Welcome to the August 2024 Community Update! We'll be posting these regular, short-form posts with news and information about development - primarily what we've been working on recently; and what you can expect to see in upcoming patches. To join the discussion, as well as get more info direct from the development team, you can join us on Discord!

In Progress

We're always hard at work on different features and fixes - and here are a few of the things we've been working on this month, but aren't yet finished. As always, you can check out the [roadmap](https://gene-rally2.com/roadmap/) for more information.

Online Multiplayer - Core functionality is complete. We are now focusing on fixes and UI.
UI Update - We'll have more information on this in a separate blog post, soon!
AI Update - We're in the process of making the AI smarter and nicer to race against.
Next Car - The next car is in the process of having its model finalised, and its textures tweaked.

Waiting for Next Update

These are things that we've been working on, and are either undergoing final testing or are "ready to release". We'll be including these in the next game update.

AI - The AI pitting logic has been completely rewritten and is significantly improved.
Physics - Changes have been made to open-wheel car colliders to make them more driveable.
UI - We made tweaks to the menu UI performance, and small changes to the in-race UI.
Height Map Import Smoothing - PNG height maps are now smoothed when imported.
Follow Camera - The follow camera no longer zooms out excessively at some tracks.
Japanese Localisation - Thanks to *Hiroshi Ashida*, the Japanese localisation is complete.

[ 2024-08-13 13:05:35 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

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

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(72 reviews)

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https://gene-rally2.com

Website

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2104920

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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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