Disney Speedstorm (Switch): all the updates (latest: Hotfix / Next: Season 4)

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Disney Speedstorm on Nintendo Switch (originally released on April 18th 2023 in North America, Europe, and Japan)!

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Disney Speedstorm – Ver. ??? (Season 4)

• Release date: September 28th 2023 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available yet. This update brings the following to the game:

• adds a new track environment
• New Racers:
  • Aladdin
  • the Genie
  • Jasmine
  • Jafar 
• New crew members: Abu, Magic Carpet, Rajah, Iago, the Sultan, and more 
• Four bonus Racers
  • Hades
  • Gaston
  • and more to be revealed soon

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Gameloft PR (19/09/2023) / Gameloft (Twitter) / Gameloft (Twitter)

Disney Speedstorm – Ver. ??? (Hotfix)

• Release date: August 18th 2023 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• Various crash fixes.
• Fixed missing image of Lilo in the Local Freeplay Racer selection screen.
• Fixed instances of Season 1 appearing instead of Season 3.
• Fixed instances of duplicate Time Limited Events.
• Fixed instances of the nitro bar input hint disappearing after using a Unique Skill.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Gameloft

Disney Speedstorm – Ver. ??? (Season 3)

• Release date: August 1st 2023 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

Disney Speedstorm – Ver. ??? (Hotfix)

• Release date: June 28th 2023 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

Disney Speedstorm – Ver. ??? (Season 2: To Infinity and Beyond)

• Release date: June 12th 2023 (North America, Europe) / June 13th 2023 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available yet. This update brings the following to the game:

• Adds a new racing environment inspired by Andy’s Room from Pixar’s Toy Story
  • Includes 9 new tracks
    • “Loop the Loop”
    • “3… 2… 1… Launch!”
    • “Pizza Planet Voyage.” 
    • and more…
• Adds new playable characters
  • Woody  
  • Buzz Lightyear 
  • Jessie 
  • Bo Beep 
  • Steamboat Pete
    • Racer Steamboat Pete’s Unique Skill is called “Steamboat Wheel”
      • Normal Activation: Steamboat Pete launches a large steamboat wheel forward that will stun any rival Racers it hits. The wheel also leaves a trail of ink that will stun any rival racers unfortunate enough to cross its path!
      • Charged Activation: Steamboat Pete will start spinning the steamboat wheel around his head. Any rival racers he collides with will be stunned. The wheel also throws large ink blots ahead on the track that will stun any rival Racers who run into them.

• • Steamboat Mickey 
    • Racer Steamboat Mickey’s Unique Skilled is called “Happy Whistling”
      • Normal Activation: Steamboat Mickey spawns a musical note on the track for every Racer in front of him, including one note for himself. Steamboat Mickey or any other Racers for that matter, will receive a speed boost by passing through these notes.
      • Charged Activation: Steamboat Mickey’s kart transforms into an actual steamboat and he will be invulnerable while his kart is in this form. The steamboat also leaves a trail of smoke and water behind it which obscures rival Racer’s screens and affects their handling. 

• Adds new Crew Members
  • Disney’s Mickey & Friend: Caroline Cow and Chief O’Hara
  • Toy Story: Bullseye, Slinky Dog, Rex, and more. 
• Adds two new game modes
  • “Color Match”: in Color Match, speeding through skill boxes of the same color as one’s Racer gives players an edge with a sudden boost. But beware of opposite-colored boxes as they’ll stun Racers for a short time.
  • “Follow the Leader”: in the Follow the Leader game mode, Racers leave a long visible trail behind them that other players can follow to earn a boost. If players would rather not help their opponents take the lead, all they need to do is grab a cloak skill and their trail will disappear for some time. 

MENU/USER INTERFACE (UI)

GENERAL

• The “Edit Racer” button on the main menu will now open a Racer selection menu so players can choose exactly which Racer to edit rather than just their last played Racer.
• The last unlocked Racer selected in the Collections tab will now be the Racer displayed upon returning to the main menu.
• If a player is about to begin a race with a Racer with an empty Crew slot and a Crew member available, a reminder will be given to fill the slot before starting.

SEASON TOUR MYSTERY NODES

• A Season Tour Chapter will now not be marked as complete until all of the rewards from that chapter’s Mystery Box have been earned.
• Fixed an issue causing Mystery Race Nodes to appear in their “complete” state before all of their associated Mystery Box rewards had been earned.
• Mystery Race Nodes will now display exactly how long you need to wait to attempt them again.  

