Das Update 1.4 für "Need for Speed Heat" steht zum Download bereit. Es verkürzt die Ladezeiten, jedoch auf Kosten der visuellen Qualität.
Ghost Games hat das Update 1.4 für "Need for Speed Heat" auf PC (852 MB), Xbox One (2,167 GB) und PlayStation 4 (2,63 GB) veröffentlicht. Unter anderem werden Fehler behoben und die Ladezeiten verkürzt. Letzteres führt aber zur einer Verringerung der visuellen Qualität: "Ihr habt über lange Ladebildschirme vor dem Start von Rennen berichtet, und wir haben uns bemüht, diese zu reduzieren. Wir hoffen, dass ihr diese Verbesserung bemerken werdet, aber vielleicht bemerkt ihr auch etwas anderes. Wenn ihr nach dem Update spielt, werden die visuellen Effekte während des Intros und Starts eines Nachtrennens weniger spektakulär ausfallen. Genauer gesagt, es wird keine extravaganten Lichter, Rauch, Feuer oder Zuschauerautos geben. Dies ist zwar nicht ideal, aber wir wollten die Stabilität verbessern und die Ladezeiten kurzfristig reduzieren. Wir möchten diese Effekte in einem zukünftigen Update wieder zurückbringen."
Update Notes
Environment - Night race intros
- You’ve reported long loading screens before the start of races, and we have made an effort to reduce these. While we hope you’ll notice this improvement, you might also notice something else. When you play after the update, the visual effects will be less spectacular during the intro and start of a night race. More specifically, there’ll be no fancy lights, smoke, fire or spectator’s cars. While this isn’t ideal, we wanted to improve the stability and reduce loading times in the short run, and we are aiming at bringing back these effects in a future update.
Fixes
No Bank or Rep rewards awarded for playing the first races in the game.
- Some players would not earn any Bank or Rep rewards when they first played the game. Prior to the update, this could be resolved by restarting the game - which should no longer be necessary now, as it shouldn’t be happening anymore in the first place.
Inventory sync error
- There were rare cases where upon choosing “Play Solo” or “Play Online”, players would be prompted with a message that their local and online inventories do not match, and asking if they wanted to sync them. In a few cases, when choosing yes, Bank and cars would disappear, while story progression and Rep level remained.
- We’re sorry this happened - it should now no longer occur, and players should find the Pre-Order and Deluxe cars again in the dealership to purchase for 0 Bank.
Crashes & Freezes
- You reported that using community wraps or wraps with a high amount of layers could cause some issues. We’ve taken a closer look, and this should no longer cause the game to crash.
- Additionally, we fixed some other instances where the game could freeze or crash, which should increase the overall stability of the game client.
Other fixes
- Fixed an issue where trial users could experience an extended black screen when they first launched the game.
- Fixed an issue where players were unable to invite crew members using the search function.
- Fixed an issue where using a specific controller on PC could crash the game.