Hello!
We're close to getting the next update ready so first I just wanted to make sure you all know we're alive and working (though we have taken some, I think, well earned vacation. That still hasn't stopped us from working on the game now and then though!). It's a big one and I think you'll like some of the highlights like custom car colors, visual damage, improved car handling and a new car + more!
So, with soon 8 months of updates we've decided to start increase the price at a steady pace from August 1st. The game is a huge step up already from what we launched I think. We've added tons of suggestions from the community and it is about time the price starts to show the value we've created here. In all honesty it also means we hopefully can get a bit more out of future steam sales as when we launch we need to be at our peak price and gradually increase sale % as the game grows older over time which is the most fair to everyone I think while still granting us some return from all our work.
So we'll give you one more week to buy for the current price and then we'll increase it to $5.99 (and equivalent in other territories according to Steams official conversions). We will then probably continue to increase a dollar at a time up to launch. We still don't know the final price. Let us know what you think would be a decent level for new players (assuming a couple of more tracks and maybe track editors might happen before then..).
Hope you think this is OK and thank you for playing and providing feedback!