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SP Grand PrixNewsNews Update - Championship Mode Nears Completion!
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News Update - Championship Mode Nears Completion!

SP Grand Prix · published 30 Dec 2025, 13:34 UTC

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Core game updates
All aspects of the current retail release have been fully updated, with improved visuals, camera, controls and more exciting racing to truly bring classic arcade racing to your screen. Feel more speed, more control and more rivalry.

A significant rework of the opponent AI drivers means more of a challenge and less learner drivers in high powered race vehicles on the track with you, more skill and perseverance will be needed to best these drivers!

Car handling has been improved, with a more dynamic camera to keep you in the action and on the edge of your seat.


New Content
Championship mode arrives! Qualify and race against your opponents to earn points and determine who is the real champion.  The initial launch of Championship mode presents the first 4 championships to test your skill across, featuring new unseen tracks.  Each race earns points for your performance. Only the best will lift the trophy, will you be one of them? Version 0.5 will contain the first 4 out of 20 Championships, with more to follow very soon.New Tracks
Championship mode contains an additional 28 tracks, not seen in the Arcade Mode, the first of which will be accessible in V0.5 New Cars
The first additional car class will be available, the Super Karts.  Built for close racing, close to the ground thrills, the speed may be lower, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way!
The Road Ahead

Development continues apace!  We’re looking to bring more tracks (via additional Championships), more car classes (Stock Cars, GT Race cars and some special vehicles) in future updates.

We are very aware that 0.5 has taken a very long time to see the light of day, there has been so much going on and many challenges that were needed to be overcome during its development, but it is almost here! And we have refined our upcoming releases to get SPGP to full release in the best shape possible.  The next three updates are planned for much shorter timeframes.

Version 0.6 – (1st quarter of 2026) - Will introduce more championships, more tracks and more cars, whilst refining and improving what has arrived in 0.5 already.  In addition to this a planned overhaul of the localisation throughout the game to make sure our non-English speaking players get the full SPGP experience.

Version 0.7 – (Mid to late 1st Quarter 2026) - More of the championships made available before launch, combined with polish and updates to the visuals and UI.

Version 1.0 – (Spring 2026) - The full release! More polish and all of the championship and tracks available.

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In-game event28 Aug 2026BIG gameplay update V0.898 is now liveUpdates: Handling update to all cars and classes. Logic update for computer opponents. Fixes: Game remains paused when out of focus, including timers. Championship mode – last 3 Championships are now unlockable. Graphical issue of black box appearing on some builds fixed. Players can now alternate between keyboard and controller input without having to restart. Computer opponents now use lanes…In-game event21 Aug 2026V0.893 ReleasedUpdated: Arcade Attract Sequences. New and improved opponent logic, overtaking, race starts. Player v CPU collisions updated and improved. Kart handling updated. Respawn button now requires less time to hold down and respawn. Minor UI and general GFX updates. Fixes: Code optimised to dramatically reduce required disk space. Counter no longer continues to count when paused. Known Issues: VR mode…In-game event7 Aug 2026Latest Update- V0.89 is LiveV0.89 Gameplay Player will now be prompted to respawn if they get stuck. Special car type- handling updated for better control when sliding. Slipstreaming effect reduced and balanced. AI avoiding player improved and AI are less aggressive. Champ mode- call out when tyres need changing. Champ mode- less effect on steering with worn tyres. Champ mode- AI pit decision logic updated. Track Updates…