Rocket League Patch Notes v1.58 / Friends Update
Scheduled Release: February 19, 2019, 10:00 a.m. PST / 6:00 p.m. UTC (All Platforms)

THE HEADLINES

• New Friends List is accessible via the bottom menu bar
  
  • Each player now has a unique RocketID
    
• Competitive Season 9 Rewards will be awarded to eligible accounts
  
• Competitive Season 10 begins
  
• Curveball is now available as a Ball Physics Mutator
  

• The new Friends List allows you to add friends from other gaming platforms to Parties and Clubs.
  
• Accessible on the bottom menu bar next to Party Chat, it has four distinct tabs:
  
  • Friends
    
    • This tab shows your Friends from the platform youre playing on
      
    • You can invite these Friends to Parties and Clubs from this menu by clicking on their name
      
  • RocketID
    
    • This tab shows your Friends on other platforms that youve added via RocketID
      
    • From here, you can select Add Friend by RocketID to search for a friends ID
      
    • You can input their name if you dont know their full tag to do a search
      
  • Recent Players
    
    • Displays the last 25 players you played with or against that you arent already friends with
      
  • Alerts
    
    • Shows any pending RocketID Friend Requests youve received as well as active Party Invites, Club Invites, and other Notifications
      
• Your RocketID is assigned the first time you log in using your name plus a random four-digit code
  
  • If your name doesnt pass our language filter, youll be assigned a temporary, auto-generated name like Octane#1234
    
  • You can change your RocketID at any time for any reason via the RocketID Tab
    
• Show RocketIDs: Hide your RocketID from displaying in your Friends List (Under Options > Interface)
  
  • Players can use this feature to hide their RocketID during a live broadcast
    
• Notifications During Gameplay: Disable Friends List notifications during gameplay (Under Options > Interface)
  

• Curveball is now available as a Ball Physics Mutator
  
  • Available in Local Matches, Private Matches, and Tournaments
    
  • When enabled, this Mutator adds a curve effect to the balls trajectory based on its spin.
    

• Rocket Leagues audio mix has been updated, including audio priority rebalancing, HDR audio, object elevation, and more
  
• When watching a Replay, audio now appropriately speeds up or slows down along with the Replay video
  

• Competitive Season 9 has ended. Titles and items will be awarded for your highest rank achieved during the season
  
  • Receiving Season 9 Rewards also requires successful completion of the appropriate Season Reward Levels
    
• Season 9 Rewards are custom, non-tradeable Wheels
  
  • Bronze I or higher Season 9 Bronze Wheels
    
  • Silver I or higher Season 9 Silver Wheels + lower Wheels
    
  • Gold I or higher Season 9 Gold Wheels + lower Wheels
    
  • Platinum I or higher Season 9 Platinum Wheels + lower Wheels
    
  • Diamond I or higher Season 9 Diamond Wheels + lower Wheels
    
  • Champion I or higher Season 9 Champion Wheels + lower Wheels
    
• Season 9 Grand Champion Rewards are unique new Titles
  
  • Competitive Grand Champion Season 9 Grand Champion In-Game Title + all Season 9 Wheels
    
  • Rumble Grand Champion Season 9 RNG Champ In-Game Title + all Season 9 Wheels
    
  • Dropshot Grand Champion Season 9 Floor Destroyer In-Game Title + all Season 9 Wheels
    
  • Hoops Grand Champion Season 9 Dunk Master In-Game Title + all Season Wheels
    
  • Snow Day Grand Champion Season 9 Blizzard Wizard In-Game Title + all Season 9 Wheels
    

• Competitive Season 10 begins
  
• Season 10 brings a soft reset that requires you to do placement matches in each playlist to recalibrate your Rank
  
• 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
  
• All placement match wins count towards your Bronze Season Reward Level progress
  
  
  

• Extra Modes (Dropshot, Hoops, Rumble, and Snow Day) are now available in Free Play
  
  • Extra Modes are only available on certain Arenas as labeled in the Free Play Arena selection window
    
• You can now see how many Weekly Wins you have left on the experience screen at the end of a match
  
• Game Stat Display Level: You can now control which in-game stat notifications you see during a match via the Options > Gameplay menu
  
  • No Stats: You will not receive any notification during matches
    
  • Main Stats Only: notifications for the following will appear:
    
    • Assist
      
    • Epic Save
      
    • Goal
      
    • Save
      
    • Shot
      
    • Demolition
      
  • All Stats: All in-game notifications are displayed
    
• "Input Buffer" option added to the Gameplay Options menu
  
  • This setting controls which method the game uses to send your gameplay inputs to our servers. These methods are:
    
    • Legacy - The default option used since Rocket League launched.
      
    • STS (Sim Time Scaling) - This allows the game server to instruct your client to very subtly speed up or slow down in order to maintain a smooth input stream.
      
    • CSTS (Continuous Sim Time Scaling) - A more aggressive version of STS that uses a continuous feedback loop to determine game speed.
      
  • Both STS and CSTS are newer strategies for latency mitigation that may be more effective for players with connectivity issues, spotty Wi-Fi, etc. than the Legacy method
    
  • If you experience connectivity issues during a match, you should try switching from Legacy to STS or CSTS. If you see no improvement, change back to Legacy
    
    

• Fixed a bug preventing players from reconnecting to a match after a disconnection from the server
  
  • Please note that you will still not be able to rejoin if the match you were in has already ended
    
• Fixed a bug causing spectator camera control UI to reappear after any goal is scored
  
• Tournament creators no longer receive an error when trying to spectate matches
  
• [Xbox One] The game app will no longer crash when returning from a suspended state when using Instant-on Mode
  
• Fixed a bug causing trades involving 80 or more Keys to fail
  
• Goal Explosions should no longer play on repeat after backing out of the Crate preview screen
  
• Unrelated Customization Items will no longer appear under the Body tab after rapidly opening and closing the Garage menu
  
• Chat sound no longer plays when entering Training while in a Party
  
• Items will appear correctly in the trade window after removing and re-adding to the trade
  
• Keys obtained through Rocket Pass will now stack with other Keys in your inventory
  
• [Switch] The UI will no longer lag when scrolling through a long list of friends
  
• The Special Edition label now appears when a Special Edition item is unlocked in Rocket Pass
  

• Dunk House: In Free Play, the Ball does not lift right after the user moves out of the kick-off position like it does in offline or online matches.
  
• Friends List notifications will not appear while viewing Replays
  
• An incorrect error message may appear if you try to change your Rocket ID if PsyNet is down
  
• [Xbox One] Players may not be able to accept party invites via Xbox One notifications if Rocket League is suspended
  
• [Xbox One] In-game chat is replaced with asterisks (except for quick chat) after loading the game from suspended mode
  
• [Steam, Xbox] Adding a same platform friend through RocketID may cause previously deleted friends to reappear
  
• When previewing the Special Edition Asik Wheel in the lobby or Garage, it may appear to have a low level of detail
  
• When spectating a Hoops match, the Blue goal displays an additional vertically-oriented net