Circuit Superstars News

Hello, fellow racers!

Have you ever felt so excited to share something with someone that you really just want to spoil it? Well, that is how we feel right now! Ahead of our weekly update, we wanted to let you know that Early Access Patch v.0.4.0 is coming to you on Tuesday, August 17th!

We know you have been eagerly waiting for this update, and we are so excited for you to get your hands on all the improvements and additions we have made across the board. This is a big update and we want to make sure we are able to react to anything that might come up, which is why we decided to ship this next Tuesday!

For those of you who haven't seen the list of some of what you can anticipate next week, here it is:

• Controller Rebinding
  
• Grand Prix Mode - Selected Tournaments
  
• Updated Car Tuning
  
• Polish on tracks and environments across the board.
  
• Performance improvements.
  
• New liveries for several cars.
  
• Polished + new animations
  
• New Menus
  
• Auto Online Race pool
  
• Faster game flows, skippable cut-scenes
  
• NEW CAR!
  

We are VERY excited about this update and can't wait to get it to your hands.

Thank you for reading this dev diary! Excited to play this update with a community of racers? Sign up to the official Circuit Superstars Discord Server. There you can meet other fans and find racers in your region.

See you very soon on the race track!

OFG Team

Hello, racers!

Caro (Blingwolf) from the development team here. :)

First things first! Weekly rotations are live!



[h2]Weekly Rotation[/h2]
[h3]Online events[/h3]

• Super Truck - Copperwood
  
• GTs - Magdalena Full
  
• Euro Trucks - Mini Tournament
  

[h3]Time Trials[/h3]

• 80s GP - Tilksport Full
  
• Rally - Magdalena Full
  
• Piccino - Renvoort
  

[h2]Dev Update[/h2]
We have now been on the Early Access road since March 5th. Before we hit August, I want to do a recap of everything that has happened throughout Early Access:

• On the tracks front, we released Interstate, Tilksport and Buffalo Hill.
  
• On the cars front, we released the Agitator, Vost and the Piccino.
  
• On the systems front, we addressed multiple bugs, fixed exploits, improved AI gameplay, and have continuously looked for improvements to online networking and the experience of connecting to other players.
  

The game and its content have continued to grow, and I am happy to let you know that we are in the process of making the gold version of Circuit Superstars! As I mentioned in the post from last Thursday, we have a planned update to the Early Access on or around August 12th. This update will bring to Early Access almost everything we have been working on: bug fixes, gameplay tuning, polish across the board, and additional content.

Some of you have asked why we have put such a strong focus on console porting. Our goal is to reach a wide audience in order to build a strong and engaged community for Circuit Superstars. In other words: more platforms = a bigger and better community!

So, all of that said, I want to give you a sneak peek of some of what you can look forward to for the next patch:
- Grand Prix mode, which replaced the previous single player experience known as Arcade.
- Replays system upgrades, including broadcast cameras for all tracks.
- A new system of online events rotations (no longer weekly).
- Controller rebinding.
- More!

Thank you for reading this dev diary! As always to get the most up to date information, sign up to the official Circuit Superstars Discord Server. There you can meet other fans, find racers in your region.

Thank you for reading!
Caro & OFG Team.

Hello fellow racers!

I hope that you all have been well. Welcome to everyone that has joined since we last posted our dev update when we welcomed the little Piccino! We have loved seeing this little guy turn into a community favorite.

[h2]First, our weekly update details:[/h2]

Online Events:

• Copperwood - 80s GP
  
• Whistle Valley - Superlights
  
• Rally Mini Tournament
  

Time Trials:

• Maple Ridge - 60s GP
  
• Buffalo Hill (Club Circuit) - Super Truck
  
• Copperwood (Club Circuit) - Muscle Car
  

[h2]Dev update - Lets catch up to what has been going on![/h2]

We have continued to be deeply focused on the console porting efforts. This has been a huge amount of work for our team, but we are so excited for you to be able to play Circuit Superstars from the comfort of your couch! We have been learning a lot as we go, it feels like we are levelling up as a team but it has not been easy. We are also grateful for great QA folks who are helping us find everything we need to fix. Whenever I take a bit of a step back and take a look at the game, I'm so proud of what we are making. The new cars and new tracks are absolutely stunning, the Main Menu has gone through an *artisanal *pass (believe me, its the right word to describe it), and Alberto finished the Replays system, with cameras that will empower content creators beyond what we had originally imagined. As we move through those efforts, we are also preparing to bring you the biggest update to our Early Access yet.

