Everything below is in the latest beta build: the changes from 8 and 9 October. Highlights first, the full fix list after.

What’s new

Hunter’s Valley: a new no-PvP grinding world with five hunting spots for every level. Talk to Ranger Ray at THE LOT.
Auto-Hunt: stand on a glowing hunt spot, press Q and your character hunts for you. Pick the gun, range and auto-loot; it tracks kills, XP and XP per hour. Party friendly: shared kill XP and no friendly fire.
New LOT dealers: Dutch (heavy weapons), Kev (armour and gear) and Hank (melee). Vinnie still sells guns and ammo. The redesigned shop shows clear stats and an upgrade/downgrade comparison.
THE LOT is an open plaza: the fence, front trees and bollards are gone, planters keep cars out, and there are string lights, a fire lounge and a music terrace.
Kaiju species: every monster has its own moves (Tidal Surge, lava pools, Spike Wave, lightning storms) and scales to the number of hunters. An escaping kaiju now leaps back into the sea.
Nightmare Asylum dread round: with two or more players, a fast monster can snatch someone when the lights go out (free them!). Monsters roll bigger, faster or stronger every run, and it is a lot scarier.
Sniper scopes: in first person, hold the right mouse button to zoom, with longer range and a hit marker.
Take the wheel: when the driver gets out, a passenger presses E to drive.
Shootout is open to everyone: start it solo, anyone can join, and the whole city gets the announcement.
Chat shows when players come online or go offline.

Combat & weapons

Melee feels responsive again: presses are no longer eaten and swings hit where you face.
Automatic guns fire at their real rate when you hold the trigger.
Punches knock pedestrians back (yes, into the water).
Knocked-over props no longer block bullets.
O no longer punches on foot (it still drops oil while driving).
No more instant death from one sidestep off a quay.

Much smoother passenger rides, and passengers no longer get stuck in cars.
The driving camera stays in the fixed view (no more swinging behind the car).
Traffic jams near players clear up: stuck cars back up, make a U-turn or take another street.
Parked cars no longer block the street or creep into lanes; abandoned cars get towed.
A car summoned under an overpass drops in open sky nearby instead of glitching through.
Crash ejections throw you clear of the car.
Getting into cars and bikes stalls less, and a sinking car now tells you “Too late to bail!”
Car summon is disabled inside event and mission maps.

Street Race can be joined again after the first race.
BangBus no longer spawns in traffic, and kaiju police park properly (no more cruisers in the sea).
Asylum: fixed getting stuck on stairwells, and the HUD meters no longer overlap.
E prompts work properly in Precinct Siege and Nightmare Asylum.
Mission maps: walk-in rooftops stay in first person.
Rooftop bonus crates spawn near players and last longer.
Loot crates always pay out, and holding E on a crate no longer tries to grab a car.

Police leave after a chase instead of camping THE LOT, and stuck 1-star wanted levels clear.
Pedestrians no longer freeze after a panic; police and NPC punches only land in reach.
Respawns no longer drop you on quay edges.

Cleaner mission card (with a minimise toggle), a redesigned GOALS tab and a bolder character screen.
“Contracts” are now “Missions”, and SARGE got a proper nameplate.
Fixed garbled menu text after visiting another world.
Training-world event cards explain “HOLD H TO LEAVE, THEN ENTER”.

Less rubber-banding after Wi-Fi hiccups.
A new “Connection interrupted – reconnecting…” banner and faster reconnects.
Laggy players are no longer wrongly flagged while moving or driving.
Fixed multi-second server freezes; healthy servers are no longer restarted by mistake.
Character select is more reliable when the backend is slow.
Server memory and crowd clean-up for smoother long sessions.

New accounts start with 0 gold (existing gold is untouched).
Achievement cash pays once per account (alts still get the tier, points and title).
Training-monster kills no longer count toward RAMPAGE.
Recruiting a squad in training worlds is refused before you pay.
A daily anti-farming reward limit (normal play is not affected).

Hardened login sessions, saved sign-ins and rewards; logging out now ends your session on the server.
The sign-in screen links the Terms of Service and Privacy Notice.

GOALS still shows achievement cash for a tier your account already claimed. A fix is coming.