Hey everyone!
We’re back with a major update bringing performance improvements across the game, expanded graphics settings, a redesigned customization flow, improved lobby and online features, weapon balance changes, and a wide range of fixes.
OPTIMIZATION & GRAPHICS
Significantly improved performance across both vanilla and modded tracks.
All race tracks are now hitting 60 FPS on Steam Deck, with further improvements still planned for some tracks.
Added new graphics settings:
Anti-Aliasing
Bloom
Anisotropic Textures
Shadow Detail
Detail Density
Game Terrain
Opponent Visual Effects
Added graphics presets:
Performance
Balanced
Quality
Anisotropic texture filtering is now always enabled, keeping surfaces clearer when viewed at an angle.
Made minor performance optimizations to the in-game UI.
CONTROLS & INPUT
Added missing button graphics for Xbox controllers and Steam Controller, and refreshed button graphics for other supported platforms.
UI button graphics now reflect the player's actual bindings instead of relying on static icons. If you rebind an action such as Respawn, the UI will now display the correct button.
Improved input rebinding:
Duplicate menu bindings are now blocked.
Binding conflicts now display clearer localized messages.
Improved the input remap popup and added missing localization.
Fixed an incorrect RESPAWN (HOLD) icon.
Fixed keyboard dialog confirmation.
CUSTOMIZATION
We've reworked the preset customization flow to make creating and editing presets faster and more intuitive.
Added a new Quick Setup interface.
Added smoother transitions between customization screens.
Improved navigation throughout the customization menus.
Added a Quick Setup label to the corresponding preset in lobby customization.
Fixed the displayed number of available sticker slots.
LOBBY & ONLINE
Added 2 / 4 / 6 lap options to lobby settings.
Added an AI Difficulty setting.
Added AI Count and Custom AI Count settings.
Added controls to show, hide, and copy the lobby code.
Added the ability to open the Preset Editor without leaving the lobby.
Only the player who opened the Preset Editor can control its UI.
A timer is shown if the race is about to start while someone is still editing a preset.
Added Streamer Mode. For now, it focuses on hiding the lobby code by default. Let us know how useful additional privacy options such as hiding player names or profile pictures would be.
Improved lobby performance and player preview smoothness. Preview animations can now run more smoothly when performance allows while still automatically scaling down when needed.
Improved ranked ELO stability and fairness. Players should no longer lose rank when an opponent quits mid-race or when a match never properly starts.
Lobby settings can no longer be changed during the countdown.
Empty player slots now display clearer status information depending on whether the lobby is offline, AI is enabled, or the slot is available for another player.
Fixed an online lobby desync that could load a player into the wrong track.
Improved download progress reporting so it no longer reaches 100% before downloading and processing are actually complete.
Fixed co-op players being able to enter the lobby before all required mods had finished loading.
Fixed several lobby softlocks and cases where a race would fail to start after the countdown.
Fixed the race countdown sometimes starting immediately when the host selected a track.
Fixed spectator join countdowns sometimes starting from an incorrectly high value.
Fixed AI presets being randomized after returning from a race to the lobby.
Elimination modes now automatically determine the lap count based on the number of players and no longer allow it to be changed manually.
MENU & UI
Improved track autocomplete behavior.
Added clan renaming for clan owners with a \7-day cooldown\.
Updated clan tag length limits:
Minimum: 2 characters
Maximum: 6 characters
Updated clan name length limits:
Minimum: 4 characters
Maximum: 20 characters
Fixed track navigation in TOTD mode.
Fixed page navigation on the Game Modes screen so controller focus moves to the correct first or last item.
Fixed skipping an item when switching pages in the Mods screen.
Fixed localization for sorting in the Mods screen.
Fixed version information overlapping the mod loading window.
Fixed track groups sometimes displaying an empty map list after returning from a race.
Fixed the content loading indicator showing an empty or completed state before mod loading had actually started.
Improved the readability of lobby option text, icons, and the reconnecting dialog.
Fixed incorrect page indicators in track groups.
Added missing translations to the Settings menu.
IN-GAME & HUD
Improved positioning system stability and item box reward consistency in rare cases.
Changed the Elimination HUD to display the player's current position and the safe-position limit instead of the lap counter.
Improved online Elimination finish-line resolution when multiple players cross the line almost simultaneously.
