Community Announcements - Toothless
General

- Added new highlights.
- Several crash to desktop fixes.
- Fixed occasional crash on game boot.
- Crash fix when returning to the team shop.
- Valve Anti-Cheat turned on.
- Fixed estimated laps of fuel occasionally being wrong under caution.
- Fixed taking screenshots resulting in a soft lock.
- Taking screenshots in photo mode no longer shows the details dialogue twice.
- Improvements to rear view mirror.
- Mouse input correct when running full screen.
- Cautions now show more footage from the start of the incident.
- Fixed highlights and Head to Head events.
- Re-balanced highlights.
- When applying a setup, the interface defaults to the currently applied set up.
- Laps lead is displayed on the results screen.
- Skill rating now displays correctly on the results screen.
- Reduced full lap amount on Phoenix.
- Moving or resizing the window no longer stalls the game.

Damage

- Improved tyre damage model.
- Improved damage area calculation.
- Overall damage system re-balanced.

Artificial Intelligence

- AI will now DNF.
- Improvements to AI tire wear on all tracks.
- AI practice and Qualifying times improved.
- AI improvements across all tracks.
- Improved AI cornering on road courses.
- AI balancing on all tracks.
- AI improvements on pit entry and exit on most tracks, better entry and exit awareness.
- AI overtaking fixes, more movement should be seen in pack racing, cars detect and pass those that are pitting and can trigger a faster overtake mid corner where necessary.
- Fix for the entire AI field pitting on tracks using high fuel or tire wear rates with back to back cautions.
- Improvements to AI lap times with reduced brake checking in Turns.

Multiplayer

- Added No Collision races.
- Fixed crash when the host left the race.
- Fixed track detail card in the lobby not always showing correct data when first entering.
- Improvements to sync on pace lap under caution when online.
- Steam server list support.
- Fixed opponent drivers using the wrong suits in multiplayer.
- Fix for ghosting occurring incorrectly on pace lap under caution when online.
- Display a message in the lobby interface when synchronising is occurring.
- General improvements to car motions on the track & racing at a close distance.
- Vote to Ghost in multiplayer games, excluding private.
- Fixed issues with host migration.
- Fixed DNF's appearing at the top of the results table.
- Invites can be accepted when in single player game.
- Fixed lap amounts on Atlanta Night, Charlotte Day, Darlington Day, Kentucky Day and Richmond Day.
- Improvements to single file cautions in mulitplayer.
- Improved rolling starts in multiplayer

Controllers

- Fixed occasional strange button names when using multiple devices.
- Steering sensitivity working as expected, may need user to change to get preferred feel.
- Fixed force feedback issues when using multiple devices.
- Added steering linearity option for all controller types.
- ECCI wheel support.
- Added clutch deadzone settings.

Paint Shop

- Fixed missing layer images in the paint shop.
- Hang changing focus while in paint shop fixed.
- Camera controls correct after saving in paint shop.
- Ctrl+S will quick save the paint scheme you are currently editing in the paint shop.
Jul 31, 2013
Community Announcements - Toothless
Fixes
- Crash fixes in paint booth.
- Crash fix on booting the game.
- Crash fix on host losing connection in a lobby.

AI
- AI will give the player more space to race.
- When the player makes contact with the AI, the AI will get loose.
- General speed improvements, especially on road courses.
Community Announcements - Toothless
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Jul 24, 2013
Community Announcements - Toothless
Added
- VAC anti cheat system.
- 3 new highlights packages. Daytona, Kentucky and New Hampshire.
- Player name now appears on windscreen of career car.

Updated
- Paint booth interface.
- Fuel and Tyre wear can now be set independently.
- Laps led added to results screen.
- Ghosting of cars now takes into consideration distance from player.
- Voice chat now has a default key assigned.
- High Texture quality now only gives the player high resolution liveries, Ultra gives all cars high resolution liveries.
- Audio mix for speech changed.

Fixed
- Changes to sponsors that require consecutive wins.
- Tutorial fix to use 2013 cars.
- Invalid lap time penalties on Sonoma.
- Tyre blowouts have an increased detrimental effect to handling.
- Pitstop repairs now actually repair.
- Headlight and taillight numbers fixed across all texture qualities.
- Able to join a multiplayer game from an invite before pressing start.

