Roadside Research is easily one of the most memorable co-op simulation games on the market currently. I mean, how many other gas station simulators allow you to play as aliens invading planet Earth? Probably zero! But Roadside Research does, and it’s improving with a mini content update, featuring hats!
Roadside Research Mini Content Update Patch Notes
New Content
- – 11 Hats
- – 6 new Skin colors
- – 1 new body type
- – 2 new outfits – 4 clothing pieces in total
- – 4 new pant colors
- – 3 new shirt colors
- – Added a cat placeable decoration
Popular Requests
- – You can now pet that dawg (and cat)
- – Tweaked Dog audio and volume
- – You can type numbers in the credit card screen with the number buttons on keyboard
- – Fixed an issue where it was possible only give back 1 cent at the cash register
- – Reworked the number of pump vs store customers. This should give a much better balance especially for solo players towards the endgame
- – Made the life of solo players a bit easier when the last pump upgrade is unlocked
- – Raised max customer cap based on store upgrades
- – V-sync is ON by default
- – It should be easier to see goop and dirt at night
- – All minigames should have improved UI now to make it easier to understand them
- – All minigames have explanations in the How to Play section in the pause menu
- – Customer satisfaction has some explanations in the How to Play section in the pause menu
- – Increased box limit in store from 100 to 500
- – Increased Agent investigation time to make it easier to probe as a solo player
Other Fixes
- – Credit card keypad should update for everyone now
- – Aliens will now get Conked in trash scanner
- – When Aliens are high on Goopster Energy, they will also throw stronger
- – Fixed an issue where the money and research UI was offset in edit mode
- – Fix an issue where saves might get lost when the game was force quit or crashed
- – Added thumb sticks dead zones (customizable dead zones are coming in the next update)
- – Attempt at fixing the 4th player cannot join issue. For some people activating their VPN fixed this aswell.
- – Fixed save slots on gamepad
- – It is possible now to clean goop under the stairs (this one was for those that had a goop stuck under the stairs due to a previous bug)
- – Fixed reflections and reflection transition in front of the station
- – Fixed and issue where it was possible to pump without hose being attached
- – Fixed filters not displaying as selected when using mouse and keyboard
- – Smaller pole collider so it doesn’t block interactions with pump customers
- – The player should drop items when they press the “I’m stuck” button
- – Sponge is now moving for everyone when using a controller
- – Customers buy slightly less stuff to make sure towards the end game they don’t linger around the store too much
- – Updated spinning minigame to show current influence accurately based on decay
- – Attempt at fixing missing upgrade icons
- – Added a safety window to the start of the farting minigame
- – Adjusted dirt clean times, they should take less time to clean