This is a very very big update in terms of "playability" because now ghosts can win the race if you are not fast enough :)
As you know ghosts reproduce the hole race in Shootout and Endurance mode, well... now ghosts are treated like a local player in the game so they can win the race. After the race ends you have (as always) a time-out of 25 seconds to finish the race and your score is uploaded to the active Championship so it will not affect the way your score is submitted but you will be able to see your position in that race relative to other players.
It will be like racing 100% online but with some advantages: no collisions, no network lag, there is no need to be online at the same time, etc.
As before we download ghost with this logic:
- no scores yet ? no ghosts
- player didn't race in this category ? slower scores/ghosts are downloaded
- player has an score already ? download 2 faster and 5 slower ghosts
By downloading 2 faster racers, you have to try hard to get the same score you've submitted in order to be in the top 3 podium at the end of the race.
We've also added new assets: Reviens rev, Pecos Snow rev, more stripes skin textures for cars and some custom textures for the players that submitted their custom skins (Susiquiu, Javimod, Bike Man).
This is the change log for v0.8.6
ghosts names changed when the player has the same name, now "g" is append at the end
5 seconds after race ends even if all players finished the race
ghosts: better tuned distance on alpha
ghosts: transparency for dust trail and racer name
bugfix: engine sounds not turning off in hotlap mode
bugfix: multitrack mode was uploading wrong ghosts
ghosts_racers can now win races
stripes in textures
Reviens revert
Pecos snow rev
** Known bug: If you finish first you must wait until all ghosts finish.
Enjoy ;)
Transparent ghosts
Yes! Ghosts are transparent when you are close to them. It should fix visibility problems specially in Hot Lap Championship.
Also there is a bugfix with some textures not showing correctly.
Please try again before this round ends and give us your feedback.
Transparency can't be adjusted right now, it's hardcoded but I think it's OK and much much better than before ;)
Ghosts are now integrated in the Championships
Yes ! that's right... finally we have ghosts in the championships in the new version v0.8.5 ! so the next round will be A LOT OF FUN :)
This is the complete changelog:
- ghosts visibility & logic is now correct in hotlap and regular mode
- ghosts are now automatically downloaded from the leaderboard
- bugfix: notfound texture & nitros sound when the ghost is hidden
- Season is now renamed to Session
With ghost regular mode I mean:
ghosts_racers =
Is working and if you add a ghost file in thunderwheels.cfg (with the game closed) it will reproduce the hole race in the ghost file, not just the fastest lap.
So, in the next round you'll see your opponents, you will compete against them seeing the optimum path, etc. It is crazy fun, really.
Remember we are in Early Access and we try to push features as fast as we can so it isn't finished. For example, ghosts textures are solid (no transparencies) and there could be bugs.
Next round starts tomorrow :)
Round 01 June Series 2018 Championship / Full Results
This are the results of Round 01!!
Lots of change of positions during the weekend but the monday Pierre Nodoyuna take the lead in all the competitions and was looking good for his first perfect Round but Retroalex with and impressive lap won the Hot-Lap in the last hours of competition showing he will challenge the top places like the last race in the May Series!! great stuff!!!
Another big surprise was Raa Yaar doing 3 podium places for the first time!! congrats
With both former Champions FatZomby and Bike Man not as strong as they usually are... they loosed some ground but will fight back for sure in the upcoming rounds in this 5 way battle for the top places!!
xaagon with a great performance is in top of the middle group fight for the 6th place just ahead of javimod, Jeevers and Susiquiu
Next Round we will have one of the biggest changes in the game so far!!!
One that I just can't wait to start playing guys!! :D
you all will love racing against the recorded ghosts of the others players!! is awesome!!
now more than ever before... :D
See you all on track!! ;)
Full results here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/296790/discussions/0/1694923613856554985/
"May Series 2018" Championship / Round 04 Results
This are the results of Round 04!!
Was an exciting one with lots of overtakes during the week and at the end was as usual :D another very strong weekend for Bike Man winning the HOT-LAP the MULTI-TRACK and the ENDURANCE competitions winning his first Championship in ThunderWheels!! congrats!!
Pierre Nodoyuna and former champion FatZomby were fighting very hard for the lead during the weekend but this effort wasn't enough to win any competition!!
But 2nd and 3rd place in the championship respectively was secured!! Congrats!!
The Big surprise of this round was Retroalex not only taking a place in the podium but wining for the first time a competition!! the SHOOTOUT!! nicely done!!
With this great run he almost overtake javimod and dukkenuken with only 2 points separating 4th to 6th place!! awesome!!
xaagon with a solid performance clinch 7th place overtaking Ohhh Banana in the process
Susiquiu secured the 9th place with Raa Yaar closing the gap very fast but running out of races!
Also great to see the newcomer Jeevers showing he is learning fast and will challenge this group in the upcoming Championship!!
