Hey racers!

Thanks for all the early feedback on Update 0.4.0 your impressions helped us quickly track down a few issues and polish up some of the newly added systems. Here\'s the full list of what changed in patch 0.4.3.

Heres whats new:

Additions

• Dynamic water splash effect added when landing from jumps

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• Smarter camera behavior in tunnels More refinement coming in future patches keep the feedback coming!

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Tweaks/Improvements

• General VFX prefab cleanup & optimization

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• Hydrospeeder water interaction VFX updated

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• Less over-brightening due to new shader variant

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Bug fixes

• Track 1, 2, and 3 occlusion/culling data rebaked

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• Track 2 flow bake redone

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• Incorrect directional signs on Track 3 replaced with floating versions

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• Fixed stunt animations triggering in multiplayer races

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• Pickup collect cooldown added

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• Drift level clamping corrected for more consistent drift behavior

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Thank You!

Thanks again for all the feedback, bug reports, and support through the big 0.4.0 rollout. Your input helps us quickly patch, polish, and build toward the next big features.

If you spot anything odd after 0.4.3, let us know in the reviews, Discord or on our other social media channels. Find the full list of channels here .

\nSee you on the waves and don\'t forget to tell your friends about Tidal Rush! \n Your Shiny Team

Hey Racers!

\nUpdate 0.4.0 has officially splashed down and its a big one. This update lays major foundations for Tidal Rushs future, introduces our first stunt system prototype, upgrades the entire project to Unity 6, and brings hundreds (yes, hundreds) of gameplay, visual, audio, and performance improvements.

Lets dive in:

NEW: Stunt System Prototype

Show off mid-air!\nOur first pass at the stunt system is now live, including:

• A one-button stunt system feature press the drift button midair to perform a stunt and get an extra boost when being successful

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• Ability to chain stunts in order to get an improved boost reward

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• Early crash-landing penalties & animations

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• Multiple flip directions (early placeholders, but way more variety!)

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This is just the beginning well be refining the system heavily with your feedback.

Major Gameplay Polishing

Weve shipped a wave of improvements across racing, drifting, bots, weapons, and powerups:

Racing & Vehicle Handling

• Tweaked drifting (easier initiation & more natural camera roll)

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• More responsive Hydrospeeder rotation + small wobble during boosts

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• Better autopilot logic & more reliable exit direction

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• Improved buoyancy and flow physics

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Bots

• More stable autopilot

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• Reduced bot hopping when drifting

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• Fairer rubberbanding behavior

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Weapons & Items

• Weapon impact animations rebuilt with new curves & rotation handling

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• Torpedo, missile, mine, and shield updates across visuals, logic & polish

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• Mines now respect flow direction and dont slide on sandbanks

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• Blue missile now collides properly with the environment

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• Item randomization logic fixed & tuned

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• Boost tweaks (nerfed some item boosts, added a single-boost pickup)

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Audio

• Multiple engine sound updates, including basic flywheel simulation

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• Fixes for powerup randomization audio

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• Better rumble logic per platform (PlayStation controllers included)

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HUGE Visual & VFX Overhaul

A massive focus of this update has been visual clarity, effects quality, and world detail.

Water & VFX

• Implemented loads of new visual water effects (bow wave, wake, explosion ripple, geyser hints & more)

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• Water flowmaps regenerated for Unity 6

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• New soft-particle depth fade tech for all water interactions

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• Updated drift spray, drafting VFX, and transonic cones

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• Localised fog, improved explosions, glowing shields, rapid lightning effects, updated thrusters lots of juicy chaos in the water

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Tracks & Lighting

• Full remade lighting for Shatterstone Caverns, Mangrove Marsh and Timberfall Peak

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• Various collision fixes and added rumble strips

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• Billboards and navigational sign posts now hover and move thanks to shaders

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• Updated Grand Prix trophies

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• Many missing texture fixes

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UI

• New How to Play tutorial containing video instructions

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• Style adjustments to buttons on title screen and UI blur

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• Fixed mode titles, pickup messages, and several menu bugs

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Unity 6 Upgrade

Weve fully transitioned Tidal Rush to Unity 6.2 including:

• Various Shader fixes across the board

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• Updated materials and scripts

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• Big Performance improvements (thanks to our new culling system) and data cleanup

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• Bug fixes related to new engine behavior

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This upgrade was a huge technical step forward, and it unlocks a ton of future possibilities.

