The World of Cars Online/Patches

This is a list of patches in the game The World of Cars Online.
==2008==
=== 10.17.08 ===
Registration:
- Account ID Suggestion dialog box (This here is for when some other racer got the account ID you wanted.  Our team will suggest something just as good.)
- White drop-down text boxes for the birthday (previously red, easier to read)
- A new account ID error indicating that leading/trailing spaces are invalid, you can't have spaces.
- Pulsing exclamation marks, woo-whee!
- Updated "What's this?" Account ID/Password text  (that better describes what is valid vs. invalid)
- Updated the Terms Of Use label next to the "Terms of Use" checkbox
- Pop-up dialog box when the user presses the "Finish button" to clearly tell the user what fields are invalid
Racing:
Player Car - Carburetor County Speedway
- Reduced the overall top speed
- Adjusted the handling to be less aggressive
- Reduced the maximum turning rate
- Lowered the turning rate speed cap
AI Cars - Carburetor County Speedway
- Added the ability to individually adjust AI per AI car, per track
- Added the ability to individually adjust physics per AI car, per track
- Reduced top speed of all the AI cars scaled to Best, Middle and Worst AI
- Adjusted the physics of all AI cars scaled to Best, Middle and Worst AI
Track Physics -- Both Tracks
- Reduced the speed penalty for driving in the dirt
- Reduced the speed penalty for driving along the hard outer collision
- Reduced the size of all cars
Misc.
- We've also further optimized the artwork for both tracks so as to reduce the loading times you may be experiencing!
- Fixed Rank Number display error in the Leaderboards.  Now you should no longer show up as 999
- Added new artwork for the Whistle Tip in the catalog
=== 10.29.08 ===
Registration:
- The 'Creating account' text is missing from the prompt
- Entering a long username during registration causes no options to be available in the name suggestion module. 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' is still unavailable
Misc Fixes:
- Fixed: Long cars are cut off when printed in the 'Print Your Car' feature
- Fixed: Lightning's image is cut off on the first unlock badge popup. His agent was not very happy, so we've fixed that and sent Lightning some flowers.
- Fixed: Slowest times are showing up as high scores on the Leaderboards. Now you have to be fast to show up on those, go figure.
- Fixed: Image blocking has been fixed on the Landing Page
=== 11.25.08 ===
*Temporarily removed the CATALOG, but  you already knew that, didn't you?
*Workbench: Add text to black field at bottom: "More Items Coming in 2009!" Note: this should display when you click on Wheels, Lights and Engine, or when you view any items you already have in your Workbench
*GUI: Changed "garage" to "My Garage"
*GUI: You'll notice that the main landing page has changed, too.  We've moved some buttons around and done some housekeeping
*Enter race Codes pop-up: 1) Text in field changes to: Type race code here. 2) Change button to say: "Enter" instead of "Enter code"
*Help: Changed text to reflect the site "World of Cars Online", instead of referring only to the Test Track
*Help: Added the Question: What is World of Cars Online? We also added the answer to that question because we thought, "Hey, why just add a question? Why not add the answer, too!" Wouldn't you know it, that turned out to be a good idea
*Verbiage: Various text fixes
*Mysterious Fixes: More behind-the-scenes code clean up and bug fixin'. It's all very mysterious... ooOOoooo!
*More behind-the-scenes fixes for Registration and Login
=== 12.18.08 ===
*Race Code Update: We've updated ALL the Race Codes that will be released to the public. This means that you should now be able to redeem ALL of your codes for a special collectible badge, some car coins and some special consumables for racing. NOTE: If you redeem a code and get a PLACEHOLDER image, don't panic, that badge hasn't been "officially" released, you're one of the lucky few who got a Car early. When that particular Car is "officially" released, we'll update the artwork!
*Race Codes: What's This Pop-Up: Added a graphic showing the back of the ticket
*Enter Race Codes Pop-Up: Added Congratulations screen after entering a code from the landing page, made the Race Code input 4 fields of 4-digit boxes (like entering credit card info), and replaced the fanfold of race tickets with graphic of back of the ticket
*Verbiage: Several copy changes throughout the site. We do it because we love to proofread. We also do it because we sometimes don't get enough coffee in the morning
*Garage: Replaced green and blue shades with different shades of blue and green; renamed "Yellow Shade" to "Not-So-Mellow Yellow", very original
*Garage: Also add the following new functionality: camera angle change when you are customizing your car--that way you are not relying on the buttons that spin your car, you will see the correct view based on what you are adding to your car
*Garage: Removed the locked tire and paint job in the Workbench
*GUI: Made GUI visible on 1024 x 768 monitor. Added "Game Trailer" to GUI. Changed "Racetracks" to "Race". We reworked those visual styles to be much more race-worthy
*Send Us Your Comments: Added an updated "Send Us Your Comments" form accessible from the Envelope icon on the upper right side of the GUI. Now you can send us your comments AND questions, as well as let us know your name and e-mail address. Talk about exciting! We're out of control over here!
