In-game event7 Aug 2026🚧Update – Bug Fixes, Restoration Improvements & Quality of Life🚧Dear Junkers! 🔧 This update focuses on fixing a number of issues reported by the community while continuing to improve the overall gameplay experience. We've spent time refining quest flow, polishing vehicle restoration, improving visual consistency, fixing several long-standing bugs, and making the game more accessible for players across all supported languages. As always, thank you for all y…
Dear Junkers! 🔧 Today’s update focuses on gameplay stability, movement improvements, bug fixing, and additional polish for the recently redesigned renovation system. Based on your reports, I've addressed several critical issues including crashes, unexpected teleportation problems, world-loading immersion issues, and visual inconsistencies affecting renovated items. I've also made adjustments t…
Dear Junkers! 🔧😄 This update introduces one of the biggest technical and gameplay overhauls to date. Alongside major performance and visual improvements, the entire restoration system has been redesigned from the ground up to provide a more realistic, intuitive, and satisfying renovation experience. ⚙️ Completely Redesigned Restoration Mechanics The entire restoration workflow has been rebuil…
Dear Junkers! 🔧😄 This hotfix focuses on additional gameplay stability, interaction fixes, and visual polish improvements. I’m continuously working on eliminating annoying bugs, improving immersion, and making gameplay smoother and more reliable during longer sessions. Thank you again for all the feedback and bug reports — they help me improve the game much faster 💪 🧩 Fixes & Improvements •…
Dear Junkers! 🔧😄 This update focuses heavily on deep engine optimizations, UI stability, dismantling gameplay upgrades, and overall game responsiveness. A huge amount of work has been done under the hood to reduce stuttering, improve long-session stability, and make gameplay smoother across the entire world. I’ve especially focused on optimizations, NPC, vehicle dismantling comfort, memory ha…
Dear Junkers! 🔧😄 This update focuses heavily on performance improvements, stability, and quality of life changes across many core systems of the game. While it may not seem flashy at first glance, a lot has been improved under the hood to make the overall experience smoother, more responsive, and less prone to stuttering . You should notice better performance on the parcel, improved vehicle b…
Dear Junkers! 🔧😄 This update may look small on paper, but it addresses several key issues and makes the overall experience smoother and more enjoyable. 🔧 What I fixed & improved ♻️ Camera Teleportation, Input Lag & Desync I fixed issues related to camera teleportation and added patches that reduce input lag and desynchronization. Controls and in-game reactions should now feel more predictabl…
Dear Junkers! 🔧😄 This update may look small on paper, but it addresses a number of highly visible problems and makes the overall experience much smoother and more intuitive. 🔧 What’s fixed & improved ♻️ Scrap & Stationary Press Improvements We’ve resolved several issues related to one of your most-used machines: · Fixed invisible scrap piles when using the Stationary Press · Improved visibil…
Dear Junkers! 🔧😄 just released a small hotfix focused on improving texture quality and stability on lower-end hardware.🚀 🔧 What’s fixed · Fixed an issue where textures could appear blurry or low-resolution after the latest update · Improved texture streaming behavior to better adapt to available GPU memory · Reduced aggressive mip downscaling on systems with limited VRAM · Overall more stab…
Dear Junkers! 🔧🔥 This update focuses heavily on input stability, system fixes, and overall performance improvements across the game. A lot of work has gone into refining mouse behavior, improving UI responsiveness, and optimizing core systems to make the experience smoother and more consistent. As always — thank you for your support, feedback, and patience. Every update helps push the game fu…
Dear Junkers! 🔧😄 This update is a big step forward in terms of stability, visual quality, and overall world optimization . We’ve focused on fixing long-standing technical issues, improving graphical consistency (especially shadows), and optimizing many core gameplay systems — from quests and NPCs to items and world streaming. As always — thank you for your patience, your reports, and your sup…
Dear Junkers! ✨ This update focuses on fixing critical save-loading issues that were affecting progression, purchased machines, upgrades, and parcel state. We know how frustrating it is to lose progress — this patch addresses those problems directly. Thank you to everyone who reported these issues and sent save files. Your help allowed us to track and eliminate the root causes much faster. 💾 S…
Dear Junkers! 🔧🔥 This update is heavily focused on performance optimization and improving how core systems behave under the hood. We’ve worked across many gameplay mechanics, machines, world systems and physics-based objects to reduce memory usage, improve stability and smooth out performance spikes. Some systems received full optimization passes, while others received partial improvements an…
Dear Junkers! 🔧😄 This update focuses on improving localization quality, renovation clarity, and overall system stability. We’ve fixed a number of translation inconsistencies (especially in Turkish 🇹🇷), improved UI readability, and added important safety systems to prevent quest and vehicle-related issues. As always — thank you for your patience and support. Every update helps us polish the…
