THE HEADLINES

• v2.08 prepares Rocket League for Season 5
  • Season 5 begins on 11/17 at 8 a.m. PST / 4 p.m. UTC
  • Look for additional patch notes detailing Season 5 before the season begins

NEW CONTENT

New Arena Variant

• ‘Starbase Arc (Aftermath)’ can be found in Private Matches and Free Play

CHANGES AND UPDATES

Player Reporting

• The report reason list has been updated to include:
  • Text Harassment
  • Verbal Harassment
  • Match Throwing or Griefing
  • Intentionally Idle
  • XP Farming
  • Inappropriate Player Name
  • Inappropriate Club Name
  • Trade Scam
• Report players via the Main Menu
  • You can now report players from the Recent Players section of your Friends List
  • Go to Recent Players, select the relevant player name, and choose Report Player
  • The report reasons listed here are identical to the reasons available during a match
• You can now select more than one report reason
  • Example: If a teammate is harassing you in team chat, and is also own-goaling, you can select both “Text Harassment,” and “Match Throwing or Griefing”
• When reporting a player for Text Harassment, press the Chat Log button to see chat lines from the reported player
• A new pop-up notification will appear when you successfully report another player
  • To keep in-game visibility clear, this message will appear in the upper-left corner if you are reporting during a match

BUG FIXES

• Fixed controller focus bug on post-match celebration screen
• Fixed appearance of the Tumbling Blocks Decal
• Fixed appearance of the grill on Painted Tygris cars when non-animated Decals are equipped
• Fixed a bug preventing Apex Wheels from being equipped on ’99 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
• Removed option to add friend as Epic Friend when they are already on your friends list
• Fixed a bug preventing NFL Decals from showing up in Garage when using Filters
• The Mood Slime Rocket Boost no longer appears over the top of certain car bodies when in the Garage
• Fixed an issue preventing certain car movements from resetting the idle player timer

KNOWN ISSUES

Check out the Known Issues blog for a full, up-to-date list!

• The Distortion decal for Takumi takes on the secondary paint color
• The SMAA anti-aliasing option does not function as intended, and players may not notice any anti-aliasing effects while it’s enabled
• While viewing a Replay, the “Change Game Mode” menu cannot be navigated when using a controller
• [PC] Focus on the game client is occasionally lost
• [Xbox One] Flashing lights on the ball may be too intense for some players
• [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
• The SARPBC Theme Player Anthem is muted when streamer safe is enabled
• [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
• [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] Accounts with high density inventories (3000+ items) may experience a hang in the Car Customization Body tab
• Party members may not successfully join a Tournament match

Source: Rocket League