Today we would like to make an important announcement. First of all, thanks to all who remain with us, write us feedback and suggestions of improvement, we really appreciate it. Haters, thank you too. Our long absence was due to the fact that there was a lot of contract work and, in general, was not the easiest time for us. The good news for all of us is that now we are doing all the new projects on UE4. We spent a lot of time for learning, migrating our art into UE4, analyzing features and possibilities. Unity3D engine will remain in the past forever. In this regard, Jet Racing Extreme will be! But it will be a completely new game, however with the same gameplay that you liked so much. Self-destruction will be as easy as before, and the engines will be as powerful as before, in general, everything you loved, only on a completely different level of impression.
As for this game, which was stuck in early access, it was difficult for us to make a decision. Many of you like it, many hate it, but it was unique. there is no similar game, so we decided to leave it as is and let it be Jet Racing Extreme: The First Encounter! Conclusions were made, mistakes were taken into account, we must move forward. Early access has ended. Also, we present our redesigned website where you can find info about JReX, another projects and something interesting what we are currently working on:
Watch the video Download playable demo ------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to news to be informed about the development process. See you later!

[ 2018-05-17 23:42:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey Racers! There's been a lot of speculation recently as to what the future of JREX will be. First of all can I say what a pleasure it has been to moderate this small community, I've met some amazing people, including Sergey, the developer and various other people. In regards to the future of the project, there has been some discussion on the forums and between a few select people, and in short, the project will no longer continue as it currently is. For more info, please see the thread below: https://steamcommunity.com/app/385270/discussions/0/358415738181747745/ Thank you all for getting involved and playing Jet Racing Extreme over the last few years, but I do hope to see some of you very soon. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them. Once again, thank you for playing. See you soon! -Ollie JREX Community Administrator <3

[ 2018-04-24 21:01:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello racers! We've just launched our official JRE Community Discord server where you can chat with other JRE players, listen to music, suggest game ideas, talk to the team and so much more. We feel as though this server will ensure quicker communication between the team and our playerbase. Please do join below! https://discord.gg/3n4xNUp See you on there!

[ 2017-05-20 20:53:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello racers! We've just launched our official JRE Community Discord server where you can chat with other JRE players, listen to music, suggest game ideas, talk to the team and so much more. We feel as though this server will ensure quicker communication between the team and our playerbase. Please do join below! https://discord.gg/3n4xNUp See you on there!

[ 2017-05-20 20:53:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello all! Yes, it's that time again, when we're asking for your help in coming up with ideas. We love coming to the community for ideas, and we try to consider every single idea suggested. Here's a few ideas of things you could suggest: -New maps -Config options -Game options -Edits to current maps Please do take a moment and leave a comment with any suggestions you may have, and who knows? Your suggestion could be the next one to be put into the game. NOTE: Whilst we try and consider every suggestion, we cannot guarrantee that all of them will be implemented, due to technical restrictions etc.

[ 2017-05-19 19:13:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello all! Yes, it's that time again, when we're asking for your help in coming up with ideas. We love coming to the community for ideas, and we try to consider every single idea suggested. Here's a few ideas of things you could suggest: -New maps -Config options -Game options -Edits to current maps Please do take a moment and leave a comment with any suggestions you may have, and who knows? Your suggestion could be the next one to be put into the game. NOTE: Whilst we try and consider every suggestion, we cannot guarrantee that all of them will be implemented, due to technical restrictions etc.

[ 2017-05-19 19:13:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, ultrasonic pilots! Here is some new renders from our WIP UE4 migration.
Internals:
Copper rendered by UE4:
Subsurface (Clear Coat):
Dynamic painting system. You can paint your car as you wish, there is no prerendered color maps:

Melted edges:
Hope, you will stay with us! --------------------------------------- P.S. Here you can buy JReX and another 13 cool racing games for only 2.49$: https://www.bundlestars.com/en/bundle/overdrive-bundle

[ 2017-02-07 23:39:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, ultrasonic pilots! Here is some new renders from our WIP UE4 migration.
Internals:
Copper rendered by UE4:
Subsurface (Clear Coat):
Dynamic painting system. You can paint your car as you wish, there is no prerendered color maps:

