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| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
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| Major update | MARCH 2026 UPDATE: 3 NEW TRACKS AND MORE! ✨ 📢 Hey, Golden Lap enjoyers! ✨ The March 2026 Update is finally here! We're thrilled to bring you fresh content, sweet quality-of-life improvements, and fixes for some longstanding issues . This drop packs 3 brand new tracks , available in Career and Quick Race, and an update to the artbook included with the game, which you can find in the Extras menu under Booklet. 🎁 But wait! We also have a… | 22529859 | |
| Game update | Empty Race Results Hotfix Hey, everyone! Recently, some players reported they're unable to continue their careers after seeing an empty race results screen. This small patch (build version 260223_51cb4e0d3 on Windows and 260225_51cb4e0 on Mac) resolves the issue. If this is still happening to you after the update, please reach out to the team directly by email or on Discord, and we'll look into it ASAP. | 22057757 | |
| Major update | Major Feature Update 🏆 🍾 📢 Hello, Golden Lap enjoyers! Fasten your seatbelts, because the next major update is finally here, and it’s packed with new features and quality of life improvements! To start off, we’re excited to announce that Golden Lap now supports standard and ultra-wide aspect ratios! We also added a frame rate cap setting for when you’re not using vsync. And you can now manually change the zoom during… | 20935455 | |
| Esports | 🎉 10 Years of Absolute Drift! 🎉 Hey, everyone! Last year Funselektor turned 10 , and today marks a decade since the release of our very first game, Absolute Drift ! To celebrate this milestone, we're holding a special sale! Whether you want to complete your Funselektor collection or find the perfect gift for a friend or loved one, for a limited time, starting today, you can grab Absolute Drift at 90% off! Slide into the actio… | — | |
| In-game event | May 15 Update Hey, Golden Lap enjoyers! ℹ️ After learning that some of you were having trouble with the Cinderella Story achievement, we decided to revise the requirements. Going forward, to unlock the achievement, your team must finish a season at least 5 places higher in the team standings than they were in the previous season. If you already have the achievement, don't worry, it will remain unlocked. ⚠️ A… | 18475032 | |
| Major update | SPY UPDATE IS NOW LIVE! + SALE 🥳 Exciting news! The Spy Update is finally here! Inspired by thrilling events from the 70s, the spy feature lets you send a spy to another team to sabotage the opponent or steal their best parts. But be careful - if your spy is caught, you’ll face penalties! In addition to the new features, we've made significant balance changes and enhancements. We've limited part building to one per race weeken… | 17709647 | |
| News | SPY UPDATE 🚨 Public Beta Hello, Golden Lap enjoyers! We’ve got fantastic news for you this week! The next major update is finally here! Introducing the Spy Update Inspired by thrilling events from the 70s, the spy feature lets you send a spy to another team between race weekends. Your spy can then sabotage one of your opponent's parts or copy a design to get you a powerful part for free. But be careful! If your spy is… | — | |
| Esports | Introducing our next game - 🌲 over the hill 🌲 📢 Hey, everyone! 2025 just started, and we already have an exciting surprise for you! We can't wait to share with you our next game, over the hill ! 🚗✨⛰️ 🌄 Explore the world in the golden age of offroading. Drive iconic vehicles from the 60s to 80s by yourself or with friends through challenging trails and beautiful scenery. 📸 And just like in art of rally, you'll be able to grab stills of… | — | |
| Game update | Spinning Wheel Hotfix Happy New Year, Motorsport Fans! 🥳 We hope you had wonderful holidays! ✨ To kick off 2025, we've prepared a neat little update for you. This hotfix (build version 250109_b2843fa9 on Windows and 250113_b2843fa9 on Mac) resolves issues causing the spinning wheel loading animation to get stuck on screen when you load a saved career with mods. With this update, any save data affected by this issue… | — | |
| Game update | Part Builder Hotfix Following yesterday's update, some players reported difficulties with building new parts or that parts could be built for free. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. This hotfix (build v241213_97364011) addresses and resolves these issues. We hope you have a fantastic weekend! 🎉 | — | |
| In-game event | Team Member Market Update 📢 Get ready for a massive treat! From making the AI more competitive to a major overhaul of the team-building process, there's so much to explore in this week's update! 🥳 Thanks to the feedback from our awesome community, we were able to polish all new features. Now both the main and public-beta branches will have the latest and the greatest of Golden Lap! 🎁 But don't worry if you love to be… | — | |
| In-game event | December 5 update 📢 This week we're continuing with the changes to the overtake functionality. In addition to more improvements during the Qualifying, this update will reduce the likelihood of extremely slow "trains" forming during the Race while still keeping overtakes challenging. 🙏 Thanks to the bug reports you sent us, we were also able to resolve some issues with the new Tune and Send Out functionality in… | — | |
| Game update | Overtakes Hotfix 1 While we're still working on the upcoming major update and fancy new features 🌟 , we noticed that many of you had drivers getting stuck together and losing a lot of time during the Qualifier. We just released a small update ( build version 241129_d1a9eb788 ) in order to resolve the issue. Please let us know how you like the change! We'd love to see your feedback! | — | |
| Sale | Funselektor Autumn Sale 2024 🍁 🍂 🌟 Whether you want to complete your Funselektor collection or simply try another one of our games, you can now grab Golden Lap and the rest of our lineup at jaw-dropping prices until December 4th as part of the Steam Autumn Sale. Check out all Funselektor deals here: | — | |
