Rocket League update 2.01 has been released today on August 11. You can find out the complete patch notes for this update from here.
This update brings the start of Season 4 for the Rocket League. This season is set to start on August 11. You can find out the details on what’s new in this patch below. This was shared by Psyonix on the game’s subreddit.
Rocket League Update 2.01 Patch Notes
THE HEADLINES
- Today’s update prepares Rocket League for the start of Season 4. A second set of patch notes with more information will be posted at the start of Season 4
- Season 4 begins on August 11 at 8:00 a.m. PDT (3:00 p.m. UTC)
- Streamer safe music functionality added
- Introducing penalties for players who quit Casual Playlist games early
- Added undersized party rank restrictions
- Player to player trading improvements
CHANGES AND UPDATES
Streamer Safe Music
- Streamer Safe music allows you to play Rocket League’s included music tracks without worrying about DMCA violations while streaming or recording
- ‘Streamer Safe Music’ can be found under Settings > Audio
- Once enabled, Rocket League will remove or replace any tracks that may lead to a DMCA violation
- The Streamer Safe setting works in conjunction with your chosen settings for Player Anthems, playing the soundtrack in-game, and playing the soundtrack during matches
Matchmaking Penalties in Casual Playlists
- To improve the average match quality in Casual playlists, we are introducing penalties for players who quit Casual games early.
- Similar to the matchmaking bans for Competitive Playlists, players who leave Casual Playlist matches early may be subject to a short matchmaking ban. Leaving a single match per day won’t result in a penalty, but repeatedly quitting escalates the length of the ban.
- There are seven ban levels for Casual Playlists:
- First – 0 Minutes
- Second – 5 Minutes
- Third – 10 Minutes
- Fourth – 20 Minutes
- Fifth – 40 Minutes
- Sixth – 1 hour
- Seventh or more – 2 hours
- Once you progress beyond the first level, there is a 12-hour cooldown before the ban level de-escalates by one level.
- You can now “Vote to Concede” a Casual Match once enough time has passed, similar to Competitive play if your team wants to leave or simply proceed to the next match.
- We’ve made the following changes to backfill behavior
- If a player leaves a Casual match, they will not be backfilled into the same match
- Casual matches with a score difference of three goals or more will not be backfilled. Bots will replace any players who leave the match.
Undersized Party Rank Restrictions
- To help preserve balanced competitive play, parties of two playing in 3v3 Standard in Competitive or 3v3 Tournaments must be within 3 Ranks of each other
- Examples of allowed undersized parties
- Gold 3 + Platinum 3 (three ranks apart)
- Diamond 2 + Champion 1 (two ranks apart)
- Examples of disallowed undersized parties
- Gold 3 + Diamond 1 (four ranks apart)
- Silver 2 + Grand Champion 2 (fifteen ranks apart)
- Examples of allowed undersized parties
- This change does not apply to Extra Modes Playlists or Casual Playlists
- This change starts with Season 4
Player to Player Trading Updates
- Once both players have entered items and accepted terms, a new trade review screen will appear
- This screen will display all items involved in the trade
- All item details are visible at all times on this screen (Painted color, Certification, Special Edition type, Esports affiliation)
- No new items can be added once this screen appears
- There is a five-second countdown before the Accept Trade button can be used
- You can cancel out of the Trade Review screen if you want to go back and add/remove items
- This screen will display all items involved in the trade
Game Ban Messaging
- New messaging will inform you if your account is close to a permanent ban
- Similar to current ban messaging, and Report Feedback, this message will appear as a pop-up once Rocket League is started
- “Due to the number of bans issued on this account, the next ban from Psyonix may be permanent. Please do not use harassing or toxic language in future matches. For more information, please go to support.rocketleague.com”
- Previous chat and game bans on your account are taken into consideration before this message is delivered
Player Count Display
- The way player population is displayed in-game is changing
- Total players online is no longer displayed
- Playlist population display has been changed. Based on a playlist’s population, players will see one of the following
- Amazing
- Great
- Good
General
- Tactical Rumble is now available as a Rumble Mutator in Private Matches
NEW CONTENT
Monstercat (Antenna)
- ‘AK’
- ‘A.M.R’
- ‘Arielle Maren’
- ‘Dyro’
- ‘Emily Vaughn’
- ‘Ellis’
- ‘Haneri’
- ‘Hayve’
- ‘Hoaprox’
- ‘KUURO’
- ‘PROFF’
- ‘Shingo Nakamura’
- ‘Saxsquatch’
- ‘Vintage & Morelli’
- ‘YUAN’
General
- Changed name of ‘Inamorata’ Goal Explosion to ‘Carbonator’
BUG FIXES
- Fixed appearance of trim on Octane when using Linares, Nooo! Decals
- [PC] Fixed a crash when loading into Utopia Coliseum (Snowy)
- Fixed appearance of several Trails when previewed in the Garage
- Fixed appearance of grass near player’s car on Forbidden Temple (Day)
- Fixed appearance (inconsistent lighting) for Visionary Wheels
- A loud, quick beat of music heard at game startup has been removed
- Fixed players logging in as Player 1 instead of their normal account
- Fixed matches not counting as completed when leaving a match during the final replay
- FPS improvements to some Arenas
- Fixed players logging on, receiving a “Syncing Failed” message, and missing their inventory
- Fixed players crashing upon loading into Utopia Coliseum
KNOWN ISSUES
Please visit our Known Issues blog, which is updated regularly and includes Known Issues relevant to the Season 4 Update
- [Xbox One] Flashing lights on the ball may be too intense for some players
- Items received from Drops appearing as “None”
- [PC] controller may randomly disconnect during gameplay
- Some Wheels (Apex, Bionic, Patriarch, and ARMR) can not be equipped on some licensed cars like the Nissan Skyline
- Entering text into the Support A Creator text box make cause Rocket League to soft lock for some players
- Rarely, players may see Error 58 when trying to join an Auto Tournament match
- The SARPBC Theme Player Anthem is muted when streamer safe is enabled
- The grill on Painted Tygris cars may show as unpainted when some non-animated Decals are equipped
- DMCA protected Boot Songs play with Streamer Safe Music enabled
- This only occurs when manually skipping songs in a music playlist
- [PC] When a party member leaves a tournament joined by the party leader, the party leader is rank disparity locked from the recently joined tournament while the remaining party members are closely ranked
- This can be fixed if the party leader leaves the party, and reforms
- [PC] Aliasing can be seen along the ramp in the Deadeye Canyon arena
- [PlayStation, Xbox] May fail to reconnect to PsyNet if launching Rocket League while offline
- If this occurs, reboot your game or console after online connection has been established
- [PlayStation 4] While playing with a full Splitscreen team in Chaos mode, Rocket League may crash at the end of the match
- [Nintendo Switch] The game may crash when both players max out number of items in their trade window
- [Nintendo Switch] Players may experience lower FPS in the main menu
- [Nintendo Switch] Accounts with high density inventy inventories (3000+ items) may experience a hang in the Car Customization Body tab
