Hi there, I have a lot of hours in rocket league and no mechanics to speak off. I want to start improving by improving the most basic "mechanics" which would be ground car and ball control. I am shocked at how bad I am at those and blame it on my age (46) and lack of talent but I think I can still improve.

Do you have any tipps, training packs, videos you would suggest?

I mainly play Twos (D1) and Ones (P1) two improve. I really like Flakes approach to focus on the game rather then on the mechanics, but as I said before I simply lack the consistent basics.

I have the workshop maps, Aim training - by Coco and Noob Dribble by DMC.

Platforms: Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Steam, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S

Scheduled Release: 3/06/2024, 8 a.m. PST / 4 p.m. UTC

THE HEADLINES

• Season 14 Rocket Pass, featuring the new Car Bodies Admiral and Mako, is now available

• The new Arena variant AquaDome (Salty Shallows) is now live in Online Playlists

• Season 13 Competitive Rewards (Beat-Synced Decals) are dropping for all eligible players

• Check out additional patch notes for v2.36 here

SEASON 14

Rocket Pass

• Season 14 Rocket Pass, featuring the new Car Bodies Admiral and Mako, is now available

  • Admiral uses the Dominus hitbox
  • Mako uses the Breakout hitbox

Tournaments

• Season 14 Tournaments are live

• Any unspent Season 13 Tournament Credits automatically convert into rewards

  • Tournament Credits have converted to the highest level reward you are capable of earning based on your Tournament Rank and the amount of Tournament Credits you have remaining

  • Every player who played in at least one tournament this season will receive one All-Star cup

• New Tournament Reward items have been added

Challenges

• Season 14 Stage 1 Challenges are live

Competitive

• Season 14 Competitive has started

• Season 14 Changes

  • Similar to previous seasons, a soft reset has been applied to all Competitive Playlists

• Competitive alternates between Snow Day and Dropshot each Season

  • Season 14: Competitive Dropshot
  • Season 15: Competitive Snow Day

NEW CONTENT

Arenas

• The new Arena variant AquaDome (Salty Shallows) is now live in Online Playlists

Season 13 Competitive Rewards

• Season 13 Reward Items and Titles will be awarded according to your highest Rank achieved during the season, and successful completion of the appropriate Season Reward Levels.

• Season 13 Rewards are Beat-Synced Decals

  • Bronze I or higher: S13 – Bronze Beat-Synced Decal
  • Silver I or higher: S13 – Silver Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
  • Gold I or higher: S13 – Gold Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
  • Platinum I or higher: S13 – Platinum Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
  • Diamond I or higher: S13 – Diamond Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
  • Champion I or higher: S13 – Champion Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
  • Grand Champion I: S13 – Grand Champion Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards
  • Supersonic Legend: S13 – Supersonic Legend Beat-Synced Decal + lower rewards

• Grand Champion Titles (in Crimson text)

  • Competitive Grand Champion: ‘S13 GRAND CHAMPION’

  • Rumble Grand Champion: ‘S13 RNG CHAMP’

  • Hoops Grand Champion: ‘S13 DUNK MASTER’

  • Snow Day Grand Champion: ‘S13 BLIZZARD WIZARD’

• Supersonic Legend Titles (in Titanium White text)

  • Competitive Supersonic Legend: ‘S13 SUPERSONIC LEGEND’

  • Rumble Supersonic Legend: ‘S13 RNGENIUS’

  • Hoops Supersonic Legend: ‘S13 LEGENDARY BALLER’

  • Snow Day Supersonic Legend: ‘S13 ICE TITAN’

KNOWN ISSUES

For a complete list of known issues in Rocket League, go here

PATCH NOTES v2.36

v2.36 prepares Rocket League for the start of Season 14 on March 6!

Version: Rocket League v2.36

Platforms: Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Steam, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S

Scheduled Release: 3/05/2024, 4 p.m. PST / 3/06/2024, 12 a.m. UTC

THE HEADLINES

• Additional patch notes will be posted when Season 14 begins on March 6 at 8 a.m. PST / 4 p.m. UTC

CHANGES AND UPDATES

Play Menu Update

• Added new animations and icons to the Casual Card in the Play Menu
  • Dueling Arcade: A small “VS” icon will appear in the lower left corner of Dueling Arcade Cards
  • LTMs (Limited Time Modes): A small golden wheel appears in the lower left corner of LTM cards
  • The Play Menu will call out which Dueling Arcade Playlists or LTMs are active in the upper left corner

NEW CONTENT

New Arena Variant

• The new Arena variant AquaDome (Salty Shallows) is now live in Private Matches, Exhibition Matches, and Free Play

McLaren 765 LT

• The McLaren 765 LT is now fully customizable!
• If you own the McLaren 765 LT, the following Common Decals have been added to your inventory:
  • Geofade
  • Lightning
  • Tigerclaw
  • Stripes
  • Techy

