In the distant future, the CYBERACE cybernetic research enterprise is holding their very first "EX-XDRiVER Championship," a racing championship with a priceless reward—any cybernetic enhancement that the winner desires. With such an enticing reward, contestants have traveled from around the world to compete in a high stakes, winner-take-all tournament in hopes to make their deepest desires come true.

RIDE THE NEON CIRCUIT

Immerse yourself in a futuristic landscape of neon, sleek raceways and an addicting high-energy soundtrack. Enjoy a track list with over 15 artists providing a wide variety of original music & licensed songs!

PUSH THE LIMITS OF RACING

Traditional rhythm game gameplay will be easy to learn but require mastery and practice as you tackle technical high-level tracks. Obtain "LIMITs" from hitting notes and drifts as accurately as you can—go for perfect scores, faster finish times, and world records!

HONE YOUR SKILLS, COMPETE FOR GLORY

Play solo in an arcade-style credits mode to unlock songs for Free Play—or if you're feeling competitive, connect online and race against others to see who deserves the title of XDRV Champion!

Early Access Release 1.4.22

New Charts

Added 4 new EXTREME difficulty charts
[list]
DELTA ASCENDER
HYPRWARP
Rainbow Raceway
[spoiler]FRONTLINERS[/spoiler]

[/list]

Changes

Added the "Invert Colors" option to the ADV. INTERFACE category, which inverts the Early/Late offset colors
Added the "Sticky Keys" option to the APPLICATION category, which enables/disables the functionality for Sticky Keys being temporarily disabled while the game is open
Improved Hitsounds
[list]
Hitsounds will now play the same sound regardless of judgment, but at the correct time

Added "Hitsound Offset" option to the GAMEPLAY category

Also supported by Saved Offsets

Added "Hitsound Volume" option to the VOLUME category

Sound Effect volume will no longer affect Hitsound volume

Added "EX Percentage" option to ADV. INTERFACE, which displays your current EX % in the score info section

Works with Subtractive Scoring, and EX Difference

Removed Audio Calibration

The Audio Calibration system wasn't used often, it's more often than not that other people will tell players to just play the game and adjust sync as necessary

Adjusted default volume profile / unloaded settings

Swapped the Start/Select (Pause/Restart) keybinds on controllers to be more uniform

Added unlock messages for Flairs and Player Icons

Fixed certain options not updating until selected when affected by other options

Fixed Multiplayer chart validation not showing the correct player name colors

Fixed Gauges not showing in the Multiplayer Results screen

Fixed Checkpoints (at the top of the screen) not showing up during spectator mode in Multiplayer

Fixed Hold Note bodies scaling incorrectly with [u]track_scale_z[/u] mods

Fixed Medal Target EX rounding down instead of rounding properly

Existing play data will not be affected

[/list]

Chart Developer Changes

Added the [u]-showmods[/u] command line argument, which now displays debug information in gameplay while Chart Developer Mode ([u]-chartdev[/u]) is enabled
Added column-specific [u]#FAKE[/u] timing segments -- simply give a [u]#FAKE[/u] segment an optional integer, starting at 0 for the left-most column
[list]
[u]#FAKE,16,0[/u] will mark the first column's notes as fakes for 16 beats

Added [u]#MEASURE_LINE[/u] timing segments, which optionally take a [u]left[/u] or [u]right[/u] argument for track-specific variants

Added [u]xdrv.AddMeasureLine[/u] to modfile lua, which takes a timing value, timing type ([u]"beat"[/u] or [u]"time"[/u]), and optionally [u]"left"[/u] or [u]"right"[/u] for track-specific variants
Examples: [u]#MEASURE_LINE,left[/u], [u]xdrv.AddMeasureLine("beat", 0, "right")[/u], [u]#MEASURE_LINE[/u], [u]xdrv.AddMeasureLine("beat", 0)[/u]
This change also optimizes measure line spawning, which should result in less frame drops where they're activated in large chunks

[u]xdrv.RunEvent[/u] and [u]xdrv.AddMeasureLine[/u] now can have their first timing value and timing type arguments swapped without issue ([u]xdrv.AddMeasureLine(0, "beat")[/u], and [u]xdrv.AddMeasureLine("beat", 0)[/u] will both be allowed syntax)

Timing Segments without an [u]=[/u] will now act as an empty Timing Segment of that type with no arguments

Fixed Timing Segments with no arguments counting as 1 empty argument

Fixed the "SetCheckpointLabel" event throwing errors when given values that can be expressed as a different type, such as an integer

Fixed EnableBloomBeat events not working properly depending on the beat it started at

[/list]

[ 2025-04-23 03:10:57 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Release 1.4.1

Early Access Release 1.[u]4.1[/u]

????

