Hey everyone,
The past couple of weeks I've been trying to add some form of competition with other players, as the multiplayer in TRF is local/couch multiplayer only.
My solution to this was to add online leaderboards.
I'm happy to announce that a Time Trial mode has been added to the game, along with in-game Missions, both of these connect to Steam and upload your best times to the games online leaderboards.
Firstly we'll talk about the Mission mode.
These are generally short challenges, taking place in controlled environments (off the race track). Think similar to Gran Turismo's License tests. The first few are simple, and are good for getting used to the games car physics, such as going through a series of cones in a slalom, or a short circuit. Later ones present more challenging driving situations.
Each mission has a Bronze, Silver and Gold medal time, so try and get Gold on every mission!
And now we come to the Time Trial Mode:
In Time Trials, you are forced to drive in certain conditions. Firstly, you are put into a Super class car. The weather and time of day is always clear and midday. You will have to complete 3 laps of the track.
Time Trial mode is currently available for the base tracks that will be included when the game launches in June 2020. I will look into if I can add leaderboard support for user-made tracks, however I believe this might be a difficult ask, so for now, I can only confirm that the base tracks included with the game will support this mode.
The game will launch with 12 base tracks, however I plan to release further tracks after the games release.
A shield power-up has also been added, as my private testers felt it would be nice to have a way of defending yourself instead of being at the mercy of weapons.
The game entered private beta testing last Friday, the 27th March 2020, and I've been getting very valuable feedback on the game from them.
Thanks for reading!
- Oliver