Hello Riders.

First of all, an apology is in order: we’re sorry for the lack of communication lately. It was always our initial plan to post at least two community updates per month and regularly both acknowledge ongoing issues and what’s being done about them, as well as tease the future and show you that we are reading your feedback day in and day out. We haven’t stopped listening, but somewhere along being so caught up in improving Riders Republic and fixing issues, we stopped reaching out to you and that’s on us.
The reason for our continued silence, believe it or not, is that we’ve been hard at work on preparing for the future of Riders Republic. Let us say this: we are not going anywhere. The Riders Republic support has absolutely not been stopped, in fact we’re excited to keep working on your feedback and prepare Year 2 of Riders Republic. We aren’t going anywhere, and we hope you aren’t either!
So, with our next big update (the second part of Winter Bash) coming on Tuesday, February 8th, we’ve gathered all you need to know in one place! It’s a bit long but we think it’s worth it.

Part 1: The issues

Winter Bash was our first big post-launch update to celebrate the winter season on December 14th. While the team worked hard to create an amazing experience in the Republic, we know that there were some issues that plagued that experience. It’s important to us that we let you know that, not only are we aware of these issues but, that we have also fixed some and have more fixes that will go live in our next update for others. For the future, we’ve put a renewed focus on testing to make sure that when we release new updates, we do so with the best build possible.

Outstanding issues to be resolved with our next update (Winter Bash Part 2, February 8, 2022)

• The half bowl in the Ridge had stopped working
• Rumble on controllers would randomly start and never stop
• Very annoying sound would play when getting up from ragdolling
• The last reward of a sponsor wouldn’t get unlocked
• A weird bug when creating a course with a toy equipped
• Weird glowing yellow items started to take over the world and caused players to crash
• Some careers don’t unlock for certain players

The X Games “live event”: 
With the announcement of the X Games Event coming to Riders Republic, the community received this with amazing hype and grand expectations, and at the event’s launch, we saw your feedback that what you were met with was far from what you had hoped for, and that is on us. We should have better communicated with you all as to what would come with this event to tailor expectations and continue the level of transparency we’ve showcased in previous Community Updates. In the future, we’ll be more careful about when to use the words “live event”, but more importantly, you can expect live events to happen in the future on the scale that YOU expect them to be. More info about those soon.

Part 2: Everything coming in the next update

With Winter Bash Part 2, several significant changes will go live in Riders Republic. Those include:

• A Bike collisions rework to improve physics and try to fix the “full stop” issue among others. We’re ready to roll them back if, following your feedback, we find that you prefer the old physics. In that case, we’d of course continue to work on improving them.
• Changes to the fail conditions in Mass Races. We’ve shortened the timer to get back on track.
• A rework to make Backtrack faster.
• The standard star rewards for Shackdaddy Bandit Challenges have been increased
• For newcomers: the onboarding has been reduced

We’ll also have new content, of course, throughout Winter Bash Part 2:

• There will be a new Mass Race track, as well as a new *type* of Mass Race gameplay for existing tracks. More to come soon on this!
• A new toy will be released: the freestyle snowmobile. Get ready to do snowmobile tricks!
• We’ll have a LIVE EVENT with Carnaval, which will feature more rewards to collect and more unique activities
• New customization items
• And a few surprises including a special collaboration which we can’t wait to reveal soon

Part 3: Preparing for the future

We’ve read your threads, watched your videos and we know that, among the many things you want to see added or improved in Riders Republic, these are among the top requests. Well, the team has been hard at work on prioritizing and organizing our resources so we can deliver on them as soon as possible. Some things WILL take more time than others for a variety of reasons, but that does not mean we aren’t working on them.

