'Trials Evolution' developers to wipe leaderboards

Published May 29 2012, 16:04 BST  |  By Liam Martin

Trials Evolution's incoming update will wipe the leaderboards, it has been confirmed.

The game's first update goes live tomorrow (May 30) at 10am GMT (2am PST), and features a collection of improvements and fixes.



The leaderboards will be reset four hours after the update goes live, a move deemed necessary to combat corrupt data and scores posted at the game's launch.

RedLynx apologised to fans on its official forum, warning players to avoid multiplayer matches until six hours after the release of the update.

"Because this Multiplayer Leaderboard Reset will take place after the Title Update, we advise you not to play multiplayer matches for at least four to six hours after you receive the Update, in order to avoid having your data purged by the reset or accidentally matching up with a non-updated player," reads the post.

Trials Evolution was released in April as part of Microsoft's Arcade Next promotion. It can be downloaded for 1200 MS Points (£10.80/$15).

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The list of improvements in full:

Multiplayer Leaderboard writing issues - addressed a number of situations where proper scores were not being recorded to MP Leaderboards or rank was being reset.

Multiplayer Stability issues - addressed a number of issues, including viewing Gamer Cards, Party play functionality, response time of multiplayer matchmaking, and situations where the game would occasionally lock or hang during multiplayer.

General Stability - we have addressed some issues affecting general stability and random lockups.

Editor issues - a number of issues in the editor were addressed, including enforcing a 22-checkpoint limit and some issues around the event trigger system.

Scoring issues - a rare issue where track times were calculated incorrectly at the finish line has been addressed.

Track Central - a number of issues were addressed, including track sorting issues, lockups when viewing Player-Created Track Leaderboards, and searching tracks by the "Ninja" difficulty tag.

Skill Games - adjustments have been made to Icarus Factor, Exploding Man, Out of Gas, and Balls of Steel skill games to eliminate scoring loopholes.

Watch a trailer for Trials Evolution below: