This Wednesday, August 4th at 2:00am (Pacific Time), the ModNation Racers Title Update 1.02 goes live improving many of the issues the community has been concerned about. On behalf of UFG, we want to thank everyone for supporting ModNation and being patient as we’ve worked hard to make it the best experience possible. If you didn’t see the patch details on the IGN last Friday, here is a run down:
Update: Title Update 1.02 for ModNation Racers unfortunately introduced an issue that affects online XP Races and XP Series. We’ve identified the cause and are quickly working on a solution to resolve the issue. We intend on updating the ModNation Community on the release of this fix as soon as possible.
Load Time Improvements
While there are still loads, you will see decreases in load times throughout the game.
New “Casual” Difficulty Mode
We’ve added a “casual” difficulty setting in the options screen.
Challenge friends in XP Series
We’ve added the ability to invite your friends to XP Races & Series.
No more “Hot Lap” Cheaters
We fixed a bug that allowed players to cut the track and post unbeatable times in Hot Lap.
Get into Online Races Quicker
Along with improved load times, we’ve removed the online game room from the ModSpot so you can get into the race faster.
Improved Server Stability
We’ve addressed issues to improve intermittent disconnects that players were experiencing.
Three Challenges now more attainable
We wanted to provide you challenges, but didn’t want to sacrifice fun. We found 3 challenges that proved extremely difficult and changed the conditions to complete them. This includes:
- Devastator takedown on Wild Run
- Devastator takedown on Modobahn
- Sideswipe 3 opponents on the cliff side on Fracture
The Tin Bucket Unlocked!
Finally this is an item is unlocked and available to everyone by default.
Collector Card Improvement
Now see all player creations in their entirety.
Improvements to ModNation Racers don’t stop here, we are still constantly listening to the community and are committed to making ModNation Racers one of the most enjoyable experiences you’ll have on your PS3.
New features on Community.ModNation.com
We added features to the Community site Community.ModNation.com to make the experience better too, including:
Race Logs
Check out your series and XP race stats here.
See your Favorites
Now view your favorite creators as well as others’ favorite creators.
Search for Friends
Search for other players using the new icon next to login.
Rep Check
Check out you reputation under each creation type.
DLC Voucher Codes giveaway!!
Stay tuned, I’ll be giving away some voucher codes for Nathan Drake, Ratchet & Clank, and Kratos DLC in the comments section.
Nukular and Kart available tomorrow!
Previously only available via special pre-order offers, this week’s DLC is Nukular and Kart is finally available. They can be purchased separately or as a bundle from the PSN.
ModNation Racers: Creations of the Week
Amazing creations in ModNation get shared every day and we are playing a ton of them. If you are interested in submitting your mod, kart or track to be a future “creation” of the week be sure to visit up on the official ModNation Community site and who knows? You might see your handy work on the PlayStation.Blog.
Mods of the Week
Mod Name: PlayStation Move
Creator: TapDatApp
Mod Name: MNR Policeman
Creator: Adr3nalin-e
Karts of the Week
Kart Name: MNR Police District
Creator: Adr3nalin-e
Kart Name: Green monster van
Creator: Donor
Tracks of the Week
Track Name: Arctic GP
Created by: dragon_Bremen
dragon_Bremen says: “This track is based on Arctic mountains. It goes from ice-cold seaside to a high mountain peak. From the mountain peak, a big, nasty switchback goes to the finish. Be prepared to have a full action track with mean obstacles and jumps.”
Track Name: New York
Created by: Adie23
Aldie says Inspired by New York, this track has several jumps, traps and sights to see!”
Hot Lap Roster for this week
Continuing with the trend we started week’s ago this weeks Hot Lap roster features all new community created tracks.
- Monday: Mountain Madness by dragon_Bremen
- Tuesday: Once A Scenic Drive… by StealthReborn–
- Wednesday: Dawn Patrol, by maverick—07–
- Thursday: Broken Paradise by lneon_Inoodle
- Friday: Mystery Track of the Week
- Saturday: Hurghada Morning by DjTechnics
- Sunday: Gardens of Deception by ArgorokX
More news next week, until then… see you in the ModSpot!
Voucher code I meant…
I am so glad to see all of the updates. But I kind of liked the online game room.. gives people a chance to see your creations… I am happy they decided to fix the hot lap bug… although I did get the hot lap trophy, it made it impossible to beat those times.
I want the kratos mod and kart so bad =(, The patch is looking excellent great work UFG
Kratos codes
667D-DLBB-KTLP
9A7C-Q6BK-P4ME
977T-7MB2-HD3Q
H7C7-34B3-CM9Q
L28A-KMBE-CCDK
Oh boy, I thought it was coming today but Wed. actually works out better for me so I am doubly psyched! and the new cart looks super cool I might have to pick that one up!
U.S only? Booo!! ;)
Woot! Just got the first Kratos Code.
Woot! This made my day. Awesome update. Can’t wait to play this game again.
Can’t wait for the update! I just got ModNation Racers for me and my girlfriend. It’s going to be great doing exp races together! Would love to get a chance at the DLC, i’m a huge Uncharted fan and i wasn’t able to pick up the DLC with a pre-order when the game launched :(
Ratchet and Clank codes
J7GM-E3BH-C6C2
PG4K-54BN-6G9P
JN33-K2B2-6NB8
AHNM-EHBJ-89P3
GJA5-R4B9-2JP7
Were the load time improvements done with additional hard drive cacheing? I’m only curious because I want to know if I’ll get even more improved load times with an ssd drive in my ps3 rather than the standard hard drive.
Thanks for getting out the patch, I actually haven’t removed the shrink wrap on my game yet because of all of the load time complaints.
Ramone Russell and UFG Thank you for making such a wonderful game.ive had so much fun playing since the launch. The load times were never really a big deal, but im glad all of the issues are being addressed with the patch,but There should be an option to choose the A.I or at least make to wear it choose other mods other than UFGs in a race when you are doing split screen o quick race etc. It would be cool to see our creations in a race. Because the only time you get to see them is when you play as them or when other play as them. Just a suggestion
Yeah man, give some DLC too… I miss a “mario kart 64” battle arenas… that´s worth a 4 players splittscreen for sure! Please… read and think about my suggestion guys…!
THANK U GOT CRATOS MOD! ;)
Now THAT is supporting your release. For those complaining, you should come try White Knight Chronicles some time. God knows there are plenty of problems with it and Level 5 hasn’t done jack. The “Announcements” hasn’t changed from the “server maintenance” message that was put up day 1, and I get the feeling they aren’t even doing that maintenance anymore.
I’m really looking forward to this patch. The load times don’t annoy me quite as much as the struggle to finish career mode — call me lame if you want, but I need that easy mode. And my kids need it more than I do — asking a 10-year-old to collect parts by playing through at that crazy difficulty level is just too much. Hopefully this will make the game more accessible to a wider audience (and I got MOST of the challenges done on “hard” mode!).
I’d love to see more of that DLC coming out — I wanted the mouse and the cheese car!
I hope there’s some “time savers pack” to download (yeah, for a fee) at some point that unlocks everything, perhaps even including some of the DLC. My kids are eager to CREATE even more than they’re eager to race. My six-year-old would spend hours creating karts and mods, even though she can’t drive down a straightaway without bouncing off the sides of the track — she’s having a blast, anyway!
Mouse Trap is on his way, thx for the other suggestions.