Redout 2 has finally received its very first expansion. Summer Pack DLC is now live on all platforms and it comes with quite a lot of content. It brings a new location Caribbean Dam, which features three reversible tracks and their boss version. You will also get 29 new career events and 30 new cosmetic pieces.
Players who purchased the season pass will get access to the DLC for no additional cost. It can also be purchased separately for $9.99. The developer has also released an update that brings more stuff. Patch 1.2.0 includes new features, UI tweaks, and several bug fixes; more information is available below.
NEW FEATURES
- Added the ability to choose lap count for all races in private multiplayer sessions
- Added Quick Restart option to Time Attack races
- Added a new widget to display the music track played during races
GENERAL
- 100+ aesthetic rewards have now been unlocked
- Fixed an issue with players sometimes clipping through the tracks on Tartarus
- Fixed the naming of rewards being misleading after the completion of a race
- Fixed players being kicked out from groups during multiplayer races
- Fixed instances where assisted controls are not behaving correctly on reverse tracks
- Fixed an exploit where AI ships crash immediately on Cloud Ocean - Mistral Reverse
- Additional performance optimizations
- Fixed instances where achievements were not unlocking for:
- Fashion Racer
- Try them all
- Sweats Profusely
- Grand Slam
GAMEPLAY
- Improvements to track design and signage on parts of Tartarus
- Time Attack and Speed times further refined in the campaign to be more accessible
UI
- Added a new UI element in track select that indicates the length of track the player is about to race in (Short, Medium, Long, Extra Long)
- Additional UI and UX improvements to the Photo Mode feature set
- The campaign rewards UI now displays what team each reward is for
- Added new effects when your craft is affected by environmental temperatures
- Added option to disable Kinetic lines in the Options
You can read the complete patch notes via Steam.
So, what do you think? Are you interested in any of these changes? Have you been playing Redout 2 recently? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.