle stats and mileage have disappeared from the car select. The workaround is to check your mileage on the in game speedo whilst we prep a fix.

Make sure you join our “Dangerous Driving Club” so you can be first to receive all the latest news about Dangerous Driving from us here at Petersfield’s biggest game development Studio, Three Fields Entertainment.

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DANGEROUS DRIVING

Dangerous Driving is evolving – to date it has all been about Single Player Racing but we’re in the process of  introducing Networked Online Racing.

 

It’s an exciting step. It’s something we started doing back in 2004 so we all have experience of it and something we have been itching to get back to.

Here’s what is in the first Online Update :

• 6 player online racing.
• A Ranking system directly related to your finishing position in each race. Finish a race and you will get 1 point plus another point for every person you beat, giving a maximum of 6 points per race (As we add more game modes we will likely add more ways to earn points)
• 18 pre set events.
• Client Server but without a dedicated Server – so one player will be the host and they will create the game and choose the event (and hence the car).

To balance the game around player skill we have made a few changes to how the game works online such as introducing a much larger penalty (speed loss) for hitting barriers. We’ve also re-tuned Boost earning to really reward dangerous driving.

We’re also aiming for a consistent number of traffic cars around each player. However online these will only appear in oncoming – which increases the risk / reward balance. You’ll earn more boost driving in oncoming but it increases the risk of your crashing.

To keep things fair players will always be in the same car type. Even within one class the speeds vary by up to 30 mph making the races very unbalanced if we didn’t do this. 

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DANGEROUS DRIVING UPDATE #1

No Claims Bonus is the first Update for Dangerous Driving. It’s now available for download on PS4 Xbox One and PC.

 

We’ve been listening to your feedback and the No Claims Bonus Dangerous Driving update contains the fixes listed below:

• Prevent unfeasibly short leaderboard entries
• Fixes an issue that would cause a Crash on Xbox when signing out of the game (according to the stats from Microsoft this accounts for 18% of all Crashes on Xbox)
• Fixes an issue that would cause a Crash during gameplay on all platforms when hitting quit during Danger Time
• Prevents AI shooting past the player at super sonic speed
• Prevents AI speed not being capped when you’re in Takedown Camera (hence why they speed past you)
• Ensures Aftertouch Takedowns give you the advantage they should (not reset at back)
• Ensures laps always register on Hypercar Shakedown event on Desert Marathon
• Stops AI always crashing at start of Island Lighthouse track
• Minimises player getting reset behind persistent wrecks after a Crash
• Ensures it is possible to get Platinum medal on Formula DD Survival Event

No Claims Bonus is just the start. We will be publishing a roadmap this week of other Dangerous Driving Updates and fixes with the priority on Collision fixes and adding Online Racing. Check out the Known Issues list on our FAQ for more info.

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Once you have Spotify authorized make sure you have Spotify running on the device (PlayStation4, Xbox One or PC) and choose a playlist. You will then be able to control that from within the game.

The current implementation is, we hope, just the start of a fully featured integration which includes gameplay triggered music!

You will need a Spotify Premium account to access this but you can get a 1 month free trial so we highly recommend you check it out.

If you see the screen below you will need to ensure that Spotify is running on your Xbox/PS4/PC. Go out to the dashboard/minimise the game etc and open Spotify and then return to the game.

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Seems like the perfect time to tell you more of the details of the game. In this blog post we will cover the Game Modes and single player progression.

Dangerous Driving launches with a single player progression featuring 69 events and 9 different game modes:

• Race
• Heatwave
• Face Off
• Shakedown
• Eliminator
• GP
• Survival
• Pursuit
• Road Rage

Completing events unlocks new events and new cars. More info on the cars will be revealed in another blog post coming soon.

Here is some info and screens on each of the single player game modes.

Race

Takedown based Races against 5 AI controlled vehicles.

Players fight to be first. Dangerous and aggressive driving (near misses, drifting, driving in oncoming, near misses, battling) all earn boost allowing players to go even faster.

