Launch Discount Ends Tomorrow — and 0.5.5 Is the Next Big Update
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Launch Discount Ends Tomorrow — and 0.5.5 Is the Next Big Update
The –12% launch discount ends tomorrow. After that, the price goes back to $14.99 / €14.99 / £13.75. If you've been on the fence, this is the time.
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Thank You
The first week has been intense. The Discord community has quadrupled in less than a week. Hundreds of bug reports, save files, balance suggestions, and feature requests. The game is better today than it was on September 3 — four hotfixes in one week, all built from your reports.
To the alpha testers, demo players, and new players who shaped this game from devlog to launch: thank you.
🔧 0.5.4 — Still Being Patched
Hotfixes for the current build continue. If you hit a bug, the in-game report tool or the Discord are the fastest way to get it fixed. A save file is worth ten descriptions.
🏗️ 0.5.5 — The Next Big Update
0.5.5 is built directly from your feedback. It focuses on making the game yours — and brings many more changes alongside the headlines below.
Custom Career
A new career creation screen where you set the rules before you start:
- Number of teams on the grid
- Number of GPs per season
- Weekend format
- Difficulty settings
- And more — the career adapts to what you want to play
Department Automation
Every department can be set to one of three modes:
- Manual — you make every decision, like today
- Assisted — the AI handles the department and emails you what it did. You take decisions through the emails.
- Auto — the AI runs it and keeps you informed by email. You focus on what matters to you.
Set each department independently. Run sponsors on auto, R&D on manual, scouting on assisted — whatever fits your style. New players can auto everything and get to racing faster. Veterans keep full control. Switch any department at any time, mid-season, mid-weekend — it's never locked.
Spectator Mode
Watch a race without managing it. Pick any team, sit back, and watch the AI race the full weekend — practice, qualifying, race. Toggle it on or off whenever you want — spectate one weekend, manage the next.
AI Rebalance
Race strategy and career decisions for AI teams are being reworked. Tyre choices, pit timing, development priorities, and financial management are all getting a pass to make the grid feel more competitive and more believable across multiple seasons.
UI Pass
Continued polish on layout, readability, and responsiveness across all screens. The auto-fit system from 0.5.4-3 was a first step — 0.5.5 continues the work.
🗺️ The Road After 0.5.5
After 0.5.5, development shifts to 0.6.0 — Weather & Car Setup: dynamic weather, rain, drying lines, and a full rework of the car setup system. The first of the five headline updates promised in the roadmap.
Lights Out
The launch discount ends tomorrow. Every update after this — 0.5.5, 0.6.0, and everything through to 1.0 — is included in your purchase.