Hello Riders,
On Monday (7 pm MEST/ https://notime.zone/O9-Ym_uX7364j) the Steam Next Fest starts and we will open up the 2-8 players Racing Multiplayer and a second trail. We are all super excited to finally roam the mountains with you together!
We also took your feedback to heart and rebalanced the Lynx ski for the Next Fest demo.
- Initial pushing will be stronger
- The air resistance will be weaker for lower speeds but stronger for higher speeds. This means you can better accelerate at the beginning but in general, Lynx won’t be as crazy fast anymore.
- Landing slightly sideways will also be more forgiving so you don’t crash that easily.
Due to the balancing changes, we will start with fresh leaderboards on Monday as some of the current speedrunning strategies won’t be achievable anymore.
We wanted to give this warning ahead of time so you don’t wonder where your times will have gone on Monday.
Though we are thinking about ways to immortalize the Top 10 Total Time for the Blue and Black Slope of the Pre-Demo in the game, to honor all the amazing runs we have seen over the last week!
We are pretty confident that we have finally fixed the crash bug some people experience when starting the game and we will upload a patch on Monday.
Thank you all for your feedback. We are super grateful for all the positivity around Snow Riders and hope to see you all Monday evening on the Lonely Mountains!
Your Megagons
If you haven’t checked out the Pre-Demo yet and want to enjoy some smooth carving over the weekend here is the link:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3238120/Lonely_Mountains_Snow_Riders_Demo/