Championship mode and Super Karts are now LIVE

Championship Mode- 

Qualify – Earn your place on the starting grid, just you and the timer on the track for a single lap, make it a good time and you might just make Pole position! Be warned though, each time you improve, so do your fellow racers.

Race – Compete with the other 29 cars for those championship points! There are no checkpoint timers here, this isn’t the arcade, everyone is racing against for the best position and time.  Each championship presenting a selection of tracks, several never seen before!

Arcade mode

rebalancing of difficulty

Arcade mode collectables added – Scattered throughout the arcade levels there are a few extra items out there for you to collect, (or tip over 😉 ) there’s a good chance the eagle-eyed player might even be rewarded for collecting them.

Improvements

Each track now has a drone powered flyby to help you commit the curves and straights to memory before you hop in the hot seat.

AI - Several improvements to the AI to make it better and more fun to race with, better track positioning and cornering to make the races more challenging and fun.

Car handling

Camera – more dynamic for better views whilst you race, and an all new nose camera!

Start up – the start up of the game has been enhanced to get you to the action faster.

Full rebuild of the menus – same classic SPGP style, all new version, tighter and leaner.

UI layouts – better support of more resolutions, from ultrawide to low resolutions, things stay in place, and where you are looking. 

Stats - Best times logged by Car class and difficulty per track

Additional Trophies added – More of the planned achievements have been added and are unlockable, with the rest to follow over the next releases.

Better manual gear box – Improvements to the manual gearbox.

Track signage – Each track has received attention improving the signage to help you find your way around without having to take your eyes off the action.  Along with additional waving flags and trackside effects.

Change List

Player data reset of all recorded lap times, awarded trophies unchanged.

Cars

·         New Kart car class available

Game Mode added – Championship

·         4 of 20 championships available

·         Free Practice, available on each track in a championship.

·         Qualification, single lap to determine where you place in the grid

·         Race, as with arcade, but no checkpoints, race for total time against other cars

Improvements

·         AI – various adjustments to behaviour

·         Car handling

·         Camera position and movement

·         Game Start up

·         Full rebuild of main menu

·         UI Layout improvements for non-16:9 / 16:10 resolutions.

·         Stats, times recorded against difficulty, car class per track

·         Manual gearbox

·         Track signage        

Additions

·         Trophy unlocks added

·         Arcade in race collectables added (Cows and Stars)

= Known Issues 0.5 =

UI

• Some UI Screens have elements that clip off the edge of the screen in lower resolutions (Steam Deck)

• Some UI Elements may position in strange places on ultra-wide screens

• Position indicator can lag behind the players current position on occasion.

Audio

• Some sound effects will cut others short

• Audio Mix is too loud on some tracks with certain sounds.

Localisation

• Localisation missing some terms and generally needs a reparse