Psyonix outlines upcoming plans for Rocket League – Switch graphical modes this spring
Posted on January 31, 2018 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch
Psyonix posted a comprehensive update today outlining the various features and updates in store for Rocket League. One point applies specifically to Switch.
This spring, Rocket League will be updated on Switch to support two graphical modes. The first is Performance Mode, which is 900p when docked and 720p in handheld mode at 60 frames per second with infrequent dynamic resolution scaling. If that doesn’t interest you, Quality Mode will offer native 1080p docked and 720p portable resolution at 30 frames per second with added visual effects.
The full roadmap for Rocket League’s pipeline all the way up through April and beyond can be found below.
FEBRUARY
- February Content Update
- Competitive Season 7 Begins
- Competitive Season 6 Rewards
- New Crate
- New RLCS Fan Rewards
- Tournaments Beta
- Steam public beta for our upcoming Tournaments Feature
MARCH
New Licensed Premium DLC
Spring Event
SPRING (MARCH-APRIL)
Spring Feature Update
Tournaments
Play against other players in bracketed, single elimination tournaments
Quality of Life Updates
Item Stacking
Better Item Filtering, Searching, and Sorting
Equip to Blue/Orange Team for Car Bodies
New and Expanded Options
Packet Send/Receive Rate and Bandwidth Limits
“Team Quick Chat Only”
Disable “One Minute Remaining”, etc. messages
Connection Quality Info
See notifications for Packet Loss, Latency Variance, and Server Performance in-game
Will help us and the community better differentiate between “server issues” and connection problems
Switch Performance & Visual Quality Updates
Performance Mode – 900p (Docked) / 720p (Handheld) @ 60 FPS with infrequent dynamic resolution scaling
Quality Mode – Native 1080p (Docked) / 720p (Handheld) @ 30 FPS with added visual effects
APRIL AND BEYOND
Once we’re past the Tournaments release we’ll begin talking more about our roadmap for the summer and beyond with posts like these every few months. As a quick reminder, here are some of the features that are still being developed for 2018 release:
Cross-Platform Parties
Party up and matchmake with players from other (participating) platforms
Progression Updates
Make XP relevant again
Earn Decryptors through play
New Banners, Titles, and other rewards for reaching high levels
New Arenas
New Features
Xbox One X – We are now targeting Xbox One X support for late 2018
That’s just a quick look at the major highlights that are coming up this year, and look out for the February Update next week (pending first-party certification approvals) when it launches on all platforms February 7.