Backend, Networking & Stability

• Major Leaderboards code refactoring

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• Improved server config & save handling

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• Better network collision, stunt, and item reliability

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• Fixes for race mode titles, shuffling logic, and item mode selection

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• Unity warnings & build errors cleaned up

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• Additional safety checks

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And Everything Else

This update was full of small but meaningful touches hundreds of little fixes from shader cleanup to collision polish, animation adjustments, sound fatigue tweaks and more.

If Tidal Rush now feels smoother, more responsive, more readable, or more vibrant thats because it is.

Thank You

Update 0.4.0 lays the groundwork for some of the biggest features still to come.\nYour feedback helps us shape Tidal Rush every day keep sharing your thoughts, clips, and bug reports!

Let us know what you think of the new stunt system, Unity 6 upgrade, and all the juicy VFX upgrades. \nSee you out there and remember: land your stunts, hit your boosts, and ride the waves.

Your Tidal Rush Team

Were not slowing down! Just one day after the big Grand Prix release, were already back with another update because our dev team moves faster than our turbo-boosted hydrospeeders.

Whats New

• Security updates to keep you, the servers (and the seas) safe

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• Small bug fixes for a smoother ride

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• Time Trial fix no more sneaky leaderboard entries when leaving mid-race

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• Leaderboards have been reset for a fresh start time to reclaim your crown!

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• Unity 6 preparations were getting ready to upgrade the whole game engine for better performance and shiny new tech down the line

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Thanks for all the amazing feedback since the Grand Prix launch! More updates are already in the pipeline stay tuned and keep making waves!

Hey Racers!

Weve just rolled out a wave of updates for the Tidal Rush Demo, and this ones packed with big new features, smarter systems, and plenty of visual sparkle. Whether youre mastering tight corners or blasting rivals with a well-timed missile, everything should now feel smoother, fairer, and splashier than ever!

New: Grand Prix Mode & Two New Race Tracks!

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• Grand Prix / Tournament Mode is now live! Race across multiple tracks in a cup and rack up points.

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• Engage in our new Meteor Cup and enjoy our brand new tracks Mangrove Marsh and Timberfall Peak.

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• We would love to hear your thoughts about the new tracks, which is why we prepared these Google Forms to get your input. Please take the time to send us some feedback.

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• Feedback form for Mangrove Marsh :

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• Feedback form for Timberfall Peak :

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Gameplay & Balance Tweaks

• Item distribution rebalanced fewer blue missiles near the front, better item variety in early ranks.

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• Weapon and collision fixes: proper scaling resets, smarter drift logic, and cleaner player-to-player hits.

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• Buoys & hazards now behave better on sloped surfaces, and unnecessary collisions have been turned off.

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• Invulnerability VFX improved now consistent and correctly aligned.

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• Lobby fixes: smoother joining animations, correct lap/CC displays, and support for up to 16 players in custom games!

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UI & Localization Polish

• Text boxes resized and improved for German localization (no more cut-off text!).

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• About screen now includes additional information: About Tidal Rush, Credits, and Special Thanks.

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• General layout and font tweaks across the frontend and results screens.

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Audio & Atmosphere

• New SFX for impacts and environments.

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• Music volume rebalanced for a more energetic race vibe.

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• Added player join sounds and refined impact audio for different materials (rock, wood, crystal, metal).

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• New Soundtrack for Mangrove Marsh.

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Under the Hood

• Tons of technical improvements to shaders, flowmap generation, and the Unity backend.

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• Cleaned up addressables, improved build stability, and streamlined the asset pipeline.

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Were Getting Close!

This update is a big step toward the full Tidal Rush experience complete with Grand Prix Cups, online play, and our ever-expanding cast of racers. If youve got feedback, share it on Steam , Reddit or our Discord your input really helps us fine-tune the tides.