Dear Junkers! 🔧😄 This update focuses on expanding language support in the game. We’ve just added Turkish 🇹🇷 to Junkyard Simulator — and this was a big milestone for us. To be fully honest with you: adding a new language took much more time than we originally expected . Localization is a huge amount of work — testing, fixes, consistency, and making sure everything fits properly into the game…
Dear Junkers! ✨ The vehicle exit system at the gas station has been fixed and improved. These changes apply to Pickups, Tow Trucks, Trucks, and the 1950 Pickup , eliminating cases where the player could get stuck, exit in incorrect positions, or clip into station geometry. Details of the changes: · Improved detection logic for vehicle positioning relative to fuel pumps and surrounding objects.…
Dear Junkers! ✨ Quick update on a bug discovered by one of our FERNZ 💛 ⚙️ Fuel System Fix · Fixed an issue where vehicles could not be refueled at the gas station. · Resolved a bug causing the player character to get stuck after inserting the fuel hose into the vehicle. · Fixed an issue where LMB input would stop responding during the refueling process. · Improved interaction stability when us…
Hey, Junker! 🔧😄 This hotfix introduces a significant improvement to the vehicle driving and physics system. The main focus of this update is stability, control, and realism, with special attention given to vehicle behavior on slopes, inclines, and during low-speed maneuvers. Over the past updates, I’ve been closely monitoring player feedback and in-game behavior, and this patch addresses an e…
Dear Junkers! ✨ Quick update on a bug discovered by one of our fans 💛 ⚙️ Vehicle UI & Driving · Fixed an issue where the odometer on the Old Pickup was not updating and remained at 0 km/h while driving. · The speedometer now correctly displays vehicle speed during normal gameplay. Thank you VelocitEX for reporting this issue — your feedback helps improve the game!🚗💛 Massive junkyard hugs fro…
Dear Junkers! ✨ Welcome to the New Year 2026! Many of you asked for these fixes — and for you, dear Junkers… we always try to go the extra mile. ❤️ That’s why the hotfix is already live. Thank you for being with us, for your patience, feedback, and constant support. Even right at the end of the year, we’re still polishing the game and responding to your reports. We wish you a great start to the…
Dear Junkers! 🎄✨ We know we already shared holiday wishes with you last week — but hey, it’s Christmas and New Year time, so why not wish you all the best once again! 😊 Thank you for being with us, for your patience, feedback, and constant support. As we move toward the New Year, we’re still polishing the game and delivering hotfixes based directly on your reports. Wishing you calm holidays,…
Dear Junkers! 🎄 On the occasion of Junkyard Christmas and the upcoming New Year, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being with me and with the game for so many years — through every update, every fix, and every new stage of development. Your support, patience, and involvement truly mean the world to me. Thanks to you, Junkyard is still alive, growing, and gaining more and more…
Hey, Junkers! 🔧😄 It’s time for another big wave of improvements! This update brings you a completely revamped tutorial that guides new players in a much more intuitive and accessible way. Thanks to this, your start in the world of scrap will be easier, clearer, and — most importantly — more enjoyable! 🚗 But that’s not all! This update also delivers a solid batch of quality-of-life improvemen…
Dear Players! ❤️ I wanted to share a little update straight from me — right from the heart of the junkyard. As many of you know, my game has been in Early Access for quite a while now — but that’s completely intentional. I really want the game to be the best, most polished version it can possibly be when it finally leaves EA. I want you to feel proud of what you’re playing, and I want to feel p…
Hey Junkers! 🎮⚙️ We’ve just rolled out a small update focused on vehicle renovation fixes and interface improvements based on your feedback! 💪 This patch addresses some minor but frustrating issues, improves the renovation workflow, and polishes interactions to make the gameplay smoother and more immersive. As always — thank you for your support and detailed feedback. ❤️ Your reports help us…
Hey Junkers! 🎮⚙️ I’ve just rolled out a new update packed with fixes, improvements, and a few quality-of-life tweaks based directly on your feedback! 💪 This patch focuses on polishing gameplay stability, refining mechanics, and addressing small but annoying issues some of you have reported — from resource collection and vehicle renovation to map stability and save management. I’ve also added…
Hey Junkers! 🎮⚙️ At your request, I’ve just added new stamina options! 💪 From now on, you can extend stamina by +1h, +2h, or +3h — and yes, there’s also an option to turn stamina off completely ( MENU > OPTIONS > GRAPHICS/GAMEPLAY ) . Now, I’ll be honest with you — I still believe that the fridge system, shopping, and refueling are all perfectly balanced around the 1-hour stamina cycle. But s…
Hey, Junkers! 🥪🌍 We’ve just released a fresh hotfix that fine-tunes the new hunger mechanic, adds some helpful starting items, and fixes several translation issues (big thanks to FERNZ! 🙏). Plus, we’ve extended stamina duration to give you more time before running out of energy. ⚡ This update makes the early game smoother and more friendly, while still keeping the fun challenges intact. Full…
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