• Collisions in mass races
  • As we said earlier in this post, we’ll introduce changes for bikes in Winter Bash Part 2, but also changes to skis and snowboard collisions in the update coming after, end of March 2022.
• A brand-new team based multiplayer mode: Showdown
  • Coming end of March 2022!
• 10 new legendary gear
  • Coming end of March 2022! We’ll keep releasing new legendary gear every new season moving forward.
• Half pipe behavior for bikes
  • Coming end of March 2022!
• New sports
  • We’re, of course, not forgetting about the BMX update, coming later.
  • We’re always thinking of new sports. We’re reading every suggestion!
• Customization options / Shop experience
  • This one will take some more time. We’re listening to your feedback on having more sport and serious outfits and more avatar options. It will take time for us to produce them and add them to the mix, but we are already working on making more of them.
  • In the meantime, we’re committing to adding more items with every update, but we’re also looking at how to revamp the shop. Some early thoughts include going from a Daily to a richer Weekly proposition, for example.
• Leaderboards
  • They’re coming! We promise they’re coming. The team is currently working on developing the leaderboards for Riders Republic and need time to properly develop and implement them. Right now, we’re looking at later this Spring for a release.
• Clans
  • We’re aiming to have clans in Riders Republic between end of March 2022 and this summer. We’re excited to reveal more about this in the future!
• Wheelies, Stoppies, & Manuals
  • Guess what? They’re coming, and they’re coming soon! Debuting at the end of March 2022. We’re very excited to build this feature alongside you and will start showing you gameplay very very soon.
• Session Markers
  • They’re also coming end of March 2022! Session markers will allow you to place a persistent teleport point wherever you want in the map, to spawn from there, and change this position whenever you want. You'll be able to invite your group members to join you there and create better starting position for your future creations.
  • And of course: new mass races, new types of mass races, new sponsors, and more…

Believe it or not, this is just the start. We’ve barely talked about what’s coming this Summer, let alone next year. We love the community that’s forming around Riders Republic and want to create a game you can not only enjoy but be proud of. We’re not only committed to supporting Riders Republic, but also to improving the frequency at which we talk to you, the players, for example via monthly AMAs from the dev team, bi-monthly community updates, and more.
Thank you again for reading our (very long) community update. We can’t wait to read your reactions and see you in the Republic!

Hey Riders! 
We’re back in town for a new Community Update! Let’s dive in directly! 

Connectivity issues 

Some of you reported some issues when you are trying to join a multiplayer mode. Where you’re facing either a desynchronization or you end up having the error ELK-3. 
We do hear you and the team is actively investigating this issue. And we’re very thankful for everyone who reported this! 
 

Open Forum 

Some of you are already familiar with the Open Forum, but for the new riders, here’s an explainer: whenever we’re looking for feedback on a specific topic that we’re not seeing a lot of chatter on, we’ll prompt you to do so in the comments of the update directly.  
Please, always do so respectfully and constructively, while still sharing your honest thoughts. 
In the previous Open Forums, we asked your opinions on Sponsor Contracts, and any ideas you thought could enhance the free-roam and open-world experience. 
We cannot thank all of you enough who share their thoughts, and we are looking forward to this one! The feedback you have shared has been invaluable to the team, they’re thankful! 
 
This week’s Open Forum topic is the ShackDaddy Bandits’ weekly challenges.  
How do you feel about the objectives and the rewards? 
Do you think they are too quick to complete or too long? Too easy or too hard? 
What are your thoughts about the challenge costs? 
Would you like anything more from them? Anything thing else you want to share about the weekly challenges? 
 
Don’t shy away from any ideas you have, and please use the tag #RROpenForum in your reply to make it easier for us when gathering your feedback! 
 
Thank you once again for helping us with your answers!  
See you next time and don’t forget, the new Mass Races is only two weeks away, starting the 15th of June! 

Hey Riders, you know what time it is! 
We have a new Open Forum but before we give you the mic, we would like to keep you in the loop on some topics! 

Juggernaut 
We communicated on that subject a week ago, but we want to make sure everyone gets the message! We are aware that the Juggernaut is currently harder to move around the arena. This is not a nerf and the team is actively working on bringing the juggernaut in its original state. 
Once again, thanks for everyone who reported it! 

Ragdoll mechanic 
You also noticed the ragdoll mechanic changed. This is also not intended, as it is currently preventing some challenges to be completed correctly. And we are looking to deliver a fix as soon as we can so you can roll through the finish line! 

Green Game Jam 
Project Phoenix won the Media's Choice Award for the Playing For The Planet's Green Game Jam 2022! You can find all the other participants and their Incredibles ideas on the Green Game Jam 2022 website. 
While we are still working on Project Phoenix, Project Rebirth is right around the corner. More info on this one very soon! 

