Next Car Game: Wreckfest

[Cursed]

Not hating it. Would be up for group fun.

[norbs]

Maybe we should pencil it in for next Sunday arvo.

It really is a lot of fun.

[KNAPPO]

Cant do Sundays but would be keen to mix Friday nights up with a bit of this.

[Dr. Pain]

It's on sale at https://www.humblebundle.com/store/wreckfest for $33.74 USD

[pixelboy]

[r8response]

WinGameStore has it for $30.14 USD. Bought a number of games from them and never had an issue.

[norbs]

Don't forget about CDkeys were we get a cut to help for server payments.

Last time I looked there it was $49AU

[Duke]

THQ Nordic today announced the completion of the acquisition of Bugbear, an experienced and world leading creator of niched racing games built on their proprietary game engine enabled with vehicle destruction physics tools. One of its recent games, Wreckfest, a demolition derby themed racing title, was successfully released for PC on Steam in June 2018 and is currently being developed to be released on consoles during 2019.

Since June 2017, THQ Nordic stepped in as the publisher for the digital distribution channels for Wreckfest, which has been one of the best performing games published by THQ Nordic on Steam since launch.

THQ Nordic strongly believes in Bugbear’s competence in developing successful action racing games and wants to make long term investments to support Bugbear’s future growth journey.

[Duke]

Howdy friends,

As we've mentioned previously, while porting the game to the consoles we're also using the opportunity to improve many aspects of the game. During the past weeks we've already been introducing some of the improvements to you but we're not stopping yet.
One pet peeves we've been fighting with for a long time has been the lack of proper collision detection of the car bodies on the vertical axis (up/down), meaning that when cars have gotten on top of each other, for example when landing a jump, they have often clipped into each other and become a tangled mess.
If you've played the game any longer than for a few minutes you've no doubt noticed this grievance – and many of you have, based on your feedback – and it's indeed frustrating, sometimes even getting you wrecked instantly when someone lands on top of your car and the cars get stuck into each other, causing them to deform like there's no tomorrow and resulting in massive damage. Well – we're happy to let you know that no more! Check this out:



See what happens? Apart from that looking very unhealthy for the driver of the Rocket, the cars speeding from the ramp hit the car on the ground as well as each other, but instead of clipping into each other, the cars get beautifully deformed and are able to continue racing.
Pretty neat, isn't it? Not only it looks much better (as in, less glitch-y) but it also makes a huge gameplay difference especially on tracks with jumps.
Now, there are still some pesky details regarding the collisions that we need to work out but with the main issue solved we're confident that they can be sorted out pretty easily and that we can push out this improvement in the next update.
In the grand scheme of things this is admittedly a pretty small detail but since it can have quite a significant impact on the gameplay and knowing how much many of you have been looking forward to an improvement, we thought we'd already give you a sneak peek.



Thanks for all your support and stay tuned!

[norbs]

Oh sweet jesus, can you imagine what our cars will look like now?

[GT VIRUS]

On 50% sale again

[norbs]

https://www.indiegala.com/store/product ... est/228380

[DarrenM]

PC update comes out on the 27th giving it new content to match the new console release. They're also releasing DLC with a season pack.

3 entirely new tracks and 1 new derby arena
3 new crazy challenge vehicles
1 new reward car for finishing the carreer
New & improved career events
Several new paintjobs for existing vehicles
Additonal daytimes for all tracks
... and some more cool stuff!

Also new to PC update:
Improved collision detection
Mini Map
Optimized Tracks, improved performance
LOD options

The Season Pass gives you:

20 crazy and iconic new vehicles
20 insane roof decorations
Car customization pack with new armor, rims and more

All items will be released post launch of Wreckfest, over the course of 8 DLC packs.

6x DLC car packs (20 cars in total)
1x DLC with 20 roof decorations
1x DLC with car customizations like armor, rims and more

Special Pack - 20 Roof Decorations, Including Poop Swirl
Car Pack #1 - Bumper Car, Wingman, & Buggy
Car Pack #2 - Honey Pot, Outlaw, & Hornet
Car Pack #3 - TBD
Car Pack #4 - TBD
Car Pack #5 - TBD
Car Pack #6 - TBD
Car Customization Pack - TBD

[norbs]

I dont know if I have the season pass or not, but I will be getting it

[Duke]

:awesome:

as far as i know there is no season pass until now...?

