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Genre: Simulator, Indie

Gas Station Simulator

A new DLC for GSS being announced: Shady Deals



With the release of Can Touch This, the first DLC for Gas Station Simulator, we want to use the opportunity to officially announce the next DLC: Shady Deals.

The uncle is back and he has some shady deals on his mind. Deals he can't make happen without your help. New structures, new mechanics, tons of new content. Shady Deals will be quite larger than Can Touch it and it now has its own dedicated Steam store page giving you some information what the second DLC for Gas Station Simulator will be about.

Go check it out and add it to your wishlist while at it:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1992100/Gas_Station_Simulator__Shady_Deals_DLC/

Giving the uncle a new role to play and introducing some new, exciting characters in this DLC is something we are really excited about and believe it will be a great addition to the gas station business.

Lots of bundles!



With the launch of Can Touch This, Gas Station Simulator's first DLC, we worked with some other teams and publishers to prepare a lot of bundles for you. You just might find one of them interesting and save some money while at it:

GSS DLC BUNDLE
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26252/

Drug Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26204/

Treasure Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26205/

Prepper Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26240/

Cooking Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26241/

Gas Station with Animals Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26242/

Gas Station with Detailing Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26243/

Dinosaur Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26216/

Rover On Desert Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26237/

Gas Station Accident Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26214/

Barn Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26215/

Prison Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/23320/

Motorcycle Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26208/

Tank Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26238/

Trader Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26209/

Trains On Gas Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26236/

Aquarist Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26210/

Gas House Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26211/

Farmer's Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26212/

Creatura Station Bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26213/


Obviously the DLC is also available on its own. We use Steam's recommended price conversions, so the price in your territory might be different than the $2,99:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940030/Gas_Station_Simulator__Can_Touch_This_DLC/



Hotfix #2 for Update #6



A second hotfix for update #6 is now available addressing the following issues:


  • Fixes a crash occurring while pressing "F" inside toilets.
  • Fixes an issue with disappearing decorations after game load.
  • Fixes unpaintable roofs at workshop and warehouse.
  • Fixes an issue with the employee getting stuck at the warehouse door.
  • Adds a "low pressure" notification to Car Wash.
  • Adds an option to Audio Settings to mute car horns.
  • Changes the default floor texture to make footprints better visible.


If you have any issues with an update, hot fix or DLC, please write about it on Steam Forums, contact us on our Discord or send us an e-mail to support@drago-entertainment.com with the bug description.

It helps us a lot if you include your save file folder or a link to a video if you were recording/streaming with the problem occurred.

Save files are located at %LOCALAPPDATA%/GSS2/Saved/SaveGames -> if you .zip the entire folder and send it to us or make a link to it available, we will be able to check your specific case and help directly with the issues.

Can Touch This DLC only 48 hours away!



We are exactly 48 hours away from launching the game's first DLC called Can Touch This.
One of the major aspects of the DLC is to allow you to customize your gas station like never before. We are not talking about new types of decorations of which we added 100 pieces, but about being able to basically completely rebuild your gas station.

Let's have a look at an example. Something that our testers came up for their gas station a couple of days ago when they were doing yet another testing run of the DLC's content:



Add the DLC to your wishlist and don't miss its release at just $2,99:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940030/Gas_Station_Simulator__Can_Touch_This_DLC/

Hotfix for Update #6 available



A hot fix for update #6 is now available addressing the following issues:


  • Fixes issues with employees disappearing from the PC UI and permanently getting stuck on non existing tasks.
  • Fixes the painting position inside toilets.
  • Fixes an issue with delivery trucks getting stuck after unpacking.
  • Delivery truck doors can now be closed after unpacking.
  • Wall elements with toilet doors can now be painted.
  • Not paying the loan will now correctly trigger the biker sequence.


Can Touch This DLC stream showing DLC gameplay



Are you wondering what else Gas Station Simulator's first DLC is going to offer and yesterday's video wasn't enough for you? Don't worry, there will be a 1.5h long stream on Monday (16.05.2022) showing a lot more from the DLC.

Please join us at 15:00 CET. If you don't feel like figuring when that's in your time zone, just use Steam's nifty reminder feature here. See you soon!

