Going to start posting the changelog for updates here. This is a large update since the last one in May. Features -added a camera rotation damping setting to the graphics settings screen. Default damping is slightly less than before, but feels good. -added debug text in stages that shows the car, stage, and game mode. -FPS counter is back. It's off by default, enable with "backspace" -10 AI drivers in custom events & career now -leaderboards show 10 entries instead of 8 -in career mode, drivers are awarded points by ranking in rallies, which are used to calculate the overall season standings. -Rally Complete and Season Complete screens have been overhauled -added Ambient Occlusion to many of the cars -main menu car dioramas update the environment to reflect the settings in the game mode -added stats to cars: odometer, podiums, events -cars may be unlocked after completing a season, but only if there are restarts remaining -new car unlocking animation -season complete animation is moved to the Season dashboard -Added the Group A car class (placeholder cars for now) -Added Group A to career -Locked cars in the car chooser are now obscured -credits screen -Added new horn sfx. -Horn SFX can be selected and previewed in Settings->Gameplay -Added new ambient SFX for all locations for dry and wet weather. -Added new turbo sfx to all cars. -added sfx for buddha appearing in introduction -added controller controls in intro, need to animate them. -in the introduction in rally school, a notification is displayed after a few minutes to remind you that you can go to the main menu for more game modes -Set language to use the language chosen for the game in the steam client -bonus cars are unlockable in career -bonus cars have setup files now -group A anti-lag sfx . Improvements -added vignette and better post-processing to menu camera -Stage UI: stage info sticks around for all screens when in a stage (stage #, area, stage name, weather) -Stage UI: post-stage screen displays the stage time and personal best time -decreased the shadows distance 50% in the lowest quality setting -updated & centered logo in loading screen -driver points are displayed in the season standings screen -changed the number of stages/rally in the Group S season from 10 to 8 -initial restarts for all Seasons in career are now 40 -replay data isn't uploaded to leaderboard, which should mean quicker uploads and downloads, but may not be noticable -made japan roads skinnier -lowered the grass density for finland and sardinia stages. -changed the terrain shader for some finland and sardinia stages and it makes the grass blend in better -reordered the default liveries for all cars -Rally school: cones and tires reset every 2 minutes -Rally school: Fade screen in->out when switching rally school lessons in rally school. -No punctures or damage in free-roam or rally school anymore -reduced turning assist on group 4+ cars -collisions/scraping on the ground won't case damage or remove car parts -improved the tire puncture icon -Tweaked the downforce between car classes. Group B, S, A have double the downforce from before. This lessens the wheelspin when going around corners which was allowing Group 3 & 4 cars to set similar times to Group B+ -Increased downforce of Group 4 cars -front wing produces 70-80% of the force of the rear wing for flatter jump takeoffs -tweaked mist when sliding on tarmac to be less white and more transparent -Increase grass/plant/rock distance on all quality settings. -10x the sparks when hitting stuff -Menu: cars are shown with the last livery instead of first -localized the repairs screen buttons . Fixes -black image in custom-event menu -menu: camera zooms in on car chooser now -exiting time chaser won't reset the car class when coming back to it again -moved the SR71 car from Group S to Group B class -in Esc Menu, to enter the Rally School item, you first need to go down to Settings and then Up to be able to select it -When entering the photo mode for first time, the help prompt in the left down corner didn't pop up. Id did after seccond try. Also, during the first try, the camera didn't move to the position of the seccond try (that assume is the correct one, front of the car) -Fixed a bug when changing the fullscreen settings wasn't calling SetFullScreen after being changed. -control remapping screen shows correct text and also has localization for all languages -Rally school: timer in hud is now hidden -changed the .exe file to be artofrally.exe -repairs screen works again If you're not a beta tester yet, you can join the discord channel to participate in the Closed Beta happening later this year. Discord: https://discord.gg/kcVbHR9 Website: http://artofrally.com/