This update brings a new event type: Football! (Or soccer if you prefer)
I think everyone knows the rules for this game, so I will just skip to the part that is different. You can have 10 vehicles on the field at the same time, the cool part is that you can set any number of vehicles for each team: 5 x 5, 1 x 9, 2 x 2, 2 x 8 etc etc etc. I think this makes room for some very challenging scenarios!
Among the other fixes and improvements, one I think is very nice is the new possibility to change the camera angle in the default view:
Next update, the new event type will be Demolition!
CHANGELOG
Added: Football!
Added: OPTIONS MENU now accessible from the PAUSE MENU.
Added: you can now set the BEHIND THE VEHICLE CAMERA ANGLE (OPTIONS menu, GAMEPLAY settings).
Change: some menus now work better with keyboard/controller navigation. Now you press UP/DOWN to navigate through options (event time for example), and press LEFT/RIGHT to change the value. Some fields accept mouse wheel scrolling to change the value too.
Change: improved visuals for the Red Rover Arena areas (the ground painting).
Fix: previously, if you selected a color for your vehicle, the next time you got to the VEHICLE SELECTION menu, the vehicle on the garage would still be blue. And even if you didn’t change the color, when playing, the color would be the correct one (the one you choose on the last event). Now the vehicle in the garage will be the last color you selected.
Fix: if the option SHOW SPECIAL FUNCTIONS HINT (GRAPHICS settings) is ON and one of the computer vehicles is the Master Loader, the Master Loader controls hint would always be on screen, even if the player(s) did not select the Master Loader.
GAME PLAN
Steam Racing Fest
Update 0.11.2 - Truck with trailer fixes
This update provides some fixes for the TRUCK WITH TRAILER. When the player selected it for most of the tracks, the game would simply crash.
Thanks, again, for user berarma for reporting this problem!
Also, this vehicle was not available for the computer. Now, you can enjoy moments like these:
CHANGELOG
Added: TRUCK WITH TRAILER now available on the list of ALLOWED COMPUTER VEHICLES.
Fix: when selecting the TRUCK WITH TRAILER for most tracks/arenas, the game would crash.
Fix: when selecting the TRUCK WITH TRAILER on KAMIKAZE RACE, and PLAYER RACING WAY as REVERSE, the player would always be placed on the REGULAR racing way.
Fix: OPTIONS MENU now presents settings divided into tabs. Before, some items in the OPTIONS MENU would be under other items in some screen resolutions (smaller than 1920 x 1080).
Update 0.11.1 - Linux fix and some improvements
The main purpose of this update is to provide a fix for the Linux version, that is not working for Update 0.11. Since I've had some improvements already done, I've decided to anticipate them.
Some improvements are only cosmetics (but I think make the game very cool!), like the Oval Track ground visuals or the crash debris, while others are functional ones, like the possibility to use the arrow keys, or the RESTART button fix.
EDIT (24/03/2022): Thanks for user berarma for reporting this problem!
CHANGELOG
Linux: game is working again on Linux.
Fix: RESTART button (PAUSE MENU) has been changed to RESET VEHICLE. Now, it only resets the player vehicle, back to the start grid position. In the future, I will add a proper RESTART EVENT button.
Controls: keyboard arrow keys now work to control the vehicles (player 1 only).
Menu: CONTROLS MENU updated with arrow keys.
Graphics/Performance: improvements in the dust effects. The visual aspect of the dust particles effect is now better. Also, it has better performance. I’ve got up to 30 frames per second increase with this improvement. The dust amount setting (OPTIONS MENU) still makes a difference in performance, but not as much as before, so it’s more of a gameplay/aesthetics option now.
Graphics: improvements in the Oval Track ground surface visuals. This same improvement will come for the other tracks in the future.
Added: vehicle landing sound effect
Added: crash particle effects
BETAS now enabled
"Betas" is a function Steam provides so that players can play, well... beta versions of a game. In practice, it's also a way to play previous versions of the game.
