New content

Rocket Pass

• Rocket Pass 1 will launch on September 5

Changes and updates

General

• The garage in the menu has been made clearer, so among other things the gate explosions can be found faster
• From now on you can own 200 keys for lootboxes
• On Nintendo Switch, the font size in TV and handheld mode has been improved
• Viewer camera: view variant is now also synchronized the same for all viewers
• Updated color schemes in some arenas to better differentiate team colors
• Controller vibrates when joining a game

Progress

• Gaining experience points and leveling up has been reworked from the ground up
• Experience points
  • You can only earn points in online matches (competitive and casual games)
  • Experience points are composed of the length of the match, not the final score
    • You will receive scaling for every second of a match, including overtime up to 20 minutes
    • The game must run for at least 60 seconds to receive experience points
  • New bonus XP added: Score, MVP, Consecutive matches in casual mode, Padding a match with a bot, Weekly wins.
  • You will receive experience points only when you finish a match
    • Quitting early counts as finishing a match
  • Points scoring during a match has been revised: Goals, assists, saves, and clearances continue to give points; first contacts, aerial hits, and backslides no longer give points
    • However, all traits will still be recorded and viewable in your career stats
• Level ups
  • From level 20, the levels require a certain number of experience points
  • Level 75 has been removed, there is no level cap anymore
  • Redistribution
    • All players have been redistributed to a new level based on several factors, including the number of total online matches played and XP accumulated
    • Players with level 40 or below will receive their same level
    • Players above level 40 get a higher level than before
    • Players who were already at level 75 will receive additional level ups based on total online play
• Reward
  • Avatar frames were added new
  • These can also be obtained when leveling up next to the titles
  • Once you get a frame, you can change its color in the garage menu item
  • You get a new frame with every 25th level up to level 300. After that, a new frame can be unlocked with every 50th level up.
• Unusual items you get online
  • Players receive a random unusual or higher item every time you level up
  • However, these are no longer given randomly as rewards after normal games
• Title
  • Title you get when you reach a special level
  • You keep all the titles you have previously obtained
  • You can now switch through each title you get in the “Garage” menu item.
  • “Rookie” and “Semi-Pro” have been removed
  • The new sorting now looks like this:
    • Veteran: Level 20
    • Expert: Level 40
    • Master: Level 60
    • Legend: Level 80
    • Rocketeer: Level 100
  • Additional new titles you get from every 100th level after level 100
  • More titles will be available in events or Rocket Pass
• Giving up a match
  • Voting can no longer be started in the remaining 90 seconds of a match
    • 1vs1 matches do not have this limitation
  • However, you can still quit if the teammate leaves the match
    • Quitting still gives you the opportunity to receive experience points
    • If you quit the match before that, you will not receive experience points

Information about the clubs can be found here!

Bugfixes

General

• Fixed issue with spotlight camera after a match when players have left the game
• Fixed an issue where reconnecting to a ranked match would fail
• The appearance of ‘Mainframe Decals” has been corrected
• Chat input was lost when a popup element appeared
• Fixed an issue where “ball trail” effects were shortened at high frame rates
• Appearance of “89 Batmobile” has been fixed
• The track of the wheels of the “99 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34” are now displayed correctly
• Thumbnail of ‘K2’ Wheels now show the correct color
• Battle cars no longer appear as invisible to some players
• Titanium white ‘MDGA’ sticker no longer appears as gray
• Event currency notification is now displayed correctly after a match has ended