In this update, we bring to you a brand new feature, which in a sense is somewhat of an entire game by itself: FPV Drones! As well as the longest track to grace Touge Shakai.

New Feature: FPV Drone

Touge Shakai now features an FPV drone which you can fly in game! The simulation was written from scratch after months of research. However, as we're not actual FPV drone pilots, please reach out to us to give feedback if you're a real pilot and would like to see it be even more realistic! We would love for the FPV drone community to join us, as we think they're a great fit for chasing cars attacking the Touge. The drone is quite fully featured, and includes 3 flight modes:

• Acro (Full manual)
• Angle
• Altitude Hold

As most FPV pilots would say, although it is the toughest, we recommend Acro mode if you can handle it, as it allows the most agile movements to do some moves required to keep up with the fast cars! Note that because the drone is a high performance drone that can hit over 180km/h to keep up with the cars, it is practically impossible to fly with a keyboard, hence only gamepads and joysticks are supported. The drone is accessible in 2 ways: while watching a saved replay (accessed from the replay menu), or in an online free roam lobby (spectator option in pause menu). We hope that you have as much fun flying, as you do driving in TS!

New Track: Sadamine

We're happy to finally bring you one of our favourite, as well as longest touge course. We feel that Sadamine is a beautiful location, as well as an awesome layout. Enjoy the challenge of this high speed yet technical course, now both on the ground and in the air!

Other Changes and about the next update

We now have a new improved driving HUD (thanks AYLehis!), with more future designs incoming, which you will be able to unlock by playing the game. We will also bring back the old design as an option, if you prefer it! For the next update, we'll be focusing on looking back on the game, such as car balancing, and fixing long standing issues, instead of developing new features that take a long time. Changelog

• Added FPV drone
• Added Sadamine track
• New driving HUD design
• New redline sound effects for Kosei and NXR
• Added some anti-cheat measures
• Fixed some street lamps not working correctly in some tracks
• Fixed some material issues on Okawa
• Fixed Enna Skyline unable to get medals
• Fixed car radar targetting wrong cars
• Fixed per car settings values displaying wrongly on load
• Adjusted Enna Skyline uphill finish line
• Improved stability of access to multiplayer lobby
• Updated credits

[ 2024-11-24 04:17:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Touge Shakai (Mountain Pass Society) is an online Touge Racing Game based on Japanese car culture in the 90s. With an emphasis on balance between realism and fun gameplay, the physics are tailored for competitive drift racing, while giving a challenge to all players.

The driving physics are mainly simulated, but not to the extent of hardcore racing simulators. The driving characteristics of each car is tailored to be distinctly different from each other, and require drivers to master different driving styles to bring out the best in each car. The objective is to be fun while remaining believable. However, there's a twist to the driving physics: Drifting is faster than grip driving for most rear-wheel drive vehicles.

Features

• Unique sim-cade driving physics designed for Touge Battles
  
• Time Attack against local and online ghosts
  
• Multiplayer lobbies for free roaming and impromptu battles
  
• Cosmetic car customization - Body kits and custom liveries
  
• Unique Touge racing modes
  
• Steering wheel support with Force Feedback
  
• In-game music player - Load your own tracks into the game

Coming later

• Progression - Unlock new cars and parts as you hit objectives
  
• Virtual Reality Support
  
• Different weather conditions - Rain, fog
  
• Online matchmaking and ranking
  
• Driver and team profiles
  
• Replay camera editor - Setup race cameras using key frames

Game modes

Time Attack
Race against the clock with various cars and courses to improve your pace and compete on the leaderboards. Players can also challenge the “ghosts” of other players, which are apparitions of their previous runs to learn from their driving. Medals are awarded with target timings, and provides progression for customization for each car.

PvP Battle
Classic touge-style battle. Battles rules include "First to finish" and "Cat and Mouse". Cat and Mouse has a leader and a chaser, with the leader trying to pull away and the chaser trying to keep up. The leader wins when they finish the course by a fixed distance from the chaser, while the chaser wins if they manage to overtake by the finish. The race moves on to the next round in a draw, with their positions reversed. Cat and Mouse mode is recommended as it provides the fairest battle, as overtaking is difficult and dangerous on the touge.


Team battles consist of multiple PvP Battles ongoing at the same time, with the team with the most wins coming out on top.

Free Ride
Practice, socialize and start impromptu races with others on the touge and just have fun! Learn from others and enjoy the course without the pressure of winning or losing. Showcase your rides and hang out with other racers and teams.