Update v1.49:

NEW CONTENT
Crates and Keys
‘Zephyr’ Crate has been added

CHANGES AND UPDATES
Throwback Stadium
'Throwback Stadium' is now an option in Exhibition Matches, Local Matches, Private Matches and Tournaments
Performance Graphs (Steam)
Players on Steam can now enable six different Performance Graphs
Performance Summary
Performance Graph (short)
Performance Graph (long)
Network Summary
Network Graph (short)
Network Graph (long)
Performance: Displays FPS, Frame and GPU data
Network: Displays Packet, Latency and other relevant connection data
You can enable/disable graph display in the Options>Interface menu, or by pressing F10 on your keyboard

BUG FIXES
General
[Xbox, PS4] Fixed an issue causing client crash or freeze when joining a Ranked Doubles or Standard match from an end-match screen
Decals no longer cover Painted portions of Twinzer Car Bodies
Hammerhead Decal no longer covers Painted portions of Mantis Car Bodies
Fixed lens flare so it no longer shines through ball or trees on DFH Stadium and Beckwith Park (Midnight)
[PS4] Improved texture filtering on several maps
Painted Zeta Wheels now properly display in thumbnails
[Switch] Black secondary paint on Breakout Type-S no longer displays as Brown
Turtle Tribe Decal is now properly aligned on Octane’s roof
'99 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Engine Audio is no longer overwritten by default Engine Audio when equipped

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Update v1.48:

General
Game version has jumped from v1.45 to v1.48 due to two PS4/PS4 Pro hotfixes
Updated the appearance of the ‘Twinzer’ Car Body when affected by Paintable attribute
Added a confirmation dialog to the “Report Server” button
Network Settings
Network settings (Client Send Rate, Server Send Rate, Bandwidth Limit) will each be reset to High for all players on all platforms. Changing these settings will now have an effect on your network connection

BUG FIXES
General
Stats on all ‘Merc’ Car Bodies should now be restored
Fixed Spectator issue causing camera updates to not replicate fast enough. This was causing desynchronization between spectators and the players they were viewing.
Fixed a bug in how Ping was being calculated and displayed
Your displayed ping to a given server region may be higher or lower after this update, but the latency between you and the servers has not changed. This is only a visual correction.

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Update v1.45:

NEW CONTENT
Arenas
‘Salty Shores’ is now available as a new Arena in all Playlists
‘Wasteland’ (Night) is now available in all Playlists
Crates and Keys
‘Impact’ Crate has been added

S. Watercolour
‘S. Watercolour’ Customization Items have been added
‘S. Watercolour’ Player Banner
‘S. Watercolour’ Flag
Decals
‘Glyphtrix’ (Triton)
‘Min-Spec’ (Masamune)
‘ShapeRacer’ (Paladin)
‘Tiger Tiger’ (Aftershock)
Toppers
‘Goldfish’
‘Palm Tree’
‘Swim Ring’


CHANGES AND UPDATES
Server Reporting
You can now select the ‘Report Server’ button in the midgame menu to directly report a problematic game server to us for investigation
Competitive Season 7
Competitive Season 7 has ended. Titles and items will be awarded for your highest rank achieved during the season. Season 7 Rewards are custom, non-tradeable Player Banners and Goal Explosions
Receiving the Season 7 Reward Player Banners is also contingent upon successful completion of Season Reward Levels
Reward Player Banners:
‘Season 7 - Tier 1’
‘Season 7 - Tier 2’
‘Season 7 - Tier 3’
‘Season 7 - Tier 4’
‘Season 7 - Tier 5’
‘Season 7 - Tier 6’
‘Season 7 - Tier 7’
Season 7 Grand Champions will also receive the 'Season 7 Grand Champion' Title
Reward Goal Explosions
‘Striker’
‘Striker Pro’
‘Striker Legend’
Competitive Season 8
Competitive Season 8 has begun
Season 8 brings a “soft reset” that requires you to do placement matches in each playlist to recalibrate
Winning half of your placement matches will land you near your previous season ranking
The soft reset will no longer compress Champion Tier players skill downwards.  Instead, only Grand Champions will be compressed down to the top end of the Champion 3 skill range.
League Rankings will be temporarily empty until players complete their placement matches