Melted edges:
Hope, you will stay with us! --------------------------------------- P.S. Here you can buy JReX and another 13 cool racing games for only 2.49$: https://www.bundlestars.com/en/bundle/overdrive-bundle

[ 2017-02-07 23:39:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi fans! We hope you're not too bored without us there. We got a little distracted by another customer project for financial reasons. At the end of the text there is a link to the video who are interested. ------------ About JReX game. We thought long and summed up the development. Many of you liked the project, this is very encouraging, however, we came to the conclusion that the project needs rethinking. Judging by your feedback, we could get to your emotions. Someone liked the game for realism, someone for a spectacular disaster, and someone broke the keyboard trying to learn control. It's cool! We decided that we will continue, however, on another engine (Unreal Engine 4) and we will completely remake the gameplay. Why UE4? Because Unity stopped supporting 4th version and 5th version is not suitable to develop racing project(due to physics). In the latest version of UE4 Epic has made great changes to the wheel physics, allowing to make the adequate physics behavior. This was a big problem in both engines Unreal and Unity. The work will take us some time, maybe this will be a new project with a different name, but to all JReX players we guarantee free migration. By the way, it would be nice to organize the community for this topic to collect and organize your wishes. If there are interested people, please contact me directly sergey.r2d2@gmail.com we will talk about. Happy New year! Great mood and a good weekend! ---------------- Our contract project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_8yjFkCdYo

[ 2016-12-31 14:01:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi fans! We hope you're not too bored without us there. We got a little distracted by another customer project for financial reasons. At the end of the text there is a link to the video who are interested. ------------ About JReX game. We thought long and summed up the development. Many of you liked the project, this is very encouraging, however, we came to the conclusion that the project needs rethinking. Judging by your feedback, we could get to your emotions. Someone liked the game for realism, someone for a spectacular disaster, and someone broke the keyboard trying to learn control. It's cool! We decided that we will continue, however, on another engine (Unreal Engine 4) and we will completely remake the gameplay. Why UE4? Because Unity stopped supporting 4th version and 5th version is not suitable to develop racing project(due to physics). In the latest version of UE4 Epic has made great changes to the wheel physics, allowing to make the adequate physics behavior. This was a big problem in both engines Unreal and Unity. The work will take us some time, maybe this will be a new project with a different name, but to all JReX players we guarantee free migration. By the way, it would be nice to organize the community for this topic to collect and organize your wishes. If there are interested people, please contact me directly sergey.r2d2@gmail.com we will talk about. Happy New year! Great mood and a good weekend! ---------------- Our contract project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_8yjFkCdYo

[ 2016-12-31 14:01:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello Racers! First of all thank you very much for all your suggestions from last month's suggestion collection. We've been working carefully on a new update for the game for a while now, but it isn't finished yet, but expect to see future updates noting our progress. Anyway, I am going to be honest with you. There have been a few communication issues between myself and rest of the JREX team, as I am an outside contributor to the JREX project, and I can't talk directly to the team. Basically, I'm struggling to get hold of the devs, despite all my efforts, I haven't been able to get hold of them. Therefore development may slow down over the coming weeks, and I cannot update or get into development of the game myself, so I am left to manage the community. I hope you understand, I will continue to try and get hold of the developers and keep you posted. Thank you for the continued support. -YappaR

[ 2016-11-23 17:51:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello Racers! First of all thank you very much for all your suggestions from last month's suggestion collection. We've been working carefully on a new update for the game for a while now, but it isn't finished yet, but expect to see future updates noting our progress. Anyway, I am going to be honest with you. There have been a few communication issues between myself and rest of the JREX team, as I am an outside contributor to the JREX project, and I can't talk directly to the team. Basically, I'm struggling to get hold of the devs, despite all my efforts, I haven't been able to get hold of them. Therefore development may slow down over the coming weeks, and I cannot update or get into development of the game myself, so I am left to manage the community. I hope you understand, I will continue to try and get hold of the developers and keep you posted. Thank you for the continued support. -YappaR

[ 2016-11-23 17:50:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

[ 2016-10-20 17:56:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Recently we have been getting a lot of suggestions for things we should add to the game, and we have noted down all of them, and marked them for potential future features. But I feel like we could do with more, so if you have any suggestions on things that should be added to the game, please leave a comment on this post as to what, and we'll consider as many as we can. Stuck on ideas? Well, here's the kind of suggestions we're looking for: -New settings to add into the options menu -Map ideas -Car customisation ideas -Sound ideas -General new features I look forward to reading your suggestions! Side Note: As hard as we try to implement as many community suggested ideas as possible, we may not be able to get through every idea suggested. Also, we will not consider innapropriate, self advertising, abusive or any suggestion that does not fit ouyr game.

