Summary

This is our major Early Access update for August. It includes a variety of new game features and fixes.

Gameplay & Performance

Implemented shadow caching, which hopefully improves performance. The dynamic shadow mode will return later as a toggleable option.
Added a new car, "Truck".
Added two new tracks, "Rampster" and "Tachren".
Made changes to how the cars respond to steering inputs to improve their stability.
Adjusted the braking torque across all cars.
Adjusted the grip of cars on mud.
Lowered the General's centre of gravity.
Various small improvements have been made to the AI, particularly improving their ability to handle tight turns.
Driving through a bush now has a slowing effect.
Improved the way the AI handle pit-lanes and the AI pit line.
Improved the performance of the AI and car physics code.
Improved the feel of car collisions in a variety of situations.
Implemented some basic Steam Achievements.
Pit-crew will now start working on the car's tyres slightly more quickly.
The method of applying wheel damage has been updated to be more consistent.
Moderna has been updated slightly to improve the height map in Turn 2.
FIXED: Cars now have grip calculated correctly on steep slopes.
FIXED: Players who are "timed out" at the race end, now are correctly awarded points.
FIXED: Skidmarks now clear correctly when the end-of-race replay loops.
FIXED: The jack-man of the pit-crew no longer has a death wish.
FIXED: The game will no longer crash when leaving a skidmark against the top wall of the terrain.

User Interface

Implemented some prospective fixes for the default Steam Deck controller config.
Improved the functionality of the follow camera, including improving its "elasticity".
Added Russian language localisation (thanks to Paul Kozlovitch).
Added French language localisation (thanks to Aurlien Folley).
Adjusted the tyre wear and fuel usage scaling to range from 0-200%.
Re-enabled driver blocks showing for AI drivers. A toggle for this option will be coming in future.
FIXED: Characters in the Turkish translation should now all be rendered in the correct font.
FIXED: Driver block flags are now correct in all circumstances.

Track Editor

Added a new object, "Flagpole".
Added a new object, "Logs".
Added a new object, "Dead Tree".
Added a new object, "Container".
Added a new object, "Round Booth".
Added a new object, "House 2".
Added "tree stump" variants for all tree types.
Added the ability to force a Workshop upload to be made as a new track. **Please Note:** this will overwrite the Workshop ID stored in the track file, so you will not be able to update the previous track, unless you have saved a copy of the track beforehand.
FIXED: Object placement tool in "line" mode, no longer has variable spacing depending on drag speed.
FIXED: Multiple GR1-imported objects now import at their correct rotations.
FIXED: Blue cones in GR1 tracks, are now correctly imported as blue cones.
FIXED: AI line edge flags are now correctly generated on GR1 imports.
FIXED: The height maps of GR1 tracks now import more accurately.
FIXED: The rope parameter no longer applies to the single object rotation.
FIXED: An armco barrier no longer gets placed in the bottom-left corner of the track.
FIXED: The height map overlay no longer shows in screenshots if it was active when saving a track.

Known Issues

The main menu sometimes experiences distortions or other rendering issues - changing resolution, or restarting the game may rectify the issue.
Occasionally, when in Windowed mode, changing the language multiple times in quick succession can shrink the game window.

[ 2023-08-24 12:30:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

GeneRally 2

Curious Chicken Games Developer

Curious Chicken Games Publisher

2023-05-30 Release

Action Indie Strategy Casual RPG Adventure Simulation F2P Sports MMO Racing Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop EA Tags

Game News Posts: 32

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support

Mostly Positive (74 reviews)

https://gene-rally2.com

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GeneRally 2 is a friendly top-down arcade racing game - with an easy-to-use, built-in track editor. GeneRally 2 is the sequel to the 2002 classic, GeneRally - one of the most played arcade racing games of all time! Have fun racing alone against the AI; with your friends in "no split-screen necessary" couch PvP; or try your hand at creating tracks and sharing them with the world.

GeneRally 2 now in Early Access! If you want to find out more about the Early Access process, please read our developer blog post on the subject!

Experience a wide variety of fun and interesting tracks created by us, by the GeneRally 2 community - or make the perfect track for you in our track editor. With 60+ objects (and more being added all the time); 12 different surface types (from dirt and gravel, to snow and ice); and a feature-packed terrain-editing tool - the only limit is your imagination! Upload your creations to Steam Workshop and share them with the world. You can even import tracks from GeneRally 1 directly into the game!
Race against the clock (and the ghost car) in time-trial; against the AI; or with friends in couch PvP (online multiplayer coming during Early Access). There's no need for split screen - the whole track is visible at once - so grab your friends and family, and get racing! Compete in single races, or see who's victorious over multiple races in championship mode. Up to 8 players can play together on the same computer.
Customise your car and stand out from the crowd - adjust the colours and paint scheme for you and every car in the race.
Detailed car physics take account of many different real-world parameters like drive-train type (FWD/RWD/AWD), suspension travel/rebound, weight distribution and more! The cars are easy-to-learn but hard-to-master, based on a realistic physics simulation.
Plan your pitstops and manage your fuel, tyre wear and damage over the course of the race - or turn all of those off and enjoy unlimited ability to run your friends off the road!
With a variety of different cars (5 at launch, more coming later), each with their own unique performance and handling characteristics, there's never a dull moment.
Tweak the AI opponents for closer racing - choose between multiple driving style "profiles" and adjust their skill level to battle for victory.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 20.04 / Ubuntu 18.04 / CentOS 7 or similar
Processor: 64-bit processor with support for SSE2
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 900 series or later (or equivalent)
Storage: 250 MB available space

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