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a bug blocking data from populating on the in-game League Rankings page
• Fixed a bug causing your last highlighted selection to be forgotten when navigating away from the Play Menu
• Fixed ability to concede and abandon LTM matches
  • When abandoning a match, matchmaking bans will apply if applicable
• Fixed the countdown timer on LTM details page
• [Tournaments] In a 1v1 tournament, fixed a bug causing a ban message to appear in error after a player abandons the match
• Whistling Birds and Seismic Charge Goal Explosions should now be usable with any Car Body
• Under Manage Inventory, RLCS items should now follow Team Edition sorting rules.
• Fixed a bug preventing the Zigzag Decal from appearing in the Decals menu
• Changed the name of several Avatar Borders:
  • Dragon Flame (Season 13 Rocket Pass) is now "Dragon's Breath Ca"
  • Tatsu (Season 12 Rocket Pass) is now "Dragon's Breath Li"
  • Dragon’s Breath (Season 9 Rocket Pass) is now "Dragon's Breath K
• [Steam] Fixed appearance of button symbols for PlayStation controller users when Steam Controller Settings are set to either "Use Default Settings" or "Enable Steam Input"

KNOWN ISSUES

For a complete list of known issues in Rocket League, go here

I'm interested in knowing some other thoughts of the ban. 1 year for match throwing. I've seen some pros saying that they shouldn't have had to do that, so it's the format's fault.

What do you think?

Is anyone actually enjoying this new casual mode?

Not that I'm asking, I just think its funny the game jams all this stuff in my face when its so irrelevant. The only thing I've ever bought was a fennec body and I literally couldn't buy it from psyonox, I had to get it from a trader.

I'll be creating one for GifYourGame, too.

post party causes the game to lockup which makes people ff. disable post part and get your game back. it’s not your video card drivers, it’s post party. post party is hot garbage.

stop ffing your matches early. disable post party and enjoy the game!

I recently reinstalled RL after not playing for 2 years, running Linux for my gaming pc these days. Almost every time I open up steam, there's a multi gigabyte rocket league update. Is that normal? Can I play without updating every time?

I run a stupid setup, for sure. intel arc graphics card, windows 10 under a vm (with passthrough). The game runs pretty well for the most part, but every other intel GPU update curses the game - I lose connection and crash 2-3 minutes into a match. Sometimes an update to the drivers would fix it, but another update would break it. When it was working OK I noticed midway through the game my FPS would jump down to 0 for a couple seconds and I will see “clipping is not available at this time” despite me not hitting any buttons to trigger this.

well, my most recent driver update makes rocket league crash each game so I disconnected post party. without even closing the game and reopening, suddenly the issue was gone. all matches play normally now.

I see lots of folks losing connection midway through a match so I hope this helps.

postparty is hot garbage.

There's only a week or so left! If anybody wants to party up to try to climb just a little further, DM me. I think I'm Diamond 1 in 2s and plat 2 or 3 in 3s, but with a teammate who meshes with me I can do much better.

Everybody well above or well below my rank, put your rank down so others can try to find a buddy or two as well.

With player trading coming to an end, I guess this could also be a last call for trades.

Hey all!

We wanted to give you an early look at some incoming changes to Rocket League’s Play Menu next Season.

To start, the Play Menu is getting a facelift for the first time since Rocket League became playable for free in 2020. Featuring a new squared-off design, each submenu will have a streamlined layout which will help old and new players alike navigate through the Play Menu easier and more quickly.

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Along with a fresh look, we are changing where some Online Playlists and other modes live in the new Play Menu. We are combining Competitive Playlists and Extra Modes Playlists into one new Competitive card, which allows you to queue for up to six different Competitive Playlists at once. Fulfilling a long-standing community request, you will finally be able to queue for modes like 3v3 Standard and 2v2 Hoops at the same time.

As part of this consolidation, we are going to alternate between Competitive Snow Day and Dropshot each Season. Next Season will feature Competitive Snow Day, the one after that will include Competitive Dropshot, and so on.

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Big changes are coming to the Casual card as well, including two new Arcade Playlists. These will rotate weekly through Extra Modes like Heatseeker, Spike Rush, Rocket Labs modes, and more! Dropshot and Snow Day will also appear in the Arcade rotation whenever one is not an active Competitive Playlist, so expect to see Dropshot pop up next Season.

Along with these new Playlists, 4v4 Chaos is evolving into a new Big Party Playlist, rotating weekly between 4v4 Chaos and Knockout.

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Exhibition Mode, Season Mode, and Workshop Maps will now live in their own Play Offline card, and the new Private Match card contains both Private Match and LAN Match options. Training has all the same options you know and love, just with an updated look.

Finally, we’re making a few additional quality-of-life changes to the Play Menu:

• You can join an existing Private Match directly from Training or an Offline Match.

• Load and launch a different Workshop map when in a Workshop map already.

• When in a party, you can now see your Rank even when you are not the Party Leader.

While this covers what you should expect alongside the next Season, we’re not quite done with changes and additions to the Play Menu. Our goal in the first few months of 2024 is to give you even more influence over the modes that appear in the Arcade Playlist, which we’ll talk about more in the new year.

Along with new, different ways to play, we’re actively working on other quality-of-life improvements that touch on important community-driven topics, including smurfing and skill placement improvements. As we drive towards the next Rocket League Season and an exciting holiday season, expect to hear more on these changes and improvements in 2024. Thanks, everyone!