Issuance: Rocket League v2.34
Platforms: Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Steam, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series S
Scheduled release: 12/05/2023, 4 PM PST / 12/06/2023, 12 AM UTC
Newspaper headlines
- The playlist has been updated with a fresh look, simplified layout and organization, and quality of life changes
- Player-to-player trading is no longer available
- A new Cross-Game item theme has been added to Rocket League. These Fortnite items will appear in your locker if you’re playing Fortnite using the same Epic Games account
- New arena variants Mannfield (Dusk), Farmstead (Pitched) and Westland (Pitched) are available in Private Matches, Exhibition Matches and Free Play
Update playlist
The playlist has been updated with a fresh look, simplified layout and organization, and quality of life changes.
Competitive card
- Combine Competitive Playlists and Extra Mode Playlists into one new Competitive Pass
- You can now wait for all six competitive playlists at once
- Starting in Season 13, Competitive Mode will alternate between Snow Day and Dropshot each season.
- Season 13: Competitive Snow Day
- Season 14: Competitive Dropshot
Regular card
- Two new Arcade Playlists have been added that will rotate through additional modes such as Heatseeker, Spike Rush, Rocket Labs, and more.
- Dropshot and Snow Day will be available in these playlists when not part of the competitive playlist
- 4v4 chaos has been replaced with a new Big Party playlist
- The big party will alternate between knockouts and 4v4 mayhem
Play card offline
- A new Play Offline Pass has been added containing Show Mode, Season Mode, and Workshop Maps
Special match card
- A new “Private Match” card containing options for private matches and LAN matches has replaced the “Custom Games” card.
Other changes to the playlist
- You can join an existing private match directly from training or from an offline match
- Load and launch a different workshop map when you are already in the workshop map
- When you’re in a party, you can now see your rank even when you’re not the party leader
- Reorder the arena list so that standard arenas are listed alphabetically, followed by non-standard arenas listed alphabetically
Changes and updates
Player-to-player trading
- Player-to-player trading is no longer available
Cross-game items
- A new Cross-Game item theme has been added to Rocket League
- Added Cross-Game to the theme filter
- These Fortnite items will appear in your locker if you’re playing Fortnite using the same Epic Games account
- When displayed in the Garage, items across games will have a note below the item name and a rarity that says “This item will also appear in Fortnite”
- Cross-Game items from Fortnite will start appearing in your Rocket League Garage
- The first set of Cross-Game items includes:
- Car bodies
- tornado
- Jaeger 619
- octane
- Lamborghini Huracan STO
- Car bodies
- Badges
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- Bat Boy (Hurricane)
- flames (tornado)
- L-ITA 99 (Hurricane)
- shrapnel (hurricane)
- Stripes (Hurricane)
- Whiteout (hurricane)
- Circuit Pro (Jager 619)
- Ecstasy (jager 619)
- Kraken (Jaeger 619)
- Storm warning (Jäger 619)
- Stripes (jager 619)
- Summit (Jager 619)
- flame (octane)
- Lightning (octane)
- Skulls (octane)
- stars (octane)
- Lines (octane)
- Technical(octane)
- wings (octane)
- Lamborghini Huracan STO
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- Wheels
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- OEM
- Lamborghini Huracan STO v1
- Lamborghini Huracan STO v2
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Trade in jobs
To account for cross-gaming ownership, the Trade In system has undergone some changes in its functionality. These changes will not affect non-shared game items.
- Only duplicate Cross-Game items will appear in the Trade In list until there is only one instance of the duplicate item left in your inventory
- Here are the rules that determine duplicate trade eligibility:
- Coated items are not counted as duplicates along with uncoated items
- Player owns one (1) unpainted tornado and one (1) black painted tornado. No item will appear in the Trade In list
- The same item with the same painted theme is considered a duplicate
- The player has (2) Black Tornadoes. One (1) Black Cyclone will appear in your Trade In list
- The same item with different painted features is not considered a duplicate
- Player has one (1) Lemon Tornado and one (1) Black Tornado. No item will appear in the Trade In list
- Approved items are counted as duplicate items along with unapproved items
- The player has one (1) approved tornado and one (1) unapproved tornado. The unapproved item will appear in the exchange list
- The same item with different certificates is considered a duplicate
- Player owns one (1) Acrobat Cyclone and one (1) Aviator Cyclone. The duplicate item with lower stats will appear in the trading list
- Coated items are not counted as duplicates along with uncoated items
Inventory Management
- Archived items will now appear in the Trade In list
- Favorite items will no longer appear in the Trade In list
- If an item is marked as a favorite and is archived, the game will respect its favorite status and the item will not appear in the trade-in list
New content
New arenas
- New arena variants Mannfield (Dusk), Farmstead (Pitched) and Westland (Pitched) are available in Private Matches, Exhibition Matches and Free Play
Bug fixes
- Fixed appearance of the Kingtress sticker (Octane)
- Fixed a bug that caused Lightning McQueen to equip OEM wheels when first used
- Fixed wheel clipping issues in Whiplash
- Fixed wheel clipping issues for all versions of Emperor
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