Schedule 1 has finally released the game-changing Cartel Update onto the main branch. This significant Schedule 1 update comes much later than originally anticipated, with solo developer Tyler (TVGS) taking their time to get it right.
The Cartel Update was first voted on by the Schedule 1 community a couple of months ago, beating out a Police Expansion update and a Shrooms update. Whether Tyler will revisit the two losing ideas remains to be seen, but for now, his focus has been on completing and releasing the Cartel Update. The patch initially made its way onto Schedule 1's beta branch a few weeks ago, allowing gamers to try it out before it was pushed to all players.
The Schedule 1 Cartel Update patch notes were posted to Steam, confirming the addition of the Benzies Family, "a powerful cartel in Hyland Point." According to Tyler, players will encounter this family in a few interactions, including cartel-player deals, cartel-customer deals, ambushes, dealer robberies, and dead drop theft. It also comes along with changes in how players unlock new Schedule 1 regions. Before they can progress, a new "cartel influence" level must be reduced to a certain point in the previously...
