Voofoo Studios' top-down racer Mantis Burn Racing received its first major update today on Xbox One. A number of fixes and improvements were added, along with a brand new online mode. The Spotlight event will challenge players to remain in a light projected onto the screen and be the last racer left.
Those frustrated in waiting for online lobbies can rest easy as Voofoo added an option to let AI racers fill any remaining spots pre-race. Other fixes include stability improvements and cosmetic features. You can see the full list below, and Mantis Burn Racing is available now on Xbox One for $19.99. Voofoo will continue to support the game long term, so be sure to try it as personally, it's the best top down racer I've played.
- 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.
