Thank you for your continued support, I wouldn't be who I am today without all of you.
Luke Japaridze
LucasGame Studios
Corona MotorSport
Corona MotorSport Turns 4/Special Suprise
Thank you for your continued support, I wouldn't be who I am today without all of you.
Luke Japaridze
LucasGame Studios
"Dubai International Circuit" set to release in next update
Hey guys!
Just a quick update showcasing one of the new tracks coming in the next edition of Corona MotorSport, lighting still needs configuring but the track is coming along quite nicely...More info TBA
Luke Japaridze
LucasGame Studios
Development Resumes
(This is extremely late but..) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
Hey Guys!
Development on Corona has slowed quite a bit over the past few months, as I've been busy with my first semester of college and I'm just now starting my second semester as well. In 2012, I had a dream of starting up my own studio and publishing my creations on Steam, that dream came true in 2014, when Corona MotorSport flew through greenlight and was approved for sale. But I launched a product into Early Access that wasn't ready, and ever since then I've been working non-stop, often receiving next to nothing from sales just to finish the game. I was on the receiving end of lots of negative feedback and frankly, most of it was deserved. But I never gave up, and I don't plan on quitting anytime soon. All of you can expect Corona to be finished within a few months. I'm not finishing it because I want money, I'm finishing it because being a game developer was my childhood dream and I refuse to disappoint my current and future customers, and I hope to grow this studio and have a full team to work on projects with.
I'll keep everyone posted weekly with progress.
Stay classy and keep pushing forward, no matter how much crap life throws at you,
Luke Japaridze
LucasGame Studios
Status Update
I've still been hard at work on the latest update of Corona MotorSport and I'm hoping to have it done and fully released within the next few weeks. I recently started college and my free time dwindled a bit but I'm still on track for completion of this update!
Most of the major gruntwork for the update is complete and now all thats left are a few small but relatively time consuming details. I've been redesigning some of the vehicles and adding badging to some as well so the quality level of all the models are consistent with eachother. I also have to finish reconfiguring the AI system as I am now working with a totally new physics package and lots of parameters need to be changed and adjusted.
Anyway, I look forward to finishing and releasing Corona MotorSport over the next few weeks.
Cheers,
Luke Japaridze
LucasGame Studios
Corona MotorSport is 50% off during the Summer Sale | More screenshots
I hope all of you are enjoying summer so far, I've been hard at work on the next Update of Corona MotorSport. Below are a few pretty screenshots of the improved weather system:
I've also started implementing Steam Achievements in preparation for launch and I've started designing trading cards as well.
I look forward to finishing and releasing Corona MotorSport this summer.
Cheers,
Luke Japaridze
LucasGame Studios
Update 3.05 Progress
I've been hard at work on Update 3.05 since last month and I've already added a boatload of new features. As of now, this update is intended to be the final ALPHA edition of Corona MotorSport before it's prepped for full release on Steam as a finished product.
Here's what's on the roster so far for 3.05
- Complete vehicle physics overhaul
- better framerates, reduced CPU overhead
- more accurate physics calculations
- true 3d tire simulation with updated Pacejka algorithims
- forced induction (turbo/supercharging) simulation
- improved vehicle handling
- More responsive steering at high speeds
- New particle effects for tire smoke/dirt/etc
- And more!
- better framerates, reduced CPU overhead
- Dubai Circuit - Currently in progress:
Testing realtime global illumination and performance overhead of the hotel's parametric glass pane roof, over half a million polys alone!
- Improved Racing AI (again)
- Improved day/night system
There's a lot more to come, and I look forward to finishing up the Alpha series and re-launching Corona MotorSport this summer! I've also got more exciting news, but I'll save that for a little later ;)
As always,
Luke Japaridze
LucasGame Studios
Update 3.04 patch released
I just released a small patch for 3.04 to fix some minor issues. Users reported that changing settings in game did not apply to the level after exiting the menu, this has been fixed. A bug that disabled shadows when pressing F12 (default screencap key for Steam) has been fixed. Steam DRM has also been added.
I will be creating a discussion in the forum to list any known bugs, If I miss any please comment there so I can add them to the list.
