WORKS: Motorsport Factory Playtest · experimental, public · first seen
- Added individual clock settings for departure reminders, race starts, results, design milestones and important dialogs. Choose whether each event pauses, slows to 1× or leaves the clock unchanged.
- Added championship welcome guides explaining entry requirements and key series rules.
- Added selectable display currencies, saved as a global preference.
- Redesigned Formula Apex funding invitations with clearer two-season terms, staged payments and cancellation obligations.
- Fixed a simulation error affecting saves containing certain car-class data.
- Fixed loose-panel painting getting stuck when its storage rack was full.
- Improved pallet-delivery queuing and chassis unloading at reverse docks.
- Corrected inventory and shop filters to exclude parts and chassis barred by the selected championship.
- Fixed enabled post-race assessments not taking place unless automatic stripping was also enabled.
- Fixed venture sponsorship payments and renewals, including duplicate-payment protection when loading saves.
- Fixed starting drivers losing skill when their career potential was assigned.
- Corrected simulator chassis identity, car visibility and weekend wear-report formatting.
- Reduced repeated task searches, machine checks and artwork redraws in large factories.
- Reduced vehicle-artwork stalls and improved responsiveness in busy workshops.
- Rebalanced race expenses, accommodation costs and sponsor income across championships.
- Travel estimates now separate transport fuel, race fuel and accommodation, with clearer vehicle and overnight-stay details.
- Sponsor relationships now consider the whole round, including heats, points finishes and missing entries. Finishing outside the points alone no longer increases sponsor frustration.
- Sponsor payment breakdowns show car counts and separate recent-form bonuses from base payments.
- Revised driver career ratings and disabled driver form bonuses.
- Circuit-supplied tyre series now require a tyre partner before racing; Touring Works starts leave that choice to you.
- Higher-level machinery is now purchased as a new machine rather than upgraded in place.
- Simplified race-readiness warnings, reorganised title-screen settings and refreshed translations.
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| 5322502 | 5563773402243149653 | 3886805090664820555 |
| 5322503 | 7789863572526880372 | 5992534760239923004 |