We remind players that mystery Race Nodes can be attempted twice per day with a total of 20 rewards available to unlock from the Mystery Box.

 

SEASON TOUR

• Weekly Missions are now called “Season Missions”.

New Season Missions appear each week and can be completed over the course of the entire season. 

• We have added a shortcut button to each Chapter of the Season Tour to allow players to more easily check their Season Missions progress. 

LIMITED EVENTS

• Limited Event tiles will no longer display a timer until revealed. 
• Limited Event tiles will now be marked as completed once all objectives have been completed.
• An animation has been added to better indicate when Season Coins are earned for revealing new Limited Event tiles. 
• Limited Event objective visuals have been improved to make tracking progress easier. 
• Difficulty levels have been removed from Limited Event objective visuals.
• Fixed an issue causing Limited Event objectives to appear out of order when adjusting the difficulty level. 

INVENTORY

• Players are now reminded of how many Golden Pass Credits they have remaining when purchasing the Golden Pass from the Shop. 
• Player’s Multiplayer Coins inventory is now only viewable while in the Shop. 

GOLDEN PASS

• When opening the Golden Pass tab, the focus will now always be on the current rewards tier of the player. 

GAME MODES

RANKED & REGULATED MULTIPLAYER

• CPU Racers in Ranked Multiplayer will now target real player Racers less often.
• Fixed issue causing some Racers to appear as if they had finished a race after 1 lap.
• The Flying Objects race type will now appear in Ranked & Regulated Multiplayer races. 

LOCAL FREEPLAY

• Your Local Freeplay Racer selection settings and race rule settings will now be maintained between sessions. 

CONTROLS

• Haptic Feedback (Vibration/Rumble) Support is now available for Xbox and PC.
• New players will now receive a prompt to help them better understand how Assisted Steering works and allow them to enable this setting. 

RACETRACKS

• Respawns have been improved when players fall off rails. 

GENERAL

• Fixed issue causing FPS drops when accessing the Shop on some platforms. 
• The full reward animation will now only be displayed when opening Boxes or claiming Golden Pass rewards. 

This update also brings the following:

• makes additional adjustments to Racer Mike Wazowski’s Unique Skill, “Hold the Door!”
  • Doors will now take longer to become active aftr materializing.
  • Racers with Shields or Invulnerability active will now break doors.
• makes adjustments to the Brawler class
  • Dashing rival Racers now fills Brawler Racer’s Manual Boost bar
  • Manual Boost bonus for stunning rival Racers with Skills increased (x2 bonus increased to x3 bonus)

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Gameloft / Gameloft / Gameloft (Twitter) / Gameloft (Twitter) / Gameloft PR (13/06/2023) / Gameloft

Disney Speedstorm – Ver. ??? (Hotfix)

• Release date: May 16th 2023 (North America, Europe) / May 17th 2023 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

RACER BALANCING

Mike Wazowski

• Normal Activation of the “Hold The Door” Unique Skill will now spawn 1 door instead of 2. Charged Activation will still spawn 2 doors. 
• The distance players are teleported by doors in both directions has been reduced by 10%. 
• Doors will now disappear after 10 seconds. (Down from 20 seconds)

Sulley

• The Area of Effect (AOE) of the “Fearsome Roar” Unique Skill has been increased, making it easier to stun rival Racers.
• The shape of the AOE has also been adjusted to make it easier to stun rivals. 
• The effect “Fearsome Roar” has on rival Racers has been changed from a long stun to a shorter stun and now has knock back. 
• Activating “Fearsome Roar” will now refill Sulley’s Manual Boost Bar whether rival Racers have been stunned or not. 
• Additional Manual Boost is now received by Sulley for each rival Racer stunned by “Fearsome Roar”.  

FIXES

UNIQUE SKILLS (FIX LIVE AS OF MAY 5)

• Fixed an issue causing the effects of the Charged Activation of Celia Mae’s Unique Skill “Snake And Shake” to persist for the duration of a race under certain circumstances. 

GENERAL (FIXES LIVE ON MAY 16)

• Fixed an issue causing players to sometimes get stuck in an infinite respawn loop after falling off a grind rail on the Toon Village racetrack.
• Fixed various crash instances.
• Various Stability improvements. 

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Gameloft

Disney Speedstorm – Ver. ??? (launch version)

• Release date: April 18th 2023 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available. 

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: game

How to download updates for Disney Speedstorm for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Disney Speedstorm, you have three options:

• let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

• try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

OR

• select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.