Highlight this time is plane smoke that can be attached to any plane you own.
Pick where to place it and even combine 2 different colored smokes on a single plane!
Green colored smoke is given to everybody, you can find it in a hangar (garage). During race, press Shift or 'X' on gamepad to turn it on.
You get to tease other players in multiplayer with your smoke. But use it wisely, it comes in limited quantities.
More smoke colors will be given through different events and random drops.
Other improvements and fixes:
Country flags on ad boards. Randomly picked flags stay on for a day.
Ghost competitors in solo mode turn semi-transparent when they get closer to your plane.
Top 3 players' name and icon are displayed next to their plane on showcase.
MP chat, more lines of chat are shown.
Damage UI interface updated.
Gradient plane skins.
Fixed: in teamplay mode, other real players' plane may look jerky in slow motion.
Fixed: in MP teamplay mode, sometimes bots' replay time wasn't reported correctly.
Fixed: in some cases on track picking page 'Go to Race' froze.
optimized terrain and plane drawing
Join multiplayer live events on Fridays.
2 time slots: 20h CET (Europe) and 20h EST (Americas).
This time collect colorful plane smoke!
New Solo Play Menus & New Championship
This update features new menus for solo play and ingame browsers.
As more tracks are constantly added, we needed to organize solo play experience better.
Now under solo play, there are 3 sub options: License Tracks, User Tracks and Championships. User tracks mode displays different sorting of tracks: featured, recent and my picks.
Also a new championship was added: Sprint King. This championship consists of user tracks that are short but competitions can be quite tight.
Other fixes and improvements:
On track picking page and loading page, rankings are displayed so you can quickly see your position in the rankings.
Ingame browsers are improved on the main menu and MP lobby.
When items are displayed at the end of a race, some new backgrounds were added.
When publishing a new track, your track will be automatically added to 'My Picks'.
Don't forget to join multiplayer live events on Fridays.
2 time slots: 20h CET (Europe) and 20h EST (Americas).
Crazy dog is gone but sleepy cat is waiting for you! ːa0_catː
A0 Gif Meme Creator - Show off your awesome racing moments
May 13th update brings ingame gif meme creator. Capture your cool/funny racing moments and add some Meme texts.
Just press F11 during race to record the video and go back to the main menu.
Simple editor will open up where you can add your Meme text to make a point, apply some dramatic screen filter and share gif video online whatever way you like.
Other fixes and improvements:
New display of rankings implemented, loading and results page.
More tutorials added: now there are 4 tutorials to help beginners. When you finish all of them, 'The Graduate' achievement is waiting to be collected.
Different controllers are better displayed on the loading page and during tutorials.
Race rule are clearly displayed at the beginning of each race.
In multiplayer after you finish racing, observer cameras were improved.
Fixed: when map has laps, short-runs wouldn't work on the second lap.
Tonight live event is marked by Friday the 13th. 2 time slots: 20h CET (Europe) and 20h EST (Americas).
Probably this would also be a good time to test the new meme creator.
BTW: Steam Artworks is one great place to share your gif meme videos.
Showing Off Your Ride Update
Highlights in this update include new replay cameras in multiplayer and slow-mo end sequence.
New features and improvements:
Replay cameras were improved: now you can watch your team members while waiting for the race to end. Use backview button (key 'C') to see who's chasing the player.
Finish camera was improved: new slow-mo finish camera allows you to see who's coming in just behind you.
Borderless window was added, you can find it under graphics settings.
Respawning improved: obstacles are better detected and avoided when plane is repositioned.
MP Teamplay - player's icon now shows team color, easier to recognize team members.
In solo license mode, some tasks are better explained: close-calls, throttle at max, Moccies.
Fixed: when quitting during slow motion and going to the menu page, game would slow down to a halt.
Don't forget to join multiplayer live events on Fridays.
2 time slots: 20h CET (Europe) and 20h EST (Americas).
Player to Watch - MP Feature
This update brings a new feature, 'Player to Watch' in multiplayer. Best player will be showcased at the beginning of a race.
All players will see a showcase featuring your plane before race starts. Get your plane ready to show how cool it looks.
Other fixes and improvements:
MP Bots were improved, at least bad ones became a bit better - popular user request.
Fixed: wrong replays were recorded sometimes in teamplay mode.
Fixed: night championship replays weren't recorded properly.
Fixed: sometimes MP commentator wouldn't recognize the winner correctly because of tight records between players.
Don't show medal after race if there aren't enough players.
