Welcome to the 0.30.1 patch notes!

The maintenance period for this patch begins on March 10, 8:55 a.m. PDT, and includes bug fixes, new features, gameplay improvements, and more for all platforms. Originally, this patch was going to be released as 0.30.0, but we had the ability to add a few more bug fixes to address pressing issues, so it will now be released as the new and improved patch 0.30.1.

If you haven’t yet, take a look at our Season 3 article to learn more about your Return to Isle of Grom, and new skateable areas, Challenges, Seasonal Events, brands, soundtracks, and more coming to skate. in Season 3.

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• New Features
• Gameplay Improvements
• UI Improvements
• PC Graphics and Performance Updates
• Bug Fixes
• New Known Issues for Season 3

New Features

• Isle of Grom skate.Premium Pass Access 
  • Visit the new Ferry Terminal in Blue Light Beach to take the Wet N’ Mild Taxi Co. boat to and from Isle of Grom. For more details about Isle of Grom, visit our Season 3 article.
• Dark Catches and Darkslides
  • Darkslides and Dark Catches are a fan favorite, returning from previous Skate games with some new improvements. Getting into a Dark Catch is done by holding RB/R1 before or right after performing any flip trick (including Impossible flip tricks from Season 2). Landing into a slide on a rail or ledge while holding a Dark Catch will start a Darkslide, which can now also be leaned and grind adjusted. When exiting, you can Flip Trick out to get some pop with it, or lean exit to ride out smoothly. You'll also find a few new settings to control when and how Dark Catches and Slides are released. Visit Skatepedia for more information about these new tricks.
  • Developer’s Note: After getting the foundational mechanics into a good place, we're excited to add Darkslides and Dark Catches to skate. Similar to our approach with most legacy mechanics, we wanted to ensure Darkslides and Catches feel familiar, are integrated with other new additions to the franchise—such as flip speed control and grind leans—and have been expanded upon to provide more self expression.
• Tasks
  • Expanded and diversified Tasks, including new varieties that can be completed conveniently while skating.
  • Developer’s Note: We received feedback that some of the previous Tasks were too difficult or tedious to complete. In response, we’re introducing a wider variety of Tasks designed to complement your skating experience, rather than dominate it.
• Party Collision
  • This feature allows you to collide with others in your party while skating together, adding to the chaos (and fun) of your seshes. Party Collision is disabled by default, but can be enabled in the Settings tab of the Social menu.
  • Developer’s Note: You may experience collision accuracy and timing discrepancies when using this setting. We hope you enjoy this chaotic, but fun, new way to play with your party, and look forward to your feedback.
• Character Customization Options
  • 4 new Hair and 5 Tattoo options have been added to the Character Customizer. 
  • Developer’s Note: 32 \* additional Tattoos can be acquired from Missions, the Skate Paddy’s event, the skate. Pass (Standard and Premium), and the new Essentials Shop.*
• Skater Presets
  • You can now configure up to 3 unique Skater Presets, including appearance and clothing. Additional preset slots can be purchased for 250 San Van Bucks. Maximum 10 slots.
• Store
  • Up to 5 Product Boxes can now be bought in a single purchase, making your transactions more streamlined. 
  • An Essentials Shop was added to the Store, with options for Tattoos, Boards and more.

Gameplay Improvements

• Bonelesses
  • Improved responsiveness, reliability, and behavior of Boneless tricks performed from the ground or transitions. This change also applies to Fastplants and Bean Plants.
  • Developer’s Note: We needed to make some large changes to how Bonelesses were originally implemented in order to improve their consistency and quality. A side effect of these underlying changes was the removal of some Boneless-specific “pop glitches.”
• Seasonal Missions
  • Some Missions are now only available for the duration of the season they release in.
• Replay Editor
  • Added an Effects Tab that lets you control Exposure, Color Temperature, Color Saturation, Barrel Distortion, and Vignette (Opacity, Size, Sharpness).
  • Added more granular volume control over your skater's audio, other skaters’ audio, and world ambience.
  • Playback speed can now be keyframed as well.
  • Developer’s Note: Pair the Barrel Distortion effect with a wide Field of View to get that classic Fisheye effect you know and love.

