[h3]It's time for VR![/h3]

In our opinion, all cockpit based games should support VR, as they're the best ways to immerse players in the experience. Now, we're proud to say that Touge Shakai supports Virtual Reality! If you have a headset that works with SteamVR, TS should work with it. We also believe that TS is one of the most detailed racing games in terms of interior animations, and we're really proud of it. Now, they can be experienced as intended!


In our implementation, all of the regular user interface has been adapted to work within the VR environment, and the menu experiences should be familiar. During scenes that are unsuitable for VR, such as camera panning or third person cameras, the game will render these scenes on a "virtual monitor" to prevent motion sickness.


Just a couple of things to take note of:

• Please bind the "Reset VR Position" control within settings before firing up VR
  
• If you have SteamVR installed, enter the game normally and an option to "Activate VR" should be on the main menu
  
• There is a setting to lock the camera to the horizon under "Camera" settings
  
• VR mode is still slightly experimental and there might be some things we have to fix
  

• Added a crapton more rims to unlock (You now unlock a new rim every 2 levels!)
  
• Added more decals provided by kickstarter backers
  
• Optimized mirror rendering
  
• Optimized ghost car rendering
  

• Fixed minimap hiding at night system causing game to lock up
  
• Fixed opponent driving over puddle causing controller to vibrate
  
• Fixed wrong online ghosts for rain
  
• Fixed sending records to leaderboard failing inconsistently
  

[h3]Rain is here![/h3]

In the last announcement about the system being complete, the puddles were randomly placed by the system. Feedback from our testers was that there were many puddles where it made no sense, which made the puddles more of a hindrance than adding to the overall fun. Hence, we've decided to rewrite the system, and now the puddles are hand placed, which was a much more laborious task than we had anticipated. We hope that you guys will now have fun challenging the touge in the wet!

[h3]New Track: Tsuchisaka[/h3]

It's finally time for a new track, and we're happy to announce that Tsuchisaka will now join the roster as one of the custom made maps for TS. In our previous game, Tsuchisaka was one of our favourite tracks, with a great layout, big elevation changes, and slow and high speed sections. We're really excited for it to make a comeback, and believe that it will quickly grow to be one of your favourite tracks here too!

[h3]Walltap Penalty System[/h3]
In the top level of players, a driving style has emerged, whereby to drift the rear of the car into the guardrails to gain time. The penalty system has been updated specifically to detect this exploit, and should generally not affect the penalties of other forms of collision. Gentle wall taps should still not be penalized. Thereby, along with the new track and rain weather, we've decided that it would be a good time to reset the leaderboards. We hope to see a cleaner driving style at the top of the leaderboards soon!

[h3]Changes, Improvements and Fixes[/h3]

• Added AMD FSR3 Upscaler (upscaler only, not frame gen)
  
• Attempted fix at "Connecting to server failed" issue. If this issue still occurs to you outside of server maintanence periods, please ping me!
  
• Made multiplayer lobby creation remember last setting
  
• Fixed game crashing when player level exceeds 404 (<- lol)
  
• Made opponent disappear from minimap when their headlights are off during night time
  
• Fixed Futatabi missing colliders
  
• Fixed Okawa missing colliders
  
• Added better error handling to ghost loading
  

Server will be down again for maintenance for 1-2 hours (7th February 2024 2:30PM UTC+8), some online functionality (leaderboards, online ghosts, liveries etc) will temporarily be unavailable.
As usual, new players who has not registered their license plate yet will not be able to play the game at this time, but existing players will still be able to access the game without problems.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

(Yes again unfortunately) Server will be down again for maintenance for 1-2 hours (21th January 2024 3:15PM UTC+8), some online functionality (leaderboards, online ghosts, liveries etc) will temporarily be unavailable.
As usual, new players who has not registered their license plate yet will not be able to play the game at this time, but existing players will still be able to access the game without problems.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Server will be down for maintenance for about an hour on 10th January 2024 5:30PM UTC+8, some online functionality (leaderboards, online ghosts, liveries etc) will temporarily be unavailable.
New players who has not registered their license plate yet will not be able to play the game at this time.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Hi guys! Sorry for staying silent for so long. Since it's the end of 2023, We thought it'll be important to give you guys an update!

