The Pointless Car Chase: Refueled
Update Notes - Nov 24 2022 - Re-Expanded Language Support
Indeed, it has been a while since the last update. With the development of The Pointless Car Chase 3 and Click Real Fast, there hasn't been much opportunity to work on updates. In any case, a new one is here...
Changes:
Language
- Added 65 new in-game languages (see supported languages)
- Fixed missing font characters
Gameplay
- Added controller vibration
- Balanced police vehicle speed
- Added billboard respawn
- Added mysterious rock respawn
- Added 20 more mysterious rocks; Find them all
- Added road to nuclear plant
- Added colliders to nuclear plant
- Removed bridge textures; Materials now match the game style
Optimization
- Concert now starts only when vehicle is within 1km; Game performance at night is now much better
- Reduced base game size by ~200mb
Misc
- Updated splash screen logos
- Updated workshop header image
Thank you,
NullReferenceException
Update notes - Jul 26 2022
A brief speech:
Not many can say they got their favorite car for their birthday... and neither can I... technically. Cars are expensive; Unless TPCC:R can reach >250,000 sales by next July, I'll settle for anything with 4 wheels that moves ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Well, to celebrate another year, along with the acquisition of a driver's license, my present to myself (and all of you) is a brand new *Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. Maybe next year it'll be the real thing... Maybe then, I can start filming The Pointless Car Chase: Real Life.
In any case, I would like to thank everybody for supporting the game. It's been half a year, and the game has come a long way since the beginning. Right now, the game is still small, but it could get more popular... only time will tell.
*Virtual
Changes:
- Added High Poly HD Camaro
- Added Japanese fallback font; NotoSansJP
- Changed workshop vehicle max mass
- Fixed first person camera position
Thanks for playing,
NullReferenceException
Update notes - Jul 21 2022
Some small fixes for yesterday's update, and more...
Changes:
Added hidden 🗿
Added treasure
Fixed "Sound of Song Festival" achievement not unlocking
Added logo tags
Updated Steam Workshop tags
Increased ambient light
Fixed engine audio cutting out at max speed on some vehicles
Fixed custom vehicle colliders not matching body mesh scale
Fixed time and points freezing when restarting from festival
Update notes - Jul 20 2022 - Sound of Song Festival
A brief speech:
Sound of Song Festival
The COVID really put a damper on events for the past couple years. Well, worry no more about the spread of the virus, because now, you can watch a concert from the comfort of your own car. Come on down to the desert and see the greatest show in the history of The Pointless Car Chase. As a 5 year tribute, a cover of What I've Done by Linkin Park will be performed starting at 20:00 each night.*
Custom Logos
Have you ever wished you could stick your own picture to the side of a car? Well now you can! With added support for custom logos, you too can add your own logos to your vehicles, and even upload them to the Steam Workshop.**
Auto Backup
Don't you just hate it when you play a game for so long, then your saves just go *poof*, never to be seen again? Well fret no more. Now, when you exit The Pointless Car Chase: Refueled, your saves will be automatically backed up to a local folder. In the case where something happens to your beloved save, you can now easily restore a previous file.
Update:
Sound of Song Festival
- Added Sound of Song Festival
- Added road to concert
Steam Workshop
- Added Steam Workshop support for logos
- Added link to user's subscribed Workshop using Steam's interface
- Game exit button now disables when uploading Steam Workshop items to prevent accidental closing
Customization
- Updated R.E.M. Studios logo in loading screen
- Removed duplicate blank logo selection
- Added R.E.M. Studios logo to logo selection
Vehicles
- Added police siren randomization; Police sirens now change instead of looping
- Fixed F1 first person position
- Fixed camera colliding with ramp trigger
- Fixed first person camera clipping through some vehicles in VR
UI
- Added UI visibility toggle (up arrow)
- Resized "Spawn Location" panel size
- Fixed clock displaying incorrect formatting for each hour; (03:60 -> 04:00 | 23:60 -> 00:00)
World
- Replaced water shader; Water looks less meh, and a little more yeh
- Added mysterious object to farm
- Added billboards
- Retextured grasslands riverside with sand
- Removed trees from grasslands riverside
Settings
- Fixed volume sliders not using saved values in settings menu
- Fixed garage radio volume not controlled by music volume slider
System
- Added automatic save backups on game exit (saving to archive folder)
- Added achievement "Sound of Song Festival"
- Fixed game not launching in VR mode from Steam VR
- Stopped road designer manager process running in background
- Regenerated lightmaps
- Adjusted ambient light levels
- Removed redundant calls on destroyed vehicles
- Removed unused Rigidbodies on parked house & gas station vehicles
- Removed unused WheelColliders on parked house & gas station vehicles
Fineprint:
*To disable concert, toggle "Disable concert" in the settings menu when concert is not playing.
Game Performance, Steam Guide
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2812788823
**Custom logos:
Create a folder inside "..\Steam\steamapps\common\The Pointless Car Chase Refueled\Logo", and put an image file inside (.png or .jpg). The new image should then appear in the "Logo" tab of the vehicle selection. 1x1 aspect ratio works best. To upload to Steam Workshop, see below.
