Epic Upgrade

Epic Upgrades are a feature in Platform Racing 2 that give players a second color to edit on a body part or hat.

The classic set with red Epic Upgrades.

History

Epic Upgrades were announced in a May 2013 Motley Monday video as prizes for the upcoming epic campaign.

Then dubbed the "Legendary Parts", they received their final name by the time the campaign was finalized and only included certain sets.

Upgrades for the rest of the parts were added over the year, though most were exclusive to fan-run contests.

Contests

While PR2 contests existed in the past, a growing number popped up after Epic Upgrades were created. This amount only continued rising after Jiggmin gave approved members the ability to directly award upgrades, with over 30 contests running at their peak.

These stirred mild controversy since many had no relation to PR2, such as Big Brother or Photographer of the Fortnight, thus mostly appealing to members of Jiggmin's Village or people talented in unrelated areas. Some criticized owners for adding them only to increase their membership turnout.

Epic Everything

Suddenly in June 2014, Jiggmin added an option to purchase every Epic Upgrade in the Vault of Magics for 110 Kreds.

This resulted in massive backlash from contest owners, who felt it rendered their contests useless and would greatly reduce the amount of participants. Jiggmin himself was criticized for not consulting them or moderators for their input before releasing it.

Despite the controversy, the option was never removed. As a result however, contests gradually died over the following months until they ended entirely once jiggmin.com shut down.

All Upgrades

This image shows all parts and hats with a red-colored epic upgrade.

Ones with a red default color have been changed to blue for clarity.