[ 2016-10-02 09:17:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Recently we have been getting a lot of suggestions for things we should add to the game, and we have noted down all of them, and marked them for potential future features. But I feel like we could do with more, so if you have any suggestions on things that should be added to the game, please leave a comment on this post as to what, and we'll consider as many as we can. Stuck on ideas? Well, here's the kind of suggestions we're looking for: -New settings to add into the options menu -Map ideas -Car customisation ideas -Sound ideas -General new features I look forward to reading your suggestions! Side Note: As hard as we try to implement as many community suggested ideas as possible, we may not be able to get through every idea suggested. Also, we will not consider innapropriate, self advertising, abusive or any suggestion that does not fit our game.

[ 2016-10-02 09:17:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

In this update we worked on your requests and made some technical improvements. The most significant:

• Completely new activation system. More stable and torrent-resistant.
• Cloud data storage. Save your game progress in cloud.
• Public lobby chat room. Now you can chat with any player who is online now. Also, this system will notice you when someone wants to play multiplayer.
• Vehicle fragments friction model redesigned. There was an issue with physics that makes some tracks unplayable (crash landings on ramp) Read an explanation in forum;
• Vehicle stiffness improved;
• Controls improved (autopilot and settings);
• Joystick deadzone (someone asked in forum);

Thanks to everyone who likes the game and who understands what is early access. If you have something to say about gameplay or something else, write about it in the forum. P.S. If you are updating from the previous version the game will transit to new data model and shutdown immediately. Just start again, it is normal behaviour.

[ 2016-08-13 18:58:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

In this update we worked on your requests and made some technical improvements. The most significant:

• Completely new activation system. More stable and torrent-resistant.
• Cloud data storage. Save your game progress in cloud.
• Public lobby chat room. Now you can chat with any player who is online now. Also, this system will notice you when someone wants to play multiplayer.
• Vehicle fragments friction model redesigned. There was an issue with physics that makes some tracks unplayable (crash landings on ramp) Read an explanation in forum;
• Vehicle stiffness improved;
• Controls improved (autopilot and settings);
• Joystick deadzone (someone asked in forum);

Thanks to everyone who likes the game and who understands what is early access. If you have something to say about gameplay or something else, write about it in the forum. P.S. If you are updating from the previous version the game will transit to new data model and shutdown immediately. Just start again, it is normal behaviour.

[ 2016-08-13 18:58:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

So, what is next:

• slomo camera mode;
• battle game modes (with AI enemies); 2A42 is the best tool of democracy.
• escape game mode. You need to pass track with continuously increasing speed. You don't have control over the engines, some drunk technician broke the engines control knob and now the car is constantly increasinging speed.
• race with ghost (real player recorded track);
• engineering competition. You need to fine tune your car systems, autopilot (AI) system and race with another man in full automatic mode. You will unable to control your car during the race, you can only preset the control computer. Wins the player who was able to find best suspension settings, other components and systems settings and computer AI.
• New location. Something like this:
  

Feel free to comment and post your suggestions.

[ 2016-07-08 00:17:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

So, what is next:

• slomo camera mode;
• battle game modes (with AI enemies); 2A42 is the best tool of democracy.
• escape game mode. You need to pass track with continuously increasing speed. You don't have control over the engines, some drunk technician broke the engines control knob and now the car is constantly increasinging speed.
• race with ghost (real player recorded track);
• engineering competition. You need to fine tune your car systems, autopilot (AI) system and race with another man in full automatic mode. You will unable to control your car during the race, you can only preset the control computer. Wins the player who was able to find best suspension settings, other components and systems settings and computer AI.
• New location. Something like this:
  

Feel free to comment and post your suggestions.