BUG FIXES
General
A player’s Rank now correctly displays on the post-match screen
Fixed an issue causing Orange team-specific Presets to incorrectly preload during matchmaking, causing them to appear late once the map loaded
[Xbox One] Fixed a crash/performance issue
Fixed Boost activation occurring one frame behind input when client runs above 60 FPS
Boost Audio and visual FX will no longer continue to play after boost is deactivated
Fixed an issue with physics state quantization that led to cars occasionally “settling” at inconsistent suspension heights (thank you to Rocket Science for reporting this)
Improved loading performance that was causing some players (particularly on PS4) to experience stutter in the first 5-10 seconds of matches
Fixed players who have initiated a Forfeit Vote being unable to see the Vote to Forfeit option afterwards
The “Keyboard Input Acceleration Time” option is once again available in the Options - Controls menu.
Fixed the “Favorite” button sometimes disappearing in the Garage Car Body tab
Fixed issues with car preview sometimes breaking when quickly switching garage tabs
[Switch] Improved scrolling performance when viewing items in the Garage
Tread glow on ‘Season 3 - Star’ Wheels has been restored
FX on Draco Wheels have been restored

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Update v1.44:

Bug Fixes

General
Fixed an issue that caused stuttering in the game client when secure TCP sockets are closed down
Fixed an issue where Boost visual FX would (rarely) not activate correctly
Fixed Alpha Reward Boost appearing differently than it did before the Tournaments Update
Connection Quality Indicators will no longer incorrectly persist into Offline Matches or Training
Various wheels will no longer appear smaller than they did before the Tournaments update
Scoreboard
Fixed incorrect avatars showing for players who have joined the game in-progress and/or replaced an AI bot
Fixed other players appearing to have the same rank as you in the post-game screen in Competitive matches
Trading
Fixed players being unable to remove items from a full Trade Window
Fixed trades failing if they contained Painted or Certified items currently equipped in a Preset
Common Items will no longer show as Trade Held or Untradeable in the Garage
Fixed an issue that could cause the game client to only send 30 frames of input per second even if the game was running at 60+
[Steam] HTML tags will no longer affect player names
Audio
Extended the range at which the volume of other cars drops off to make them more audible from further away
Rebalanced overall audio mix based on feedback
Controller Vibration
Increased the intensity of “Medium” and “Heavy” Controller Vibration
Wireless Xbox 360 controllers will now vibrate while boosting
We recommend that Xbox 360 Controller users opt for “Heavy” if they want consistent vibration while boosting
Network Settings
Server Send Rate, Client Send Rate, and Bandwidth Limit now all default to “High”
Nintendo Switch
Fixed a memory leak that could cause crashes on Nintendo Switch

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Update v1.43:

THE HEADLINES

Players can now create and join Tournaments
Quality Connection Status icons will appear in the HUD if players are experiencing connection problems
Players can now receive a “Chat Ban” that restricts the banned player from sending chat messages in online play
[Nintendo Switch] Video Capture and ‘Quality Mode’ have been added
Expanded inventory organization and filtering in the Garage
Enhanced Crowd Audio
‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 2’ is now available to all players under Music Playlists
NEW CONTENT

Country Flags
‘Brunei’
‘Monaco’
‘Nauru’
‘Tuvalu’
Crates and Keys
‘Triumph’ Crate has been added
Monstercat
‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 2’ is now available to all players under Music Playlists
‘Monstercat’ has been added as a Flag Folder
Monstercat Flags have been added
‘Anna Yvette’
‘Intercom’
‘Koven’
‘Pegboard Nerds’
‘Protostar’
‘Slippy’
‘Stonebank’
‘Uncaged’
‘Uncaged Cat’

CHANGES AND UPDATES

Tournaments
Players can now create and join Tournaments via the Main Menu
From the Main Menu, select ‘Play’ and then ‘Tournaments’ to find the Tournaments Menu
Tournaments have a maximum bracket size of 128 teams, minimum of eight teams
Team members must be in a party in order to register for a tournament
Cross-platform tournaments are enabled
Tournament creators can set minimum and maximum thresholds for entry based on a player’s Rank in the related Competitive Playlist
Quality Connection Status
In addition to showing your ping on the scoreboard, you will now also see in-game icons on the HUD if you are experiencing connection problems. This will help you better diagnose if gameplay issues are related to server performance or your connection.
You may see one or more of the following warnings when the client detects issues with your connection:
High Latency
Latency Variance
Packet Loss
Server Health
Additionally, if you are experiencing any of these issues, you will see a warning “!” symbol next to your ping on the scoreboard.
If one or more of these issues persists, you will also be notified via a pop-up notification in the Main Menu after exiting a match

