- New 'War Zone' added to upper Sierra solar system.

- Race course boxes for ship-vs-ship races doubled in size.

- Message text better highlighted and moved for improved legibility.

- Positioning options added to cusomizing kit for message text system.

- Support for rear and above camera views added when TrackIR is enabled.

- Repair costs are now included in ship trade-in values (instead of damage transfer).

- Default joystick deadzone increased to better accommodate less precise devices.

- Support for multiple texture images added for background nebulae option.

- New command line option added to directly launch the multiplayer menu.

- New reward to discover at the end of the 'Arvoch Artifact' beacon quest.

- Support for using custom cockpits for each ship frame type added.

- 'Cinematic' style shaky camera view option added (default Alt-\).

- Ice accumulation effect on cockpit glass reduced.

- Wider range of movement available for TrackIR.

- Improved planetary atmosphere haze.

- Improvements to AI combat tactics.

- Several minor bug fixes.

The customizing kit and strategy guide are nearly finished and should be available soon.

The new multiplayer command line option is '-mp'. You can also use '-mpX' where X is a number from 0 to 7 for the profile you want to automatically load.