Firstly, I would like to give an update about my mother. I'm happy to say that she has been recently discharged from the hospital! However, she has not fully recovered, and we need to take care of her at home. Hence, it has actually been taking up more of my time and energy, but fortunately things are looking good. With the less time I've left remaining for TS, I've chosen to spend as much of that time as possible on development, hence the lack of interaction on the Discord server recently. I sincerely apologize for that.

However, on a more positive note: Rain is almost complete! And I'm pretty proud of our implementation of it. Other than just a graphical effect, it also affects the physics. Other than the wet roads being more slippery, there are also physical puddles that the tyres will react to.







We've also been working on adding a new custom-made track specifically for TS, which we're currently not ready to show just yet. In the next update, which should be ready in the coming weeks, these are the major new content you can look forward to! In the meantime, check out these teasers and wishing you guys a Happy New Year!

Server will be down for maintenance for about an hour, some online functionality (leaderboards, online ghosts, liveries etc) will temporarily be unavailable.
New players who has not registered their license plate yet will not be able to play the game at this time.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

• Fixed collider and pop-in issues with Happogahara and Okawa
  

Due to some family problems, some of the bigger features will have to be delayed. You can read more about them in #announcements on our Discord! Sorry for the delays.

[h3]New Car: Nishi[/h3]
With the same engine as the Makushi but with 4 seats, bring your whole family along for some sideways action!



[h3]Changes, Improvements and Fixes[/h3]
- Steering assists can now be set for each car (pause menu > car settings)
- Added high speed sensitivity setting to adjust how much a car is allowed to steer from your input at higher speeds
- Mirrors now adjust to the position set by the first person camera when starting a new session
- Fixed Makiato to have Kei car number plate
- Fixed car colors getting set incorrectly when another player drives the same car in multiplayer
- Further optimizations to Happogahara and Okawa
- Added real mirrors to Okawa
- Removed barriers at both ends of Okawa

[h3]Note about car colors[/h3]
- The way car colors are saved has been changed, and the image of the car in selection screens might not sync up with their actual colors. Please head to the garage and set their color again to update their preview images

[h3]Fixes[/h3]
- Fixed car color syncing issue
- Fixed Okawa rogue railing
- Fixed invisible ledge in Soramine
- Possible fix of game being recognized as a VR game incorrectly

While the Unity debacle was happening in the previous month, we decided to hold back on developing major new features for the game. In the meantime, we have spent some time researching on alternative game engines, in addition to polishing and fixing some long standing issues within the game. After the most recent announcement by Unity, we've decided to continue to stick with this game engine and development of TS should continue as planned

[h3]New Car: Makushi[/h3]

A well balanced car that looks as good as it drives. We think that its greatest aspect is how well it handles, give it a try!

[h3]New Automatic Save Backup System[/h3]
We have received reports of save files getting corrupted and players losing all their progress, and we understand how frustrating this can be! As such, in this new build of the game, the latest 10 save files will be kept. When loading, the game will search for the newest file, and if it is corrupted, the game will automatically attempt to load the older save files. Hopefully, this will prevent total loss of game progress and only rollback some progress in the event of a file corruption

[h3]Collision Sounds[/h3]
One of the most requested additions is for collisions to have a little more oomph. We've now added collision sounds, and we think they sound pretty good and add a decent amount of immersion to the game

[h3]Rendering Optimizations[/h3]
Another long standing complaint is that the game runs poorer than expected. We've worked on optimizing much of the rendering pipeline of the game: as such, it should now yield a much higher framerate. However, this is not the end of our optimisation process! We are still in the midst of making more tweaks and adjustments to further boost the performance of the game. Our work will also lay the groundwork for more graphically demanding features such as rain, and VR. Stay tune for more updates in the coming (month)!

[h3]Other Changes and Fixes[/h3]
- Fixed reflection settings tied to user, now device specific
- Fixed interior lighting materials of some cars
- Slightly optimized car file sizes and loading
- Attempted fix for odometer NaN bug
- Improved various materials across some cars

The server will be going down for maintenance for a short while.

Leaderboards, online ghosts and liveries will be unavailable during this period.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

[h3]New Car: VT9[/h3]

A new front wheel drive car with a high reving engine, with slightly more power than the Mizuka.

