The news that all ModNation Racers fans have been waiting for has finally arrived: The next patch for the PS3’s ‘create and share’ kart racer, Title Update 1.02, will be going live tomorrow, August 4th, at 2:00 am Pacific Time, and goes a long way towards “improving many of the issues the community has been concerned about.”

The patch includes a new ‘casual’ difficulty mode, various fixes, and improvements to load times, while new features have also been added to the game’s online community site to coincide with the release of the patch.

Get the run-down of features included in tomorrow’s ModNation Racers Title Update 1.02 below:

Load Time Improvements

• While there are still loads, you will see decreases in load times throughout the game.

New “Casual” Difficulty Mode

• We’ve added a “casual” difficulty setting in the options screen.

Challenge friends in XP Series

• We’ve added the ability to invite your friends to XP Races & Series.

No more “Hot Lap” Cheaters

• We fixed a bug that allowed players to cut the track and post unbeatable times in Hot Lap.

Get into Online Races Quicker

• Along with improved load times, we’ve removed the online game room from the ModSpot so you can get into the race faster.

Improved Server Stability

• We’ve addressed issues to improve intermittent disconnects that players were experiencing.

Three Challenges now more attainable

• We wanted to provide you challenges, but didn’t want to sacrifice fun. We found 3 challenges that proved extremely difficult and changed the conditions to complete them. This includes:
  • Devastator takedown on Wild Run
  • Devastator takedown on Modobahn
  • Sideswipe 3 opponents on the cliff side on Fracture

The Tin Bucket Unlocked!

• Finally this is an item is unlocked and available to everyone by default.

Collector Card Improvement

• Now see all player creations in their entirety.

New features on Community.ModNation.com

“We added features to the Community site Community.ModNation.com to make the experience better too, including:”

Race Logs

• Check out your series and XP race stats here.

See your Favorites

• Now view your favorite creators as well as others’ favorite creators.

Search for Friends

• Search for other players using the new icon next to login.

Rep Check

Check out you reputation under each creation type.

Source: US PlayStation Blog