Rocket League Season 4 start time, release date news and updates notes

This week’s major Rocket League Season 4 update includes a new Arena, in addition to the regular Battle Pass and background fixes.

Deadeye Canyon will be the dustiest arena yet, and it fits perfectly with the Wild West theme of the Rocket Pass.

But the biggest prize is saved for the Rocket Pass Premium package, which includes the new Outlaw car.

Wanted for boost stealing and demo hunting, Outlaw will be unlockable later this week and part of a Rocket Pass with over 70 levels.

Psyonix has confirmed that Rocket League Season 4 Pass will also include the No-Name Topper, Tanker Wheels, Amikoo Decal, and Lava Boost.

And as always, Rocket Pass Premium owners will receive an XP boost and additional weekly and seasonal challenges.

Behind the scenes, Psyonix says they are expanding Tournaments to allow for both 2v2 and Extra Mode, in addition to revamped rewards to unlock.

Gamers can also look forward to 2v2 Heatseeker becoming the featured LTM of Season 4, with Speed ​​Demon replacing it on August 19.

For those who’ve never played it, Speed ​​Demon combines mutators, Boomer Ball’s speed without the wild bounces, on-contact demos, and a quick respawn timer.

Meanwhile, Spring Loaded, the Rumble variant that is currently a mutator option in Private Matches, will also be added to the LTM mix later this month.

WHAT IS THE START TIME FOR THE ROCKET LEAGUE SEASON 4?

Developers Psyonix has confirmed that Rocket League Season 4 will start on Wednesday, August 11 at 4pm BST.

But before that comes, all Rocket League players will need to download an update on August 10.

This will be available for download starting Tuesday 4pm PDT and will contain everything needed to launch Rocket League Season 4.

Psyonix has also confirmed that Competitive Season 3 will end on August 11 at 7:30 AM PDT (2:30 PM UTC) and that Competitive Rewards will be awarded after Season 4 begins.

And here are the other features and changes in preparation for the Season 4 launch:

Undersized Party Rank Limitations

After the start of Season 4, players queuing up playlists in a subpar group (a group of two players in Competitive 3v3 Standard, or a group of two players participating in a 3v3 Standard Tournament) must be within three Ranks of standing together to stand in line. This is so that the third teammate found through matchmaking will join a team that is roughly the same rank as their teammates. For example, if one party member is Platinum 2 and another is Diamond 3 (a gap of four ranks), they cannot line up in the 3v3 standard.

Improvements to informal matches

We know it can be frustrating for teammates to leave Casual Matches early, and we’re taking steps to improve the experience. After the update, we will add the ability to lose Casual Matches as well as Competitive Matches. If all players on a team vote to concede, the Casual Match ends just like a Competitive Match. With the addition of the option to concede, we are also adding matchmaking bans for players who are constantly leaving single matches. For those players who only occasionally leave Casual Matches, there is no penalty for leaving one Casual Match per day.