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Patch Notes: October 11, 2026

Practice, Time Attack with ghost, rewind, new minimap, driver tags, 1v1 street races and controller support on every screen.

Changes from October 5 to October 11

RACING

  • New Practice mode: race alone on any track
  • New Time Attack mode with per-track leaderboards
  • Race against the record holder's ghost and see the gap live
  • Track selection with favorites, records and your position
  • Race with a car from your garage or borrow one from the catalog
  • New race HUD with sectors and gap to the record
  • Animated finish screen and full summary in the lobby
  • Racing line on the ground, with braking warnings
  • Go back to the last checkpoint by holding F or Y
  • Synced start for all drivers
  • The leaderboard separates keyboard players from controller players
  • New Racing tab in the settings

REWIND

  • Press R and rewind up to 15 seconds in Practice, Time Attack and Free Mode

WORLD

  • New minimap with a GPS route that follows the right road
  • New icons for speed traps, races and the car meet
  • Challenge any driver to a 1v1 street race by honking near them
  • Driver tags with name, picture, input device and voice
  • Anyone idle for 30 minutes gets the AFK badge and is sent to the car meet
  • Speed traps no longer trigger during races
  • Speed traps that were disabled are working again

CONTROLLER

  • Every screen works with a controller
  • Choose Xbox or PlayStation icons
  • On-screen keyboard shows the field you are editing

DRIVER AND STORE

  • RUSH racing suit collection
  • Your look stays after server restarts
  • Search the garage and store by name, brand and model
  • Shortcut to top up credits in the profile header

SOCIAL

  • See what each friend is doing
  • Choose whether friends see your activity details
  • Discord shows the track, the private world or the car in the workshop

PERFORMANCE

  • New audio system with no stutters
  • Interface and speed trap sounds with no delay
  • Faster garage, store and friend search
  • Catalogs retry loading if they fail