[h3]New Game Mode: Tofu Delivery[/h3]

Confident in driving fast? How about driving smoothly? Challenge yourself in the new tofu delivery game mode!
The name of the game is smooth driving. Each time you jerk your car, the tofu will take damage, and the goal is to deliver the tofu in the best shape possible, while speed is the secondary objective.
A dedicated leaderboard has been introduced for this game mode.


[h3]Changes, Improvements and Fixes[/h3]
- New car parts for: NXR, Kosei and Seichi
- Basic car temperature simulation: Cars will idle at higher rpm when the engine is cold, car performance is not affected.
- First person camera settings: Added adjustable first person and hood camera per car, accessible from the pause menu in game.
- Leveling: The max XP cap per level has now been reduced to 50000 xp
- Car balance changes: The NXR, Kosei and S80 has been buffed to be more in line with the other cars
- Restructured main menu options
- Partially optimised car wheel blur and light calculations
- Possible fix for distance calculations causing XP and money gained to be 0

[h3]New Car: Makiato[/h3]

We hope you like a caffeine hit, because the Makiato is here! Although it has the lowest power of all, it easily makes up the difference with its light weight and tiny size, making it the most agile car


[h3]Weather System[/h3]

With this update, we're now introducing weather systems. There are 3 weathers to choose from right now: Clear, Fog, and Heavy Fog, with more interesting weathers coming later. For those who wants a challenge, try attacking the Touge at night in heavy fog!


[h3]Changes, Improvements and Fixes[/h3]
- Improved Multiplayer chat to allow scrolling
- Rims are now displayed in pages in the garage to shorten loading times
- Adjustments to drifting physics (should lead to faster drifting)
- Added new headlight option to Mitsurin
- XP screen will now display when returning to lobby
- Engine will now automatically start for the first time when set to manual starter
- Added delete function for downloaded liveries
- Slightly improved async loading concurrency
- Tuned Gojira for minor stability improvement
- Fixed livery browser getting stuck in certain situations

[h3]Fixes[/h3]
- Fixed volume and anti aliasing settings not applying correctly for in-game menu
- Fixed button mapping clash in garage
- Fixed achievements triggering wrongly in multiplayer sessions

[h3]Fixes[/h3]
- Fixed Livery Loading in multiplayer lobbies
- Fixed missing S80 stats and reverse lights
- Fixed graphics glitch on last rim option

[h3]New Car: S80[/h3]

The S80 is another drift focused car, and is pretty much able to drift any corner with it's huge turbo power!


[h3]Replay Director Mode[/h3]

By loading a saved replay, you can now make replays with your own custom cameras! Press F8 to access the system.
Please note that it is still very much a work in progress, and we're still working on upgrading it
(Note - Changes from IU: Timeline now uses time instead of distance, flipped free camera E and Q movement directions)

[h3]Livery Sharing[/h3]
You can now share full car liveries. However, you can not upload liveries not made by you, or liveries containing decals made by others
Please note that the base color of the car is now also part of the livery

[h3]Changes, Improvements and fixes[/h3]
- Added settings to in-game pause menu
- Added Radio to accompany you in the garage
- Added delete button for compound decals
- Added many more rim options
- Fixed Kosei painting onto door handles
- Fixed Kosei front wheel size
- Added automatic save backup system (it automatically backs up the last valid save file, in case of file corruption)
- Fixed body and decal color desynchronization

Other than new content, this update focuses on polishing and addressing issues that have accumulated over time, as well as some requested features

[h3]New Track: Happogahara[/h3]

As part of our collaboration with 90's DSP, we bring you Happogahara, a beautiful, long and technical course!

[h3]New Car: Kosei[/h3]

The Kosei is a decently balanced RWD car, in terms of handling, power and drifting.