Special Mass Race 
We know we already spoke about them a few times, and we know you can’t wait to try the no collision. However, the no collision mass race won’t be the only one will be testing during the Summer Break season. We will also let you try another specialized mass race where everyone has the same gears. 
Once again, we are looking for your honest feedback after you’ll be able to try them. 

Open Forum 
And here’s the main event of this update! 
For the new riders joining us, this is the opportunity for everyone to share their thoughts on a specific topic. 
Please, always be respectful of others’ answers and share yours constructively and honestly. 
The entire Riders Republic team is very thankful for all your incredibly valuable feedback. 
 
This time, the topic is about the gear. 
How do you feel about them in general? 
How you do you like unlocking them from the beginning to a full collection? About their aspects or their balance? 
Would you like them to have more options? Or functionalities? 
Are there any new gear brands you'd like to see featured? 

Now, you have the floor!  Please, use the tag #RROpenForum in your reply to make it easier for us when gathering your feedback! 
 
Thank you, as always, for all your participations. 
 
See you in the next update!

Hello @anamwy and sorry it took this long to come back to you.

I really appreciate you took the time to raise those accessibility points. I made sure to share them to the team.

We do try to make our games accessible to everyone, and it's thanks to feedbacks like yours that we can improve on this aspect.

Hello Riders! 
 
It's time for another Community Update, and we'll be talking about the new patch that rolled out yesterday. 
Some of you reported issues, and we're very thankful for your help, so let's address them directly. 
 

Grind transfer 

You noticed your tricks might reset when transferring between rails.  We know this negatively impacts you because it reduces your score and increases the number of tricks you're doing, which is problematic when you have only a limited number of tricks possible. 
Thanks to players who have raised this, we are now investigating. 
 

Impossible sponsors 

We're seeing a few posts talking about a contract not working, asking you to steal lightning bolts in Showdown. We know you’re all rockstars in the arena and are meeting the conditions, therefore we are checking what the problem could be as we speak. 
 

Weekly Challenges 

If you explored the menu since the update, you may have noticed the ShackDaddyBandits Challenges changed to be more visible flexible and are now known as the Weekly Challenges. 
You probably also noticed the challenges from the previous week were reset yesterday. This was not meant to happen.  We're looking into this as well as a compensation for the impacted players. 
 

FFA Changes 

To make sure you can join the FFA playlist events, we reduced the number of required players to 6. We made this change as an experiment to improve waiting time. Let us know what do you think of this change. 
 

Elk 3 

We know the error is still happening. And we’re actively investigating this one. If you want to double check your connectivity, please reach out to the Ubisoft Support. 
 

Boost Tapping 

We changed the way boosting works to better reflect the intended game design. While we tried to address it in this update, we noticed two things: some players quickly found a way around it, and it’s a very heated topic. 
Some of you were using this extensively, while others didn’t agree with this play style. We’re discussing this topic internally, and taking all your feedback in account.  
But we’d appreciate if this discussion remains civil and constructive. And please, refrain from any form of brigading. 
 
Phew. We know it is a lot, but it's thanks to all of you that we can address and discuss those points. 
We can now speak about some lighter topics! 
 

Hoops! 

Waiting for multiplayer events in the Ridge is now a slam dunk! You can now do your best trick inside a basketball hoop!  And well keep experimenting for you to have fun inside the Ridge! 
We can’t wait to see all the tricks you’ll do with those, and let us know what you think! 

New Mass Race! 

The new track, Zion's Hill, is now available. Look forward to diving through some hills, then splashing in a river gorge, before rushing to the end of the race. Let us know what you think about this new track, and we hope you’re ready for the futures ones! 
Don’t forget the Warrior Mass Races are coming in July. Are you ready to face their new challenges? What do you think the gates will do this time? 
And finally, we hope you’re still looking for the special Mass Races with no collision test during the summer! We can’t wait to hear your feedback about those! 

A new overlay for your pictures 

We added a new filter for the photo mode! Here you’ll be able to display your allegiance to either the Raven Klaws, or to the Kodiaks! It’s a fierce battle between the two teams, so make sure to share your screens with us, and to show the world which one is the best! 
 
