Update changelog

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## CARLA 0.8.0
 
   * Upgraded to Unreal Engine 4.18
-  * Created our own pedestrian models free to use and distribute
+  * Created our own pedestrian 3D models free to use and distribute
   * Removed Epic's Automotive Materials dependencies
-  * 360 Lidars support (similar to Velodyne HDL-32E or VLP-16) thanks to @parilo
-    - Ray-trace based
+  * 360 Lidars support (similar to Velodyne HDL-32E or VLP-16) thanks to Anton Pechenko (Yandex)
+    - Ray-cast based
     - Configurable settings
     - Added methods to save points to disk as PLY file
   * Added quality level settings
-    - Low: faster, low quality graphics
+    - Low: low quality graphics, about 3 times faster with one camera
     - Epic: best quality (as before)
   * Measurements now use SI units
     - Locations:    m
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     - A supplementary image can be passed to attach colors to the points
     - New client example generates a point cloud in world coordinates
     - Added Transform class to Python API
+  * Performance optimizations
+    - Significant speed improvements in both Epic and Low modes
+    - Fixed materials and improved shaders for roads, architecture, sidewalks, foliage, landscapes, cars, walkers, reflections, water
+    - Execution of a set of Project and Engine parameters to improve performance (quality, vsync, AO, occlusion)
+    - Generation of the road pieces using static meshes and actors instead of a single actor with instanced meshes
+      - Improved performance since now is able to apply occlusion and draw distance
+    - Images are captured asynchronously in the render thread
+      - In asynchronous mode, images may arrive up to two frames later
+      - In synchronous mode, game thread is blocked until images are ready
+    - Blueprint code optimizations for vehicles, walkers, and splines
+    - Added a way to configure different quality levels with culling distance and materials configuration
   * Refactored sensor related code to ease adding new sensors in the future
   * Added vehicle box extent to player measurements
+  * Removed the player from the list of non-player agents
   * Adjusted bounding boxes to vehicles' height
   * Changed vehicles' center to match bounding box
   * Added autopilot mode to manua_control.py
+  * Added quality level options to manua_control.py and client_example.py
   * Replaced background landscape and trees by a matte painting
   * Fixed road map generated some meshes twice
   * Small improvements to Windows support
     - Fixed issues with the Makefile
     - Fixed asset names too long or containing special characters
-  * Optimizations
-    - Fixed materials and improved shaders for roads, architecture, sidewalks, foliage, landscapes, cars, walkers, reflections, water.
-    - Execution of a set of Project and Engine parameters to improve performance (quality, vsync, AO, occlusion)
-    - Generation of the road pieces using static meshes and actors instead of a single actor with instanced meshes
-      · Improved performance of roads by using actors instead of instances (due to occlusion and draw distance)
-    - Asynchronous screen captures in the render queue
-      · In asynchronous mode, images may arrive up to two frames later
-      · In synchronous mode, game thread is blocked until images are ready (as before)
-    - Blueprint code optimizations for vehicles, walkers, splines
-    - Added a way to configure different settings levels for quality with culling distance and materials configuration
 
 ## CARLA 0.7.1
 

Docs/Example.CarlaSettings.ini

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 ; This file can be loaded with the Python client to be sent to the server. It
 ; defines the parameters to be used when requesting a new episode.
 ;
-; Note that server specific variables are loaded in server only. Use it with
-; `./CarlaUE4.sh -carla-settings=Path/To/This/File`.
+; Note that server specific variables are only loaded when launching the
+; simulator. Use it with `./CarlaUE4.sh -carla-settings=Path/To/This/File`.
 
 [CARLA/Server]
 ; If set to false, a mock controller will be used instead of waiting for a real