Chat Bans and Report Feedback
Chat Bans
Players can now receive a “Chat Ban” that restricts the banned player from sending chat messages in online play
If you are Chat-Banned, you will receive a notification on the main menu with information about the chat that contributed to your ban
Quick Chat is still allowed but chat-banned players can only send one Quick Chat message every 5 seconds
Chat Bans do not affect Private Matches or Party Chat
Report Notifications
If a player you reported receives a ban of any kind, you will now be notified of the ban via a main menu notification
Items and Inventory
Favorite Items
You can now Favorite items in the Garage and Inventory screens. Favorited items appear at the top of each tab
Item Stacking
Most items will now automatically stack in the Inventory to reduce clutter in the inventory and trade windows
Duplicate items with different attributes (e.g. Painted or Certified) do not stack
Duplicate items with different trade holds do not stack
Each item in a stack still counts towards the maximum items in a trade
When adding a stacked items to a trade, you can select how many from the stack to offer with a slider
The Garage now supports Search and Filter functionalities
The Inventory screen now has tabs to quickly switch between different categories of items
Items can now be sorted by Date Acquired and Quality
Different Painted Car Bodies can now be equipped to the Blue and Orange teams
User Interface
A new “Interface” tab has been added to Options that contains all settings that control the user interface
Gameplay
Text Chat can now be set to ‘Team Quick Chat Only’
Client Send Rate - Limit how many packets your client sends per frame (may help on weak/wifi connections)
Server Send Rate - Limit how many packets the server sends you per frame (may help on weak/wifi connections)
Bandwidth Limit - Limit total bandwidth used by the game client
Camera
Camera Presets are now available
Controls
Controller Vibration now has multiple levels to choose from
Interface
Nameplate Scale - Adjust the size of player nameplates in the world
Nameplate Mode - Combines the old ‘High Contrast Nameplates’ and ‘Always Show Nameplates’ option. 'Default' is the former 'High Contrast Nameplates' setting.
Match Notifications
All - Show all HUD stat notifications and match time updates
Time Only - Hide stat notifications, only show “One Minute Remaining” and countdown
Kickoffs Only - Only show “3-2-1-Go”, don’t show “One Minute Remaining” and similar messages
Map Rotation
Aquadome and Starbase ARC have been added back into the Competitive Playlist map rotation
Team Colors
Expanded the palette of Blue and Orange team color choices for customization
In Private and Exhibition matches, you can now select from the full color palette for primary team colors
In-Game Music
You can now listen to Rocket League soundtracks during a match
Under the ‘Audio’ Tab in the Options Menu, you can set ‘In-Game Music’ to:
Always On
Matches Only
Training Only
Off
Spotify Integration (Steam Only)
You can now select a song from the Playlists menu (in the Main Menu or in-game if ‘In-Game Music’ is enabled) and click the ‘Listen on Spotify’ button
If you click on ‘Listen on Spotify,’ Rocket League will minimize and you will be taken to the selected track on spotify.com.
You must have an active Spotify account in order to view and listen to tracks on Spotify.com.
Enhanced Crowd Audio
The in-game crowd can now predict shots and saves using the same logic as the Director camera in Spectator mode
Now that the crowd can predict exciting moments, they will get louder and more excited in advance of events instead of only making noise after something happens
Nintendo Switch
Video Capture has been added
To use Video Capture, press and briefly hold the Share button (below the D-pad) and the last 30 seconds of gameplay will be saved as a video.
Switch players can now choose between ‘Performance’ and ‘Quality’ under the ‘Video’ tab in the Options Menu
Performance Mode (60fps)
Docked: Optimized for 60fps/900p, can scale down to 60fps/720p
Handheld: Optimized for 60fps/720p, can scale down to 60fps/576p
Quality Mode (30fps)
Docked: 30fps/1080p
Handheld: 30fps/720p
Quality Mode also enables several graphics features automatically, including Lens Flares, Light Shafts, Dynamic Shadows and Depth of Field
BUG FIXES

General
Black Market and Very RareDecals no longer cover Painted portions of some Battle-Cars
Trim on Octane no longer changes color when ‘Superman’ Decal is equipped
Primary Colors are now consistent on all car bodies
Fixed a bug causing Supersonic Trails no longer flicker across player screens during a match
Equipped Banners are no longer equipped as a phantom item if they are traded in
Boost will now regenerate while waiting for additional players to join a Dropshot match
Players can now see the ‘Vote to Forfeit’ option in the menu if they already initiated a forfeit vote
Fixed a French translation error related to Takumi RX-T
Fixed a Dutch localization error with Uncommon Toppers
Xbox One
Players who have multiple Painted items equipped are now visible in your Party
‘Certifiable’ Achievement has been fixed
macOS/SteamOS
Fixed a bug causing players to crash when loading Steam Workshop Maps
Fixed a bug causing players to crash when using ‘Happy Holidays’ Goal Explosion