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🏆 THE CHAMPIONS TRIAL Our Discord moderators prepared one final, hardest challenge. Collect all 81 stars to unlock the last mysterious track - until then it stays locked and unnamed. Beat every champion to finish the campaign and earn the Champion achievement and the exclusive C
v1.0 arrives August 20, 2026! What's coming Race Mode — race your networks against others, climb race leaderboards, create & share races via Workshop Track of the Week — one featured track every week. Set your time and climb the weekly board; when the week closes, the track l
New version is ready for testing! Try it out and fill this form to receive a special Tester skin + coins : What's new Race Mode — race against other networks, watch races, climb leaderboards, create & share races via Workshop, and easily switch between Train and Race Coin eco
Hey everyone, just wanted to share my plans for the next few months. I'm currently working on the big v1.0 version , which includes the new Race Mode , a brand new Campaign , Skins , and much more. To get this right, I'm going to hold off on updating the main game until everythin
🚀 NEW FEATURES Elite Preservation: Select preservation mode: Off, Auto, or Custom preserve best cars without mutation Auto-Save Modes: Save on Every Generation, Best Lap, or Best Distance + notification when auto-saved Editor Weight & Biases Initialization: Choose Random or
🎮 WORKSHOP Upload Content: Upload custom tracks and networks to Steam Workshop Subscribe: Subscribe to Workshop items easily 🏆 LEADERBOARDS Workshop Leaderboards: All Workshop tracks now have leaderboards Modded Network Indicator: Shows if a modded network was used Challenge St
🚀 NEW FEATURES New Content: 3 tracks, 4 challenges 54 stars total New Sensors: Front/Side Acceleration, Wall Distance New Achievements: Drift Master, Terminal Velocity Lap Notifications: Shown when completing new best lap 🧠 NETWORKS DriftMaster: New network specialized for drif
NEW OUTPUTS Added optional neural network outputs: Handbrake: Apply handbrake for drifting Train your AI to drift! Brakes: Apply regular brakes REWARD SYSTEM OVERHAUL Reward Editor: Customize rewards and choose what behaviors to train 7 NEW Reward Metrics: Drifting: Time spent in
This update introduces physics engine changes, focusing on performance and determinism. ⚡ Performance Partially multi-threaded physics updates. Rewrote Godot's raycasting system from scratch (testers estimate 100-300% performance improvements) ⚙️ Determinism Fixed inconsistencies
🚀 NEW FEATURES Car Details Panel: View detailed real-time car data, including: Last lap times Live reward breakdown ... Car Status Icons: New icons display car status for: Parent from previous generation Highest reward (next parent) Was driven Is idle 🛠️ IMPROVEMENTS Reward Sli
🚗 NEW VEHICLES Added 3 new vehicles with different properties and handling: Rally Car: Excels on dirt with 4WD for better drift control, decent on other surfaces Snowmobile: Dominates on ice but struggles on asphalt Truck: A heavy vehicle that is slow to turn and hard to stop Mo
🚀 NEW FEATURES Tutorial: Interactive guide to teach new players the core mechanics Hall of Fame: View all-time best players in the new leaderboard section 🛠️ IMPROVEMENTS Leaderboards: Now display track names and entry counts for better context Leaderboards: Improved loading &a
🚀 NEW FEATURES Leaderboards: Compete on campaign track leaderboards with your best lap times Game Speed: Control simulation speed with 0.5x, 1x, and 2x options 🛠️ IMPROVEMENTS Lap Time Precision: Now displayed to two decimal places for more accuracy Content Descriptions: Improv
🚀 NEW FEATURES Charts: Display evolution history with multiple data types including Speed, Score, Population, Time, Track Timeline, Lap Time, and Settings Evolution Save Files: New settings tracking and GZIP compression - same structure but smaller files New Godot Version: Migra
🚀 NEW FEATURES New Track: 6 new tracks with 18 new challenges and new tile types Reward System: New evolution settings tab for customizing car rewards and penalties Parent Preservation: Option to keep best cars unmutated during evolution New Tiles in Track Editor: Select differe
Manual Weight & Bias Editing: Fine-tune your AI by directly editing neural network weights and biases. Simply click on them to adjust! Network Editor Overhaul: Improved user experience in the network editor, fixed inverted weight colors (red, green) Expanded Window Settings:
Auto-Save: Optional auto-save feature saves best cars after each generation. Idle Elimination: Option to automatically eliminate cars idle for >8s. Direction Sensor: New sensor outputs 1, 0, or -1 indicating forward, stationary, or reverse movement along the track . Fixed: Pre
Added 13 challenging Steam achievements Added 4 new basic sensors: Front Velocity Side Velocity Angular Velocity Wheel Angle Added options to restore network state from auto-saved snapshots Speed is now displayed in km/h Fixes: Fixed bug where lower FPS would cause faster lap tim
Near-Deterministic Physics Setting the mutation rate to 0 should result in all cars behaving identically. (Selection size 0) Improved stat accuracy. A warning is now displayed before overriding your network. Bug Fixes Fixed difference between best lap times and challenge completi
Added a new top-tier unlockable network: Eagle (trained by Gaborlink on Discord) Trained for over 800 generations. Costs 22 stars. Reduced the star cost for unlocking several networks. Track and neural network names are now displayed in the top-left corner. Improved UI hiding beh