Crash and you’ll get the chance to take Rival racers down with you using your Danger Time Aftertouch (allows you to steer your wreck in slow motion).

Taking down Rivals adds an extra chunk of Boost and fills the boost bar.

Taken down vehicles remain on the road making subsequent laps ever more dangerous! We call these ‘Persistent Wrecks’.

Heatwave

A purer Race event (harking back to an earlier time) against 5 AI racers. Takedowns are not active in this mode so players must rely on their racing skill. Dropping a whole boost bar in one go refills the boost (called a Heatwave), allowing players to chain Heatwaves together.

The best car for this event is the Tuned version of each Car Class (which have to be unlocked by playing other events). In a Tuned car each chain combo adds 2 mph to the car’s top speed.

Face Off

Face Offs are 1:1 events against a single Rival to win their car. This is the main way new cars are unlocked and you’ll want them for the benefits they give (more on this later).

The Rival is racing flat out so the only way to win is to slow them down via Takedowns whilst avoiding crashing yourself. A Boost Start off the start line is essential!

Shakedown

A fast lap against the clock. Medals are awarded based on Time alone. Some Shakedown events are Previews giving players a chance to race cars that they haven’t unlocked yet.

Eliminator

One competitor is eliminated each lap in this 5 lap race. If you’re in last place the position counter will flash red.

Takedown your Rivals to get ahead and avoid elimination. The pressure really mounts on Lap 5 where wrecks from earlier laps threaten to plunge you into last place at any moment!

GP

Players compete across 3 Takedown Race events to see who will win overall. Points are carried forward. Every Class of events ends with a GP Event.

Survival

A solo event where players race through a series of checkpoints – how long can you survive without crashing or running out of time?

Checkpoints get tighter and traffic gets heavier the further into the game players progress.

Pursuit

Play as the cops and Takedown Targets before they escape.

The number of Targets and the amount of traffic escalates throughout the game. Later Pursuits have Targets with varied amount of Health. Players start with a Cop Sedan but can unlock SUV and Supercar versions by earning a Gold Medal on certain events.

Road Rage

How many Takedowns can players score against the clock? Later events have special rules – no shunts; only Traffic Takedowns apply.

That’s all 9 single player game modes included in the game at launch. Complete events to unlock new events and new cars as you progress.

Some special features that are worth calling out:

• Persistent wrecks – take a Rival down and their wreck remains on the road. Take someone down into a persistent wreck for a ‘Junkyard Takedown’. Crash into one yourself and it’s a ‘Nervous Wreck’. And believe us you will be a nervous wreck when trying to win a tough race against 5 fierce competitors and there are wrecks littering the last lap!
• Doing a Heatwave event in a Tuned car – Heatwave events are most like Burnout 2 style races –  a return to a time before the Takedown was invented! They are about purer racing – so no Takedowns! Drop a Heatwave bar of boost in one go and you’ll get a Heatwave bonus (which refills your boost). And when you are racing in a Tuned vehicle each successful Heatwave combo adds 2 mph to the car’s top speed. You’ll need to be ‘in the zone’ to survive! Crash and your top speed is back to normal.
• Road Rage – that most popular of modes in this genre is back – and later events feature some rule changes – how many Takedowns can you score when Shunts are disabled – or when only Traffic Takedowns count?
• Online play – we are excited to release the online version of the game in Month 1 of release. There will be online racing and of course online Road Rage – and persistent wrecks, Junkyard Takedowns and Nervous Wrecks (see above) will all feature strongly.

Don’t forget the pre orders are live for the game now – it is a massive help if you do pre order the game as it helps retailers, including the PlayStation and Xbox One store people, see how much excitement there is for the game. More pre orders = hopefully better store placement and marketing support = more sales.

Look for a new blog post very soon! We’ve got lots to share – sign up to our Dangerous Driving Club and never miss another update !

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