NFS World Maintenance Window - October 15

Purpose:
The purpose of this maintenance window is to deploy server / a game patch to Need for Speed World, as well as perform maintenance to http://world.needforspeed.com. Please see Release Notes below.

Date:
October 16th, 2012

Duration:
5 hours
Start: 1pm (13:00) PDT – 4pm (16:00) EDT – 8pm (20:00) UTC
End: 6pm (18:00) PDT – 9pm (21:00) EDT – 1am (01:00) UTC

New Features:
- Drag, an all new race mode, has been added to the game. Challenge your friends or compete against others in a fast, adrenaline-filled race to the finish line!
- Full Manual transmission can now be selected and used (Drag races only)
- 4 new Drag tracks have been added across the World. These events are all Open and available every day for players.
- 3 new Drag Skill Mods have been added to the Skill Mod Shop for purchase, and to the Lucky Draw and Race Skill Packs to be won
- Pre-race lobby and post-race screens have been updated to feature an improved user interface, including a full 3D view of any car and its installed parts
- A Recent Players list has been added to the Social Menu, which contains all your most recent opponents or teammates in any event
- The SpeedBoost store has been fully replaced by the Safehouse. Players are now able to make purchases and see their SpeedBoost balance all within the Safehouse
- A new Gifts filter has been added to the Car Dealer and Aftermarket Shop
- Halloween decorations, along with the Halloween exclusive Sprint race “Ghostwood”, have made their return to Need for Speed World
- A new Toyota Supra “Street Mod” Drag Edition has been added to the game and is available for purchase from the Car Dealer
- A new Ford Shelby® GT500 Super Snake “Pro Stock” Drag Edition has been added to the game and is available for purchase from the Car Dealer

Bug Fixes/Changes:
- Fixed an issue that prevented some players from joining Groups
- Fixed an issue that caused the license plate to disappear off of the BMW 3.0 CSL Gr.5
- Fixed some see-through geometry on the Nissan Nismo R34GT-R Z-tune
- The hood camera on the Nissan 200SX [S14] has been adjusted
- Damage texture has been tweaked on the Marussia B2
- A number of localization issues were fixed

This is the first patch that im actually impressed by. Im really liking the Speedboost Store changes, Gifts changes and the pre-race/post-race screen changes.

This patch is definitely a step in the right direction for EA imo.

I am excited for Drag! And I also like the new safehouse button as a replacement!

What now I gots to buy 2 new cars


waits................... not sure how much they will cost/not sure I am willing to put $$$ out right now either.

Can't wait for Drag tonight!!!

i cant make it D:.... will still drag in mornings though and get up skill in this

wow... sounds interesting! might be in game later to test this all out...

one of the best patches

Now we just got to wait another year for canyons

nfsw has said that there wont ever be a canyons in world...i guess you can wait and see though o_O

Sake_Chun wrote:nfsw has said that there wont ever be a canyons in world...i guess you can wait and see though o_O

Yeah, you're probably 99.99% correct, but it was a joke concerning how long it took for drag to come out and all the rumors till it finally came Canyons would be epic though in Need for Speed world. It would test the control of your car and how you can handle it through corners. I mean sprints and all, but canyons you could fall off

the drags came, it dont feel to quick race?
just in less than 4 sec's you finish ever drag,
in Chevelle..