Many of you have reported problems related to breakaways in stage races: they almost always end up winning, the favorites' teams struggle to control the race, and well-ranked riders too often make it into the break, causing constant instability in the general classification.

After extensive analysis, we found that this was not due to a single issue, but rather a combination of factors contributing to the situation.

We have addressed several of these, which significantly improves race dynamics. Breakaways still occur – sometimes large ones – and some well-ranked riders (usually between 10th and 20th place) remain aggressive. However, this happens less frequently at the start of a tour, and most importantly, the peloton is less tolerant of time gaps: it now comes back more often to contest the victory.

These fixes are included in the Open Beta Patch 1.05.2.

We are also working on additional improvements that could further refine these behaviors. However, these changes require more development and testing time and will not be included in this patch. We cannot share a release date yet, but they are not planned for the short term.

We also identified a much rarer bug where, during the first stage of a tour, the peloton does not ride at all. This can lead to excessive gaps (over an hour), or even the entire peloton being eliminated for finishing outside the time limit.
This bug is extremely isolated, but it can happen.
It is fixed in the Open Beta Patch 1.05.2.

Several of you have reported an issue with budget evolution: even though you've met (or even greatly exceeded) your confidence objective, you still receive a message on November 1st stating there will be no budget increase.
Two distinct cases have been identified:

1. Minor case: if your sponsor is not planning a budget increase, the email is mistakenly sent anyway. This is a minor bug, as no increase was supposed to happen in this scenario.

2. Confirmed bug: in some cases, a budget increase should occur, but a bug causes the email to incorrectly state otherwise.

👉 A patch addressing these bugs is planned and we aim to release it in Open Beta during the week of August 11 to 15.

We would also like to remind everyone that there is currently no budget increase tied to division promotions, and there are no plans to introduce this.
The new calculation system introduced in Open Beta Patch 1.05 already allows offers to reflect your team’s ranking at the time an offer is made. If your team moves up to a level that justifies a higher budget, new offers can be generated accordingly.
We are also considering revising the evolution offer calculations to be more generous in the case of strong performances. Currently, evolutions are fixed and only require a minimum confidence score, without taking performance into account, but this is not planned in the immediate future.

Sponsors: The team name and jersey remain unchanged if a new main sponsor is added and no current sponsors leave
=> No release date announced yet

For those experiencing the "Atomic64" error, several players on Steam report that they resolved it by updating their NVIDIA drivers from the website, not the app.

If you experience bugs, crashes, or any other issues during your gameplay, don’t hesitate to report them right here: mynacon[my.nacongaming.com]