NASCAR 21: Ignition v1.4.1.0 Adds Stage Racing

Motorsport Games have deployed their expected release for this month, including a number of fixes and the addition of Stages to Career and Race Now modes.

Release notes:

HARDWARE & PERIPHERALS

[PlayStation-only] Fixed an issue that prevented Thrustmaster T80 and T284 Wheels from appearing in the supported wheel list
[PC-only] Fixed an issue that was causing the Fanatec CSL Elite to have inverted pedals

DRIVERS

Added Matt Mills to the driver roster

STABILITY

[PC-only] Fixed an issue that was causing the game to crash when receiving a notification from another application

AI

Fixed an issue that could cause AI to trigger endless yellow flags by not pitting correctly
Fixed an issue that could prevent AI drivers from pitting after successive cautions

UI

Fixed an issue that was causing temperatures to be reported in Fahrenheit when set to metric
Fixed an issue that would prevent a message from being displayed when the controller became disconnected
Fixed an issue that could cause the fuel light to incorrectly turn on after a caution
Fixed an issue that was causing the fuel light to remain on after refueling
Fixed an issue that was causing the cockpit lap counter to not increase
Fixed the Grill Tape HUD option so that it increases when navigating right and decreases by navigating left
Removed the redundant crown icons from online lobbies

NASCAR RULES

Added Stages. They can be enabled in the settings for both Career and Race Now. Note: Yellow flag laps under stages do not count into the next stage
Implemented corner cutting penalties for both online and offline play (note: only available in offline play when Rules are enabled). Players who gain an advantage by cutting a corner will now have the full lap invalidated
Fixed an issue that was preventing the relative leaderboard from being correctly updated after a caution
Fixed an issue that could cause players to be stuck in the garage after disqualification

PRACTICE

Fixed an issue that could cause the player car to be damaged at the start of a Practice session

CAREER

Fixed an issue that could prevent career contracts from being offered to the player in some circumstances
Fixed an issue that could cause the qualifying order for a career race to be lost

MULTIPLAYER

Added Private Party sessions for online play. It is now possible to enter online sessions with only your friends. Minimum Party size is 6 players, maximum is currently set to 18 players
Added brief period of AI control at the start of online races to mitigate instances of players swerving at the beginning of a race and causing collisions
Fixed an issue that was preventing players from rejoining their friends after a disconnection

ART

Fixed an issue that could cause visual artifacts to appear in the shadow at the rear of the player car

SETTINGS

[PC-only] Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash after repeatedly changing the resolution

MENUS

Fixed an issue that was causing duplicate inputs to be recorded on some menus
Fixed an issue that could cause the camera to pan around while navigating the Pause Menu