Added dynamic team-based background colors to the weapon target info UI.
Added team-based outlines to minimap dots.
Replaced the leading player's minimap dot color with a crown indicator above the dot.
Eliminated players in Elimination and defeated players in Battle Arena now display a skull above their marker.
Updated the team summary UI.
Improved handling of several respawn system edge cases.
Improved race start reliability.
Improved jump trick detection.
Fixed Custom Auto-Acceleration and Steering Assist settings being reset when a race begins.
Fixed Auto-Acceleration and Steering Assist not being applied on startup until the Settings menu was opened.
Fixed incorrect AI positions being displayed in offline races.
Fixed the Tank icon sometimes remaining above a player for the rest of the race.
Fixed the team background being visible on the top HUD when teams were disabled.
Fixed boost bars not being hidden correctly in Elimination mode.
Fixed the weapon indicator UI covering the weapon target info UI.
Fixed the pause menu briefly appearing when returning to the main menu.
Fixed overlapping character voices and countdown audio after restarting a race.
LEADERBOARDS
Fixed Time Trial races started from the leaderboards inheriting Grand Prix settings.
Fixed incorrect WR ghost data when entering Time Trial from the leaderboards.
Fixed minimap avatars showing the local player's icon instead of the watched WR ghost player's profile icon.
Fixed an issue where beating your personal best while racing a non-local ghost could switch the active ghost replay to your new personal best while keeping the other player's name.
WEAPON BALANCE
TESLA GUN
Reduced the Tesla Gun's overall area coverage and adjusted its damage distribution.
AOE Radius: 150 → 100
Direct Hit Damage: 60 → 55
Tick Damage: 30 → 25
PORTAL GUN
Added new safeguards to prevent Portal Guns from appearing in rapid chains while keeping them available throughout the race.
A maximum of 2 Portal Guns can now be in circulation at the same time.
This includes Portal Guns currently held by players as well as Portal Guns that are actively being cast.
Added a shared 7-second drop cooldown.
The cooldown begins when a Portal Gun is picked up and refreshes when one is fired.
The same circulation limit and cooldown rules apply to both online and offline races.
Two Portal Guns can still occasionally be used close together, but the shared cooldown prevents another one from immediately dropping afterward.
HEAL AURA
Reduced Heal Aura's active time by 1 second. The full 50 HP restoration now happens faster, while its anti-death window remains around 30% shorter than Shield.
Active Time: 4.95s → 3.95s
TANK
Limited Tank to a maximum of 2 in circulation during online races.
This includes Tanks currently held by players as well as Tanks that have already been triggered or are actively running. Once one Tank leaves circulation, another can drop again, keeping Tank available as a comeback item without allowing too many to stack at once.
Online Tank Limit: Unlimited → 2
Tank can no longer drop from item boxes during the first 20 seconds of a race.
MINIGUN
Improved Minigun usability and targeting.
Item boxes can now be collected while the Minigun is active. The collected item becomes available after the Minigun is discarded.
Improved targeting of opponents behind the player.
Improved target detection through walls and small gaps in complex track geometry.
POISON GUN
Reduced the Poison Gun's total damage over time while keeping its duration and number of damage ticks unchanged.
Poison Damage Over Time: 100 → 75
GENERAL WEAPON FIXES
Improved i-frame handling for overlapping effects. Protection now remains active when one effect ends while another is still active — for example, when using Shield during a teleport.
Fixed direct Poison Gun hits sometimes not applying the poison effect.
Fixed targeting indicators sometimes displaying incorrect information due to stale target data.
Fixed Portal Gun targeting the first-place player after they had already finished the race. It now retargets to the leading player who is still racing.
Fixed Shield SFX playing for too long.
Fixed Tank freeze immunity.
TRACKS & OTHER FIXES
Fixed Twilight Grove failing to load.
Fixed a misspelling in the Twilight Grove map name.
Fixed shortcut hardlocks after respawning on Woodsy Lane, Gauntlet Run, and Rush Hour.
Fixed an issue preventing teleportation through a road blocker on Molten Mile.
Fixed an issue preventing teleportation through a road blocker on Timber Camp.
Fixed audio settings being ignored during boot, which could cause music to briefly play at full volume. Music now uses the last known volume during startup, or remains muted until profile settings load if no previous value is available.
Fixed unwanted camera movement in Photo Mode.
