Rocket League Races Into 2018 With A New Roadmap

Rocket League developers, Psyonix have officially introduced an exciting new array of updates coming in 2018. The indie racing / football hybrid has enjoyed so much success thus far and Psyonix knows this. With a completely fresh outlook in how to update their game, Psyonix offers exciting new ideas to their fans.

Nick Banks 2018-02-01

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Rocket League Races Into 2018 With A New Roadmap

In a recent blog on the official Psyonix website, it has been stated that plans for updates are only currently set in stone from now until “April and beyond”. These exciting new updates include new Competitive Seasons (and rewards), Maps, Events, and DLC. Psyonix also promises updates to gameplay functionality including Tournaments and Cross-Play parties. This is very exciting news for die hard fans that have stuck with the title since its release way back in 2015.

Table of Contents

1) February

2) March

3) Spring (March – April)

4) April And Beyond

February

February Content Update

Competitive Season 7 Begins
Competitive Season 6 Rewards
New Crate
New RLCS Fan Rewards

Tournaments Beta

Steam public Beta for the upcoming Tournaments feature

March

New Licensed Premium DLC
Spring Event

Spring (March – April)

Spring Feature Update

Tournaments – Play against other players in bracketed, single elimination tournaments
Quality of Life Updates – Item Stacking, Better Item Filtering, Searching, and Sorting, Equip to Blue/Orange Team for Painted Car Bodies, New and Expanded Options, Packet Send/Receive Rate and Bandwidth Limits, “Team Quick Chat Only”, Disable “One Minute Remaining”, etc. messages
Connection Quality Info – See notifications for Packet Loss, Latency Variance, and Server Performance in-game, Will help us and the community better differentiate between “server issues” and connection problems
Switch Performance & Visual Quality Updates – Performance Mode – 900p (Docked) / 720p (Handheld) @ 60 FPS with infrequent dynamic resolution scaling, Quality Mode – Native 1080p (Docked) / 720p (Handheld) @ 30 FPS with added visual effects

April And Beyond

Features still in development for a 2018 release

Cross-Platform Parties – Party up and matchmake with players from other (participating) platforms
Progression Updates – Make XP relevant again, Earn Decryptors through play, New Banners, Titles, and other rewards for reaching high levels
New Arenas
New Features
Xbox One X – We are now targeting Xbox One X support for late 2018

The first update drops on all platforms on February 7th. Not played in a while? Catch up on all the pro tips with our helpful article.

Nick Banks

A dyed in the wool gamer from a very young age. Nick is engaged in a never-ending battle, trying to decide if he wants to play games or write about them. A huge Witcher fan, lord of the opinion piece and lover of the shiniest graphics in all the land!