[norbs]

Ladies and gentlemen,

To celebrate the launch of the game on consoles, Wreckfest receives a free PC update today! It's been one long, wild ride but after a considerable amount of sweat, tears and coffee, here we are: the console versions have finally seen the light of the day, and the PC will be receiving a major update adding new free content and whole wealth of neat improvements introduced in the console versions.

Once again, we need to thank all of you folks for your love, care and support over the years. It's been amazing what kind of community we have built around the game and we certainly wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. You were the first, and we will always love you.

So, we know you're anxious to get your hands on the game so let's get to the good stuff. The update contains way too many improvements and additions to list everything here, but the most significant ones are as follows:

4 NEW RACING TRACKS + 1 NEW DERBY ARENA
Clayridge Circuit
Deathloop
Northfolk Ring (two routes)
Dirt Devil Stadium (Speedway)
Dirt Devil Stadium (Derby Arena)

5 NEW VEHICLES
Venom (career reward)
Stretch Limousine
Couch Car
Motorhome
Big Rig

CAREER ENHANCEMENTS
Several new career events and challenges featuring new tracks and vehicles. Check each Championship for new events – for example the first championship Regional Juniors now has the Couch Craze challenge to unlock this vehicle.
There's now more variation in the computer-controlled AI cars, and they will also make use of the upgrade parts to make your life so much more miserable.
Many events have been changed and tweaked to offer more engaging, balanced gameplay experience.
Also, achieved bonus targets are no longer reset when restarting a career series.

GAME IMPROVEMENTS
Polished and more detailed environments.
Animated objects such as flags and balloons.
New paint jobs for most vehicles.
Collision improvements: the cars no longer clip each other.
Quick match functinality for multiplayer.
Streamlined server browser.
Overhauled server lobby user interface and improved usability.
Improved car and upgrade selection in the garage/pit.
New daytimes for many tracks.
Improved career menu screens.
Multiplayer: Bots now get auto-kicked also during races if a human player joins and takes their slot.
Multiplayer: At event start, players not ready won't be kicked as long as they have a valid car.
New track and event specific loading screens.
A save data backup is created automatically whenever the game is updated.
Minimap (can be disabled in the Settings menu).

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS
Overall game performance increased especially for older PCs.
Multiplayer better optimized for poor connections and PCs.
Drastically reduced loading times for all tracks.
Server side: hardware and bandwidth demands reduced.

BUGFIXES
Numerous bugfixes, tweaks and improvements, many based on the feedback we've received from you. As always, thanks for your continuing support and keep those suggestions coming!

In other news, the Season Pass granting you access to wild and wacky content will become available today as well! All content will be released post launch of Wreckfest, over the course of 8 DLC packs, with the first packs launching in September. As a special bonus, anyone who purchases the Season Pass will also receive the coveted Bandit V8 Ripper!

[norbs]

I had to reset ALL my controls to get it working.

[Duke]

In other news, the Season Pass granting you access to wild and wacky content will become available today as well! All content will be released post launch of Wreckfest, over the course of 8 DLC packs, with the first packs launching in September. As a special bonus, anyone who purchases the Season Pass will also receive the coveted Bandit V8 Ripper!

Seems something is not right with the season pass as you can't purchase it yet???

Also it is heavily discounted on CDKeys or FANATICAL at the moment!!!

[smithcorp]

I just picked this up, based on a bit of a play on norbs' machine...

[norbs]

In other news, the Season Pass granting you access to wild and wacky content will become available today as well! All content will be released post launch of Wreckfest, over the course of 8 DLC packs, with the first packs launching in September. As a special bonus, anyone who purchases the Season Pass will also receive the coveted Bandit V8 Ripper!

Seems something is not right with the season pass as you can't purchase it yet???

Also it is heavily discounted on CDKeys or FANATICAL at the moment!!!

Please use the ARSE CD Key link on the forums if you can

[norbs]

I just picked this up, based on a bit of a play on norbs' machine...

Friday night Smiss!

[w00dsy]

How longs it been since Smiss played online with us?

[norbs]

I am not going to say anything yet about the update, but I will be interested to see what people say on Friday night.

[norbs]

https://steamdb.info/app/1131170/history/

If you can make sense of that, it might explain the downloads.

[DarrenM]

I am not going to say anything yet about the update, but I will be interested to see what people say on Friday night.

I haven't tried it yet but the steam forum has been entertaining. Lots of rage about the DLC. Then rage about the physics and demanding the patch be rolled back. Then it turns out the physics didn't actually change.