GRIP Combat Racing is getting a Big Ass update

February 1, 2019 - MC_JP - News - No Comments

Most of the times when a game is released it gets patched along the way, this thanks to community bug reports and developers finding new ways to improve their game. Now GRIP is getting quite an overhaul with its affectionately titled “Big Ass Update”. With over 100 improvements and fixes that you can fully read here we do got a short list of its main highlights down below.

Lobby overhauled with new simplified voting mechanics and countdown timer
Catch-up assistance has been re-balanced and can be toggled during the game’s campaign
AI bots now drive more competitively even when catch-up assistance is turned off
AI bot vehicles are now selected to be comparable to the player’s vehicle
Bug fix for AI bot catch-up in MP games
Resolved issue when displaying split-screen results
“View to a kill” battle arena is now re-balanced and redesigned
“Magmatic Core” battle arena now has speed-pads and has been redesigned to prevent insta-death
Improvements to various tracks’ collisions and performance
Fixed issues around vehicle customization
Improved stability for split-screen tournaments
Fixed bug preventing players 3 and 4 selecting vehicles in split-screen
Resolved issue where achievements were incorrectly unlocked when spectating a MP game
Improved calculations for leaderboard statistics
Improved how the player’s overall average speed and position are calculated
Electrical sounds volume is now set correctly
Improved missile targeting when the target is maneuvering hard
Improved missile guidance – missiles now avoid the floor much more often when launching
Vehicles are now allocated correctly to human players in split-screen events or tournaments

Because GRIP: Combat Racing is called the spiritual successor to Rollcage, the developer loves that its Indie project is getting liked worldwide. Now with this overhaul we can only imagine that the current player base is getting happier by the minute. You can find our review of GRIP here.