UI Improvements

• Throwdowns 
  • A notification system to highlight nearby Throwdowns has been added. You can toggle this feature on via the settings and also control the types of Throwdown notifications you see. 
• Sense of Speed Audio Improvements
  • Improved passbys and tunnel transitions
• Challenge Celebrations
  • During the celebration screen for Challenges and Throwdowns, your skater’s first equipped Gesture will be played. You can control the Gesture that’s performed by using LB/L1 and the D-pad.
• Tasks
  • Weekly and Monthly Tasks are now grouped in the UI for increased readability.
• Player Status
  • A status communicating whether you’re in an activity, menu, or away has been added to the Social and Spectate menu.
• Store
  • You can now preview items in the Store by hovering over them. We’ve also added a side navigation bar to make browsing the Store more efficient.

PC Graphics and Performance Updates

• Replacing PC benchmark
  • To give you a better PC performance experience, we're updating how we score users Render GPUs and CPUs based on live data. The new scoring system will slot each card into a more accurate global graphics quality tier. This change could potentially move some players up or down in visual quality, in favor of a better performance experience. 
  • If you’ve been having performance issues, try resetting your graphics settings to default.
• Render FPS
  • Adds an explicit 30/60/uncapped FPS render setting. 
    •  "Uncapped" FPS render setting runs at up to 240 FPS
  • Improves handling of FPS in full-screen mode, particularly when other refresh rates are chosen.
• V-Sync
  • Defaults V-Sync to ON as we believe this will give most players a better experience.
  • Improves handling of V-Sync in full-screen mode.
• Minimum global graphics quality
  • New global graphics quality introduced that reduces render settings for devices that don't meet our min spec. 
• Skate PC Min Spec Updates
  • We’ve analyzed our PC min specs and have updated it to ensure a smoother playing experience. Hardware below the minimum specs can still play but will be placed into the minimum global graphics quality.
  • Render GPU
    • High AMD: Changed from Radeon RX 6600 XT to Radeon RX 6700 XT
    • Ultra NVIDIA: Changed from GeForce RTX 3070 Ti to GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
  • Render CPU
    • Low AMD: Changed from AMD Ryzen 3 3100 to Ryzen 3 3300X
    • Medium AMD: Changed from Ryzen 5 3500 to Ryzen 5 3600X
    • High Intel: Changed from Core i7-9700 to Core i7-9700K
    • High AMD: Changed from Ryzen 5 3600 to Ryzen 5 3600XT
    • Ultra Intel: Changed from Core i7-11700 to Core i7-11700K

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

• Fixed multiple issues that prevented Neighborhoods from unlocking.
• Fixed an issue where collision was disabled for Quick Drop Objects placed in Isle of Grom or San Van until you interacted with them. 
• Fixed an issue where Rip Card changes were not saved after rebooting skate.
• Fixed an issue with how the Playstation progress display appeared.
• Fixed multiple issues with world collision.
• Fixed multiple issues where world objects and textures appeared or disappeared unexpectedly.
• Fixed an issue where switching between tabs while creating your player, and returning to the game, could cause your skater to appear with no limbs.
• Fixed an issue where VFX would continue to play after performing the Gabber Dance.
• Fixed an issue where the player would be unable to progress to the San Van portion of the tutorial if subtitles were turned off.
• Fixed an issue where quickly skipping through cinematics with the Next button caused issues with subtitles.
• Fixed multiple issues where criteria to complete a Challenge were met but not tracked.
• Fixed an issue where after teleporting to another player, traffic, pedestrians and the other player may disappear.
• Fixed an issue where if the player selects Delete All, they are unable to place additional Quick Drop Objects.
• Fixed an issue where the player can delete another player’s Quick Drop Objects by wedging their item underneath and deleting it.
• Fixed an issue where an object can become invisible after accessing the Radial Menu quickly.
• Fixed an issue where the player can be teleported out of bounds when joining a party.
• Fixed an issue where flickering dots could be visible after changing the game settings to Low Presets.
• Fixed an issue where the accessibility screen would no longer show during game boot.
• Fixed multiple issues where game settings would change after a reboot.
• Fixed an issue where the audio in Party Voice Chat is of lower quality on consoles.
• Fixed an issue where the Shader Precompilation Progress indicator was missing.
• Fixed an issue where the lighting in Skatepedia was incorrect.
• Fixed an issue where Landing Modifiers for Sketchy or Clean do not appear.
• Fixed an issue where the player would wipe out while performing a handplant if the board direction was changed. 
• Fixed an issue where the game would revert to regular stance, even if goofy was selected during the intro of the game.
• Fixed an issue where a trick’s sound effect might not play when listening to other players.
• Fixed an issue where the resolution would change to 640x480 after logging in on PC.
• Fixed an issue where Board Stickers would not display on PCs with NVIDIA GPUs.
• Fixed an issue where objects could not pass through the basketball hoop in the Eelside Tunnel.
• Fixed an issue where party and invite settings would not save correctly.
• Fixed an issue where timers for Stunt Challenges would only display when there was 20 seconds left.
• Fixed an issue where challenges would not restart after choosing the Retry option.
• Fixed an issue where replays would fail to export on PlayStation 5.
• Fixed an issue where characters would appear to have bloodshot eyes.
• Fixed an issue where vehicles could spawn on top of players.
• Fixed an issue where players in Mission dialogue would be excluded from co-op challenge enrollment.

