Redout 2 (Switch): all the updates

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Redout 2 on Nintendo Switch (originally released in July 2022 in North America and Europe, and September 2022 in Japan)!

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Redout 2 – Ver. ???

• Release date: June 11th 2024 (North America, Europe) / June 11th 2024 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

New Environment

• Three new tracks have been added to the V.E.R.T.E.X. environment, all playable in Arcade and Multiplayer. To some of you, they might feel very familiar, let us know what you think!

Leaderboard Reset

• Due to changes in tracks’ boundaries and ships’ behavior during development, with this patch, we are cleaning up all times submitted to the Time Attack leaderboards, as well as players’ local best results.

General

• Fixed rare crash on confirming rewind and on opening pause menu. Please stop trying to break it now.
• Fixed an issue with players getting stuck upon entering the group menu from the loadout inspection screen. Same as above.
• Fixed an issue with players getting stuck in Training mode when trying to start a training session and enter the garage at the same time. Bilocation is not supported in this universe, sorry.
• Fixed garage flow break upon attempting to change the ship’s aesthetics while spectating it. It’s rude, at least close your eyes!
• Spread some soil on Mars Memorial. No more digging your ship into the ground and spinning like a Beyblade there!
• Removed a barrier protecting the rock on the split path jump of Tropical Twister Forward. The rock is adult now, it can handle destroying ships itself!
• Located scrap collectors who occasionally stole loose track pieces from some Boss tracks. We made sure that this won’t happen anymore.
• Fixed ships having too high top speed after using a quick restart from underwater and at the beginning of every event on the Origin Black Hole tracks.
• Fixed multiplayer lap times being saved as local Time Attack records.
• Adjusted power levels and unlocking conditions for some trials.
• Added an option to toggle Motion Blur (applied while boosting).
• Fixed various minor translation mistakes in different languages.
• Removed unused items from the game menu.

Gameplay

• Hired more laser snipers for patrolling pilots attempting to gain an unfair advantage by leaving the track. As a result, over 210 unwanted shortcuts have been removed from the game.
• Reintroduced a small damage threshold before disrupting health regeneration and its cooldown.
• Fixed turbo pads sometimes not activating at high speeds and low FPS.
• Fixed an issue with the ship not receiving a landing boost if the previous landing was performed within the last 2 seconds.
• Fixed an issue with the ship rarely not receiving landing boost on good and perfect landings.
• Fixed an issue with ships rarely taking damage on good and perfect landings.
• Fixed an issue with ships sometimes slowing down too much on all landings.
• Fixed an issue with ships sometimes detaching immediately after landing.
• Fixed an issue with ships falling through the track while landing near its edges.
• Unified shapes and rotation of all ships’ floor collision boxes.
• Added visible countdown timer to race’s end in multiplayer races.
• Extended time to finish the multiplayer race to 30 seconds.
• Shortened time for the lobby host to select the next track. However, now opening the track selection screen freezes the countdown.

Career

• The “Elements of Storms” event now correctly rewards the players with the “Autumn” color scheme. We moved the “Summer” color to the Winter League to counter climate change.
• Set the correct platinum medal score requirement for the “Sakura Rush” campaign event.
• Adjusted trophy difficulty for the “Paradise Island” event and the first one of the “Conqueror Strong Ship Tournament”.

Achievements

• Fixed “Redout Grandmaster” requiring the player to complete DLC campaigns.
• Fixed “Fashion Racer” requiring the player to also unlock aesthetics from Caribbean Dam DLC. 

Audio

• Added “Racer’s Home” environmental variations also to non-tournament campaign garages.
• The .mp3 version of “Desolation Ring” in the OST is no longer a “Sledge” track.

• Additional notes: none
• Source: Saber Interactive

Redout 2 – Ver. ???

• Release date: February 9th 2023 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

New Environment

• Introducing “Terror Rupes”! This harsh environment switches heat for cold and back again without any notice.

New Features

• Introducing Training mode, an infinite Time Attack mode where you can test tracks, ships, and loadouts.
• The low health warning volume level is now adjustable in Settings.

Gameplay

• Changed requirements for unlocking some tutorial levels (they were unlocked earlier).
• Arcade ships the Asera, Behemot, Wallace, ESA, Sulha, and Lunare have received a buff, with Asera and Behemoth receiving a major one and Sulha and Lunare getting a minor one.
• Updated the hot and cold sections’ visual representation on screen.
• Changed behavior of inactive track segments. Now, they destroy the ship on contact.
• Slightly tweaked visuals of inactive tracks. Now they’re easier to recognize.

General

• Missing a landing while auto-healing or at full health now correctly destroys the ship.
• Caribbean Dam and Mount Fuji have been optimized for better performance.
• Fixed impossible to obtain a trophy in The Waterflow Dance tournament.
• Fixed soft locks in the garage while using the Group menu.
• The player can now cross the finish line while being the last in the Arena Race event.
• Fixed an endless sound raiser on Tropical Twister.
• Fixed an issue that potentially caused a soft lock on the Reward screen in the Career when pressing Tab.
• Fixed an issue that caused track progresses to be reset to 0% when missing the last jump in Mars Memorial – Orbiter.
• Fixed player list width being resized while reading up in the multiplayer match in Russian.
• Fixed first-person and chase cameras sometimes being stuck inside the ship.
• The countdown number no longer stays on the screen after a quick restart.
• Fixed an issue that caused the incorrect soundtrack name to be displayed when Streamer mode was enabled.
• Fixed old in-race notifications showing up after turning the Screen HUD on.

• Additional notes: none
• Source: Saber Interactive

New Content

• Unlocked 72 new aesthetic modules

General

• Fixed multiplayer issues with wrong gravity, top speed, and heat generation in all environments
• FixedThrust stat not behaving correctly and not applying the correct speed gain
• Steering stat adjusted to increase turn speed and turn rate while braking
• Tweaked bonus trophies in Career mode, which were hard to obtain
• Fixed bug with manual respawn, which places the player’s ship in the wrong place on the track in Time Attack
• Fixed descriptions not matching event contents in Summer League
• Rebalanced Career Time Attack and Speed goals to match new changes in Thrust and Steering
• Underwater now shows cooling VFX for clarity

• Additional notes: none
• Source: Saber Interactive

New Environment:

• Caribbean Dam

New Features

• Added the ability to choose lap count for all races in private multiplayer sessions
• Added Quick Restart option to Time Attack races
• Added a new widget to display the music track played during races

General

• 100+ aesthetic rewards have now been unlocked
• Fixed an issue with players sometimes clipping through the tracks on Tartarus
• Fixed the naming of rewards being misleading after the completion of a race
• Fixed players being kicked out from groups during multiplayer races
• Fixed instances where assisted controls are not behaving correctly on reverse tracks
• Fixed an exploit where AI ships crash immediately on Cloud Ocean – Mistral Reverse
• Fixed instances where achievements were not unlocking for:
  – “Fashion Racer”
  – “Try Them All”
  – “Sweats Profusely”
  – “Grand Slam”
• Additional performance optimizations

Gameplay

• Improvements to track design and signage on parts of Tartarus
• Time Attack and Speed times were further refined in the campaign to be more accessible

UI

• Added a new UI element in track select that indicates the length of the track the player is about to race in (Short, Medium, Long, Extra Long)
• Additional UI and UX improvements to the Photo Mode feature set
• The campaign rewards UI now displays what team each reward is for
• Added new effects when your craft is affected by environmental temperatures
• Added option to disable Kinetic lines in the Options

• Additional notes: none
• Source: Saber Interactive