| In-game event | November 21 public beta 📢 Hey, everyone! ℹ️ We've been quiet for the past few weeks, but we've been hard at work on some huge changes to Golden Lap. We've fixed major bugs and made significant improvements to the gameplay and difficulty to offer a fresh challenge for those seeking it. This is a big update, and it may need some extra polishing, so please backup your save data before trying it. We're releasing the upda… | — | |
| In-game event | October 18 update This week we're rolling out our first major update to enhance game balance. We've refined the overtaking mechanic, making races more challenging and putting greater emphasis on getting clean air during Qualifier, and making Qualifier placement now have more weight. We've made significant improvements to how traits are managed in the background. While we've addressed the "super driver bug" (wher… | — | |
| In-game event | October 10 update This week we've prepared for you a substantial update addressing several community feedback points. Some of the highlights include changes to red flag rules, better AI tyre strategy, and mod support for customizing the point-scoring system and season monetary rewards. We hope you enjoy it! Changelog v241009 Bug Fixes · Fixed driver’s stress bar filling up during pit stops · Drivers can no longe… | — | |
| In-game event | Post-release update 📢 Hello, everyone! The first few days after the launch of Golden Lap have been absolutely fantastic! 🙏 We're really grateful for all the love you're showing us! Thanks to your feedback, we already managed to squash some impactful bugs, like issues with achievements and hiring replacement drivers (yes, Verhoeven, it's you 👀). We released those first fixes with the new build today. You can rea… | — | |
| News | Golden Lap is available NOW! Hello, wonderful people of the internet! art of rally turned 4 earlier this week, and what an incredible adventure it has been! It’s been even longer, more than 7 years, since we teased the first concept gameplay for our motorsport management game, “The 107% Rule”. Thanks to your unwavering support, we managed to complete Absolute Drift and art of rally! And now, in 2024, we joined forces with… | — | |
| Community | 🏎️💨 Golden Lap is launching on September 26th! 🍾🏆 📢 Hello, racing enthusiasts! We are thrilled to share with you that our newest game, Golden Lap, will be launching on September 26th! 🍾 The concept for a management game has been brewing in Funselektor ’s creative kitchen long before art of rally. And so we teamed up with the Italian studio Strelka Games , the masterminds behind Hell is Others, to offer you a minimalist take on the racing str… | — | |
| News | 🏎️💨 The final Golden Lap playtest is coming August 30th (featuring Mods)! 🍾🏆 📢 Hey, everyone! We're thrilled to announce that the final playtest of Golden Lap will be held between August 30th and September 1st . During that time a playable build of the game will be available for selected players. 🛠️ Apart from major improvements across the board, this time we'd like to share with you the highly anticipated Mods functionality! Build your own dream team with a unique lo… | — | |
| News | 🏎️💨 The third Golden Lap playtest is coming this weekend! Hey, everyone! This weekend we're going to hold another playtest of our upcoming game, Golden Lap! Apart from various improvements across the board, the new playtest build will feature new part animations, a tutorial, and more tracks. We hope you enjoy it! A playable build of the game will be available for selected players between July 19th and July 21st, 2024. If you already have playtest acce… | — | |
| Community | Thank you for playing our demo! Hello, Motorsport Fans! Steam Next Fest has concluded, and with this, the Golden Lap demo comes to an end. 🏁 We want to thank you all for your incredible support, feedback, and bug reports! 🙏 You can help us improve the game even more by filling out this brief form : If you'd like to see what else we're up to or to just chat with our community, you're welcome to join our Discord at Once again… | — | |
| Esports | Golden Lap Gameplay Stream with part-time racing driver John Munro! See how Golden Lap plays in this stream by part-time racing driver John Munro , who also produces content for Traxion.GG! The racing simulation in the demo is currently at version 0.6, which means we are actively working on it. You may notice unrealistic gaps between drivers during some races or the occasional silly behavior in the demo. We are still in the process of balancing the overall game… | — | |
| Game update | Demo 2024.06.11 update is out! v20240611_9410600 Changelog improvements - added new artwork for driver icons - "hangover" or "invigorated" status details now indicate which team component is affected - implemented various small fixes and enhancements to improve overall game stability and performance fixes - fixed incorrect visualization in standings of how many laps behind a driver is - fixed a bug that caused some AI cars t… | — | |
| Esports | Golden Lap Gameplay Stream with part-time racing driver John Munro! See how Golden Lap plays in this stream by part-time racing driver John Munro , who also produces content for Traxion.GG! The racing simulation in the demo is currently at version 0.6, which means we are actively working on it. You may notice unrealistic gaps between drivers during some races or the occasional silly behavior in the demo. We are still in the process of balancing the overall game… | — | |
| News | Try the Golden Lap demo now! We're proud to announce the release of the demo for our upcoming 2D motorsport management game, Golden Lap, co-developed with our friends at Strelka Games! You can fire up the engines and play the demo now until June 17 as part of Steam Next Fest! Get the demo now: In the demo, you can tinker with two modes, including ‘Quick Race’, where you can select a pre-built team and get right into the ac… | — |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.