Torque Drift 2: Update 0.12.0 - Release Notes

New Track - Ebisu (Drift School + Ebisu West + Minami)

It's about time, right? Ebisu is finally entering Torque Drift 2!

Drift School, Ebisu West and Minami - all three tracks here as one, meaning you can drive between them seamlessly. Our artists have gone above and beyond to get these tracks feeling as close as possible to the real thing!

Start out on the nice, flat Ebisu Drift School and then make your way down to Minami, where speed and elevation is king. Finally head to Ebisu West to see what your drift car is really made of, with crazy long straights and sharp corners!

Paint Shop - Base Paint

The first version of the Paint Shop is finally here! In 0.12 you will be able to customize your car's base color.

Using the following parameters you can achieve almost any car color you like!

• Hue

• Saturation

• Brightness

• Glossiness

Player Levels

Following a similar approach to Torque Drift 1, we’ve introduced a new levelling system!

Each level grants different rewards, such as our in-game Tofu currency or unlocks different features like the new Paint Shop.

For 0.12, Player Levels have a max level cap of 20 and every drift event you play will have varying amounts of XP you can earn.

You can earn XP in the following game modes:

• Drift skills

• Freestyle

• Lead and Chase

Demo players will have a player-level cap of 5 ensuring that all major features are available.

Daily ToFu Update

With the introduction of Player Levels, we’ve made some adjustments to Daily Tofu.

While Player Levels will use XP, Daily Tofu will now use SP to help keep your progress for both clear.

For Demo players, Daily Tofu will continue to have a limit for the amount of Tofu you can earn in a day.

Players with the Full version will have an extra Daily Tofu checkpoint that can be repeated, so all that’s between you and more Tofu is more drifting!

Car Damage and Improved Collisions

Your car can take damage! Be careful!

0.12 introduces car damage, including scrapes, dents, discoloration and bumpers detaching.

Damage is purely cosmetic and won't reduce car performance.

We’ve also updated car collisions to be more user-friendly and give a much more realistic feel to how you collide with walls and other cars.

Spectator Mode

We’ve added Spectators to Multiplayer so you can easily cycle through the Drivers in the lobby!

This feature is still being expanded on, so keep an eye out for further updates in the future!

Languages

We’ve added localisation support for the following languages:

• English

• Japanese

• Spanish

• Spanish (Latin America)

• French

• Italian

• German

• Korean

• Chinese (Simplified)

• Russian

• Turkish

• Portuguese (Portugal)

• Portuguese (Brazil)

We will continue to update and refine these and more languages in the future.

More Lead & Chase Events

We’ve added more Lead and Chase layouts across all our tracks for the Events game mode!

Each track now has at least 7 events, with Ebisu boasting 13, giving you a total of 48 events to play and compete on leaderboards against players around the world.

Currently, we feature 3 events per week, but we’re working on some new updates to the events game mode for the near future!

New Cars & Bundles

For 0.12, we have introduced the following new cars and bundles:

Mad Mike Mega Bundle:

• Mad Mike Madbul RX7 FD

• Mad Mike Badbul RX8

• Mad Mike Fursty 808 Wagon

• Lincoln Whiddett MX5

• Mazda 26B Engine

• Haltech R5 ECU

• Rotiform Alloys x 4

• Steering Wheels x 2

• Bobbleheads x 2

Adam LZ Bundle

We have added more items to the Adam LZ bundle!

Anyone who already owns this bundle will automatically gain these items to their account:

• Adam LZ’s 240SX Pro Car

• LZMFG x GripRoyal Collab Steering Wheel

• Adam LZ Custom ‘Signature’ Shifter Knob

• Special Edition Alloy

New Parts (available in the shop)

Bodykits

• Torque Motorsport Honda S2000

• Street Hunter Design Subaru BRZ/Toyota GR86

Alloys

• Rotiform Aero Disc

Other New Additions

• New Global Illumination options to assist

• UI Overhaul for events summary screen

Fixes/Optimisations/Changes

Major

• Fixed an issue causing login failures (0.12.2)

• Fixed various crashes throughout the game (0.12.1)

• Fixed an issue blocking players from joining Dedicated Servers as a Spectator (0.12.1)

• Fixed an issue causing some Alloys in the Mad Mike Mega Bundle to not display in the player’s inventory (0.12.1)

• Performance improvements across all tracks

• Burbles and Backfires now replicate properly in Multiplayer

• General Burbles and Backfires improvements

• Fixed various crashes related to Daikoku

• Fixed a crash that occurred if you cancelled the “Create New Lobby” popup

• Some improvements to Multiplayer stability

Minor

• Fixed an issue where the mod.io agreement panel was returning the user to the main menu

• Fixed an issue where the “Equip Car” button after a car purchase did not function correctly

• Fixed an issue on Daikoku where some assets were flickering on high settings

• Fixed an issue in multiplayer where other players car audio would be inaccurate

• Fixed an issue where pressing RT or LT on controller while in Drone Mode would disable Hide UI

• Fixed an issue where joining a lobby could sometimes disable the pause menu

• Fixed an issue on Drift Skills 6-2 where it was difficult to complete the first donut

• Fixed an issue causing the wrong track/level to load in certain game modes

• Fixed a performance hitch that occurred when players joined a Multiplayer Lobby

• Fixed an issue with aftermarket exhausts on the Nissan Fairlady Z34 and R35

• Fixed an issue where the Subaru BRZ 2022 S brake lights weren’t working

• Fixed various collisions on assets in Daikoku that allowed the drone to fly through them

• Removed random collision in the Tutorial driving area

• Removed some incorrect track collisions on Longbeach

• Fixed an issue where other player’s tire smoke wasn’t showing in multiplayer

Known issues

• Multiplayer: Issue joining more than one Multiplayer lobby within the same game session (restarting should help get around this)

• Paint Shop: Glossiness does not update when using Recently Used colors

• Ebisu: Minor visual issues with the environment

• Minor visual issues with mirror reflections on some cars

• Shop: Rare issue causing the buy button to be missing for the Mad Mike Mega Bundle (restarting the game should fix this)

• Languages: Some text in the game may not be translated

• Pro Car liveries can appear blurry until fully loaded in