RACE Pro gets patched

SimBin doesn’t mess around when it comes to supporting their products. A colossal title update for RACE Pro went live a few days ago. It addresses both multiplayer and single player issues that members of the RACE Pro community have voiced to the studio and Atari.

We weren’t kidding about the size. There are entirely too many tweaks, enhancements and fixes to list on this side of the post. Hit the jump to see everything, but first check out what we consider the biggies:

• Fixed bug causing the game to crash when 12 players have joined and left a multiplayer game
• Fixed name of tracks on servers list when players do several sessions in a row
• Improved deformation of cars
• Locked F3000 car #12 and unlocked the Corvette C5R since there is no contract for it in Career mode

Squashing bugs and stuff is great, but what RACE Pro really needs is a “busty babes” patch. Think about it. All those empty seats would be filled with hotties, happily cheering and jiggling as you race. Make it happen, SimBin.

TITLE UPDATE FINE TUNES  ‘RACE PRO’ ONLINE MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE

 Available Now via Xbox Live, Title Update Delivers Numerous Enhancements to Multiplayer and Single Player Experience in Atari’s Acclaimed Race Sim –

Atari today confirmed that a title update for ultra-realistic racing simulation game RACE Pro is available now for automatic download via Xbox Live®.

Taking on board feedback from the player community, SimBin and Atari have responded with this first title update which addresses numerous issues and greatly enhances primarily the multiplayer experience and also the single player game.

RACE Pro is developed by renowned award-winning game developer SimBin, a leading creator of PC racing simulators, available now exclusively to the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.  For more information about RACE Pro visit www.atari.com/racepro and for more details about Atari’s entire product line up visit www.atari.com.

To make your voice heard on the official RACE Pro forum, click here.

The main enhancements and issues addressed in the Title Update are as follows:

MULTIPLAYER UPDATE

• Fixed bug causing the game to crash when 12 players have joined and left a multiplayer game
• Disallow connections to host if they are not waiting for players.
• Fixed the ”fast forward” / speed bug currently generating some unrealistic race times in leaderboards.
• Fixed problem with lap times being reported to the wrong leaderboard when moving on to the next track in multiplayer.
• Fixed problem of a player joining during session activation causing the client to get stuck in the loading screen.
• Fixed issue when creating a session with downloaded car and inviting a player that doesn’t have the car
• Fixed name of tracks on servers list when players do several sessions in a row
• Fixed incorrect race length value seen in game list screen
• Fixed transparent car that appears after un-pausing in multiplayer qualification
• Fixed the incorrect message that appears when attempting to access multiplayer without a gamer profile signed–in and if selecting Multiplayer with an offline gamer profile
• Set default host option of qualification to NO in multiplayer for players that have never hosted a game in Race Pro before
• New messages: Display some session info in-game so players can recognize where in the game they are
• New messages: Add a specific multiplayer loading tip showing 50% of loading time in player match only.

GENERAL UPDATE

• Fixed performance drop while driving over curb
• Improved deformation of cars
• Fixed hot seat start position problems
• Removed dangerous driving dialogues when entering loading screen
• Fixed crash when the player tries to enter the end pit driving backwards and wants to restart the race after the losing message
• Fixed some localization bugs
• Locked F3000 car #12 and unlocked the Corvette C5R since there is no contract for it in Career mode
• Fixed validation for replay files to allow replay files saved between year 2000 and 2099
• Fixed sound bug making Doppler effect of other cars sound corrupt in swing cam
• Fixed force feedback detection for wheels and slightly improved strength of force
• Adjusted the Seat Leon Extreme Tryout time
• Fixed sound bug making the rev sounds on some cars not transition smoothly (including Mini Cooper and BMW M3 GTR)
• Fixed sound bug with the force calculation of picking the correct collision sound