Added ????

Changes

Game Changes

Life & Momentum Gauge are now part of a much larger system which will be expanded upon in the future
Momentum Gauge now ranges from 0.5x to 1.5x, and now acts as a multiplier to your Life Gauge gain
Life Gauge rates adjusted accordingly
Added an option to change experimental sync type
[list]
Currently this only supports the old sync method and the new one, but you can now choose between them

Adjusted how music loads, also potentially improving music sync

Updated unlock conditions for [spoiler]FRONTLINERS[/spoiler] and [spoiler]Fly Wit Me[/spoiler]

Now shows which songs you have to clear in an Arcade Mode set, but only after you clear the songs required will the hints be revealed

Removed the pause count from the UI, now only tells you if you paused at all

Updated credits

Fixed [spoiler]Dreams From Another World EX[/spoiler]'s chart author tag

Fixed MUSIC_VOLUME chart metadata tag not working properly

Fixed the Custom Best Score sort folder loading duplicates of existing charts

Fixed invalid additional song directories causing errors

Removed the Time value

this one is real

[/list]

Chart Developer Changes

Too many spoilers to mention here! Check the documentation for spoiler-related changes.
Added a Print event to display text
Added lua file loading from within modfiles

[ 2025-04-01 15:35:00 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Release 1.4.0

re:ROUTE - vivid/stasis Collaboration

The first collaboration as part of re:ROUTE, the EX-XDRiVER Collaboration Series, brings 3 songs from vivid/stasis, a player icon, and a new stage background!

Cosmogyral - Darren & Altermis
UTF-8000000000 - Attoclef
valor/starcross - Lundy vs. Wyvren

Changes

Game Changes

The 'Story Mode' folder now has a subfolder for the 'Ignia' song list, for example

Folder metadata can be applied to folders and subfolders, which can change folder banners, logos, display names, hide certain details, etc

Added a proper loading screen on boot and reload

Feedback on this change is appreciated! You might not notice a difference at all, but if you do, let us know!

Holding down a key when changing options now increases in speed over time

Note spawning should no longer cause lag spikes when in large groups of notes in the same timeframe
Fakes no longer cause long loading times
Jackets no longer get unnecessarily loaded
Charts take significantly less time to load

Save backups are now created on profile load

Drift sensitivity now affects the 'Digital Input' drift speed

Updated the Custom chart icon

Updated every single radar value calculation, Gimmick radar values have received a major rework

Updated EX percentage on leaderboards to now show EX difference above 99%

Updated credits

[/list]

Chart Changes

Fixed invalid event warnings in Futari no Sekai, and IGNITED
Fixed checkpoint inconsistencies with HYPRWARP, and Futari no Sekai
Fixed HYPRWARP HY13 having an offbeat 'BloomBeat' event

Bugfixes

Fixed song info slide snapping
Fixed audio calibration option description
Fixed song preview volume option description
Fixed hold ticks giving credit for misses
Fixed a bug with difficulties that don't exist
Fixed fakes preventing radar values from loading properly
Fixed hold notes with negative speedmods displaying incorrectly
Fixed radar values taking BPMs above 10000 into account
Fixed radar values calculating song duration incorrectly
Fixed EX stage overlay on song cards not working
Fixed checkpoints with a numeric name throwing an error
Fixed jackets and banners automatically generating mipmaps
Fixed charts not loading properly if they have extra content on note rows
Fixed inconsistent song wheel sorting
Fixed a lua error when generating radar values due to randomly generated integers
Trimmed lua events with null arguments at the end

Chart Developer Changes

Added new stage background 'BackgroundVivid' and its documentation
Chart documentation now properly lists background names
Added more song group related functions for unlocks
Added optional subfolder arguments for chart count functions to unlocks
Added functions to get best score, EX score, and time to unlocks
Added functions to get if a player has full comboed a song or chart
Chart redirects now select the chart that redirected the player if available when returning to the song wheel
Added new argument to EnableBloomBeat that starts at the current beat
Added global events to change camera type to orthographic and perspective
Printing in lua now adds it to the log file

[ 2025-02-07 16:37:11 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Release 1.3.0

New Song

IGNITED by VIVID

[list]
BG5, NM10, HY13, EX14

[/list]

Game Changes

Added a new background for IGNITED
Added a 0.2 second held delay to gyroscope resets
Added Arcade Mode onboarding dialogue
Reworked Options UI
Reworked Gamemode Select
Adjusted unlock conditions for [spoiler]FRONTLINERS[/spoiler], [spoiler]Fly Wit Me[/spoiler], And So You Felt, and WE OUT HERE
Removed redundant energy converter text

Chart Developer Changes

Added "#CHART_AUTHORS" chart metadata field

[list]
Charts now support multiple chart authors, separated by comma

Added experimental warping between checkpoints with -chartdev mode enabled

Left Arrow Key to warp back a checkpoint, Right Arrow Key to warp forward a checkpoint, Down Arrow Key to warp to the checkpoint you last warped to

Added new mods

Added RedirectChart, BlockRedirects, and GetSongGroup to unlock lua

Added improved #EVENT / RunEvent argument type mismatch error handling

[/list]

Bugfixes

Fixed Gyroscope rotation not resetting to neutral properly (Thanks wijo!)
Fixed HasSeenChart not checking HasPlayedChart
Fixed "#MUSIC_CREDIT" field not displaying
Fixed Break judgments taking too much life off the life gauge
Fixed custom chart jackets being filtered twice
Fixed various held input issues on some menus
Fixed song folder order

[ 2024-10-04 16:14:58 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Release 1.2.0

New Songs

Futari no Sekai by log()
Wonderblossom by Attoclef
Rave Protocol by Pseudotone
Waiting by Aiyru
??? by ??? (Can be unlocked through a bonus stage, similar to [spoiler]FRONTLINERS[/spoiler])

New Profile Customization Options

Added icons for:

Futari no Sekai
Waiting
Wonderblossom

Changes

Added the "Instant Controller Pause" option, which allows pausing the game instantly on controller instead of having to hold the pause button down
Added mipmap textures to input glyphs
Added new names to the credits
Chart unlocks have been reworked!
[list]
Some songs no longer need to be unlocked
Songs that have to be unlocked via Arcade Mode now unlock every difficulty on a clear on any difficulty

Replaced loading screens

Removed full file paths from system messages, to not show system usernames

All radar values have gotten adjustments

[/list]

Custom Charts

Added chart events to lua using RunEvent
Added Note Opacity to mods lua
Added GetPlayerNoteColor functions to mods lua
Added HasSeenChart, HasPlayedChart and related functions to unlock lua
Added Chart Omittance functions, which hide or replace specific elements of a song in the song wheel
All of these changes are further documented on GitHub

Bugfixes

Fixed how drifting calculates camera movement
Fixed z-fighting issues on the track underglow sprites
Fixed notes "snapping back" a frame when pausing
Fixed results screen life bar issues
Experimental fixes for non-16:9 issues, new menus in the next major update
Reworked how Steam is initialized

[ 2024-09-08 16:39:46 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Hotfix 1.1.2.4

Added new player icons (and added new display names for every icon)
[list]
CANDYLAND
Sigrn
WE OUT HERE

Added an option under the 'APPLICATION' category for pausing automatically when the game is out of focus

Fixed multiple bugs with stops, warps and various timing segments

Fixed background element wrapping errors & adjusted background speed

Fixed Alt+Enter fullscreening the game incorrectly

Fixed a memory leak with the song wheel

Fixed a bug with best possible time calculation (fixed in prior hotfix)

Fixed empty charts throwing errors (fixed in prior hotfix)

Added more robust error handling for charts on reload & boot (fixed in prior hotfix)

[/list]

[ 2024-08-07 13:59:34 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Release 1.1.2

Replaced the jacket art & player icon for 'Resurrection'
Updated 'City in the Clouds' to use the City background
Updated visual effects for Gear Shift notes
[list]
All of these effects can be adjusted to your liking under the 'ADV. INTERFACE' options category.