And that’s it about this update, but we wanted to let you know, we're seeing everything you're discussing.  
Thank you once again for being a great community, and stay hydrated! 
See you soon! 

Hello Riders!
The Showdown season is still going strong, and here's its second update!

This update brings some improvement, fixes and new features! Let's dive right in!

Patch sizes

PC: 7.25 GB
Xbox One: 6.5 GB
Xbox Series X | S: 6.9 GB
PlayStation 4: 6.6615 GB
PlayStation 5: 3.7GB

New features

• Get ready to join a brand new Mass Race! Available from the weekly reset, on Wednesday.
• Show your passion for the Showdown mode with a new setting in the Photo mode
• And finally, the Ridge will have new elements, it's a slam dunk!

Improvements

• The challenges' menu is having a lifting, and the ShackDaddyBandits are now known as Weekly Challenges
• The same Weekly Challenges will be available from the start of the game, instead of having to reach 20 stars to unlock them
• The Mass Race's screen will be more dynamic
• The Mass Race's cinematic and the screen at their beginning were also improved
• The compass will now show the friends icons
• We also improved the behaviour of several sports (grind, walk, paraglide...)

Major issues

• Fixed an issue where secondary objectives were not saved once completed, when logging out
• Addressed LOD issues with several bikes
• Corrected a camera issue when quitting a stunt on starting point
• Addressed the boost tapping
• Fixed the error Plateau - 5 BattlEye Bad Service Version
• Corrected an issue where removing the gear would prevent players from falling into ragdoll

Minor issues

• Fixing the camera when the player is riding
• Correcting a few French localizations
• Teaching the characters to dress correctly, so their outfits won't clip
• Adjusting the backpack "Ready to launch", to prevent it from flickering
• Corrected a few landing ramp issues in the Sentinel Path
• The Cube TW015 HPC is back from the shop, fixing its suspensions
• Fixed an issue with the panel not visible in Showdown Gear
• Fixed the Mountain View cursor overlapping the reward cards showcase
• Corrected some text overlapping with different bike actions
• Fixed various crashes
• Preventing a pop-up appearing every time the Redeem code is pressed in the Shop menu
• Corrected the MVP effect being sometimes not visible for some players
• Fixed the Clan Tags being shortened to 3 characters on consoles
• Fixed the group avatars disappearing in the main menu
• Corrected issues with the grouping options
• Several fixes for the Session Marker feature
• Fixed an issue where the Snowmobile tricks were causing the PS5 to vibrate while being in the air
• The title "Here for Cholocate" will be now spelt correctly
• Some descriptions for the trophies have been updated
• Corrected some stats in Ubisoft Connect where they were using incorrect naming
• Addressed a placeholder located close to the sky limit in the Yosemite region

Known Issue

• We noticed the Weekly Challenges were reset. The team is aware and investigating. We're also looking in a compensation for the impacted players.

Hey Riders! 
We’re back in town for a new Community Update! Let’s dive in directly! 

Connectivity issues 

Some of you reported some issues when you are trying to join a multiplayer mode. Where you’re facing either a desynchronization or you end up having the error ELK-3. 
We do hear you and the team is actively investigating this issue. And we’re very thankful for everyone who reported this! 
 

Open Forum 

Some of you are already familiar with the Open Forum, but for the new riders, here’s an explainer: whenever we’re looking for feedback on a specific topic that we’re not seeing a lot of chatter on, we’ll prompt you to do so in the comments of the update directly.  
Please, always do so respectfully and constructively, while still sharing your honest thoughts. 
In the previous Open Forums, we asked your opinions on Sponsor Contracts, and any ideas you thought could enhance the free-roam and open-world experience. 
We cannot thank all of you enough who share their thoughts, and we are looking forward to this one! The feedback you have shared has been invaluable to the team, they’re thankful! 
 
This week’s Open Forum topic is the ShackDaddy Bandits’ weekly challenges.  
How do you feel about the objectives and the rewards? 
Do you think they are too quick to complete or too long? Too easy or too hard? 
What are your thoughts about the challenge costs? 
Would you like anything more from them? Anything thing else you want to share about the weekly challenges? 
 
Don’t shy away from any ideas you have, and please use the tag #RROpenForum in your reply to make it easier for us when gathering your feedback! 
 
