In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:Courses are no longer closed ; the player will frequently encounter other skiers and snowboarders when freeriding or doing minor challenges . Sentence 2:Additionally , stats are no longer tied to the character ; the character 's board or skis are the sole determining factor in the character 's abilities .
additionally