Thanks for playing and see you on the waves!

A fresh demo update for Tidal Rush is now live, bringing a lot of visual upgrades to the UI and plenty of fixes. Heres whats new:

Visuals & UI

• Consistency pass across major UI screens (track/character select, leaderboards, main menu and more) : cleaner icons, updated stat bars, and improved formatting.

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• Leaderboards improved with scrollable entries, better placement handling, and visual polish.

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• Backgrounds updated with new effects, particles, and fade transitions.

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• Blur effects and tidier presentation across frontend menus.

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• New waterfall VFX in Shatterstone Caverns

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Gameplay & Quality of Life

• Wrong way indicator added.

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• Drift steering deadzone adjusted to reduce unintended drifts.

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• Autopilot recovery tweaked; invincibility and stuns better respect shields.

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• Jumping is now possible on sand and solid surfaces.

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• Expanded vertical draft zone for smoother racing.

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Fixes & Improvements

• Controller layouts and navigation fixes in frontend menus.

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• Lobby stability fixes (e.g. preventing overfill, handling bot removal).

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• Post-race audio mixing adjusted for clearer results screens.

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• Numerous animation fixes for hits, character impacts, and UI transitions.

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Extras

• Added Wishlist button to the main menu.

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This update is a big step forward in polish and playability. Jump back in and let us know how the improved visuals, UI, and racing feel. Your feedback is invaluable as we continue shaping Tidal Rush! Write a Steam review or drop your feedback directly into our Discord server .

New Content Coming Soon

The team is working on two brand new tracks which we already briefly showed in our Twitch Live Stream . So follow the game to be informed about the latest updates, because Grand Prix and new tracks are coming soon.

New DevLog Live Stream on Twitch

Hi everyone,

we just wanted to do a short announment about our new DevLog live stream on Twitch , which is going to happen every Tuesday and Thursday at 4pm (CEST) from now on. Join us when we show the latest updates on the Tidal Rush development progress, share a few things from behind the scene and of course also play a couple of rounds with the team & you.\nDon\'t forget: You can always join our gameplay sessions by downloading the https://store.steampowered.com/app/3365750/Tidal_Rush_Tech_Demo/\"" style="color:#bb86fc;text-decoration:none;">Tidal Rush Tech Demo .

Our next stream is already going to happen tomorrow. Hope to see you there !

Rosi & Ronny

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A fresh new tech demo build of Tidal Rush is here, and we have something cool stuff for you record hunters: Leaderboards (Records) are live!

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Your total race times are now tracked automatically, with filtering by engine tier (power level) and lap count. Tracking best lap times is still in the making, but should follow soon as well. See how you stack up and chase faster laps! Race against your friends for the fastest times or challenge our developers.By the way - we are going to flag developers as such soon, so you know who you are chasing ;).

Jump back in and let us know how the new leaderboards feel were excited to see your fastest times!

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Gameplay & Controls

• Smoother drift transitions and improved weapon launching on slopes.

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• Autopilot now aligns better with water surfaces.

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• Restart Race option added in single race/time trial.

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Visuals & UI

• Updated character/vehicle select screen with stat bars, close-ups, and new idle animations.

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• New shader effects: rim lighting, fresnel highlights, and cleaner materials.

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• UI tweaks for ultrawide support, better scrolling, and tidier layouts.

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Other Fixes & Tweaks

• Layout adjustments across tracks and menus.

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• Improved checkpoints, pickups, and AI paths.

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• Various bug fixes and polish passes.

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The waves are rising! We just dropped a raw, unfiltered look at Tidal Rushs Multiplayer mode stable, fast, and full of chaotic fun! Watch our dev team dive in here:

There are going to be more showcase videos and dev updates in the future, so look out!

Wed love for you to jump in, test it out yourself, and share feedback. Your input helps us make every match smoother and more exciting. Join our community on Discord and ride the Tidal Rush wave with us!

