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:

Tristan Cole's Pro Driver


🔳 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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Files

TristanColesProDriver-Alpha-PostIRF1.zip 1.3 GB
Version 1 May 01, 2021

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