Sunday Rivals Update v.20.0 Adds Dynamic Weather, Time of Day & Much More

The latest Sunday Rivals update has arrived adding dynamic weather, time of day and much more to the action packed arcade football game. Check out the full details in the video below, along with the latest patch notes.

Time of day runs continuously through the game, start a game in the early morning dew and finish in the heat of the afternoon. As the the setting sun dips below the horizon, the blinding stadium lights flood the field.

Dynamic weather systems bring rain showers that evolve into muddy down pours. Snow dusted grass transforms into a frozen, winter wonderland. Howling winds blow well-aimed kicks off the uprights and rolling fog strains field visibility.

Sunday Rivals is a fresh take on the hard hitting, action-packed football games of the past. On the field, gameplay is tuned to be snappy and fun, rewarding quick thinking and creative players with dazzling open field jukes and bone crushing hits. Simplified rules, familiar controls, and a streamlined playbook make it easy for players of all skill levels to immediately jump in and have fun, while quick, addictive game sessions will keep you coming back for more.

Make sure to check out Sunday Rivals on Steam Early Access for $14.99.

• Added dynamic weather and time of day
• Added rain and snow particle systems
• Added impact particle systems
• Updated field, sky, and stadium art
• Added field degradation and footstep imprints
• Increased total of custom field colors to 16
• Added customizable grass quality
• Updated stadium lighting, reflections, and support for night games
• Updated scoreboard to support background animations
• Added stadium and upright flags
• Added chain gang to sidelines
• Added collision to endzone pylons
• Added field goal camera
• Player uniforms show wear from heavy weather

• Kicks are now affected by wind direction and strength
• Increased likelihood AI teams will kick field goals to win the game
• Improved AI kicking aim
• Ball bounces significantly less in thick snow
• AI teams will use CPU set of slider values in watched games
• Decreased odds of kicks being blocked
• Increased time before a held down button is registered as a kick
• SEASON MODE
• Added weather forecasts and game start times to season schedule and pregame screens
• Removed preseason hiring screen
• Decreased frequency of ticker showing streaks over player stats
• Sim engine uses all QB ratings to determine success of running plays now

• Added weather forecasts and game start times to season schedule and pregame screens
• Added start times and player of the game stat line to game results screen
• Removed preseason hiring screen
• Decreased frequency of ticker showing streaks over player stats
• Sim engine uses all QB ratings to determine success of running plays now

• Updated and added new customization options for weather, stadium slogans, and grass quality
• Added options to set time of day and weather conditions on game setup screen
• Added wind meters to kicking interface and play call screen
• Added long text support to multiple screens
• Improved UI support for 21:9 screens

• Added ambient weather sound effects
• Added new sound effect for a kicked ball hitting an upright
• Rebalanced audio mix

• Fixed a critical bug where pressing the ‘sync league’ button would fail and create junk data
• Fixed a critical bug where players with blank first names could cause a series of cascading crashes in multiple areas of the game
• Fixed a critical bug where pressing the ‘sync league’ button would silently crash the game
• Fixed a bug where the defense would not pursue the ball carrier into their own endzone
• Fixed a bug where incorrect data would be shown for the player of the week in the postseason