THE HEADLINES

• 'Hot Wheels Rivals Arena' is now available in Casual Playlists, Tournaments, Private Matches and Offline Matches
• Competitive Season 8 has ended
• Season 8 Rewards (Rocket Boosts) are now available to eligible players
• Competitive Season 9 has begun
• The complete ‘Monstercat x Rocket League Vol. 4’ EP is now available as a music playlist

• ‘Hot Wheels Rivals’ is now available as a playable Arena in Casual Playlists, Tournaments, Private Matches and Offline Matches
  
• ‘Hot Wheels 50th’ Flag
  
• ‘Hot Wheels 50th’ Player Banner
  
• ‘Hot Wheels 50th’ Wheels
  

• The complete ‘Monstercat x Rocket League Vol. 4’ EP is now available as a music playlist
  
• ‘Monstercat’ Topper is now available
  
• New Monstercat Flags have been added
  
• ‘Muzzy’
  
• ‘Infected Mushroom’
  
• ‘Darren Styles’
  
• ‘Gammer’
  
• ‘Dougal’
  
• ‘Tokyo Machine’
  
• ‘Bossfight’
  
• ‘Pixel Terror’
  
• ‘Sara Skinner’
  

• Competitive Season 8 has ended. Titles and items will be awarded for your highest rank achieved during the season. Season 8 Rewards are custom, non-tradeable Rocket Boosts
  
• Receiving Season 8 Rewards is also contingent upon successful completion of Season Reward Levels
  
• Reward Rocket Boosts:
  
• Bronze I or higher – ‘Season 8 - Bronze’ Rocket Boost
  
• Silver I or higher – ‘Season 8 - Silver’ Rocket Boost + lower Rocket Boosts
  
• Gold I or higher – ‘Season 8 - Gold’ Rocket Boost + lower Rocket Boosts
  
• Platinum I or higher – ‘Season 8 - Platinum’ Rocket Boost + lower Rocket Boosts
  
• Diamond I or higher – ‘Season 8 - Diamond’ Rocket Boost + lower Rocket Boosts
  
• Champion I or higher – ‘Season 8 - Champion’ Rocket Boost + lower Rocket Boosts
  
• Grand Champion – 'Season 8 Grand Champion' in-game Title + all Season 8 Rocket Boosts
  

• Competitive Season 9 has begun
  
• Season 9 brings a “soft reset” that requires you to do placement matches in each playlist to recalibrate
  
• Winning half of your placement matches will land you near your previous season ranking
  
• League Rankings will be temporarily empty until players complete their placement matches
  
• Ranked Extra Modes
  
• Ranked Playlists for 3v3 Dropshot, 2v2 Hoops, 3v3 Rumble and 3v3 Snow Day are now available under the Extra Modes tab in the Playlist Menu
  
• You will have a unique MMR for each Playlist
  
• You will be required to complete ten placement matches before obtaining a Rank in each Playlist
  
• All Ranked Extra Mode Playlists will contribute to your Season Reward Level
  
• Extra Modes have been removed from the Casual Playlist tab
  
• You will have the option to hide your Rank in the new Ranked Extra Modes Playlists
  
• Ranked Extra Modes will not have leaderboards for Season 9
  

• The post-match XP screen has been shortened and can now be skipped, bringing you right to the End Match screen and lobby
  
• Consecutive Match Bonus has been increased from 50 XP to 200 XP
  
• Weekly Win Bonus has been changed from a multiplier to a flat amount of 2,500 XP per eligible win
  

• Discord button has been added to the News Panel
  
• Clicking this button will minimize Rocket League and take you to discord.gg/rocketleague, where you can join the official Rocket League Discord server
  

• Fixed issue where focus could be lost when closing party chat panel with controller
  
• Details window now appears in trades with only one item
  
• Older Replays recorded on Farmstead no longer crash the client
  
• Fixed a bug with bot behavior related to air dodge, rolling and ball strikes
  
• 'Best of the Bunch,' 'Squad Goals,' 'New Challenger' and 'Together is Better' Achievements/Trophies now work as intended
  
• Club invites no longer block a player’s view while trading
  
• Checking the 'Friends Only' League Rankings now shows all friends
  

• RLCS Fan Rewards Decals may not show all details in the trade window
  
• 'Megabat’ Decal may cover trim on Painted Car Bodies
  
• Some Competitive pop-up messages may not reference Ranked Extra Modes when they are supposed to
  
• Titanium White and Grey ‘Binary’ Painted Trails may look similar
  
• During a trade, selecting, removing and re-selecting an item from an inventory stack may cause the check mark to disappear
  
• [macOS] Game may close after startup if a controller is connected and ‘PlayStation Configuration Support’ is enabled
  
• [Switch] Removing and re-adding a splitscreen user to the party will hide the first player in the party roster
  
• [Steam] ‘People Person’ Achievement/Trophy may not unlock for some players