Mantis Burn Racing releases first major Xbox One update, brings new mode

Voofoo released the first major update for Mantis Burn Racing today and it is live now. It’s a free update that revamps the online multiplayer as well as introduces a new single screen mulitplayer Spotlight event. Players will need to battle to remain in a projected spotlight on screen and be the final car remaining. It’s similar to the Lap mode where the last car to cross the line each time is eliminated.
Other features included a far away camera option, your boost color is shown in the garage main screen as well as a bunch of minor ones. “We’re committed to supporting Mantis Burn Racing long-term and we want to encourage and support the multiplayer community, so we’re really pleased that today’s update brings some notable improvements to the online experience for our players” said Mark Williams, VooFoo Studio’s Technology Director.
We absolutely loved Mantis Burn Racing in our review, and be sure to read it here. The full list of patch notes is below and Mantis Burn Racing is available now on Xbox One. Official site.
 

• New ‘Spotlight’ event added – Play single-screen multiplayer in a battle to remain within the spotlight and be the final racer standing!
• AI drivers can now be selected to fill the grid of online races
• Extensive online stability improvements
• Improved online lobby structure to allow players to race against AI while their lobby fills with human opponents
•  ‘Punching above your weight’, ‘The bigger they are’ and ‘I’ll bring it back without a scratch’ trophies now never blocked from being unlocked
• New ‘Far’ camera option
• Players XP level now displayed in online lobbies
• Gear reward summary now shown post-race
• Online leader board now shown post-race
• Improved car-to-car collision physics
• Mechanic tutorials added for Overtake and Hotlap events as well as x2 upgrades
• Boost colour now shown dynamically in the garage
• Improved vehicle stat bar calculation
• Option to permanently show players Gamer Tag above their vehicle
• Ability to fast switch between career seasons
• Highlighted career events now auto-scroll when joystick held in any direction
• Time bonus for overtaking vehicles in the weekly Overtake challenge
• XP line UI graphic tweaks
• Weekly Challenge distance units now change dynamically with players selection
• Overtake bug fixed that could cause the event to end prematurely
• Improved logic for vehicle overtaking
• Frame rate performance enhancements
• AI tweaks
• Audio tweaks
• Extensive engine audio enhancements
• General bug fixes and polish
• Fixed an issue where certain Achievements would be unlocked at the wrong times
• Fixed a potential crash when changing screen resolution.
• Minor cosmetic bug fixes.