GRIP: Combat Racing receives Big Ass Update today

Developer Caged Element Inc. has announced that GRIP: Combat Racing has received a massive update today with the highly-relevant title of Big Ass Update. Noteworthy features of the update include overhauled online lobby and matchmaking systems and rebalanced AI and catch-up system. Further highlights include:

• Lobby overhauled with new simplified voting mechanics and count down timer
• Catch-up assistance has been rebalanced and can be toggled during the game’s campaign
• AI bots now drive more competitively even when catch-up assistance is turned off
• AI bot vehicles are now selected to be comparable to the player’s vehicle
• Bug fix for AI bot catch-up in MP games
• Resolved issue when displaying split-screen results
• “View to a kill” battle arena is now rebalanced and redesigned
• “Magmatic Core” battle arena now has speed-pads and has been redesigned to prevent insta-death
• Improvements to various tracks’ collisions and performance
• Fixed issues around vehicle customisation
• Improved stability for split-screen tournaments
• Fixed bug preventing players 3 and 4 selecting vehicles in split-screen
• Resolved issue where achievements were incorrectly unlocked when spectating a MP game
• Improved calculations for leaderboard statistics
• Improved how the player’s overall average speed and position are calculated
• Electrical sounds volume is now set correctly
• Improved missile targeting when the target is manoeuvring hard
• Improved missile guidance – missiles now avoid the floor much more often when launching
• Vehicles are now allocated correctly to human players in split-screen events or tournaments

The complete list of changes can be found on the game's blog. GRIP: Combat Racing is available now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.