Full results here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/296790/discussions/0/1696048879941785874/
Next... the " June Series 2018" Starting Friday 1 June
Everyone welcome to join!!
We are all excited about the upcoming ghosts feature in the championship...
We will have something new this month?? lets hope so!! :D
Stay tuned!!
See you all on track ;)
Ghosts, experimental version
Hi everyone !
We have a new version (v0.8.4) with many small changes and the *experimental version for ghosts* :)
This new version includes a highly asked feature, turn music on/off:
So now you can disable background music and only listen effects sounds.
It also includes an improved timer so the scores sent in the championships will be much more exact.
And the most important feature, there is partial and *experimental* support for ghosts files. The game will now save you last race in a .ghost file here:
The files have a naming convention: userid-trackname.ghost
I'm including my own ghost so you can test it right away: 76561198444366926-cabalango-test.ghost
Ghosts can be shared with anyone, just race one track (must finish all laps) and then go to the directory. The game will overwrite the last ghost so if you liked you race just rename it to avoid the game overwrite it the next time.
Ghost files contains the full race but currently only best lap is supported in the reproduction mode so if you share/play your ghost, the ghost will only reproduce the fastest lap in the recorded file.
How do I use the ghost ? easy, be sure to CLOSE THE GAME and open the configuration file:
\config\thunderwheels.cfg
That .ghost is the file I'm including, it should load an orange Wildcat Monster for the track Cabalango. Save the file, run the game, select one track in "Single play" mode, the track must by obviously "Cabalango".
The ghost should now appear in the race.
The tag ghosts_racers in the thunderwheels.cfg file is for the future once we implement more ghosts modes and is ignored right now.
You can play multiple ghosts files, just separate them with ; like this:
We also added a new feature in the ThunderShop, press '1' it switches to wireframe mode.
We hope you like this update :)
NEW TRACK !!!
Greetings!
We are very happy to have a new Track called "Tanti"!!
And of course we are racing there this Round in the Championship!!
See you all on track!! ;)
May Series 2018 Championship / Round 03 Results
This are the results of Round 03!!
Another very strong weekend for Bike Man winning the HOT-LAP the SHOOTOUT and the ENDURANCE competitions retaking the lead of the Championship!! congrats!! Pierre Nodoyuna with 3 podiums is close but need a perfect weekend in the final round to have a chance to win this title.
FatZomby won his always strong competition MULTI-TRACK and nearly clinch the ENDURANCE ending second by an incredible 0.265 of a second!!
with javimod and dukkenuken swapping positions in the 3rd place battle
Ohhh Banana, xaagon and Retroalex continue the middle group fight for the 6th place with Retroalex overtaking xaagon and closing the gap to Ohhh Banana
Susiquiu consolidate the 9th place and Raa Yaar return to the Championship in style with his first ever podium in the SHOOTOUT climbing 5 places in the championship!! congrats!!
Full results here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/296790/discussions/0/1696048245849258676/
Next Round Start Friday 25 May
See you all on track!!...
in a new one ;)
May Series 2018 Championship / Round 02 Results
This are the results of Round 02!!
Pierre Nodoyuna delivers his best performance of all time winning all the competitions from the start but just the last day in the final minutes of Round 02 javimod did and incredible hot-lap to win his first ever competition!! congrats!!
Bike Man with a weekend not as great as the last 2 loosed the lead of the championship but just by one point! Game on!!
javimod not only win the hot-lap competition but also did 2 more podiums in the Endurance and Multitrack competitions jumping dukkenuken and former champion FatZomby in a very close battle for the 3rd place in the championship!! great stuff!
Ohhh Banana, xaagon and Retroalex continue the middle group fight for the 6th place with Ohhh Banana enlarging his advantage.
Susiquiu consistent as ever take advantage of Charls Barkly, Bob68 and temporay missing the weekend to jump to the 9th place!!
Full results here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/296790/discussions/0/1693795812295223392/
Round 03 Starts Fri 18 May!!
Everyone welcome to join!!!
May Series 2018 Championship / Round 01 Results
This are the results of Round 01!!
Bike Man Started this season just like he ended the last one... very strong in all the competitions and exchanging positions with Pierre for the lead on several occasions and wining the battle in the shootout in the last minutes of the Round!! Congrats!!!
FatZombie and dukkenuken are very close also fighting for a place in the podium!!
javimod, Ohhh Banana are tied in point leading the middle group fight for the 5th place against a great performance also of xaagon and Retroalex.
Charls Barkly, Bob68, temporay and Susiquiu have their own fight for the last place in the top ten also with Felichulo and jembarnard missing a few competitions hurting their chances to fight.
Next Round is underway!!! we are racing with the new Cobra and in the new track Carlos Paz.
Thanks for all this wonderful support! We appreciate your comments, your feedback, your screenshots...
See you all on track!!
Full results here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/296790/discussions/0/2828702372997804584/
Round 02 Started today Fri 11 May!!
Everyone welcome to join!!!