April Fools' day is here, but live event is for real with some Fool's day prizes.
Join multiplayer teamplay during 2 time slots, 20h CET (Europe) and 20h EST (Americas).
Who can be the event winner this time?
Let's find it out!
Altitude0 Trading Cards Are In!
Altitude0 trading cards are finally available. Play Altitude0: Lower & Faster and get cool trading cards, badges and backgrounds.
Most of emoticons should be familiar to you if you played the game - Meow! :)
Other fixes and improvements:
Tasks to upgrade license are a lot easier to navigate now. Task list will be displayed on track picking page if you still need to upgrade your license.
Particles in multiplayer mode were optimized and out of memory problems were fixed.
Commentator was added to Multiplayer mode.
Teamplay track picking was adjusted and different tracks are more likely to be shown for voting.
When plane engine is overheating, the whole interface blinks.
Also our big thanks to users who created new tracks.
Here are some recent user tracks and try them out!
These tracks are now included in MP teamplay mode:
Desert Trial by jaydenh254
OMG, It's Not Easy! by BAB Pops
Staying Alive by EJ
Breakneck by Sunshowers
Rocky Ride by Amoti
Also join live event #12 this Friday evening!
Mayhem Tracks full of Machines & Obstacles - new Altitude0 Track Editor
Altitude0 track editor is now fully equipped with different obstacles and machines.
Fire rings, swinging blades or crane wrecking balls? You can decide which machines to use to make your tracks more exciting.
Track creators can now also place a huge number of crashable obstacles like haystacks, barrels and logs.
Here is a list of track editor additions:
Machines: compressing bats (up and down, left and right), swinging blades, huge fans, fire rings, wrecking balls and gate doors.
Setup time offset (delay) on machines to allow them to move at different times.
Obstacles: different stacks of barrels, logs and hay stacks - or create your own combinations.
Billboards: two types of ad boards -> you can add your own message.
Race rules: you can set up race rules like altitude limit and aerobatic points. Also set up track difficulty.
Shortruns: low flying and spin aerobatics can be set up.
Forest Cutters: set up where to clear forest for placing objects.
Button added to do local or world movement.
More rocks added to the mountain scene.
Other fixes and improvements:
Plane vapor fixed: it's now emitted properly, only when Gforces are big.
Plane collisions were improved in multiplayer - collisions are now less fatal.
Canyon and Alps scenes were optimized, both now use less memory.
We cannot wait to play your tracks.
Share your tracks and let's play them in MP together!
Altitude0 New Menus
This week update brings completely redone menus. New menus are more slick but more importantly as game grew, a lot of options were added and menus were becoming messy and hard to navigate.
Now menu pages are less crammed and track picking screen pays more attention to user created tracks.
More memory optimizations were also included to keep game from running out of memory.
And another live event is coming this Friday as usual #8!
Every Friday 2 time slots, 20h CET (Europe) and 20h EST (Americas).
Let's play!
Maintenance MP update
After our last MP Live event there were some issue that showed up and needed immediate attention.
Here's the list of recent fixes:
Fixed memory leak & crashing when playing MP for extended time.
Multiplayer plane collisions are now more forgiving and fair. You can push others now!
Repositoning is now penalized more - 15% damage. Don't reposition too often.
Stickers and decals on other planes looked blurry - fixed.
Respawning after plane crashing avoids getting plane stuck.
And join us for the upcoming MP live event this Friday as usual!
Every Friday 2 time slots, 20h CET (Europe) and 20h EST (Americas).
Steam Controller Support!
This update features full Steam controller support. Default configuration is in and you can adjust it to your liking.
If you are a Steam controller user, why don't you find your own preferred settings and share them?
Check out a fun video above showing gyro function to fly the plane. No button pressing, only tilting & twisting the Steam Controller.
Warning, it looks easier than it is!
Other fixes and improvements:
Event rankings: lobby, loading page and ingame ad board fully operational
Tutorial loading page: show controls you're using
Player license now displays rp and medals
Options menu now correctly save all settings
In rare cases when playing MP, player might not properly cross the start line, therefore wouldn't be counted as part of race
Memory crash - 76926 KB, canyon close call champion
Fixed wheels on planes sometimes positioned incorrectly
Change some achievement icons & text
dx9 starting in FullScreen bug fix - thanks Burns!
One more thing:
We'd like to celebrate the Chinese New Year! Did you know that the coming year is the year of the monkey?
Play Altitude0 during the following week. Monkeys will be waiting for you!