Thank you once again for helping us with your answers!  
See you next time and don’t forget, the new Mass Races is only two weeks away, starting the 15th of June! 

Hey, Riders! 

 
You know the drill by now, so here is a new Community Update to keep you informed about what the Riders Republic team has in store for you. This one took a bit longer than anticipated to get out, so without further ado, let us get into it. 
 

Before diving into the nitty-gritty, a reminder 

No, Riders Republic is not abandoned, far from it, and while this new season had a big focus on the new Showdown Mode, if you’re more about riding solo, new content tailored to you is also coming (like the Leaderboards, the BMX career, new weekly challenges and rewards, and more). It is the team’s vision for Riders Republic to be a social space with at its core the riding experience and player interactivity, with regularly added new content.  
The team is actively working on a lot of cool things, but also listening to your feedback and using it to improve the game. Some things take longer than others to change. We’ll strive to keep you updated on what to expect and when to expect it with every community update. 
 

Point of clarification 

We have seen a few comments from players who have been confused about the naming of the seasons, the BMX launch date, and our overall Year One plan milestones. Let us clarify everything. 

• The first Year includes multiple seasons: Grand Opening, Winter Bash (both of which have come and gone), Showdown season which we’ve just entered, Summer Break and the BMX season. 
• Summer Break will begin mid-July, and the BMX season will release afterwards. 
• BMX season will, of course, include the release of the BMX gear and career.  

Showdown Season features 

We love to see you discuss what you like and dislike about the new Showdown Mode, how you’d like to see Clans improve, and what you want from session markers. We’ll continue to keep an eye on your thoughts and share them with the team to improve the experience!  
Regarding wheelies, stoppies and manuals, we’re happy to see many of you loving that latest addition to Riders Republic, but you wish they could count as part of combos/tricks and get points. This is planned to come with the BMX season. Stay tuned! 
 

Mass Races 

As you know, Mass Races are an ongoing, evolving topic as we fine tune the formula based on our data, your feedback, and the game’s creative vision.  

• When are the next brand-new Mass Races coming?  
  • The first one is releasing this season, on June 15th! The next one will go live during Summer Break, which is our third and upcoming season. 
• What about the other kinds of Mass Races?  
  • As you’ve noticed, we have special Mass Races live this week, which are Mass Races with fixed gear. Warrior Mass Races, the ones with special obstacles, will return in July. 
• What about collisions?  
  • We’re continuing to pay attention to this. We’re preparing a special no-collision Mass Race event during the Summer, so you can try it out in-game, and we can gather your feedback. As always, we hope you’ll share your honest thoughts with us! 

What do you think about this no-collision test? Are you looking forward to it? Are you dreading it? Let us know in the comments below. 
 

Prada Surprise 

If you were also wondering when you'll be able to start the chase, it's coming very soon, as in next week! 
 

User Creations 

We strive to read every single Twitter comment, Reddit thread, Discord post and more. As such, we have seen that many questions and criticisms about our User Creation features have been posted. So, here is a rundown of two of the most asked questions and our answers. 

• Why are my user created events being deleted without notice? 
  • The world of Riders Republic is an evolving one. As you may have noticed with the release of Showdown, when the team creates new places or riding spots, they take form in the actual open world. What that means is that if you created a track that went through the Showdown arena, for example, come the update, your track would get deleted. 
  • HOWEVER, our auto-detection system may have been a bit too... overzealous with deletions. We will adjust it so that deletions happen way less, and we hope that this will motivate you to keep creating events.
  • We’re also working on a way to give you notice when that’s about to happen, as well as improvements for the feature as a whole. While those changes won’t happen in the short term, they’re definitely still something the team keeps thinking about. 
• My creations are fine, but they get mass reported which leads to getting a warning email or worse, a ban. What the heck? 
  • We understand that this must be very frustrating. We have taken your feedback to heart and adjusted our algorithm to try and ensure that bans do not continue to happen. We hope that this will encourage you to start sharing photos again! 

Open Forums 

We also wanted to thank every one of you who took part in the Open Forums. Your feedback about the Sponsors, as well as the open world experience, was very valuable. This feedback is already directly impacting how the team is working on improving the game. 
 Our next Open Forum – which will most likely take place in the next few weeks – will be about Weekly Challenges. Be sure to prepare your thoughts! 
 We also have not forgotten about the AMA with the dev team. We are still working on setting that up and ask for a bit more patience as we prepare for it. 
 