[h3]Changes and Improvements[/h3]
- Added individual best sector times recording, with theoretical best records available in "Profile" section in main menu
- Added undo and redo functionality to livery editor
- Greatly optimised rendering speed of decals in livery editor
- Optimised track rendering culling, potentially up to 20% fps improvement observed
- Added more aftermarket rim options
- Added rewards on premature Cat and Mouse disconnection
- Added profanity filter (option to disable in settings)
- Added car image preview for garage car selector
- Added XP gain for multiplayer freeroam
- Optimised trackside light rendering at night time
- Added more Achievements
- Added private kickstarter backers (for those that has provided us your Steam ID)

[h3]Fixes[/h3]
- Fixed replay cameras for uphill direction
- Fixed pause menu in Tutorials
- Fixed massive memory usage and long black screen on startup

[h3]Fixes/Changes[/h3]
- Fixed more than 2 drivers in PvP Battle
- Fixed holes in some parts of Mitsurin
- Disabled H-Pattern shifter while in sequential or automatic mode
- Updated Mitsurin signal light texture

[h3]New Track: Sakanotsuji[/h3]

Sakanotsuji is a short but challenging touge, as part of the collab with 90's DSP

[h3]New Car: Mitsurin[/h3]

For those who love flames and all out 4WD drifting, this is the car for you!

[h3]New Feature: Spectator Mode[/h3]
For now, PvP Battles are still conducted only as 1v1 battles, but in both battle and free roam events, u can now spectate other drivers! (In free roam, activate it in the pause menu)

[h3]New Feature: Decal Sharing[/h3]
For those that enjoy drawing decals within the game, you can now share your proud work with the community! You can now upload them for others to download. Shared decals will be credited to you, and others are not allowed to edit and reupload them.

In Garage -> Livery Editor -> New Decal -> Compound Decals, you can (U)pload or (B)rowse online compound decals

This feature will be expanded upon to share full car liveries
P.S. for our Kickstarter backers, we haven't forgotten your decals, it's still on our backlog to clear

[h3]Other changes and improvements[/h3]
- Vote to restart PvP Race
- Improved garbage collection (hopefully less stuttering)
- Fixed replay recordings on rematching
- Added some more bodykit parts to NXR and Nouzen
- Unlocked all stock car rims for all other cars (only require purchasing)
- Increased XP gain on longer tracks
- Adjusted Soramine Colliders
- Fixed livery mapping on popup headlights

Here's a surprise mid-month update!

We know that there are many concerns with the lack of tracks, and we're happy to announce that we have collaborated with 90's Golden Drift Spot Project to bring some of their tracks to the game!

[h3]New Track: Futatabi[/h3]
This is the first track that we're bringing from the collab. More to come soon!

[h3]More Multiplayer Features[/h3]
- Added ability to go back to lobby in free roam and after end of race (To change tracks, cars, etc)
- Added teleport to top or bottom of course during free roam (pause menu)
- Added ability to rematch a race after it ends

[h3]Other Changes and Improvements[/h3]
- Added working trackside mirrors (In Futatabi only for now)
- Added button to hide results screen during replay
- Allow livery painting onto black portions of Nouzen

[h3]Fixes[/h3]
- Fixed server connection stability during long multiplayer sessions
- Fixed livery system glitches with popup headlights
- Fixed free roam time attack reported timing
- Fixed controller vibrating during replays
- Fixed race start animation when FSR enabled
- Fixed game freezing when opponent leaves right after race end
- Fixed saving separate replays across multiple Cat and Mouse rounds
- Fixed a potential issue causing the finish line to not work correctly

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed April's fools joke trigger accidentally disabling penalties for entire session
  
• Fixed Nouzen part unlocks not showing properly on session result screen
  
• Fixed Exploit allowing purchasing of parts that are still locked
  
• Fixed odometer of opponent not showing in PvP Race
  

New Game Update, B0009

New Car: Nouzen
You guys asked, and here you guys go! Have fun drifting!
- The car is still a work in progress, and the body kit options are still not complete and more will be added.

Pvp Online Racing
Proper Structured PvP Battles lobbies are now added, with standard First To Finish or Cat and Mouse Race Modes with multiple rounds, where you can earn money and experience while racing others!

Please note that the feature is still a work in progress, and is limited to 2 players per lobby for now. We're working on allowing others to join the lobby as spectators.

Livery Editor Upgrades
We've upgraded the Livery Editor with some new requested features
- Grouped decals can now be selected to be grouped again
- Added "Recent Colors"
- Added mirroring of decals on front, top and rear
- Added "Select All" option during mirroring and grouping operations

Update on situation of New Tracks
Unfortunately, it seems that we have run into some issues with our production of the newer track models, and a new track is still not ready. We have some plans to deal with the problem, we'll release another announcement to address this.

