You can earn a free pores and skin, a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 automotive physique, and a Pink Scorching Chili Peppers jam monitor when Fortnite and Rocket League kick off their second annual Summer Road Trip occasion on Tuesday, July 22. Gamers can earn the Corvette and its matching set of wheels by taking part in both Fortnite or Rocket League–but you may need to play each video games if you wish to get all of the free rewards. The Summer Road Trip occasion ends on August 4 in Rocket League, and August 7 in Fortnite.
On the Fortnite side, gamers might be given a brand new quest every day to achieve XP whereas in a celebration in sure modes–with the quests alternating every day between Epic-created modes like Battle Royale and Reload, and user-created video games. Every accomplished quest unlocks a brand new reward, beginning with “The Zephyr Music” by The Pink Scorching Chili Peppers for finishing one quest, and ending with the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 automotive physique for finishing eight of them. Many of the rewards in between are filler objects like sprays and emoticons, however there’s additionally a high-quality wrap and a rubber ducky pickaxe.
In Rocket League, the occasion is cut up in half, with a lot of the quests and rewards out there on the primary day of the occasion, with the ultimate quest to unlock the Corvette turning into out there on July 28. However that first batch of quests additionally consists of some rewards for Fortnite. Making 15 saves throughout the Summer Road Trip will unlock the Fortnite pores and skin Hairpin, and taking part in a personal match with mutators on will unlock a Fortnite glider that appears like a Rocket League ball. Neither of these objects could be earned in Fortnite.
This yr’s summer season highway journey has barely extra rewards and considerably much less controversy than final yr’s occasion, which had the maligned Tesla Cybertruck as its huge prize on the finish, and supplied the free jam monitor “Vacation” by Inexperienced Day. The huge new wrinkle right here is having rewards for taking part in Rocket League that can not be utilized in Rocket League–the glider and the Hairpin pores and skin are Fortnite-specific objects.
All however one of many rewards from this yr’s Summer Road Trip may find yourself within the merchandise store after the occasion ends, and it is possible that no less than the jam monitor and the automotive will get that therapy earlier than later–the Cybertruck hit the merchandise store instantly after the occasion closed final August, for instance. The solely positively unique merchandise is the ZR1 Circuit decal for the Corvette.
The Summer Road Trip is not the one huge beauty information for Fortnite this week. Friday may also carry the Implausible 4 to the merchandise store, each within the type of skins, and as footwear.