Burnout Paradise Patch 1.2 Details

Although they don't have a definite release date yet, Criterion Game have revealed that Patch 1.2 for Burnout Paradise is coming along nicely, and have given us a list of changes they've made so far.

The Top 10 problems reported by you have been fixed, these are:

• PS3 game can crash when a player is taken down and the player that has performed the Takedown leaves the game.
• The game indefinitely displays "Connecting to Paradise City Servers" if it's having problems pinging the rebroadcast server.
• Disconnecting the controller before a race begines can mean that race timings can be manipulated with players who didn't cross the line first being awarded the win
• Repeatedly joining and leaving a game with 8 players can cause the game to hang.
• Hammering the A (360) or X (PS3) after unlocking a car can cause the game to hang.
• East Crawford and Watt St achievements can not be achieved if the player goes online and sets road rules before attempting them.
• Audio distortion when using 5.1 / DTS and looking rearwards.
• Enhanced 360 streaming performance stops instances where the game seems to pause for a second or so.
• Total time driven in player stats would stick at 145 hours :)
• VoIP connection problems with 8 player games.
  

Game experience enhancements

• We're going to be running road rule timers in all events and online challenges.
• Tuning Online Takedown logic & physical behaviour to iron out instances where it doesn't feel fair.
• Increase online race timer timeout so players have a greater chance of finishing the race.
• Fix drifting bug when drifting and boosting there wasn't any real control on the brake so players would grind around the walls of the corners. Getting better control.
• Boost fix, stabbing the boost has too much of a jerky behaviour in the car handling.
• Surround sound fix Centre speaker was 4dB louder, ruining the mix and the speech has now been positioned correctly.
• Tweak Marked Man gameplay AI, was easy to exploit by driving in reverse.
• Increase the # of search results returned for online games.
• Increase Picture Paradise timer so it doesn't kick in so quickly.
  

Other high priority issues being fixed

• Some online race start points face the players in the wrong direction
• Instances where Barrel rolls were not registering correctly in Stunt Run
• Instances in Stunt Run where players would crash but not wreck & score multipliers by driving away
• Fixed instances where the counting of Boost Chains would drop out
• Some instances where Revenge Rivalries desync & don't get fixed until players are updated online.
• Some instance where the Host couldn't change the game access if the game was created through an invite.
• Achievements, Awards and Challenges numbers sometimes not updated if the player didn't leave the game cleanly
• Online challenge issues where the challenge couldn't be completed if it was started at the exact time that a player left the game.
• Incorrect rivalry updates when European players played against English or Japanese players. Online connection issues
• Force timeout if the 360 gets stuck on "Connecting to Paradise City Servers" NAT error
• Rich presence on 360 didn't change correctly when there is a change in the game parameters.
• Instances where Friends were not being displayed on the mini map.