Other Changes and Fixes
- Improved accuracy of Netcode prediction
- Fixed Livery Editor group deleting
- Fixed some broken translations
- Fixed message and command duplications (finally found the root cause)
- Fixed a potential performance issue during multiplayer races
- Fixed bumpers with dual exhausts

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed fog lights not lighting up on one of DS2's bumpers
  
• Fixed song display glitching on time attack restart
  
• Fixed livery editor focus lost on deleting grouped decals
  
• Fixed Gojira bodykit being unable to be unlocked
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Added Driver profile menu (WIP)
  
• Added Car level display in garage
  
• Added Steam achievements (More to come!)
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed Ghosts not loading on Time Attack Restart
  
• Fixed Mizuka Bodykit Conversion Unlock Level
  
• Fixed Multiplayer Joining Bug that duplicates commands in certain scenarios
  
• Fixed Save File rolling back
  
• Fixed name parsing of .ogg song files
  

New Game Update, Build 0008

New Car: Seichi
With huge power and an FR layout, the most drifty car in TS as of yet!

New Progression System
Part unlocking is finally here!

Experience Points and Levels are counted in 2 ways:
1. Overall Driver
2. Per Car

In Time Attacks, you are now rewarded with Experience Points and Money based off your performance.
For now, there are no driver based unlocks yet (Coming later), but you can now finally unlock all the cosmetic parts on the cars.

The rate of earning EXP and Money is still a work in progress, please give us feedback on it!

Situation on New Tracks
Unfortunately, our new tracks are still not ready for this update.
We know that the track selection is an issue right now and are working on ways to resolve it to bring more tracks to the game. Please sit tight!

Other Changes
- Changed buying/installing parts in the garage, now required to hit "Enter"
- Added function to resend time attack record to leaderboard if it fails (up to 3 attempts)
- Added manual selection of online ghost (Press G while focused on the leaderboard to pick a ghost)
- Added song name display (Format for naming of own song files: Artist - Song Name
- Added button to skip song (Bind key in settings to use)
- Added swappable mirrors
- Upon launching this version of the game for the first time, your car
- Improved Engine RPM redline lauching behaviour
- Fixed potential crash when failing to join lobby
- Reworked file saving format, file sizes are about 30% smaller

Note: Upon launching this version of the game for the first time, your car mods will be reset back to stock

We'll be conducting server maintenance for the game's leaderboard server at about 8th February 1:45pm - 4pm GMT+8

Leaderboards and online ghosts will be unavailable during this period.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed NXR audio glitches when in hood camera mode
  
• Fixed H-Pattern shifter working in Tutorials when it's not supposed to
  
• Fixed loading into tutorials after watching saved replays
  
• Fixed a bunch of model and material issues with new rims
  
• Fixed wrong quit message when leaving freeroam lobby
  

New Game Update, Build 0007

New Car: NXR
Try out the unique handling of this rear-mid engined monster!

Touge Shakai Has Acquired Licensed Eurobeat from Delta Music Industry!!
The in-game songs have now been replaced with official licensed songs. Check out the track list!

• Ken Blast - When The Sun Goes Down
  
• Priscilla - Love Is In Danger
  
• Max Coveri - Golden Age
  
• Cody - Final Destination
  
• Leslie Parrish - My King Is You
  
• Paul Harris - Motor Racing Master
  
• Marko Polo - Fighter
  
• Ika - One For Me One For You
  
• Stephy Martini - Dream On Dream
  
• Kochiss - Born To Love You
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed color hex codes not appearing in garage
  
• Fixed nametags missing with AMD FSR enabled
  
• Fixed decal deletion confirmation prompt not resetting properly
  
• Fixed missing uphill replay cameras for Enna Skyline and Soramine
  

It has come to our attention that there some concerns with the state of the game right now, so we'll like to address them. Although we have launched the game in Early Access, it has been made known to us that we have not communicated clearly how the development of the game is going to progress.

