Fortnite Is Fixing Those Expensive Car Costs, Refunds Coming

One of many new video games that launched inside Fortnite final week, Psyonix’s Rocket Racing, made waves for the flawed causes when its slate of cosmetics got here with extra-steep prices–but that is about to vary, as a result of Epic is completely adjusting the prices downward on all Rocket Racing automobiles.

The unusual (inexperienced) rarity automobiles will now value 1,500 V-Bucks, down from 2,500, and the uncommon (blue) ones are going from 4,000 V-Bucks right down to 2,500. The one uncommon automotive at the moment within the store, the Diesel, was technically the most costly main beauty in the entire sport that you could possibly purchase with V-Bucks, with 4,000 changing to about $30 or extra, relying on a couple of elements. It is price noting that these automobiles are cross-buy with Rocket League, so the pricing made extra sense for many who additionally play that sport.

For individuals who have already bought a number of of those automobiles, you may get a refund for the distinction in value inside per week, Epic says.

It is extraordinarily uncommon for Epic to ever regulate the V-Buck costs of any cosmetics–this is the primary time I’ve ever heard of it occurring. Fortnite at the moment has decrease customary costs on objects than it did within the early years, when it could characteristic skins for two,000 V-Bucks–something Epic solely does with the occasional collaboration pores and skin now, like Goku.

However whereas Epic has adjusted the price of buying V-Bucks twice since Fortnite launched in 2017, it has by no means adjusted the costs on these previous objects immediately. As an alternative, the usual follow has been to toss costly previous objects into reasonably beneficiant new bundles, just like the extraordinarily good Alien Abduction bundle.

Alongside Rocket Racing, the rhythm sport Fortnite Pageant additionally launched final weekend with its personal slate of questionably priced cosmetics, like a 1500-V-Buck guitar. Epic hasn’t made any announcement about adjusting these costs, although.