The Bus – Update 1.1 now available!

Hello everyone,

Update 1.1 for The Bus is now available on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

With this update, we are releasing the Economy Mode Update and expanding The Bus with new features, improvements and bug fixes. The focus is mainly on Economy Mode, additional customization options and improvements to existing systems.

What’s new in Update 1.1

🏢 Economy Mode: Custom logos

On PC, you can now further customize your company in Economy Mode and use your own logos.

🎨 Economy Mode: Repaints & components

Repaints and components have been integrated into Economy Mode. This allows you to further customize your vehicles within your company.

⚖️ Economy Mode: Rebalancing

We have adjusted several values in Economy Mode to make progression feel more balanced.

🚍 Economy Mode: Vehicles visible in the depot

Your own buses are now visible in the depot. This feature was originally planned for a later update, but has already been integrated into Update 1.1.

🧩 Simplified vehicle selection & presets

Vehicle selection has been simplified. You now only need one click to confirm that you want to use the selected bus. In addition, vehicle configurations can now be saved and loaded as presets.

📞 Multiplayer: Call function in buses

On PC, the call function for multiplayer has been added and expands communication inside the vehicles.

🎮 Consoles: Custom keybinds

On PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, you can now customize your keybinds individually.

🛠️ Bug & level art fixes

Update 1.1 also includes further bug fixes and improvements to the game world.

⚙️ Performance optimizations

In addition, the update includes further optimizations intended to improve performance. The impact may vary depending on your system.

Changelog

PC – 1.1.96961

Added

• Improvements to asset loading

• Repaints and components for Economy Mode

• Company logo modding for Economy Mode, PC only

• Call function via the on-board computer for multiplayer, PC only

• Hot-plug support for steering wheels

Improved

• Rebalanced reputation in Economy Mode

• Reworked vehicle customization and switched it to presets

• Blocked roads are now visible on the map

• ATRON PIN code can now be configured in the profile

• Mirrors now dynamically adjust their resolution based on the selected draw size

• Improved on-board computer tutorial

• Improved usability of the preset configuration in vehicle selection

• Updated vehicle selection in the vehicle selection menu

• Updated device assistant

• Updated component prices for Economy Mode

• Performance optimizations*

Fixed

• Routes no longer lead through invisible walls

• Admin menu fixes

• Economy tours could not be completed due to incorrect break stops

• The “Buy 50 buses” achievement did not work correctly

• Movement on foot was displayed incorrectly in the profile

• No passengers were present after a time skip

• Dashboard buttons of the Solaris were not animated in multiplayer

• Various crashes fixed

• AI buses did not move when they were further away

• The wrong server GUID was displayed on first launch

• Workshop interaction in Economy Mode did not work correctly

• Incorrect purchase requirements were displayed in Economy Mode

• AI buses could get stuck in certain situations

• AI buses waited at the last stop instead of the break stop

• Intercom calls only worked from a very short distance

• Workshop fleets did not load components and repaints correctly

• The selected vehicle could not be changed in certain situations

• Removed debug text from the vehicle selection menu

• Unloaded AI buses drove to break stops for too long

• AI buses sometimes only half-despawned

• AI buses spawned directly in front of the player

• The selected vehicle was not updated in the Freeplay menu

• Older vehicles spawned with the wrong repaint at the economy depot

• Bug fixes

• Level art fixes

*The impact of performance optimizations may vary depending on your system, including hardware, installed software, and background processes.

PlayStation 5 – 01.001.000

Added

• Repaints and components for Economy Mode

• Keybind customization

• Default horn keybind

Improved

• Rebalanced reputation in Economy Mode

• Reworked vehicle customization and switched it to presets

• Blocked roads are now visible on the map

• ATRON PIN code can now be configured in the profile

• Mirrors now dynamically adjust their resolution based on the selected draw size

• Improved on-board computer tutorial

• Camera switch now only changes between inner and outer camera by default

• Performance optimizations*

Fixed

• Routes no longer lead through invisible walls

• Navigation in several menus fixed

• Graphics mode was not saved correctly

• Economy tours did not finish due to incorrect break stops being used

• Several trophies fixed

• Movement on foot was displayed incorrectly in the profile

• No passengers were present after a time skip

• Various crashes fixed

• AI buses spawned directly in front of the player

• Bug fixes

• Level art fixes

*The impact of performance optimizations may vary depending on your system, including hardware, installed software, and background processes.

Xbox Series X|S – 1.1.96.961

Added

• Repaints and components for Economy Mode

• Keybind customization

• Default horn keybind

Improved

• Rebalanced reputation in Economy Mode

• Reworked vehicle customization and switched it to presets

• Blocked roads are now visible on the map

• ATRON PIN code can now be configured in the profile

• Mirrors now dynamically adjust their resolution based on the selected draw size

• Improved on-board computer tutorial

• Camera switch now only changes between inner and outer camera by default

• Performance optimizations*

Fixed

• Routes no longer lead through invisible walls

• Navigation in several menus fixed

• Graphics mode was not saved correctly

• Economy tours did not finish due to incorrect break stops being used

• Several achievements fixed

• Movement on foot was displayed incorrectly in the profile

• No passengers were present after a time skip

• Various crashes fixed

• AI buses spawned directly in front of the player

• Bug fixes

• Level art fixes

*The impact of performance optimizations may vary depending on your system, including hardware, installed software, and background processes.

But that is far from everything. We are already working on more content, features and improvements that we want to add to The Bus in future updates.

Thank you for your patience, your feedback and your reports during the Public Beta. They helped us prepare Update 1.1 for all platforms.

We wish you a good drive with the Economy Mode Update!