Being a new start up and our first time developing a full blown game, it's difficult to confidently lay out an entire development road map, but we'll like to share how we plan on working and expanding the game.

Right now, we are fully aware that the game is still far from being completed, and is lacking in content and features for it's asking price. However, we plan to include many more cars and tracks into the game in the coming months.

We plan to have a "Major Update" about every month, whereby we add new content and features, such as cars, tracks, and gameplay features. After each "Major Update", a few smaller patches and hot-fixes will follow to fix and improve upon these new features that we have just added. For some of the features that will be coming to the game, please check out the Early Access section on the store page.

If you're interested in Touge Shakai, but are on the fence about jumping aboard, please continue to watch the development and updates we bring in the subsequent months! In the meantime, here is a sneak peek of the new car that we are bringing in the next content update: The NXR

[h2]Build 0006 Changelog[/h2]

[h3]Changes, Improvements[/h3]

• Improved loading system, much faster loader times in certain situations (e.g. time attack restart)
  
• Added 4WD Launch control for 228 and Gojira
  
• Improved controller key bindings (Can use single thumbstick direction bindings now)
  
• Added lowercase letters and more shapes to livery editor
  
• Deleting decal now requires 2 presses
  
• Added direct numeric manipulation to decal position/rotation/scaling
  
• Added livery save slots system (up to 5 per car)
  
• Added more camera freedom while in garage
  
• Moved wheel related settings in "Others" settings to "Wheel" page
  
• Restarting time attack now skips the start animation
  
• Added automatic FFB LUT profile on first setup
  

• Fixed a pretty large memory leak
  
• Fixed Mizuka's 5th gear
  
• Fixed and adjusted all headlights
  
• Fixed issue of scaling grouped mirrored decals
  
• Fixed decal moving while typing
  
• Attempted fix for color hexcode not showing up in garage (Please report to us if it was broken for you, but u can see it now. Thanks!)
  

[h2]Build 0005 Changelog[/h2]

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Added section times and splits
  
• Added gamepad steering deadzone setting
  
• Added car loading indicator when joining a multiplayer lobby
  
• Reduced volume of DS2 rev limiter
  
• Adjusted gear ratios of DS2
  
• Improved car audio volume distance falloff
  

• Fixed Force Feedback Deactivating on race restarts
  
• Fixed infinite black screen when quitting a lobby while cars are still loading
  
• Fixed large liveries causing cars to fail to load in multiplayer
  
• Fixed some instances of unintentionally getting kicked from lobby (when cars are not finished loading)
  
• Fixed car parts failing to load on time attack restart in some instances
  
• Improved compatibility issues with vJoy (Added vJoy devices to steering wheel default exclusion list)
  
• Fixed livery painting on hard top of ER5
  
• Fixed steering wheels pulling to the left on race start
  
• Fixed controls maxing out when alt tab out of game
  
• Fixed player list tab menu
  
• Added deadzones to free camera controls (camera doesn't float away anymore)
  

Steering Wheel Compatibility
It has come to our attention that the force feedback system (DirectInput FFB) does not currently work with some brands of steering wheels. We will work on adding compatibility for more brands in future updates

[h3]Known working brands[/h3]

• Logitech
  
• Thrustmaster
  
• Fanatec
  

• Moza
  
• Simagic
  
• PXN
  

• Force Feedback disappearing after some race restarts
  
• Some parts of the car failing to load on time attack restart
  
• Getting randomly booted from a multiplayer lobby
  

It's finally time for Touge Shakai to go public!
The journey has been long, but it's only just the beginning.

Available in the early access, are 5 cars and 2.5 tracks (1 of which is 50% complete)

Game modes include Time Attack (local and online ghosts) with functional leaderboards,
and Online Free Roam, where you can hang out or have impromptu races with others.

Other features include a garage where you can customize your cars, such as their paint, fully fledged livery editor, body kits and wheels.

The game also supports most steering wheels with force feedback on the market from large brands (Logitech, Thrustmaster, Fanatec, etc). We'll be looking to add support for more brands in the future.

We'll continue to update the game with more content and features in the upcoming months, please stay tuned to our Discord and Steam page for further developments.

Thank you all for the support, and we hope to see you on the Touge!



Leaderboards are available on the official Touge Shakai website.