Patch v1.45

**Patch v1.45** was released on May 29, 2018.

**Note - PS4 Users will see this patch as v1.46, This is because a PS4 Pro patch v1.45 was released on May 7th already.**

**Note 2 - Patch v1.47 was released for PS4 platform.**

## The Headlines

* ‘Salty Shores’ Arena has been added
* Competitive Season 7 ends, and Season 8 begins
	+ Season 7 Rewards: Player Banners and Goal Explosions are being distributed to eligible players
* ‘Impact’ Crate has been added

## New Content

### Arenas

* ‘Salty Shores’ is now available as a new Arena in all Playlists
* ‘Wasteland’ (Night) is now available in all Playlists

### Monstercat

* ‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 3’ is now available to all players under Music Playlists
* Monstercat Flags have been added
	+ ‘Aiobahn’
	+ ‘Bad Computer’
	+ ‘Dion Timmer’
	+ ‘Duumu’
	+ ‘Instinct’
	+ ‘Inverness’
	+ ‘Skyelle’
	+ ‘Soupandreas’
	+ ‘Stephen Walking’
	+ ‘Sundial’

### S. Watercolour

* ‘S. Watercolour’ Customization Items have been added
	+ ‘S. Watercolour’ Player Banner
	+ ‘S. Watercolour’ Flag

### Decals

* ‘Glyphtrix’ (Triton)
* ‘Min-Spec’ (Masamune)
* ‘ShapeRacer’ (Paladin)
* ‘Tiger Tiger’ (Aftershock)

### Toppers

* ‘Goldfish’
* ‘Palm Tree’
* ‘Swim Ring’

## Changes and Updates

### Server Reporting

* You can now select the ‘Report Server’ button in the midgame menu to directly report a problematic game server to us for investigation

### Competitive Season 7

* Competitive Season 7 has ended. Titles and items will be awarded for your highest rank achieved during the season. Season 7 Rewards are custom, non-tradeable Player Banners and Goal Explosions
* Receiving the Season 7 Reward Player Banners is also contingent upon successful completion of Season Reward Levels
* Reward Player Banners:
	+ ‘Season 7 - Tier 1’
	+ ‘Season 7 - Tier 2’
	+ ‘Season 7 - Tier 3’
	+ ‘Season 7 - Tier 4’
	+ ‘Season 7 - Tier 5’
	+ ‘Season 7 - Tier 6’
	+ ‘Season 7 - Tier 7’
		- Season 7 Grand Champions will also receive the 'Season 7 Grand Champion' Title
* Reward Goal Explosions:
	+ ‘Striker’
	+ ‘Striker Pro’
	+ ‘Striker Legend’

### Competitive Season 8

* Competitive Season 8 has begun
	+ Season 8 brings a “soft reset” that requires you to do placement matches in each playlist to recalibrate
	+ Winning half of your placement matches will land you near your previous season ranking
	+ The soft reset will no longer compress Champion Tier players skill downwards. Instead, only Grand Champions will be compressed down to the top end of the Champion 3 skill range.
	+ League Rankings will be temporarily empty until players complete their placement matches

## Bug Fixes

### General

* A player’s Rank now correctly displays on the post-match screen
* Fixed an issue causing Orange team-specific Presets to incorrectly preload during matchmaking, causing them to appear late once the map loaded
* [Xbox One] Fixed a crash/performance issue
* Fixed Boost activation occurring one frame behind input when client runs above 60 FPS
* Boost Audio and visual FX will no longer continue to play after boost is deactivated
* Fixed an issue with physics state quantization that led to cars occasionally “settling” at inconsistent suspension heights (thank you to Rocket Science for reporting this)
* Improved loading performance that was causing some players (particularly on PS4) to experience stutter in the first 5-10 seconds of matches
* Fixed players who have initiated a Forfeit Vote being unable to see the Vote to Forfeit option afterwards
* The “Keyboard Input Acceleration Time” option is once again available in the Options - Controls menu.
* Fixed the “Favorite” button sometimes disappearing in the Garage Car Body tab
* Fixed issues with car preview sometimes breaking when quickly switching garage tabs
* [Switch] Improved scrolling performance when viewing items in the Garage
* Tread glow on ‘Season 3 - Star’ Wheels has been restored
* FX on Draco Wheels have been restored

## Known Issues

**[NOTE: If you go down a division after a win in a Ranked match, this is not a bug. The division down is attached to a previous loss that was reported to our database late. You are still receiving appropriate credit for the win.]**

### General

* Painted ‘Twinzer’ lacks paintable attributes on the front of the body
	+ This will be changed in our next update
* Paint finish on the Batmobile may look different than before
* You may be able to see edges of the ‘lighthouse’ that illuminates the map on Salty Shores
* [PS4 Pro] Users may experience performance issues when playing 3v3 Rumble on Neo Tokyo with Supersampling enabled
* [Switch] Splitscreen users may take longer than normal to appear in the main menu
* [PS4] Join delays at the start of a match have been greatly reduced but may still be present
* [macOS. SteamOS] Textures on some buildings in the background may be missing
* On Salty Shores, some ground textures load a few seconds after reaching the Choose Team screen
* In some cases, users may not be able to invite Party members to trade immediately after leaving a match
* Images of Painted ‘K2’ and ‘Zeta’ Wheel variants may not display correctly
* Player POV camera issues when spectating or viewing Replays
* Voltaic Wheels may appear pixelated for some players
* Moving quickly between the Showroom and Garage may cause Boosts and Trails to not display properly when viewing in Redeem Rewards and Crate Preview menus.
* Some Gray Wheels (Voltaic) may appear similar to Titanium White variants
* Black texture can be seen sometimes outside of the Neo Tokyo and Tokyo Underpass Arenas
* Painted Voltaic Wheels may appear pixelated
* Trails slightly off-center behind ‘99 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Wheels

## External links

* Patch Notes v1.45 - Salty Shores Update on Rocket League - Official Site

## References

1. ↑ @RocketLeague on Twitter: "PS4 Pro Hotfix"
2. ↑ @RocketLeague on Twitter: "PS4 Small Update"