Need for Speed SHIFT: Neuer Patch fÃ¼r PC und Konsole in Arbeit

EA und die Slightly Mad Studios bereiten aktuell ein weiteres Update f�r die PC- und Konsolenversion von Need for Speed SHIFT vor - Details zum zweiten Patch der zahlreiche Verbesserungen beinhalten wird.

Need for Speed SHIFT: Neuer Patch fÃ�Â¼r PC und Konsole in Arbeit ZoomBereits wenige Tage nach der Ver�ffentlichung von Need for Speed SHIFT stellten EA und die Slightly Mad Studios einen Patch f�r die PC-Version zur Verf�gung der im Oktober dann noch einmal verbessert wurde.

Aktuell arbeiten die Entwickler am zweiten Patch zum simulationslastigen Rennspiel und befinden sich gegenw�rtig schon in der Testphase, sodass bald mit der Ver�ffentlichung gerechnet werden darf.

Durch die Need for Speed-Community konnten sich die Programmierer laut offiziellen Informationen auf die f�r das Fahrerlebnis wichtigen Bereiche konzentrieren. Unter anderem wird das Update, zu dem bereits eine vorl�ufige �bersicht mit allen �nderungen nachstehend zu finden ist, Probleme mit den Lamborghinis, der Corvette Z06 und der Dodge Viper beheben aber auch die Anzahl der Onlinespieler erh�hen.

Schon jetzt steht fest, dass der f�r die PC- und Konsolenversion erscheinende Patch alles in allem ziemlich umfangreich ausf�llt.

Need for Speed SHIFT - Patch 2-Changelog:
NEW CONTENT/FUNCTIONALITY
-Increased the maximum number of online players from 8 to 12

BUG FIXES - CROSS-PLATFORM
-General game stability and performance improvements
-Improved car handling
-Fix for issue where some cars would bounce on their suspension during high load situations
-Fix for grass sometimes being displayed out of position
-Fix for intermittent incorrect driver duel results
-Fix for inverted balance slider operation
-Fix for online wins and losses occasionally being calculated incorrectly for drift races
-Fixed issue where loaned career car would inherit the player's career car tuning settings
-Fixed various usability issues with the advanced tuning screens
-Fixed lap timing for first lap of rolling start events
-Fixed car tuning settings sometimes not taking effect
-Fix to prevent rewinding past the start of instant replays
-Fixed car livery occasionally appearing all white during driver duel events
-Fixed incorrect screens being shown when player is disqualified
-Fix for occasional invisible opponents appearing during online drift events
-Fix for intermittent hang when skipping quickly through post-race screens
-Fix for intermittent hang when pressing X repeatedly in My Cars screen
-Fix for missing race groove on point-to-point tracks
-Prevented car livery resetting to default after an online race
-Fix for advanced tuning not staying unlocked on reload
-Fixed invitational event cars getting their setups corrupted and becoming undrivable (e.g. Veryon and Carrera GT)
-Fix for Lamborghini's having a low top speed when upgraded
-Fix for Corvette Z06 and Dodge Viper not able to move at the start of some events
-Fix for some upgraded AI cars bottoming out causing some instability over bumps
-Fix upgrade menu bug
-Fix for a force feedback strength settings save bug
-Fix multi-player settings for AI opponents and drift mode
-Fix for vinyls being incorrectly applied on rear wing
-Fix for a hang in lobby when accessing friend's list from car select
-Fix for profile load bug which skips save select menu when holding down Enter key
-Fix for jumping body parts when car resets

PC SPECIFIC
-Improved ATi graphics card support
-Improved dynamic vertex buffer usage (performance optimization on all PCs)
-Fixed crashes on certain PC configurations when changing shadow settings
-Fixed intermittent crash during first lap of races on certain PC configurations
-Disabled forced dampening for custom wheel presets on PC
-Optimized multi-GPU PC operation
-Fix for intermittent missing surface sounds on certain PC configurations
-Fix for intermittent black skies
-Fix for LAN menu hang for client when host quickly returns to main menu