Uploading to Workshop, Steam Guide (See section "Logos - Summary"):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2784667549
Thank you,
R.E.M. Studios, NullReferenceException
Update notes - Jun 28 2022
Added:
- Added Steam Rich Presence support
- Added engine audio samples to "..\The Pointless Car Chase Refueled\The Pointless Car Chase Refueled_Data\StreamingAssets\Samples\Engine Loops\"
Changed:
- Fixed Aventador incorrectly unlocking F1
- Fixed SmortCar® first person camera position
- Removed redundant water layer
- Fixed radio restarting when using Workshop and Radio menus upon initial game start
- Fixed designer editor buttons showing without vehicle selected
Update notes - May 29 2022
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction; Add Virtual Reality support, it destabilizes the game. Rest assured, it's fixed now.
To launch VR: Steam > The Pointless Car Chase: Refueled > Play > Play VR.
OR
Use -launchXR in launch options
Added:
- Added game launch argument; -launchXR
- Added dynamic camera angle; Camera will auto-level based on vehicle incline
Changed:
- Fixed VR mode automatically starting
- Fixed vehicle losing control while drifting
- Fixed most vehicles losing traction when turning
- Fixed Camaro first person camera position
Update notes - May 29 2022 - Virtual Reality
Have you ever wanted a truly open world game in Virtual Reality? Well, now in The Pointless Car Chase: Refueled, you can strap your VR headset to your face and feel the chase.
New guide has been created for Game Performance & Computer Specifications:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2812788823
Added:
- Added support for VR head tracking
- Added "Very Low / VR" quality setting; A very low quality - Best used for VR mode
- Added Cinematic Camera mode toggle; Enables / Disables ramp cameras
- Added billboards
- Added more points per billboard
- Added trees to mysterious island
- Added rocks to mysterious island
- Added house to mysterious island
- Added ramp towards mysterious island
- Added sound when collecting special vehicles
- Added effect when collecting special vehicles
- Added dynamic UI change for normal / VR modes
- Added feathering to top and left edges of minimap
Changed:
- Balanced vehicle pricing; Late-game semi trucks and race cars cost less
- Changed police spawn times
- Changed ambulance spawn time
- Changed radio control buttons on controller;
Song skip = Double tap D-Pad/Left
Change Radio Station = Hold D-Pad/Left
- Changed input processing from local player vehicle to global game manager
- Changed color picker to sliders; Better compatibility with other devices
- Inverted color picker hue slider
- Fixed F1 brake light
- Fixed F1 headlight position
- Fixed some special vehicles not unlocking
- Fixed controller cursor not selecting menu items
- Fixed mouse cursor resetting when switching from controller
- Fixed music pausing when switching menus before initial play
- Fixed hidden Supra floating above ground
- Fixed Supra first person camera position
- Fixed Mountain House ramp not showing
- Fixed gas station colliders pushing camera
Update notes - May 20 2022
This is the 14th update
Added:
- Added special car
- Added achievement; Like a jet... on wheels
Changed:
- Changed skid trail transparency
- Balanced vehicle properties
- Fixed "vehicle locked" UI text size
- Fixed special vehicles not unlocking on collision
- Fixed waypoint lines rendering on roads
Update notes - May 12 2022 - Expanded Localization Support
Languages, we all speak them. While we might not understand each other, we all can understand the pointlessness of The Pointless Car Chase. In the Expanded Localization update, The Pointless Car Chase: Refueled now supports all languages available on Steam (See list below). As well, 253 world flags have been added to the game as usable logos on vehicles.
While on the topic of countries: Did you know Canada gets a lot of snow? Well, just like Canada, The Pointless Car Chase: Refueled now has snow too. Drive through the treacherous north, not only fighting the police, but also gravity as you traverse through the expansive mountain range.
Added:
- Added 20 languages (see supported languages below)
- Added 253 Country flags
- Added brake force when pressing reverse button; [S] / [RT]
- Added dynamic wheel torque; Makes climbing hills possible
- Added automatic camera clipping detection
- Added more downward range to camera rotation
- Added logo customization to vehicles
- Added color customization to UFO
- Added mountains
- Added snow
- Added 2 highways
Changed:
- Fixed customization UI background
- Fixed language dropdown text wrapping
- Customization UI buttons now disable when unavailable
- Fixed incorrect text string in workshop upload panel
- Renamed base radio stations
- Fixed speedometer not reaching 0
- Moved logo files to StreamingAssets
- Game now forces unload of unused assets on respawn
- Increased cloud skybox size
- Realigned some roads
All Supported Languages:
English(en)
French(fr)
Spanish(es)
Portuguese(pt)
Italian(it)
German(de)
Russian(ru)
Ukrainian(uk)
Chinese (Simplified)(zh-CN)
Chinese (Traditional)(zh-TW)
Japanese(ja)
Korean(ko)
Polish(pl)
Turkish(tr)
Czech(cs)
Bulgarian(bg)
Hungarian(hu)
Dutch(nl)
Romanian(ro)
Greek(el)
Norwegian(no)
Finnish(fi)
Swedish(sv)
Danish(da)
Arabic(ar)
Thai(th)
Vietnamese(vi)
Update notes - Apr 22 2022
Do you believe in extraterrestrials? Well, in the spirit of Earth day, you're no longer crazy. In The Pointless Car Chase: Refueled, you just need to know where to look.
Added:
Added UFO
Added new special vehicle
Added new achievement "Far out, man"
Added automatic pause when opening Steam Overlay
Added underwater camera effect
Added house
Changed:
Fixed missing characters for Chinese (Simplified)