Controllers
- CSR wheel and CSPv2 pedals working.
- Allow gears to be assigned, allowing separate shifters to be used.
- Fix for Microsoft Sidewinder FFB causing a drop in framerate.

AI
- AI balancing across all tracks.
- Fix for AI weakening as a race progresses.

Multiplayer
- Improved the collisions in the caution replays.

Crashes
- Fixed occasional crash on returning to race shop.
- Fixed specific crash on swapping controllers and reassigning buttons.
Jul 17, 2013
Community Announcements - Toothless
Fixes
- Fixed crash in sound and renderer.
- Several community related issues fixed.
- Black flag for speeding in pit lane.

Controls
- Updated and added more controller types, including bodnar cables.

AI
- Speed increases for Non-plate tracks.
- Draft improvements for plate tracks.
- Improved brake checking.

Multiplayer
- Updates to surging at the start line.
- Ghosting of cars due to packet loss.

General
- Visual damage turned back on.
Jul 9, 2013
Community Announcements - Toothless
Added
- Multiplayer is now available.

Fixes
- Several crash fixes, including video playback on start up.

AI
- Several updates across all tracks.
- Race logic improvements.
- Speed increase across all tracks.

Graphical
- Hi-Res vehicle liveries option.
- Hi-Res reflections option

Controls
- Several controller updates.
Jul 3, 2013
Community Announcements - Toothless
Added
- Highlights for Michigan and Sonoma.
- Options for higher quality shadows and rear view mirror.

Controls
- Can now mix and match devices, such as wheels and pedals from different sets.
- Wheel lock detection for T500RS.
- Fanatec steering wheel display for speed and RPM.

Fixes
- Further crash fixes implemented.
- Fix for cars kicking up under collision.
- 200 laps in the Auto Club 400 event.
- Fix for the Jumbotron on Charlotte.
Jun 25, 2013
Community Announcements - Toothless
Client
- Several crash fixes have been implemented.
- Fix for crash issue when sometimes entering\leaving the vinyl shop.
- Fix for game crash before ‘Press Start’.

AI
- Improved AI pack racing.
- AI improvements on Road courses and Ovals.

Audio
- Push to Talk fix.
- General fixes.

Setup\Config
- Added extra graphics settings for lower spec machines.

Controllers
- Option added to restore default configuration.
- Improved Xbox360 pad support.
- Added or updated support for the following controllers and many more not listed:
- Logitech G25 and G27 with H shifter.
- G27 Gear indicator implemented.
- Fanatec Porsche, CSR, Clubsport and Elite and H Shifter.
- MOMO wheel.
- Thrustmaster 430, 458, Universal Challenge, Ferrari GT, T500RS, Race Leader and RGT.
- Driving Force and Driving Force Pro and Driving Force Pro GT.
- Various Trust 5 in 1 wheels.

*It would be best for anyone using these controllers to use the default reset option, then re-assign after this.

Tuning
-Ability to import and export tuning setups.

Paint Booth
- Decals can't be placed/moved off the canvas.
- Window surrounds no longer get painted.
- Importing schemes improved.

General
- Shark fin on GEN6 cars are now transparent.
- More realistic GEN6 aero values.
- AI balance for GEN6 cars.
- Lap time fixes.
- Photo export to Steam.
- Payouts for events fixed.
- Added extra highlights package.
- Fix for collisions sometimes causing cars to launch into air.
- Updated shootout in career to reflect changes for 2013 season.
- Changes to controls in the paintbooth.
- Fixed shootout in Season Mode when using Tony Stewart.
- Fix for negative version of screen sometimes manifesting.
- Some livery fixes.
Jun 19, 2013
Community Announcements - Toothless
Client:
- Improved stability.

Devices:
- Improved support for devices - Gamepad and wheels.
- More devices supported (still adding more).
- Fix for keybinding issue.

Audio:
- Some mix levels fixed.
- Fix for audio freezing.

AI:
- Improvements for cars maintaining an alongside position during braking and overtaking.
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