New Name, New Build: Pre-Alpha Update #2!

Hey everybody, today I've got a huge update share with you about #UntitledDrivingGame! Yes, there's a fresh pre-alpha build available with all the latest handling updates, character & vehicle tricks, and a fully unlocked ROUGH preview of LATC to free roam; but there's also another big change you might've noticed. I've finally given #UntitledDrivingGame a real name:

🔳 Overview

At a high level, this update includes the following changes:

• Reworked base vehicle mechanics & feel (added traction control, added drifting, better camera, etc.)
• Added a character to the vehicle
• Added a new vehicle
• Better vehicle animations
• Lots of new tricks
  • Ability to spin vehicle in 180° increments
  • 8 character tricks
  • 9 vehicle body part tricks
  • New ways to grind including sideways and backwards
• UI/UX improvements to trick/combo feedback
• Preview of LATC fully unlocked in free roam
• ...plus many more improvements & bug fixes!

Give the new build a try and let me know what you think! Full patch notes can be found below.

I welcome and encourage all constructive feedback, positive or negative. I need your help to continue making "Tristan Cole's Pro Driver" into the best possible game it can be!

🔳 Full Patch Notes

General:

• Added a new vehicle - blue 4 door sedan (model courtesy of Swiss_Fox on Sketchfab)
• Unlocked LATC free roam by default in main menu
• Music now plays in the main menu
• Updated keyboard controls

Vehicle/Gameplay:

• Added a character to the vehicle: Stigxamo
• Lots of new tricks:
  • 8 character tricks
    • The Captain
    • Oil Check
    • Yee Haw
    • Hangin' Out
    • The Passenger
    • Hood Ornament
    • Hang Gliding
    • Ride Along
  • 9 vehicle body part tricks
    • Left doors open
    • Right doors open
    • Pop the hood
    • Pop the trunk
    • Right trunk check (trunk/right doors open)
    • Left trunk check (trunk/left doors open)
    • Right hood check (hood/right doors open)
    • Left hood check (hood/left doors open)
    • Horny
  • New ways to grind
    • Default grind renamed to "Axle Grind"
    • Added "Right Slide Grind" and "Left Slide Grind"
    • Added "Reverse Axle Grind"
  • Ability to spin the vehicle around in air in 180° increments (in addition to roll)
• Player can flip & spin in air freely (without holding air roll button)
  • Players can still hold air roll button to barrel roll/360° flip
• Flips/rolls are now successive and counted as double, triple, etc. instead of separate tricks
• Improved handling feel with new traction settings
• Added 'handbrake' which player can hold to drift
• Removed nose wheelie trick
• Vehicle wheels fall independently when not grounded or right side up
• Lengthen acceleration/deceleration times
• Make camera system more dynamic
  • Add reverse cam
• Add visual body lean/roll
• Update vehicle audio
  • Updated engine audio
  • Added tire chirp sound effect when taking off from a stop
• Add license plate placeholder
• Add vehicle horn
• Fixed wheelie animations
• Better wipeout detection
• Better tracking of air tricks
  • Try to automatically convert successive flips/rolls into 360° flips when required
• Added some camera shake when jumping
• Add a small downforce when landing to help prevent bouncing
• Update vehicle collisions for physics objects & destructible meshes
• Vehicle is only grounded if >=3 wheels are on the ground

UI/UX:

• Added game logo splash
• Move combo score & timer above combo text
• Make combo text smaller
• Add combo text animations & color feedback for new tricks, landing combos, and failing combos
• Update game name on main menu and pause screens
• Main menu:
  • Remove ability to choose vehicle & color
  • Add new sedan with posed character to scene
  • Odd Jobs button updated to "Intro Mission (Tutorial)"
  • Display 'note' explaining limitations in free roam modes
    • White sedan is locked to tutorial map with no character or vehicle body part tricks
    • Blue sedan is locked to LATC with full set of tricks currently available

Maps:

• LATC (Early Preview)
  • Tweak lighting and post processing
  • Adjust spawn position for testing purposes
  • Remove bus station mesh
  • Added a small section containing a few hundred physics objects for testing
• Proving Grounds (Tutorial Map)
  • Updated lighting and post processing to match LATC
  • Update asphalt & parking garage materials to appear 'cleaner'
  • Updated tutorial drift section to include new drift mechanic

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