GRID Legends Update 1.06 Patch Notes: First post-release patch available now

GRID Legends was released nearly two weeks ago. While it was a huge improvement over the 2019 reboot and arguably the best game in the series since the first Race Driver GRID, GRID Legends has been largely overshadowed by GT7. It wasn’t great timing as GT7 released just one week later.

Nevertheless, Codemasters has big plans for GRID Legends, with future updates adding new content and improvements. Today, the first GRID Legends post-release patch has launched across all platforms, bringing a host of bug fixes and quality of life improvements.

GRID Legends' first post-release patch out now

Available to download now on PlayStation, Xbox and PC, update v1.06 features a long list of updates that improve the experience. One of the main improvements is the ability to disable vehicle upgrades in Race Creator if you want competitors to be more evenly matched.

There are also fixes for sponsor objectives that were not tracking correctly in the career mode, as well as improved performance on PC and fixes for a few track issues.

You can find a full list of changes in the GRID Legends update v1.06 patch notes below.

GRID Legends update v1.06 patch notes

General

• A ‘Select vehicle’ prompt has been added to the pre-race player lobby
• It’s now possible to scroll through the car list after exiting the session lobby
• EA Play exclusive events now appear on the home screen
• ‘Clean and Respray’ is now working correctly
• Locked vehicles are now highlighted when hovered over
• The Proximity Bonus can now be triggered on the Strada Alpina Drift Track
• The Equita Oil Sponsor objectives now unlock correctly

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• Objective tracking on sponsors has been fixed
• Disabling vehicle upgrades in Race Creator is now working correctly
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Time Attack upgrades are now available when the required conditions are met
• PC icon is now shown for offline PC users in the EA Friends tab, instead of a console icon
• The distance to the next vehicle upgrade tier is now displaying correct after races
• Tier 2 and 3 Racecraft upgrades are no longer unavailable to purchase before obtaining upgrades in the previous tier
• Certain actions that caused the game to crash have been fixed across all platforms

Online

• Selecting an online event from the home tab after cancelling an action will no longer cause the game to hang
• Players will no longer be a lap ahead of everyone else after using hop-in
• Players will no longer be in the wrong position after using hop-in
• Viewing another player’s profile no longer causes a crash
• Joining a race during a rolling no longer causes a crash
• When choosing a DLC vehicle with a host that does not have the DLC, players will now be given that vehicle
• Using the Create Session option when privacy is set to ‘Private’ no longer changes the privacy option to ‘Public’
• Players are now able to control their car after leaving and rejoining an event
• Consecutive re-hosted career events no longer cause a crash
• An issue when transitioning from a ‘Co-op’ to ‘Public’ Career event has been fixed
• An issue with PlayStation avatars on Drift events has been fixed
• The Time Attack timer now starts individually for each player
• Completing a Career event online then completing offline will no longer result in a network error message appearing
• HUD no longer disappears in Time Attack after spectating
• Quitting a session no longer changes privacy to ‘Offline’
• Race times are now consistent, even if a player fails to finish race before timer runs out
• If the host leaves a multi-class race, AI will now behave correctly
• Post-race results in Head to Head should now display correctly

Driven to Glory & Career

• Completing a race with a failing objective or retiring from certain races no longer shows story objectives as completed
• Rookie - Touring - TC-2 Finale – Event now shows as complete once completed
• Semi-Pro - Tuner - Muscle Final – Event now correctly unlocks when criteria met
• Pro - Xero Sponsor Event - Event now correctly unlocks when criteria met
• Pro - Open Wheel Racing - Renault R26 Finale - Event now correctly unlocks when criteria met
• Pro - Track Day - Track Day Hypercar Event 2 - Event now correctly unlocks when criteria met
• The Gauntlet - Event objective 'Finish in 1st place' no longer unlocks when finishing 2nd

Locations

• Mount Panorama – Fixed an issue at turn 3 when hitting the barrier
• Mount Panorama - Grid decals now match grid slots
• Strada Alpina - Banners no longer pop into different positions when close to them
• Barcelona - Shadows no longer flicker and are consistent
• Shanghai - Shadows no longer lag behind the car
• Shanghai - Shadows no longer move erratically at night

Performance

PC (Steam/Origin/EA App)

• Fixed an issue that resulted in a corrupted save game after switching accounts
• Closing the game during the intro sequence no longer causes the game to hang
• Tabbing in and out of the game no longer causes a temporary graphical glitch to vehicles
• Dynamic Resolution can now be activated if Vertical Sync is disabled

Xbox

• Frame drops in story event ‘Thunder Down Under’ have now been fixed

Achievements

• “THIS IS IT” “WHAT A LEGEND!” and “LAST MINUTE CHANGE” achievements now unlock correctly
• “Passione Rossa” achievement no longer unlocks early

Text

• ‘Create Event’ now replaces ‘Start Race’ when creating a session
• Text no longer clips borders
• Subtitles are no longer inconsistent with audio
• Subtitles no longer run into the next loading screen if post-race screens are quickly skipped
• Minor text fixes have been made throughout the game
• Minor translation fixes have been made throughout the game

Audio

• There have been several minor audio fixes made throughout the game