FFVIII Balamb Garden Track and 3,000 Free Mythril Coming in Chocobo GP Season 2

Major changes are coming to Chocobo GP in season 2, and Square Enix released some early patch notes going over the May 31, 2022 update. In addition to new characters, other content will be added to the game. For example, The Demon Series and a FFVIII Balamb Garden track will appear in Chocobo GP. There will also be adjustments to characters and Magicite, you’ll be able to buy more characters with Tickets, and people who play the free Lite version can play online. People will also get 3,800 free Mythril.

When Square Enix announced Chocobo GP, it confirmed new characters and tracks would appear regularly. There are no FFVIII courses yet, and Balamb Garden will be the first. This comes after Squall appeared in-game as a season 1 racer folks could purchase with earned gil.

Speaking of purchasing characters, the way the shops all work and their contents are changing following the May 31, 2022 update. Characters and Prize Level rewards will be sold in the Ticket Shop, even past their current season. As for the Prize Pass, it will only feature gil after level 21. The Gil Shop will only sell customization items going forward. These will include new character colors.

As for the free Mythril, the Chocobo GP bonuses are being doled out for two reasons. The 3,000 Mythril is an apology gift for Team Sticker issues. The remaining 800 will be a celebratory reward. It’s designed to celebrate the start of season 2 in Chocobo GP.

Here are the full Chocobo GP version 1.1.0 update patch notes from Square Enix.

Ver.1.1.0 update contents:
1. Players of the Lite edition are now able to participate in online multiplayer modes.
2. The new track “Balamb Garden” has been added to the game.
*This track can be selected in Multiplayer, Time Attack and Custom Race modes.
*This track will appear in Chocobo GP mode once Season 2 has started.
3. New series “The Demon Series” has been added to the game.
*This series can be selected once you have earned a rank of 3rd place or higher in the Omega Series.
4. From Season 2 onwards, mirrored versions of tracks will appear in Chocobo GP mode.
5. Some character capabilities have been adjusted.
・The following characters will now take less damage when attacked with abilities and will only crash rather than being wiped out:
Steiner
Mecha Chocobo
Cactuar
・It has been made easier for the following characters to fill their ability gauge:
Gilgamesh
Maduin
6. The Magicite obtained during races has been altered
7. Magicite can now be used while taunting.
8. Gil remaining at the end of a season can now be carried over to the next season.
9. The number of crystals required to obtain an Item Ticket has now been fixed at 10.
*Please be aware that when this update is applied, the total number of crystals a player has collected will be reduced down to a single digit (the units value is retained, with tens and hundreds removed).
10. The in-race BGM select feature can now be used from the start.
11. Improvements to issues where characters were getting caught on the terrain of some tracks.
12. Other improvements and bug fixes.

Operating Policies for Season 2 and beyond:
1. Premium Prize Passes, Level-Up Tickets and Team Stickers are being taken down from sale.
*Team Stickers will now mainly be earned as prize level rewards and will not be available from the shop in future.
*Prize Passes (e.g. the non-premium Prize Passes) will still be sold.
To commemorate the start of Season 2, all players will be gifted an 800 mythril log-in bonus.
2. As a basic policy, all costumes and other products added to the mythril shop will remain on sale for the subsequent season and beyond.
3. The size of scores obtained through playing Chocobo GP has been increased.
4. Mythril has been added to the prize level rewards
5. The composition of prize level rewards has been re-assessed so all major items can now be obtained by the time you reach level 20.
*Level 21 and beyond are now extra levels that are mainly focussed on earning gil.
6. The characters and other reward items earned as prize level rewards will also be sold in the Ticket Shop.
*As a rule, there will be no limited availability period for items on sale in the Ticket Shop and they will still be available to purchase during the next season and beyond.
*If a player has already purchased the same item from the Ticket Shop when they earn it as a prize level reward then they will receive an amount of gil instead.
7. Items added to the Gil Shop will only be Premium colours and Wallpapers from now on.
*The new characters added for Season 2 will all be available as prize level rewards and sold at the Ticket Shop.
*The items available for Season 1 that were not Premium colours or Wallpapers will remain on sale in the Gil Shop.
8. Adjustments to challenges
・ The number of daily challenges issued will be limited to one.
・ The victory conditions for weekly challenges will be made easier to achieve.
・ The rewards for each challenge will be changed to gil only and the actual amount received will increase.
9. Weekly log-in bonuses (50 mythril) will be abandoned.

During Season 1, there were a number of different issues that led to Team Stickers disappearing and this caused great inconvenience for players. We sincerely apologise for the trouble caused.
As mentioned above, Team Stickers will no longer be on sale at the shop from Season 2 onwards, and will be obtained as prize level rewards instead.
Going forward, we will be offering the following log-in bonus to all players, to enhance everyone’s enjoyment of Chocobo GP.
Bonus:
・ 3000 mythril
Availability period:
・ From the start to finish of Season 2 (Can only be claimed once)

Chocobo GP is available for the Nintendo Switch in paid and a free lite version.