Updated the life and momentum gauges

Life gain increased by 33% and life loss reduced by 33% on Beginner difficulty charts
Life gain increased by 16% and life loss reduced by 16% on Normal difficulty charts
Momentum loss reduced by 50% on Beginner difficulty charts
Momentum loss reduced by 25% on Normal difficulty charts

Added experimental code that temporarily disables Sticky Keys popups on Windows

If you encounter any issues (i.e. antivirus or issues with the game launching), please file a bug report

Added global events "SetCheckpointLabel" and "ResetCheckpointLabel"

Added a limit of 64 checkpoints per chart

Added new mods (more details in custom chart documentation)

Updated credits names with new team members and more!

Removed unused models

Whitelisted the 'Enter' key on Keyboard for rebinding controls

Updated Discord RPC

Fixed a bug where final times would be faster than normally possible

Fixed a bug with empty charts crashing during checkpoint generation

Fixed a bug with beat based mods starting at negative beats

Fixed unintended behavior with BPM changes modifying spacing between notes

Fixed a bug with overlapping notes & opacity

Fixed a bug where some songs would linger after finishing a song

This also fixes the bug where the playback icon on the progress bar would be behind in some cases

Fixed a bug where the color scheme folder wouldn't open

[/list]

[ 2024-07-26 04:27:08 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Hotfix 1.1.1

Fixed an incorrect drift in WE OUT HERE BG5
Fixed certain fonts' sharpness values (gray boxes around characters)
Fixed a bug where scores with pauses would still upload

[ 2024-07-02 11:05:25 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Release 1.1.0

New songs and chart updates!

SPEED LIMIT by jeko

BG1 by tari (The tutorial has been reworked! You'll be notified when opening your profile.)

Knights of Khronelia by JinoBeats

[spoiler]BG3 by Ky_Dash[/spoiler]
[spoiler]NM10 by Ky_Dash[/spoiler]
[spoiler]HY12 by Ky_Dash[/spoiler]
[spoiler]EX15 by Ky_Dash & RILEY[/spoiler]

Mahika by The Musical Ghost

[spoiler]BG3 by Exschwasion[/spoiler]
[spoiler]NM9 by Exschwasion[/spoiler]
[spoiler]HY13 by Exschwasion[/spoiler]

Sigrn by Kara & UNHAPPYCORE

[spoiler]BG4 by nb1rs[/spoiler]
[spoiler]NM9 by nb1rs[/spoiler]
[spoiler]HY11 by nb1rs[/spoiler]

CANDYLAND (XDRV Cut) by Seo

[spoiler]BG2 by RILEY[/spoiler]
[spoiler]NM8 by RILEY[/spoiler]
[spoiler]HY12 by RILEY[/spoiler]
[spoiler]EX14 by RILEY[/spoiler]

WE OUT HERE by A-Saph

[spoiler]BG5 by tari[/spoiler]
[spoiler]NM7 by tari[/spoiler]
[spoiler]HY12 by RILEY[/spoiler]
[spoiler]EX15 by Chart Team XDRV[/spoiler]

Known Issues

Gyroscope

In a large amount of cases, gyroscopes of controllers will frequently drift in some direction over time, there are some ways to mitigate this:

Calibrate your controller via Steam Controller Settings: Steam -> Settings -> Controller -> Calibration & Advanced Settings -> Gyro Calibration
Quickly setting your gyroscope to neutral in-game by pressing the Left Stick on your controller (might not be available in certain menus)
Resetting your gyroscope by unplugging your controller and plugging it back in

We are working on a more robust gyroscope implementation!

Changes

Tutorial overhaul!

The tutorial has been completely reworked, now making full use of every option and mechanic in the game.
Leaderboard scores for SPEED LIMIT BG1 have been reset as a result.

Added Drift inputs to other input devices!