And if you haven't done it yet, add the DLC to your wishlist. It's coming on May, 18th priced at only $2.99:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940030/Gas_Station_Simulator__Can_Touch_This_DLC/

Can Touch This DLC footage added

Update #6 is here!



Update #6 is a larger update to the base game adding new features, some improvements as well as some fixes and optimizations. Below the most important changes.

New Features



  • Wall Repaint Service has been added to the game and is available at gas station level 5. It allows you pay a painter to come the gas station and repaint the walls.
  • Alien TR45H Eliminator Supreme has been added using alien technology to quickly remove trash and foot prints within its projectile range. Gas Station level 5 required.
  • 3 new popularity levels are now achievable, with statue upgrades. To accompany them we also added 3 new songs to the game.


Improvements



  • Upgrades are now handled via a new tab in the PC called Upgrades. We improved on managing upgrades in general and added a tech tree to handle them.
  • Delivery drivers (food/parts) now stay in the delivery truck so these can drive away quicker.
  • The UI now shows how much of a product you already have when ordering.
  • Big changes to decorations, especially their placement:
  • Indoor decorations are now called Movables.
  • Outdoor decorations are now calledLandmarks.
  • All interactive decorations (basketball, RC Car) were moved to a new category: Interactive decorations.
  • Small decorations around the gas station that were previously accessible from “Outdoor decorations” like benches, chairs, tables, ice machines etc. are now accessible from Movables and are buyable in any amount
  • Movables can now be placed outside the gas station (next to its walls) in a freeform way, rather than in pre-placed positions as before.


Fixes



  • Fixed an issue with employees getting stuck without a task after loading.
  • Fixed an issue that caused employees to disappear from the Employee tab.
  • Fixed an issue with wrongly showing the “full trash can” notification while the trash can wasn't really full.
  • Police cars no longer activate red/blue lights all the time.
  • Interactions with the PC while holding any tool in hand are now disabled. This should prevent soft locks.
  • Various other small bug fixes all across the game. 
  • /EDIT: Resetting the excavator (Rudy) now also resets its sand status. This should get rid of the problem that you can't properly clean up stand as the game reports Rudy already caring sand and being unable to dump it.


Performance



  • Screen Space Global Illumination is now a graphic setting. Setting it to OFF (now by default off) will slightly improve performance. /EDIT: while the performance gains on Nvidia GPUs, especially GTX 1660 and RTX GPUs, are rather small, the performance gains on Radeon GPUs are significant.
  • Various smaller lighting optimisation all across the game.


Update #6 also comes in preparation for the game's first DLC to be released on May, 18th. If you haven't yet, add it to your wishlist:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940030/Gas_Station_Simulator__Can_Touch_This_DLC/

Can Touch This DLC delayed by a week, game update this week!



As you might be aware, along the game’s first DLC called Can Touch This, the base game is also to receive a larger update. We have however run into an expected conflict between the base game update and the DLC.
Since the base game update contains some very neat things players have requested for a while now, we have decided to release the update this Thursday and postpone the launch of the DLC by one week to 18.05.2022 at 10:00 PST / 19:00 CET.

This gives us enough time to sort out the conflict between the update and the DLC without delaying the update itself.
There are some great things in the update. We mentioned the Wall Repaint Service already in an earlier annoucement. Here some other highlights that will come in the update:


  • Decorations around the gas station can now be removed and placed in different spots. The placement itself has also been improved.
  • Delivery drivers stay inside the vehicle, so they will drive away faster.
  • See how much you have in stock already when ordering.
  • And much more you are going to see on Thursday.

Now, we promised a while ago to do something about keeping the gas station clean. While we tweaked the settings a bit in past updates, we were also working on a different approach. A futuristic vacuum device that should be of great help to keep the gas station clean that will also be included in this update.

Have a quick look at some of the these things in action:



Before releasing the update this Thursday, we will make it available for early testing on the test branch. Please check our Discord for more details on when exactly it becomes accessible and how to get it.

Add the DLC to your wishlist in case you haven't yet. It will be here on 18th May, priced at $2.99:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1940030/Gas_Station_Simulator__Can_Touch_This_DLC/

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