GRID Legends Winter Bash Expansion Pack and Patch 6.0 Available

EA and Codemasters have released their GRID Legends Winter Bash Expansion Pack and patch 6.0. The pack features eight Story events and new point-to-point drift routes. It also includes three new exciting vehicles in GRID Legends, including the classic SRT Viper GTS-R, the BMW 2002 TII Race Car, and the Bugatti Bolide, which debuts in the game for the first time.

Additionally, a variety of themed Career Events and icons, liveries, and banners to customize, as well as Ajeet Singh’s own winter celebration in the Driven to Glory story.

The GRID Legends Winter Bash Expansion Pack is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC for $9.99. Deluxe Edition owners get instant access. For more details on the DLC check out the latest blog.

GRID Legends was added to the EA Play List in September.

GRID Legends patch 6.0 was also released today, check out the patch notes below.

General

• A chosen Custom Team Name now displays correctly in the race introduction screen
• Players now have the ability to rotate the camera left or right using a keyboard/wheel in Photo Mode
• A resolution glitch in Photo Mode no longer occurs where a certain number of drivers are in a race
• The aspect ratio of the screen no longer changes while panning the camera in Photo Mode
• Flashback no longer causes black bars to remain if using an ultrawide screen (PC)
• Several sponsor/objective progression bugs have been fixed
• Track limit violations now apply correctly in Elimination races
• The BMW 320 Turbo Group 5 RPM tachometer now displays correctly
• Retiring from Endurance races no longer registers the player finishing in that position
• Rubber deposits on Sepang/Brands Hatch no longer phase in/out

Online

• Creating an Online session no longer causes your Offline difficulty setting to change to that off the Online lobby
• Re-joining a session no longer can have the player take control of a vehicle out of world
• Using ‘Previous Grid Order’ or ‘Previous Grid Order Reversed’ no longer scrambles the grid order
• If a user DNFs in a Circuit Race, the event will now conclude correctly
• After a host leaves a session during a race countdown, the next session no longer starts immediately after being created
• Race invites from EA App now work correctly between Origin and EA App
• Loading out of session no longer causes the Player Lobby to display an empty session
• Friends no longer appear Offline when they are Online
• Livery and Clean & Respray options are now available when in an Online Career lobby
• Several event rewards have been adjusted to give out correct items
• Gaining control of a vehicle before the host in a Multi-Class race will no longer cause the user to see themselves as the host
• Lobby countdown no longer stop when the host leaves and rejoins the same session
• Players can now progress past selecting a vehicle if the lobby countdown is cancelled when changing a vehicle

Driven to Glory

• Excessive corner cutting in Episode 1 now correctly applies penalties
• The ‘Story Events Completed’ indicator now counts those from the DLC
• Objective ‘3rd or Higher in your Class’ for an event in Enduring Spirit is now correctly unlocked
• The camera is no longer blocked in ‘Expensive Elimination’ & ‘McKane vs. McKane’

Performance/System/AI

• AI Nemesis states should no longer be permanent across different races
  • Nemesis state now correctly deteriorates as races progress. If a Nemesis is not antagonised during the closing stages of the race, there is a good (60%) chance they will not be Nemesis in the next race
• Nemesis states no longer apply during Dynamic Events
• AI no longer drive slower once the time is up in Endurance races
• Rival and Nemesis states now show correctly both in-game and post-race
• Drift smoke now shows correctly (PS5)
• ‘Profile level’ now shows as completed when reaching max level
• Actual results are now matched with what is shown on the leaderboard
• Several tweaks to camera behaviour during and outside of races have been made
• Several UI fixes and improvements have been made throughout the game
• Several stability adjustments have been made, reducing the frequency of game crashes
• Several visual improvements have been made throughout the game to tracks and environments

Achievements/Trophies

• The trophy “For the Time Extended Crew” now unlocks correctly
• The trophy “Need for Speed” now unlocks consistently
• The trophies “Ace Driving” and “Misty-Eyed” now unlock correctly

Text/Audio

• Fixed an issue that caused audio stuttering when using USB audio devices
• Scripted audio events now take flashbacks into account
• “Your teammate has crashed” line no longer triggers incorrectly
• “Keep climbing places” line no longer triggers incorrectly
• Monologues of Ryan and the commentator no longer overlap during DLC 2’s ‘Brotherly Battle’
• The soundtrack is no longer boosted at the moment it loops
• Voiceover for car disqualifications now triggers correctly
• The player is no longer congratulated on the voiceover for failing Event 4 in DLC 2
• Undamaged cars no longer have a damaged engine rattle sound
• Several text and translation errors have been resolved