Hey everyone!
Making this announcement just to provide some information on what 0.5 is going to include and when it will roughly come out.
Release Information
So to start with, the biggest feature coming is multiplayer! This isn't going to contain absoluetely every feature that I want to include in it as that is going to take a while, but all of the basics will be there for you to jump into races with friends and randomers. A lot of testing was done a few days ago and it's working pretty well so far. With this is also splitscreen, this is already available on the unstable branch as mentioned in the previous announcement but in 0.5 it will be recieving a few little fixes to do with how the world renders for both players.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6j5L8Ixl1E
Content wise 0.5 will be introducing a new track, Cassandra, and remakes of the three prototype tracks and Aciknovae. The original versions of Harpstone and Aciknovae will also still be available. All teams now all have their own unique cockpits and all of the main teams now have a drag ship. Drag ships are extremely fast ships that will be primarily exclusive to 4 drag tracks (coming post 0.5) but can also be used in normal play. In normal play they are faster then Barracuda but have a lot heavier handling. On the drag tracks they will reach up to speeds of 1100km/h!
There will also be new pickups, one of them being an all time favourite for Wipeout fans. Additionally 2280 mode has had more gameplay tweaks and some existing pickups have had changes too.
0.5 also now enables you to use .mp3 files for custom music, as opposed to before where you could only use .wav files. If you have .wav files for custom music right now then those will continue to work as normal. Also regarding music, there are 6 new music tracks built into the game!
Release Data
This update is expected to come out early october, there is also a little suprise coming September 30th!
Hopefully that answers any questions anybody might have about what the next update will contain and when it's coming, if not then myself and the team will be happy to answer any questions you have in the discussion board. Thanks!