Rocket League has come a long way over the last few years. With new rocket passes, tonnes of updates and a handful of seasons, we've finally reached season 4. Here's all the latest information on Rocket League season 4's patch notes.
Rocket League Season 4 Start Time & Date
Rocket League Season 4 officially begins on August 11th at 8 am PT / 4 pm BST.
This leaves mere hours until you can play the next season for yourself.
Patch Notes Highlights
Here are the highlights from recent patch notes. You can find all the notes right here. Here are our highlights.
Streamer Safe Music
- Streamer Safe music allows you to play Rocket League’s included music tracks without worrying about DMCA violations while streaming or recording
Matchmaking Penalties in Casual Playlists
- To improve the average match quality in Casual playlists, we are introducing penalties for players who quit Casual games early.
There are seven ban levels for Casual Playlists:
- First - 0 Minutes
- Second - 5 Minutes
- Third - 10 Minutes
- Fourth - 20 Minutes
- Fifth - 40 Minutes
- Sixth - 1 hour
- Seventh or more - 2 hours
Undersized Party Rank Restrictions
- To help preserve balanced competitive play, parties of two playing in 3v3 Standard in Competitive or 3v3 Tournaments must be within 3 Ranks of each other
- This change does not apply to Extra Modes Playlists or Casual Playlists
- This change starts with Season 4
Player to Player Trading Updates
- Once both players have entered items and accepted terms, a new trade review screen will appear
- This screen will display all items involved in the trade
- All item details are visible at all times on this screen (Painted color, Certification, Special Edition type, Esports affiliation)
- No new items can be added once this screen appears
- There is a five-second countdown before the Accept Trade button can be used
- You can cancel out of the Trade Review screen if you want to go back and add/remove items
- This screen will display all items involved in the trade
Game Ban Messaging
- New messaging will inform you if your account is close to a permanent ban
Player Count Display
- The way player population is displayed in-game is changing
- Total players online is no longer displayed
- Playlist population display has been changed. Based on a playlist’s population, players will see one of the following
- Amazing
- Great
- Good
General
- Tactical Rumble is now available as a Rumble Mutator in Private Matches
New Content
Monstercat (Antenna)
- ‘AK’
- ‘A.M.R’
- ‘Arielle Maren’
- ‘Dyro’
- ‘Emily Vaughn’
- ‘Ellis’
- ‘Haneri’
- ‘Hayve’
- ‘Hoaprox’
- ‘KUURO’
- ‘PROFF’
- ‘Shingo Nakamura’
- ‘Saxsquatch’
- ‘Vintage & Morelli’
- ‘YUAN’
General
- Changed name of ‘Inamorata’ Goal Explosion to ‘Carbonator’
Bug Fixes
- Fixed appearance of trim on Octane when using Linares, Nooo! Decals
- [PC] Fixed a crash when loading into Utopia Coliseum (Snowy)
- Fixed appearance of several Trails when previewed in the Garage
- Fixed appearance of grass near player’s car on Forbidden Temple (Day)
- Fixed appearance (inconsistent lighting) for Visionary Wheels
- A loud, quick beat of music heard at game startup has been removed
- Fixed players logging in as Player 1 instead of their normal account
- Fixed matches not counting as completed when leaving a match during the final replay
- FPS improvements to some Arenas
- Fixed players logging on, receiving a “Syncing Failed” message, and missing their inventory
- Fixed players crashing upon loading into Utopia Coliseum