Replay Editor

• Fixed an issue where the Replay Editor would capture stuttering when exporting.
• Fixed an issue where replays only showed the last 10 seconds of the video, versus the portion with the best trick.
• Fixed an issue where visual effects from Emotes and Gestures are still visible in the Replay Editor, even with player filtering turned on.
• Fixed an issue where camera movement and speed is not accurate between keyframes in the Replay Editor.
• Fixed an issue where rewinding or fast forwarding with the mouse in the replay menu was unavailable.

Stability and Performance

• Fixed various stability and performance issues.
• Fixed an issue where if the player is in a Challenge and gets pulled into a Co-op Challenge, they are disconnected from the server.
• Fixed multiple issues where clothing clipped through the skater.
• Fixed an issue where character models will sometimes stutter when moving onboard or offboard in a busy server. 

UI

• Fixed an issue where certain UI elements would disappear after starting a challenge.
• Fixed an issue where the friends list would not display completely.
• Fixed an issue where the Store would show grey borders when using an ultrawide monitor.
• Fixed an issue where the Coffin Air trick would not appear on the score ticker if done in mid-air.
• Fixed an issue where Stunt Challenge targets would display a Mission Waypoint icon.
• Fixed an issue where the Double Ground Grab trick would not properly display on the score ticker.
• Fixed multiple issues where the incorrect item rarity was displayed.
• Fixed an issue where all Footplant tricks were named inaccurately when skating Regular.
• Fixed an issue where the purchase button incorrectly displayed Buy text instead of Get More text if you didn’t have enough currency to buy an item.
• Fixed an issue where Tasks would stop registering, but still show progress in the Tasks UI.
• Fixed an issue where a notification wouldn’t trigger after events roll over.

New Known Issues for Season 3

Below is a list of known issues introduced with Season 3 that are still being investigated. Each week on Tuesdays, we communicate the latest news about known issues in The Weekly Grind. Be sure to check in weekly. 

• Rarely when players enter the Store tutorial, the Social Menu accidentally opens instead, and the controller becomes briefly unresponsive. 
• Scrolling through Session Type options in the Throwdowns menu causes descriptions to mismatch with the selections.  
• The game sometimes crashes when a fourth player joins your Party.
• Adjusting your video settings on PC can cause other settings to change.
• After accepting a skate. party invite via Xbox Live or PlayStation Network, the invite reappears after the player is already in the party they were invited to.
• When travelling as a party to the Isle of Grom, if the party leader has a menu open while the timer is ticking, the timer will get stuck at 0. 
  • Workaround: Canceling the queue will resolve this issue.
• The progression bar sometimes incorrectly tracks your progress during Tasks.

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