The future 

The team is working on a lot of new content for the weeks, months and seasons to come: 

• Fun new ways to interact with each other in the Ridge 
• The release of the Juggernaut and Sniper toys this Summer 
• A special collaborative summer event with a purpose, more info to come... 
• Leaderboards 
• BMX of course 
• And more... 

Regarding Leaderboards, we’re happy to share a first look! 

• Leaderboards will be a time/score attack mode you can select on any event 
• You will be able to browse through the performances of the community 
• You’ll have the ability to select a ghost and ride against it (with no collisions) 

Get ready: prepare your skills to climb up the rankings! 
 
And on the topic of BMX, we’ll make sure to tease it before its release, so you can know what to expect ahead of time. We’re looking forward to sharing more about BMX as we get closer to its release. 
 
That’s it for May’s Community Update!  
As usual, we will keep an eye on the replies to this, and we will see you all very soon in the coming weeks for the next Open Forum? 
See you in the Republic, Riders!

Hello @lkc218
And thanks for raising this issue. This is a known one from our team, and they are investigating.
I also moved your subject in the Support section.

Hello @toitoine29 !
And thanks for these sports! Most of them were already suggested as part of the Open Forum we did here.

But thanks for suggesting them as well!

Hello Riders!
We hope you're as excited as we are with the Showdown season starting today!

Patch sizes:
PC: 6.72 GB
Xbox One: 6.2 GB
Xbox Series X | S: 6.6 GB
PlayStation 4: 6.499 GB
PlayStation 5: 4.48 GB

With this new season, you'll find the features below:

• Wheeling mode - where you can ride your front or back wheel with all bikes, excepted heavy ones.
• Showdown - An electrifying 6v6 face-off where teams collect as many lightning bolts as they can, using Toys to help the squad or obstruct opponents.
• Clans - A new social feature to find and interact with like-minded players in Riders Republic.
• Session Marker - You can now put a session marker anywhere in the world
• As well as several elements for the Showdown season

Improvements

• Added a new icon in the show page for Exotics
• Added a half-pipe mechanic for bikes
• The option to hide the Cooperation link
• The Rocket Wingsuit collisions were deactivated for the Mass Races
• Some events of the Playlist can have forced gears
• A new background for the Showdown season
• New sponsors contracts
• Updated the sponsor page reward info

Major fixes

• Fixed a bug where the freestyle snowmobile trick points were adding up instantly
• Fix an issue where the careers were not unlocking with stat progression, keeping players out of associated events
• Corrected the progression tracker being stuck at certain star levels
• Addressing an invitation issue with Stadia players

Other fixes

• Updated the checkpoints with the crossable plane zone
• The "Samuraider" shirt was clipping through the vest when riding bikes
• 80's Downhill Legend bike got [censored] colours back
• Reattached the Cold Heat skin arms
• New thumbnail for the pink hat colour
• The neck and jacket for the outfit Grid metal can now be equipped at the same time
• Fixed an issue with the wingsuit appearance
• Fixing some audio with the emotes
• Rework of grind jump and behaviour fixes
• Fixed a bug where the experience gain was shown only to the first sport in the lift after completing Multi Sport events
• Correction of the reward flow in the challenges
• Fixing the notification for the last reward of the season progression
• The incorrect number shown for the Stunt and Landmarks is now fixed
• Correction of some issues with the Russian localization
• Fix an issue with players able to start Mass Races ahead
• Weekly multiplayer level rewards are now visible
• Fixed an issue where the game could crash while opening a photo that was deleted before
• Correction of a possible overlap between cinematic and the menu
• The strange outline glitch after rewinding is now fixed
• Correction of the next reward message in the season progression
• Correction of the duplicate rewards for Sponsor ranks
• Implementing an input lock when switching sponsors
• Fixing the possibility to clip through objects with the snowmobile
• Addressing a flickering of textures on Xbox Series X

If you want more info on this new season, you can check this news article!

@drugrx Hello there!
To get the Jumbo Bike you either need to have the year pass 1, or to buy it in-game.