This update has been mostly about making the game prettier, namely vegetation, lighting and particles. I was deep in the hole for this one and there's many things that aren't on the changelog so you'll just have to try it out!
Features
-stages have real time ambient occlusion
-New trees, rocks, bushes and vegetation pass for all locations
-Swapped the vegetation shaders for ones that support instanced indirect, which is much faster than the previous way of rendering vegetation
Improvements
-improved gear ratios
-Group B, S, A have more even downforce between the front and rear wings which makes for more even jump flight and also less understeer when going high speeds
-redid the lighting for snow stages
-all strings are localized now
-readjusted braking power for all classes
-cars are using studded snow tires so increased the grip on snow a little bit
-nearly all the particles have been overhauled and now look much more consistent across all lighting and weather
Fixes
-manual & automatic were swapped
-weather effects that are attached to the car do not rotate with the car anymore (no more sideways rain)
-Photo mode works again
-Camera glitch between begin stage and racing
-quality & vegetation density settings were only being set with a quality setting was changed
-when coming onto the throttle the turbo blow-off sfx is stopped if it is currently playing
If you're not a beta tester yet, you can join the discord channel or sign up on the mailing list on the website to participate in the Closed Beta happening later this year.
Discord: https://discord.gg/rPYJyjY
Website: http://artofrally.com/
art of rally is a stylized rally experience from the creator of Absolute Drift
The top-down view lets you completely focus on the stages by seeing upcoming road features without needing pace-notes.
Progress through the golden years of rally in Career Mode
30+ iconic rally cars from the 60s, 70s, 80s, Group B and Group S
Completely overhauled handling from the car physics system of Absolute Drift
50 rally stages in Finland, Sardinia, Norway, Japan and Germany
Repair performance damage between stages
Daily and weekly challenges with leaderboards
Original soundtrack by Tatreal
Note from the Developer:
The handling model has been overhauled from that in Absolute Drift and is much more predictable and less punishing. Settings for driving assists mean it is more friendly to beginners while still challenging expert drivers.