Open Beta Update - June 17, 2022 — Tour de France 2022 News

Hello riders,

As explained earlier this week, our team has opened an Open Beta branch of Tour de France 2022. On this separated branch you are able to test future versions of the game before they are live on the public servers.

Today we have released a new update in which we have fixed the notorious crash in ProTeam/ProLeader and updated the characteristics of some riders in the DB.

How to join the Open Beta

To join the Open Beta:

Open Steam > Library
Right-click on Tour de France 2022 > Properties
Select Beta and enter the following code: GauduTDF2022
Verify the code and download the Open Beta branch.

Please leave your feedback from your time on the Open Beta head toward our Official Discord (discord.gg/9kxcCUy) in one of the appropriate channels.

Patch Notes

NEW - Added on June 17

Fix Crash: crash in ProTeam/ProLeader Team Time Trial simulation

Feature: new Skoda Enyak car for Sport director

Feature: Update of the riders characteristics in the DB

Fix: the Sport director car was too slow

Fix: Time Trial was too easy

Fix: In Classic Stages sometimes the peloton was doing nothing and let a large group drive away

Added on June 14

Feature: special jersey for TDF (Jumbo Visma).
Feature : when a slow rider is in front, my cyclist automatically move to the left or the right rather than staying block behind.
Fix: A cyclist could reach the rank 0 on the result page.
Fix: Van der Poel's objective is to make podium in Tour of Flanders, while it clearly should be to win the race.
Fix: sometimes, at the start of a stage, some of my riders don't start pedalling and stay there.
Fix: the save locks when cyclist is present in the race with a fracture, set a Benign Injury/Sickness for the race.
Fix: Illness are not taken into account in Pro Team simulation.-Fix AI: huge time at the end of the Tour de France.
Fix AI: sprinters loosing too much energy on flat stages.
Fix AI: teammates continue to relay in a group bahind their leader on cobble race .
Fix AI: opponents don't try to outdistance a rider that fell or punctured.
Fix AI: a favourite doesn't collaborate in a breakaway while a majority of his direct opponents are behind (or ahead).
Fix UI: when choosing a rider whose freshness is not full, the energy bar diminishes at each change of role of any rider.
Fix UI: intermediate ranking is sometime broken.
Fix UI: effort limitation (due to injuries or sicknesses) in UI is incorrect, letting the player think he can attack while he can't.
Fix Crash: when pressing Back from the Objectives screen after a race in Pro Leader.
Tweak: increase a bit delays on mountain stages to avoid all sprinters out of time.
Tweak: improve Liège Bastogne Liège simulation results.
Tweak: AIs brake less on the last turn of Embrun > Col du Pointu.
Tweak: Tour de France specific commentary was played on all stage races.
Tweak: on slopes with cobbles, decrease mountain stats importance.
Fix PC: add automatic use of GPU for laptops.
Fix PC: the application does not pause when the focus is lost.

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