Since TrackMaster is in early access, the term beta is not 100% correct, but I've just enabled it, allowing players to play previous versions. Right now, versions 0.8, 0.9 and 0.10 are available.
To access it, just RIGHT CLICK the game name on your library, then PROPERTIES, and then BETAS. From there, you can choose previous versions. I'll be using this feature from now on, so that you can always go back to a previous version if something is not working.
I've done this because right now, version 0.11 is not working on Linux.
I will soon release a new version of the game to fix the problem, and with this, I will anticipate some features of the next update.
Thanks for user berarma for pointing me to the issue on the forums.
Update 0.11 - Kamikaze Race and First Person Camera
Update 0.11 brings a new racing mode: Kamikaze Race!
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Half the vehicles run in the regular direction, but the other half runs in the opposite direction.
Actually, you can set how many vehicles run at each direction, and you can set if the player will run in regular, opposite or random direction. This way, you can make scenarios, like: you, with a car, running alone in the regular direction, and all the other 9 vehicles, only Monster Trucks, running in the opposite direction!
This updates also brings a long requested feature: first person camera! Run, crash and roll other vehicles or be rolled, now in first person, available in all the vehicles! There are still issues (only aesthetic ones), like the steering wheel doesn’t… well… turn, and the vehicles interiors are not good yet. But I will fix them in the future.
I’m also planning more 2 cameras in the near future: hood and bumper, for those who like to get even closer to the track!
Next update will bring Football!
CHANGELOG
Added New Event Type: Kamikaze Race.
Added New Camera: First Person Camera.
Graphics: minor improvements on the truck visual.
GAME PLAN
Update 0.10 - New event type: Red Rover
Hey there everyone, here is update 0.10!
This update brings a new event type: Red Rover!
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The rules for Red Rover are simple: all the vehicles have to go from one area in one side of the arena to other area, in the other side of the arena. Once each vehicle gets into the area, it has to stay there, until the second-to-last vehicle makes it to the area. When the second-to-last vehicle arrives in the area, the last vehicle is out of the game, and all the vehicles have to go to the other area, and the process is repeated, until there is only one vehicle left: the winner!
Of course, while you are waiting for the other vehicles to get into the area, you can try to push the others away from the area, or be pushed away...
Next update, the new event type will be Kamikaze Race!
CHANGELOG
Added New Event Type: Red Rover.
Added Arena: Red Rover Arena.
GAME PLAN
Update 0.9 - New event types: Master of the Hill and Tag
Hey there everyone, here is update 0.9!
This time, we have 2 new event types: Master of the Hill and Tag!
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Master of the Hill is a very simple concept: stay as long as you can on top of the hill, while trying to push the other vehicles away from the hill. At the end of the time limit, the vehicle with longest time on the hill, wins!
Tag is the good and old playground everyone played as a child: chase other players, touch them (or “tag” them), to mark them out of play, or as the new tagger.
Tag has 4 types:
Last One Standing: each tagged vehicle becomes the new tagger, and the previous tagger is free, no longer a tagger. Game ends when the last not tagged vehicle is tagged.
Time Based: Same as above, but with a time limit. At the end, the vehicle with the shorter time as tagger, wins!
Everyone is Tagger: each tagged vehicle becomes a tagger, but the former tagger is still a tagger, so the tagger vehicles grow in number during the game. Game ends when the last not tagged vehicle is tagged.
Freeze Tag: each tagged vehicle becomes “frozen” and cannot move, until a free vehicle touches it. Game ends when the last not tagged vehicle is tagged.
Next update, the new event type will be Red Rover!
CHANGELOG
Added New Event Type: Master of the Hill.
Added New Event Type: Tag.
Added Event Type variations - Tag: Last One Standing, Time Based, Everyone is Tagger, Freeze Tag
Added New Arena Variation: Master of the Hill Arena – Dirty.
Added Arena: Hill Bowl.
Added: Tires in some arenas, that go flying for your amusement, and for vehicle security reasons.