Swap between input methods in Options, under Gyroscope, and rebind your controls under Rebind Controls to make full use of this change.

Added Momentum & Checkpoints!

The better you do, the faster your final time will be.
The momentum value is affected negatively by anything under an X-Limit.
The "Finished" medal previously awarded for getting enough EX Score, now is awarded by having a final time that is faster than the song length.
Checkpoints will display splits based on how ahead or behind you are compared to your progress bar targets.

Added Pausing!

Scores with pauses will NOT be uploaded to leaderboards.
In addition, your pause count will be displayed on the results screen.
In Multiplayer, hosts can enter the pause menu & return all players to lobby, and restarts are disabled.
In Arcade Mode, quitting will fail out and advance you to the next stage, and restarts are now allowed in the first 10 seconds of gameplay.

Gameplay UI overhaul!

Completely reworked the gameplay UI, now less cluttered and more focused on time
Radial momentum and life bars
Horizontal progress bar displays checkpoints, player location, finish line
Subtractive scoring now available on the usual score display, and legacy subtractive scoring available in the old location

New Mods and Events for custom charts!

Added "camera_fov" mod
Added note size/scale mods
Added track size/scale mods
Added "track_color" aliases for lane color mods
Added the [spoiler]City background, events are posted on GitHub[/spoiler]
Added optional eases and optional 'time based' options for ease events to Tunnel background
Added 'EaseBloomIntensity' and 'EaseBloomDiffusion' events to Tunnel background

Misc. Changes

Added EX Percentage to leaderboards
Added local leaderboards, shows your profile's top 5
Added outlines to notes that overlap gears
Added a public lobby count to the Multiplayer gamemode button
Added "-devsongfolders" command line argument, which adds specific custom song folders only when this command line argument is enabled
Shortened Multiplayer lobby codes to a maximum of 7 characters
Times on leaderboards are now shown with a darker version if they were achieved before this update
Modfile errors and prints no longer print until you enter gameplay
Legacy Subtractive Scoring color now changes based on if you're ahead of or behind your best score
Moved drift indicators to be over the black bars/letterboxing
Options names and order updated to be more concise and less cluttered
Fonts on song wheel & results changed
Gyroscope reset button appears in tutorial & options
Certain options that didn't "wrap around" (i.e. Offset, Judgments) now do so
Adjusted the Chord radar value calculation
Credits updated with new names
"Show Input Glyphs" option is now enabled by default regardless of tutorial selection
"Autodrift" option is no longer enabled by default when there is no controller with a gyroscope when creating a profile
Updated font for the chart developer mode on-screen text
Disabled certain chart metadata tags in custom charts
Fixed a bug where the color config preset list would maintain control for too long
Fixed a bug where warps could go out of chart bounds during radar value calculation
Fixed Discord RPC log file spam
Fixed input glyphs lighting up when autoplay was enabled
Fixed a bug where you could change leaderboards and sort while having quick options opened
Fixed a bug with the Gimmick radar calculation
Fixed a bug with time-based mods not sorting correctly in specific scenarios
Fixed randomness with radar value calculation
Fixed a bug with hold lengths

[ 2024-06-30 17:01:40 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Release 1.0.3

- Reworked the hashing algorithm for modfiles
- This means, play data automatically migrate to a new hash -- if you lose any play data on any chart in the base game, please let us know with a bug report and we can potentially recover your save data.
- Updated Station HY10 to fix a missing lighting event (scores are not lost)
- Added an acknowledgement when attempting to add custom charts for the first time
- Added more lua friendly aliases for modfiles
- xdrv.mod as an alias for xdrv.Mod
- xdrv.set as an alias for xdrv.Set
- xdrv.ease as an alias for xdrv.Ease
- xdrv.get_player_scroll_speed as an alias for xdrv.GetPlayerScrollSpeed
- Reworked the controller system
- Gyroscope is still untouched in its current state while we look for solutions.
- Currently, to improve your gyroscope, calibrate it via Steam controller settings, press Left Stick down to reset your gyroscope to neutral, and unplug and plug your controller back in while keeping it still to fully reset it.
- Clarified the unlock condition for [spoiler]FRONTLINERS[/spoiler]
- Updated credits to add a name and update a name
- Fixed a bug with duplicate song lookup keys
- Fixed a bug with duplicate song lookups and empty song data
- Fixed a bug with audio not being able to be loaded
- Fixed Discord RPC on results screen not showing difficulty
- Fixed xdrv.GetPlayerScrollSpeed in modfiles
- Previously, this would fail until this update due to a dynamic hash change. With the hashing algorithm rework, this is fixed.
- Fixed a bug where radar values could be NaN