Gameplay improvements & content updates

• Say hello to our brand new character JDJ

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• Updated character selection screen including new portraits

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• Various ghost fixes including avoiding the player\'s storage being cluttered with ghost data

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• Auto teleport player back on track if out-of-the-world position detected

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• Reduced pickup respawn timer down to 1 second

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• Various Multiplayer fixes

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• Small weapon fix hopefully preventing shield double hitting

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• Tweak to how drift steering extents are set up, now set to prevent perfectly straight drifting

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• Intended fix for Geyser sloped wall collision

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CPU Updates

• Various race result screen updates including new character portraits and unique names for CPU opponents

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• CPUs now use items smarter and more efficiently, be aware of torpedos!

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• Some more CPU drifting logic work, so they can execute nice long drifts

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• Background work for implementing different bot types in the future

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• Improved dynamic branching so CPUs take different routes

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• CPU racers can now safely use jump-drift just as regular players

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Environmental updates

• Updated skybox adding the sun

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• Updated material assignment inside of dropship water

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• Various experimental tweaks to water appearance

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• Various visual improvements to the mud pools

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• Updated hollow tree

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More improvements and fixes

• Various animation fixed

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• Boost VFX is now transparent as to not get picked up in screen space water reflection

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• Small fix for weapon explosions

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• Minor bug fixes

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What\'s New & Improved

• New Drift Methods

  Added fresh drifting options for sharper, more dynamic control

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• Tutorial Improvements

  Made onboarding clearer and easier for new players

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• UX Enhancements

  Interface and experience tweaks to streamline gameplay feel

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• CPU driver Upgrades

  CPU drivers improved for better behavior

  CPU racers now have names!

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• Weapon Improvements

  Rebalancing and enhancements for a better combat experience

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• CC Balancing

  Further refinements across all speed classes

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• Fixes & Internal Updates

  Internal Bug Fixes

  vSync Settings (Internal only)

  Collision Fixes (for smoother terrain and race interaction)

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Minor improvements:

• AI balancing 50/100cc

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• Balancing of all CCs

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• Fixed some flying actors facing the wrong way

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• Geyser collision fixes on Shatterstone Cavern

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• Additional bug fixes not visible to users

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You call it out, we listen!

Additions

• Update localization for German translation on game HUD

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• Updated autopilot item asset including some visual tweaks

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Tweaks/Improvements

• Number of CPU oppents set to 8 per default

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• Update keyboard control layout so it supports using both hands (Drifting is now on space, Use Item is now on \"i\")

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• You might need to delete your saved data in the options menu for the changes to take effect

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\nBug fixes

• Drones fixed from doing deep dives into water.

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• Fireworks fixes, now only firing on final lap.

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Hold on tight, dive into the waves and leave your rivals behind!

Were absolutely thrilled to celebrate a huge milestone today:

The tech demo of Tidal Rush is now available for you on Steam!

Tidal Rush is a fun, fast-paced racer inspired by the golden era of the genre with a fresh, modern twist. Now you can get a first look at what weve been passionately developing!

What awaits you in the tech demo:

Online multiplayer (up to 8 players)

Race against players from all around the world! Note: Automatic matchmaking isnt available yet were working on it!

Two playable characters\nChoose one of our furry pilots and show what youre made of.

Shatterstone Cavern our first track\nDash through lush alien forests, crystalline caves, and bubbling geysers!

Power-ups & water physics\nGrab boosts, dodge mines, and master roaring waves.

Your feedback is highly appreciated!

This is a very early stage of development which means:

• Things might break, crash, or look weird.

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• But thats exactly why we need you!

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Help us make the game better:

• Share your feedback

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• Report bugs

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• Discuss with us on our Discord

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• Leave a review on Steam

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We read everything and take it seriously. Help us shaping the future of Tidal Rush.

Whats next?

The tech demo is just the beginning! In the coming months, were planning:

• More characters & tracks

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• New racing features: stunts, diving, and more

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• A single-player campaign

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• New PvP modes & battle systems

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• Matchmaking & progression systems

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• And plenty of surprises...

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Thank you to you & our team

A huge thank you goes out to our amazing team at Shiny Dynamics, who brought this first version to life with passion and to you, our community, who make it all possible.

We hope you like what you see and were excited to hear your feedback!