*Leaderboard: Click the RSN icon in the upper-right corner of the Garage--it's totally tricked out!  Send us your feedback using the previously mentioned "Send Us Your Comments" form
*Help: Updated some of the copy to make the Help even more helpful; replaced "Contact Us" hyperlink with our hyperlinked e-mail address (memberservices@worldofcars.com) for those of you who don't have an e-mail application installed on your computer
*Landing Page: New loading animation featuring everyone's favorite little "Pit Stop!" hero, Guido!  Honestly, this is the best part of this week's update
*Landing Page: We also updated the "About Game" copy. It was REALLY long before, and now our awesome Marketing mechanics have completely re-tooled it, added a cool fin, some rims, and pretty much gave it more horsepower
*Game Trailer: Added to GUI, made the trailer MUCH larger, which rocks, of course
*Racing: Added track difficulty selection to each of the tracks. Now you can play at your level of skill. We've also got leaderboard rankings for each level of difficulty. If you're just getting started you might want to check out our...
*...Training Track: Yup, we've added a special Training Track for all our new and young players alike. Test your keyboard skills on the giant oval of pavement
*Create My Car Button: The "Race" button has been changed to "Save" in the Create My Car process since you have to save your Car before you race it! Go figure
*Congratulations Pop-Up: Updated the Congrats Pop-Up after creating a new Car for the first time, it's awesomesauce
*Last But Not Least: All sorts of mysterious behind-the-scenes magic!  Because that's what we do best here at Disney
==2009==
=== 01.15.09 ===
*Badges: Okay, so most people don't read patch notes, but this one's kind of important. We know there are placeholder and non-matching images for a number of badges.  We are slowly replacing these as we get new artwork.  This patch includes an update for a number of badges.  We are aware of this, and we are updating, I promise!
*Fixed an issue with Race Numbers, you may notice your number reset to "00". If this is the case, you probably had a number that wasn't supposed to be allowed.  Ooooh, busted!
*Fixed an issue with the Training Track in that you couldn't get to the track from the RSN.
*Updated the Help Section with updated verbiage.  Super exciting, no doubt.
*Fixed an issue where a user couldn't edit their Race Codes once they entered them, which meant if you messed up, you couldn't fix it without closing and reopening the Race Code Redemption window. Entering Race Codes should now be 100% less lame.
*Fixed an issue with the RSN displaying long racer names too close to the track time and overlapping one another.  Now if your name is "Superfastracingtypecarthingthatdrivesreallyfastontheroad" you should be able to see your time.  I really hope that's not your name.
*Fixed an audio issue where upon exiting a race before you've finished (*cough*hax*cough*) the music for that particular track kept playing.  This should be completely fixed now.  Seriously, we got it this time.
*Fixed a issue with the "Congratulations" pop-up after creating a new car.  It should now correctly display your name instead of, "Congratulations, Null".  Unless your name is 'Null', everything is all good now.
*Fixed the description of "Chick Hicks Green" to remove the word, 'apropos'.  In theory, the new description is much funnier and easier to understand. You may be amused now.
*Removed the old color, "Living Lavender Loca" and replaced it with a new silver color called, "Gray Vee".  Apparently Silver is the new Lavender.
*Other magically behind-the-scenes changes have also been incorporated in this build.  These range from performance to visual updates.
=== 05.08.09 ===
*All codes should now reward the proper badge, or at the very least a placeholder while we create new badges
*You should no longer get an error for entering a correct code (our server didn't like lowercase letters before)
*Re-named some badges.  "W/" now says "with", "v1" now says "version 1", etc.
==2010==
=== 03.26.10 ===
Server - Tuner Gang did not appear driving around Downtown Radiator Springs on the Biofuel Server
Server - Sheriff did not appear in the Alignment server
Server - Right-clicking while scrolling the list of servers caused all buttons to lose functionality
Performance - Memory usage increased while your Car was idle in Downtown Radiator Springs
Dashboard - Exit buttons for RSN and Map did not work
Dashboard - Exit button did not work in both Single and Multiplayer Races
Multiplayer Racing - Player Cars were stuck waiting for the final Car to join them with no way to exit.
Lightning Storm Space Assault - Sound effects were out of sync
=== 04.22.10 ===
Tutorial -- Sheriff disappeared and reappeared depending on Player's position.
Mini Game -- Lightning Storm Space Assault did not follow set sound settings.
Store -- "Revolve Rounders" Rims in Luigi's Casa Della Tires did not have an image.
Store -- "ILLUM-NX Classy Cruising" Lights in Ramone's House of Body Art did not have an image.
Badges -- There were no descriptions for the Totally Organic and Junk Magnet Badges.
Sponsorship -- Some items bought during VIP Weekend remained equipped on Player Car after close of VIP Weekend.
Sponsorship -- Car on Shard Select Screen was shown equipped with items from VIP Weekend after close of VIP Weekend.
=== 05.14.10 ===
Player Profile – Removing a Friend who's offline or in a different zone causes the Ignore/Report button to not work right.
Mini Game – No "Game Over" screen appears when lives are used up.
Quest – Changing certain body shapes makes it impossible to complete Ramone's Free Body Work Quest.
Global – Driving with the arrow keys and clicking the Chat Box causes Car to drive out of control.
Souvenir – Clicking the arrow key too fast while looking at Souvenir description causes the picture and the description to not match.
Tooltips – Changing customizations too quickly causes the tooltip to be stuck on the mouse cursor.
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