[ 2024-05-01 02:15:29 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Release 1.0.2 - Hotfix 3

Added GetPlayerScrollSpeed as a lua function call
Added Mute Unfocused option to Volume Options
Fixed a bug with note rotate mods
Fixed a bug with ignored/fake drift notes
Volume Settings when no profile is loaded will now be based on your last loaded profile
Set default Sound Effects Volume to 25%
Updated lua error handling for modfiles

[ 2024-04-28 04:09:36 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Release 1.0.2 - Hotfix 2

Added a new options category for accessibility
Added background flashing lights multiplier to accessibility options
Added background brightness to accessibility options
Added an option to enter a hex color code for note color settings
Clamped the minimum and maximum chart level between -99 and 99
Saved Leaderboard Sort Types to settings
Add Additional Song Folder, Clear Song Folders, Reload Songs options now work from Free Play
Set default screen size to 1280x720 on first boot instead of 1600x900
Fixed the player not appearing in leaderboards
Fixed hold notes and gear notes not rendering properly with track rotate mods
Fixed difficulty number text wrapping
Fixed cloud saves not transferring from Proton builds

[ 2024-04-27 09:17:09 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Release 1.0.2 - Hotfix 1

Fixed note position applying horizontal offset incorrectly
Fixed drift related mods not being able to be applied

[ 2024-04-26 05:24:07 CET ] [Original Post]

Early Access Release 1.0.2

Added a line at 75% on the lifebar
Added a button to Gamemode Select that brings up the website for the game
Added a button to Gamemode Select to replay the tutorial
Added judgments for the Show Offset option
Added Song Preview Volume to options
Added the color of the difficulty to the difficulty text in multiplayer
Added a button to toggle Global and Friend leaderboards to the Song Wheel
Added a button to toggle Autodrift Off Only leaderboards on or off to the Song Wheel
Currently limited to top 300 and friends
Added Korean to the default fonts
Added aliases for camera position and rotation mods
Added Left Lane and Right Lane specific color mods
Added Drift Note movement and rotation mods
Added an on-screen warning if -chartdev is enabled
Fixed a bug where Stop segments wouldn't work properly
Fixed a bug where invalid color schemes would prevent the color scheme menu from opening
Fixed a bug where controllers rebinding inputs would back out to the menu if rebinding to the escape button
Fixed a bug with track rotation mods where notes wouldn't be transformed onto the track correctly
Changed Title Screen volume from 75% to 25%
Made lifebar loss cap at 5% loss
Made the unlock hint for [spoiler]FRONTLINERS[/spoiler] appear at 50% of the difficulty cleared from 80%
Note Colors and Rebind Controls options have been moved to the Gameplay category
Volume related options now immediately update when changed
Reworked the progress bar to avoid text wrapping and add a custom chart icon
Adjusted the default color scheme to better suit colorblind users

[ 2024-04-26 04:44:44 CET ] [Original Post]

Release 1.0.1 - Hotfix 1

Fixed Arcade Mode Bonus Stages not appearing

[ 2024-04-23 07:13:48 CET ] [Original Post]

Release 1.0.1 - The Day 1 Patch

Fixed the energy converter softlocking Arcade Mode if you had less than 50% EX Meter when used
Fixed a visual bug where a personal best's grade would still be grayed out if the personal best was a fail, but the player has cleared the chart before
Added failing out for quitting out of a chart in Arcade Mode
Added icons on the EX sidebar for other players in Multiplayer
Tournament Flairs are now hidden
Judge Tilt limit increased to 60
Prevent Virtual Keyboard from opening if the last input was from a keyboard

[ 2024-04-23 05:25:33 CET ] [Original Post]