Snow Riders came out earlier this year, dropping straight in Xbox Game Pass. Today, it’s receieved a new update on both PC and Xbox making the game a whole 33% bigger! Let’s dive headfirst into the drift with the Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Free Update!
Welcome Snow Riders, to Baifushan!
The developers have released a free update with an entirely new area to ski down, named Baifushan, which is based on and inspired by the beauty of China’s mountainscapes. It has four new trails, with two slopes on each and supports full multiplayer and leaderboard support, alongside a new batch of Xbox Achievements to snag!
With the Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Free Update, there’s also a whole host of bug fixes and quality of life changes too, including new tour rewards for the racing mode, where players will get additional XP and snowflakes at the end of the tour, based on their total tour ranking.
I thoroughly enjoyed Lonely Mountains Snow Riders when I reviewed the game earlier this year, saying “The developers at Megagon Industries have done a great job on building on their first game by adding a bunch of excellent new ideas, a fun multiplayer suite and what feels like a great, fresh take on skiing with the tight, responsive controls they’re known for. It’s addictive, thrilling stuff and I can’t wait to hit the slopes as soon as I’ve finished writing this. It’s available on Xbox Game Pass and Steam, and I hope you try it out.“
We’ve copied the patch notes for the Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Free Update for you below.
Lonely Mountains Snow Riders Free Update – Patch Notes – Changes in v1.1.0:
There are also some fixes and improvements that came with today’s Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Free Update.
New Features
- Major: Added a new mountain called Baifushan to the game.
- Major: Added new tour rewards for racing mode. Players now get additional Exp. and Snowflakes at the end of the tour based on total tour ranking. Rewards for individual trail ranks are now slightly reduced, but overall you’ll receive more for the same performance.
- Major: Added a Supporter Customization Pack, now available on Steam and Xbox.
- Major: Added an option in lobby settings to enable the “race end timer” for private tours.
- Minor: Added an option to change the HUD size in the settings.
Improvements & Polishing
- Major: Added a loading progress display showing which players have finished loading.
- Major: Added gear information display in the lobby showing what other riders are using.
- Major: Added a confirmation pop-up when leaving a lobby or tour.
- Major: Added a gear display to the trail information section on all finish screens.
- Major: Added a display in team mode to show players when a goal has been reached.
- Major: Added functionality to hold directional input (buttons, keys, or thumbstick) to continuously navigate through menu entries.
- Minor: Added an arrow during the intro sequence to highlight the local player in multiplayer.
- Minor: Reduced the size of level files to improve loading times.
- Minor: Added ghost selection to the gear selection screen.
- Minor: Several small UI improvements throughout the game.
Fixes
- Major: Fixed spectator mode not working correctly in certain situations.
- Major: Fixed a bug where players could appear invisible in the waiting lobby, which could also cause forced disconnections.
- Minor: Fixed a rare case of invisible props in low framerate scenarios.
- Minor: Fixed spelling mistakes for achievements and made some minor localization adjustments.
- Minor: Fixed a bug where the climbing gear display stayed on screen after crashing in the trigger zone.
- Minor: Fixed a bug that broke the controls when a controller was unplugged mid-run.
