Rocket League's next update fast approaching, and they wanted to share with you some of their plans for the first few months of 2018.

We’re testing out a new update schedule this year that alternates Content Updates - which include things like new Competitive Seasons (and rewards), Maps, Events, and DLC - with Feature Updates that focus on new functionality like Tournaments or Cross-Platform Parties.

This alternating schedule lets us update on a more frequent and regular cycle, guarantees you won’t have to wait too long between Competitive Seasons and lets us spend more time perfecting and bug fixing features before they go live.

With that in mind, here are the highlights of what you can look forward to in the months ahead.

FEBRUARY
February Content Update
Competitive Season 7 Begins
Competitive Season 6 Rewards
New Crate
New RLCS Fan Rewards
Tournaments Beta
Steam public beta for our upcoming Tournaments Feature

MARCH
New Licensed Premium DLC

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

• 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

That’s just a quick look at the major highlights that are coming up this year, and look out for the February Update next week (pending first-party certification approvals) when it launches on all platforms February 7.

Posted: Jan 31, 2018 11:57 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: https://www.rocketleague.com/news/rocket-league-roadmap-spring-2018/