Been playing 0.0.0.6 and I gotta say it’s really made this game great. The pushing is ridiculous but everything else is miles better. Haven’t gone back to Skater XL since. The flips and grinds feel much better, you don’t glitch out on everything, feels heavy and solid. Love that you can drop the dude just anywhere, the levels are so much better than XL as you feel like you’re finding spots. And just doing something like a tail slide at the pyramid ledges feels fun as shit. I think the resistance on grind surfaces feels better too and the sounds rule.
But it still sucks so bad for turning, same as XL. Got into a chat with the developer who also said turning is pretty much finished which fucking sucks. So twitchy and has zero momentum or weight shifting to it. You can loosen your trucks now and truck and wheels change the handling but it’s still twitchy and shit.
Just one skating game that uses weight and momentum, that can carve up to a ledge or squirrels out on a landing in your weight transfer is a bit off. Actual weight based physics that turns from the shoulders and hips, not just the ankles.
Anyway, that aside, it’s way better.