We're very close to the game being available again, and v0.9.3 marks a major milestone in that journey. We're aware it has taken very long, but we are on the home stretch now and the game you'll eventually play will be awesome from moment one of your first launch! And smooth... So many issues ironed out, and even now we're continuing to make major improvements in all areas from car and plane physics, to settings & menu streamlining. For now, if you don't own the game yet and love PC VR, rest assured that the big pain points are being swiftly dealt with (the glaring issues resolved already) and you'll be launching a refined Hyperwheel Overdrive from Steam very soon.
Here are the Changelog entries for v0.9.3 and v0.9.2:
v0.9.3 (Build 267): October 27, 2020
- added new "Play Style" selector at start-up; 2 options adjust multiple underlying settings
- "360° Body Rotation" play style improvements
- changed menu to update orientation when player rotates head with rotation locking on
- tweaked Hand Point steering
- adjusted Free Play respawns to always give a plane kit if the player doesn't have one
- added new dashboard instrument that identifies the up direction at all times
- added contextual label to menu toggle
- modified Intro stage to last until player chooses to exit
- added Intro-specific main menu page with limited options
- made tutorial work in Intro stage
- improved tutorial (removed unnecessary text, fixed display bugs)
- fixed online session list page layout
- decreased size of message feed messages
- disabled ability to "Recover" when airborne
- adjusted plane not to stall underwater
- tweaked bot AI
- fixed bot flight input
- fixed bug where lasers were sometimes not visible over sky
- improved object marker positioning (especially for spectator view)
- fixed bug where bots could pick up flags in tutorial (making it impossible to complete)
- fixed bug where HUD marker wasn't showing up for first checkpoints of races
- adjusted race record system to submit all lap times rather than just the best
v0.9.2 (Build 262): October 18, 2020
- increased angular drag of car to slow down spins faster
- increased airborne gyro pitch and yaw forces to balance with higher angular drag
- additional car suspension refinements
- improved car's ability to right itself quickly after bouncing
- decreased stunt landing evaluation time back to 3 seconds
- improved plane's lift / thrust flight model
- put plane thrust of a force curve for slower ramp up to top speed
- added auto-leveling feature to plane to help players fly level
- fixed bug where boundary wasn't showing up in some stages