Hello everyone, It's time for another update! This one is just a bug fix to fix a crash that occurred when setting the game to play multiple events in a row. Discord presence has also been added, showing what game mode you are playing in your Game Activity status on Discord, and whether you are playing alone or not. Another patch, 2020-041 was released a few hours later, as I became aware of some additional issues. Here's the full patch notes for these versions: 2020-041 (26/12/2020): CHANGE: The column names in Race Results should now be displayed correctly. CHANGE: Automatic transmission is now forced in Zen mode, to prevent players putting the car in a low gear and cheating. CHANGE: Automatic transmission is now forced when the "Go Fast" mutator is enabled, to prevent cheating. FIX: Resetting is now disabled on Battle Modes, Zen mode and Drift mode, as it caused an issue with car physics. FIX: Fixed a crash that could occur at the end of a Pass the Bomb event. FIX: Fixed a crash that could occur when enabling Catch-up and then leaving lobby to return to the main menu. 2020-040 (26/12/2020): ADD: Added Discord Presence. CHANGE: The difficulty of Drift mode AI has been lowered slightly on all difficulties. FIX: Fixed a crash when ending an event during a tournament. I hope you're all enjoying the game, thanks for the support so far! - Oliver

[ 2020-12-26 09:37:28 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!