[ 2016-07-08 00:17:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

So, we added new items:

• 2A42-M3 30 mm cannon;
• Drag chute;
• Ejection seat;
• Dual-mode autopilot;

These items available in parts shop with huge discount! Only now, limited time! Some words about. AI buggy bots mod will be activated when you buy and activate the cannon. Without cannon some buggy bots is still active and waiting you. Dont ask where, I sure that you are able to find them. Drag chute is great tool if you like to go faster as hellfire. Ejection seat is really most useful thing. Dont forget to fine tune the autoejection logic in Tuning tab. Remember that if your pilot will collide with anything in ejection procedure he will die. Dont forget about autopilot settings (top-right MFD):
Good luck!

[ 2016-07-05 23:15:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

So, we added new items:

• 2A42-M3 30 mm cannon;
• Drag chute;
• Ejection seat;
• Dual-mode autopilot;
• Inertial Controller (iOS/Android control tool);

These items available in parts shop with huge discount! Only now, limited time! --------------------------------------- List of major improvements:

• Fracture physics rewritten;
• Vehicle dynamics rewritten;
• Vehicle graphics completely redesigned;
• Pilot ragdoll redesigned.
• Changes in gameplay.
• AI bots;
• Realistic physics of explosions;
• Sound improvements (side effect, other effects);

Some words about. AI buggy bots mod will be activated when you buy and activate the cannon. Without cannon some buggy bots is still active and waiting you. Dont ask where, I sure that you are able to find them. Drag chute is great tool if you like to go faster as hellfire. Ejection seat is really most useful thing. Dont forget to fine tune the autoejection logic in Tuning tab. Remember that if your pilot will collide with anything in ejection procedure he will die. Dont forget about autopilot settings (top-right MFD):
Good luck!

[ 2016-07-05 23:15:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi! Today we have published new build beta. You can test all new features, especially controls. New key mappings: C - drag chute. Press to engage, and then press again to disengage. Please note that the drag chute will be automatically disabled at speed lower than 200kmh. J - manual ejection. If you feel the death breath you can eject immediately. Also you can tune automatical ejection parameters in car tuning tab. When you activate 2A42 cannon you will enable Buggy bots game mod. To disable it just turn off cannon (dont sell, just switch off). ------------------------------------------------------------------ Android version of IRS controller is available here: http://real-dynamics.ru/files/irs/irs_beta2.apk if it doesnt work on your device try this: http://real-dynamics.ru/files/irs/irs_beta1.apk iOS version currently is under Apple review procedure. Trading cards is under Valve's review too. IRS controller has its own tutorial. Please pass it before using. You must have WiFi router in your home network to run IRS controller. Your PC and Smartphone must be in the same local area network segment. IRS will detect JReX game automatically, no setting needed. Since today the updates will be released on a regular basis. Thanks to everyone who stays with us! P.S. The demo version is not updated. P.P.S. Previous build will be available through this beta versions code "previousprevious".

[ 2016-07-02 14:24:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi guys! Sorry to have kept you waiting a new build so long. Work did not stop even for a minute. After we did the buggy bots, we noticed the fundamental problems of physics that we would fix quickly. But the quick fix was failed, as you can see. The details of what we had to face is here: https://youtu.be/0g-3VoioQBM https://youtu.be/EJjuTm7bzTw Also we tried to port the game to Unreal Engine, but still no success. It has the same physics problems as Unity 5. So, now we left on Unity4 with it's stable and most realistic wheel physics ( but quite buggy ). So, what was done.

• Physics of fracture rewritten. Now the car became more stable, oscillations of the separate parts become much less noticeable. It affected the dynamics and management, hence the next paragraph:
• Vehicle dynamics rewritten, the weight distribution of the vehicle changed. Now it is more natural. In the previous version we had to use unrealistic tricks to hide the peculiarities of the physics engine.
• Completely redesigned autopilot and all control systems.
• Reworked textures, now the standard texture resolution is 4096. We also added more fine details.
• Pilot ragdoll redesigned for a more realistic behavior.
• Drag chute added. You can buy it in parts shop.
• Eject seat added. Save your ass in serious disasters.
• Inertial controller. (based on smartphone) We had to tinker with this thing since involved a lot of buttons and knobs in the machine control. We wanted to make the most convenient inertial controller.
• Small changes in the gameplay. The fun becomes greater if you have a gun.
• Bot's AI modified. Now they know how to go around tricky obstacles, so be careful.
• Realistic physics of explosions (on the basis of practical formulas for TNT).
• Optimization of the world props textures for best performance.

