Build 26529444

Out of the Void is out, free for everyone who owns Low Space Race, and the game is 50% off until November 22.

You told me the game looked generic and simple. This update is my answer.

Online races (beta)

Race 2 to 4 people over the internet, with CPU machines filling the grid to 4 or 8. It is peer-to-peer: one player hosts and the others connect to them, so there are no servers to wait for, and a game ends if the host leaves.

• HOST GAME: open a private game and send your friends its six-letter code or a Steam invite, or open a public one anyone can join.
• JOIN GAME: pick a public game from the list, or type a friend's code.
• The host sets the difficulty, the field and the tracks.

It is a beta: there is no kick yet, and each player's pickups are their own. Tell me what breaks.

Sixteen machines, rebuilt

All 16 machines have new single-hull, plated bodies. The Classic look is still there if you miss it.

A garage of your own

Eight materials, eight paints and eight trails, from Satin to Chrome and Iridescent, from Ion to Void. You buy them with the XP you earn in races. Nothing in the game costs money.

Every track rebuilt

Each of the 12 tracks has its own road, walls, lit edges and roadside, so no two look alike.

X CUP

A fourth cup of four procedurally generated tracks, with loops, ruptures and twists. Online, the host can put X CUP on the tracks row, and every player races the same four.

Ironman and Permadeath

• Ironman: the field is cut down lap by lap, and the last machine running wins. MARATHON is always Ironman, over 15 laps.
• Permadeath: a machine that explodes is out of the race, yours included.

Global leaderboards

A Ranking screen with every track's best times worldwide, a season rating and a friends filter, plus a Steam lap board for every track from Time Trial. Every board was cleared today, so the first records are still open.

Also in this update

• Squeeze L to turn sharper: the harder you press, the tighter the turn. Hold Brake and Boost together to Phase through rivals.
• A quicker first boot, and 60 frames a second on ordinary laptop graphics.
• On Windows, the game now has all 13 languages the store lists. Before, Windows players got English only. Sorry about that.

Good to know

• Lap times from before the update don't carry over: the tracks changed, so every board and your personal bests start from zero.
• Achievements, stats and the season rating stay.

If you like it, a review helps more than you'd think, and I read every post in the discussions.

Yuri