Cheers!
Luke Japaridze
LucasGame Studios
Update 3.04 is now live!
After over 7 months of hard work, I have finally finished the update and it is now live on Steam!
What's New
- Updated engine to Unity 2017.2
- New sky system
- Complete graphics overhaul - updated post processing, reworked lighting system, improved reflections
- Major physics improvements
- Major AI improvements - drivers are smarter, lose control less and are harder to beat
- UI overhaul - new main menu and pause menu UI
- New HUD design
- New car - Factory Five Type 65-R
- Added detailed animated suspension system to MK4 and Type 65 coupe
- New driver model and improved IK solving
- Steering wheel now shakes at high speeds (visual improvement)
- New Track - Barcelona
- New spawning system - spawning errors and game breaking bugs should be much less frequent when loading a level
- New main menu level
- New vehicle sound system - realistic engine sounds
- Improved geometry of vehicles - added detail to models instead of just using normal maps and textures
- New color picker - user can now pick manufacturer colors for each vehicle with different shader properties for added realism
- Settings menu - now fully functional and glitch-free - Resolution settings can only be changed before launching game, everything else can be changed in-game.
- Monza track - replaced billboard trees with SpeedTree trees, replaced several buildings with more optimized and better looking versions, added pit garages with animated crew
- Removed deprecated and redundant assets from build, size slightly reduced
- Switched to 64-bit executable - game will only run on 64 bit machines due to performance and RAM requirements. Please let me know if you are on a 32 bit machine so I can try and continue supporting 32 bit if necessary, it is outdated but I won't alienate my customers :)
- Performance improvements
Removed features
Vehicles
These will all return in the next patch as they are still being worked on
- Serato Stretto - currently setting up physics for vehicle
- Tonnerre Serpent - Redesigning body and optimizing model
- Chevette G1 - Redesigning vehicle
Tracks
These will all return in the next patch as they are still being worked on
- Daytona - Model is just too hideous and riddled with problems, currently being redesigned
- Taghkhanic - Collision issues with track that needed to be fixed
Misc
These will all return in the next patch as they are still being worked on
- Volumetric Grass - bogged down performance, caused mesh errors (random spots of black and flickering) and is not compiling in Unity 2017
I hope you all enjoy this update and I look forward to finishing Corona MotorSport in the coming months!
As always,
Luke Japaridze
LucasGame Studios
New Trailer for 3.04 out now!!!! | Steam Lunar Sale - 50% off | Some mild ranting
Hey Racers, hope you enjoyed the trailer above!
Many of you have probably questioned where the latest version of Corona is and why it has taken so long for a new update to come out, and I'd like to answer why.
When I originally published the first version of Corona MotorSport here, I was not fully satisfied with what I created and even though the game was and is in early access, it wasn't up to my standards. Nearly every update after that felt rushed and I often had to scrap planned features and fixes and continue to push them back to future updates. I ultimately decided to start from scratch and rebuild the game from the ground up, making sure everything works the way it should as efficiently as possible.
I spent countless hours remodeling vehicles. Specifically the low-poly models. I got rid of the crappy texture-mapped panel gaps and replaced them with real panel gaps. I added details, optimized models and created proper logos and badging for all the cars.
I added life-like trees to replace the cheap billboard trees in Monza, and while it may come with a performance impact, I think it looks gorgeous and brings like to the track. I replaced outdated grandstand and building models in Monza and added a pit garage.
I fixed countless bugs and only a few remain, no more glitching through maps or spawning into oblivion. I'll save the rest of this for the build notes...
In addition to all of this, my life has been pretty hectic these past few months as I go through my final year of high school and the process of applying to colleges as well as working on several other projects, both for my company and for others.
Anyways, I look forward to providing continued updates for Corona and finishing it in these next few months. I have very big things planned for release this year so stay tuned!
Also, pick up a copy of Corona if you haven't already, get it while its on sale for Lunar New Year!
Luke Japaridze
LucasGame Studios
Happy New Year from LucasGame Studios!
Thanks for yet another year of support from all of you! I look forward to bringing more content to Steam as well as this next update.
Cheers!
Luke Japaridze
LucasGame Studios