Psyonix have announced that the Rocket League Autumn update will signal the start of the game’s sixth competitive season. In a announcement post made yesterday, the team announced that the new features arriving in the update, due to release soon, will usher in the end of season five.
So far two major changes to the game have been announced. The first is transparent goalposts, which will allow players to see through the walls of the goal if they’re inside it, presumably in an attempt to level the playing field for attackers and defenders.
The second change is the standardisation of two of the game’s ranked maps. Starbase ARC and Wasteland will be converted to normal pitch dimensions when the new season begins. For reference, Wasteland is a larger version of the map, with slightly sloping sides, and Starbase is an octagon, and is, at least in my opinion, the worst map in the game.
Psyonix also said that the autumn update would herald the end of the current competitive season, and that season six would begin when the update goes live. As before, that’ll mean rewards based on your current rank, and that you’ll have to re-do your 12 placement matches to get your season six rank. This year, the season rewards are unique banners showing off your rank, which will show up in the main menu and in goal replays. Season six will run until “early 2018.”
