Hello everyone, It's time for another update! This one adds an extra menu option to "download tracks", this will allow you to view and subscribe (or unsubscribe) to items in the Steam Workshop from within the game itself. Meaning you can go into there, download a user-made track, and then go straight to a Custom Event and play on that track/arena. It also adds a new "S-Curve" track piece to the track editor, for more varied tracks. And you can now hold the CTRL key down when in the track editor, which allows you to change the 32x32 placement grid, to a 2x2 placement grid while it's held, allowing for more finer placement of track pieces and objects, and rotating whilst holding CTRL, also allows you to do more finer rotation of objects. Here's the full patch notes for this version: 2020-034 (02/11/2020): ADD: Added new Chicane/S-Curve track piece. ADD: You can now hold CTRL to finely place track/objects in the editor and adjust their rotation. ADD: Added a toggle option in Options to enable/disable gamepad vibration. ADD: You can now download user-made tracks & arenas from within the game. CHANGE: Updated the game engine, for better performance and stability. CHANGE: Edited the colouring of the Armco Straight and Armco Corner objects. CHANGE: Change file structure to allow for greater compatibility with Linux. FIX: Fixed a crash that could occur in time trial mode when finishing a lap. FIX: Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when unsubscribing from Workshop items with the game booted. I hope you're all enjoying the game, thanks for the support so far! - Oliver

[ 2020-11-03 20:31:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

The Race Factory is made with a heavy emphasis on multiplayer and the ability to create your own race tracks. Taking inspiration from arcade racing games of the 80's and 90's, featuring drift physics, weapons to give you the advantage over the competition, and plenty of customization, the aim is to have a fun multiplayer experience, with plenty of variety to keep you entertained!

Features:

- Track Editor included in the game. This track editor was used to build all the tracks that come with the game, so you can create an endless amount of tracks to enjoy! This includes a racing line editor, allowing you to fine-tune the AI's behaviour on your track. The track editor is capable of making both racing tracks and custom Battle Arenas.

- A variety of game modes, from Racing, to Drift, to Infection, there's a bunch of game modes for everyone to enjoy! All game modes support AI drivers. All game modes support at least 4 players, some game modes support up to 8 players!

- 12 Race Tracks and 3 Battle Arenas come with the game, so if creating tracks isn't your thing, you can jump straight into the game and battle it out with your friends!

- 4 Car classes, Street, Sport, Super & Hyper. You can take it easy in the Street class, with fairly grippy tyres and plenty of time to react, it's the ideal choice for newer or younger drivers. But when you feel ready, hop into a Hyper car and be prepared to react quickly and get some drift time in!

- 7 Weapons are available to mess with your opponents, from a Bolt that will force your target into a drift, to a Strike that will hit the driver in 1st position, or perhaps a nifty Nitro to boost yourself ahead of the pack?

- Choose your time of day and weather settings! Race on a sunny morning, Drift on a rainy evening, perhaps even play Infection on a stormy night? Be careful though, in snowy weather, the cars won't respond how you'd like! And I've been hearing reports of a meteor shower???

- And let's not forget the mutators! Fun little settings you can change to switch things up, from disabling brakes whilst forcing cars to always be accelerating, to making the ground icy, there's a few little surprises in there to keep the action interesting!