Non-significant changes:

• Sounds redesigned;
• Differential sound effect (different engine sound from front point and back point of view);
• some fonts improved;
• Sound settings;
• Exclusive metal-style tracks;
• Main menu camera improvements;

Please be patient, do not write that we abandoned the development. Only two people working on this project, one of which is the artist. We're not Electronic Arts and can't release a game every season. The update will be released this month. Thank you for staying with us! P.S. Some of trading cards preview:


There are 10 trading cards already done.

[ 2016-06-22 16:48:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7XHup0aFLE

• AI controlled vehicles (buggy, jet powered buggy, another brand new jet monster).
• A tool to solve issues with bad guys and obstacles.
• Realistic explosions (physics-based - not PhysX).
• New equipment and upgrades.
• New single player modes.

[ 2016-01-20 07:24:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Russian localization;
• Achievements and leader boards;
• Terrain bug fixed.

[ 2015-12-05 04:33:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/388310/ Limitations:

• one racing track available;
• parts upgrade unavailable;
• no multiplayer;
• no skins.

[ 2015-11-25 15:51:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Greetings jet racers! We've been working for two months to give you this major update. -------------------------------------------- Release notes: This is a completely new game. Almost all redesigned and rewritten. Most important changes:

• New physics. Airborne stability systems added (can be disarmed).
• New controls (old controls are still an option for fans).
• The vehicle is redesigned to the core: engines, boosters, internal components. Also we added front suspension and interceptors.
• New exhaust effects - flames, and headlights.
• New vehicle skins.
• New UI.
• New camera.
• A lot of new art, for example some beautiful tunnels.
• The parts shop is now completely redesigned (You can sell parts and switch between upgrade levels). No microtransactions.
• Fully redesigned pilot.
• New tracks, including a clear speed track without any obstruction (per your request).
• A complete manual.

Notice: All available tracks and game modes will be published when we decide to move from early access to full release. While the canyon territory is designed to be fairly simple the new tracks will offer a tougher challenge. Enjoy!

[ 2015-11-20 11:00:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear friends! We present you a small roadmap about the upcoming update. So, the screenshots first:



What was done since the last release:

• A completely new UI (Aerospace HUD styled);
• Vehicle completely redesigned;
• New skins (10 standard and six premium-class);
• Shaders rewritten to support physical effects;
• Improved lighting and visual appearance;
• A completely new controls (we heard you), but the old controls is also available;
• Rewritten parts shop, it is now possible to switch between the stock parts and upgraded;
• A new feature - inertial joystick. Now you have more comfort and flexible controls;
• Improved compatibility with other joysticks and steering wheels;
• Rewritten aerodynamics and physics;
• Rewritten camera behaviour;
• AI test mode;
• Fixed bugs and inaccuracies.

And, of course, there are new locations in development! About dates: we wanted to publish last weekend, but did not. There are unfinished tasks here. We will try as soon as possible.

[ 2015-10-19 07:03:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, community! Take a look at the redesigned Jet Monster: http://jrex.srj-studio.com/images/jetshot0.png http://jrex.srj-studio.com/images/jetshot1.png http://jrex.srj-studio.com/images/jetshot2.png (Not all skins was shown). New build is coming, few days later I'll announce the date. Now we are working on art, levels, new game modes and we are porting the game to Unity5. You will get the next level graphics, more optimized physics and controls. Inertial controller will be included in new build.

[ 2015-09-19 17:57:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Some users posted about in-game purchases, and provided screenshots of the store. Lets look to the last one. The user has 16k barrels (look at the top right corner), two items already purchased and he tried to buy something else. Interesting what? May be "All upgrades" package? For what if he already has enough barrels for ALL upgrades? So, guys, you can buy something absolutely useless (just if you want to support us) but it is not necessary. In-app purchases is actual for free version. Just remember this and don't post inappropriate screenshots. Thanks.

[ 2015-08-12 22:23:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Now this controller is fully supported. You can map controls as you wish. This control scheme is recommended as default:

• Right trigger - throttle;
• Left trigger - wheel brake;
• Left stick - steering;
• Right stick X: direct steering;
• Right stick Y: Airbrake;

Map buttons as you need. The controller was tested on Windows and OSX platforms.

[ 2015-08-05 23:32:25 CET ] [ Original post ]