The Now / Next format that we used throughout Early Access doesn't make much sense in this moment, since you will not see much difference between weeks. We are currently strongly focused on console porting and QA / bug fixing. We are tightening the seams of Circuit Superstars, and we eagerly look forward to sharing with you what we have build over the past months.

Thank you for continuing to support us!

We hope you enjoy the weekly events as well as these screenshots that tease a little bit what you'll be seeing as part of the replays system. They show you Circuit Superstars like you have not seen it before. Let us know what you think!

Piccini on the racetrack:
Team work action shot:

As always to get the most up to date information, sign up to the official Circuit Superstars Discord Server. There you can meet other fans, find racers in your region.

Thank you for reading!
OFG Team.

P.s: There has been a lot of inquiry over the control rebinding system. This has been built though it still needs to be thoroughly tested. Its coming.

With Circuit Superstars, we have always wanted to create a charming portrait of motorsport. That is why we are super happy to introduce the most adorable yet furiously competitive, Piccino! This little guy is ready to race against all piccini who stand in their way.



With a roster of liveries for you to unlock, the Piccino will never lack attitude. Here is a little preview of what we have included:



We can't wait to see all of your replays and videos of Piccini running around! Enjoy.

Additionally, we have added new liveries for the Panther, here's a preview of what you might unlock:




If you keep up with our weekly updates, you will know that we have been working on a variety of features and upgrades for Circuit Superstars. In this moment, we are very strongly focused on console porting efforts and game polish, which means 2 things for the most part:

• Our development build continues to feel and look better every day
  
• This unfortunately means that the build is not very stable, since multiple features are introduced or modified as we polish, fix bugs, or build systems for the consoles.
  

What this means for you is that for this update we wanted to keep the Early Access build stable and reliable, so we decided to do a content only update. The good news is that we are working towards bringing you an incredible Patch v.0.4.0 at the beginning of August. As always with game development, we have intentions that fuel our direction, but things come up that may change plans. This update will include things we have been working on that we haven't been able to ship to Early Access, such as control rebinding, polished animations, trophies on the podium, better replays and oh so much more that we CAN'T WAIT for you to see.

THANK YOU! Infinite thanks to everyone who has been playing and reading our updates. This means the world to us and we hope you know the massive impact you have had in Circuit Superstars being the best game it can be.

[h2]Lastly, the weekly events![/h2]
[h3]Online events[/h3]

• -Rally - Buffalo mini
  
• -GT- Rennvoort
  
• -Piccino - Mini Tournament
  

[h3]Time Trials[/h3]

• Piccino - Sugar Hill
  
• Super Truck - Buffalo full
  
• 60s GP - Tilksport full
  

See you on the racetrack!

Thank you for reading. OFG Team

Hello fellow racers!

Your weekly update is here! Read on for a look at what the weekly events will be this week, as well as out development update.
[h2]Weekly Events:[/h2]
[h3]Online events[/h3]

• Super Trucks- Tilksport Rally Cross
  
• 60s GP- Rennvoort
  
• Superlights - Mini Tournament
  

[h3]Time Trials[/h3]

• Rally - Whistle Valley
  
• 80s GP - Rennvoort
  
• GTs - Copperwood Full
  

[h2]Now and Next[/h2]
For more information on why we're doing NEXT and NOW instead of a roadmap for our development updates, please head to April 8th's update.

Keeping this update short today, friends! There is as much going on as last week. Progress in game development is interesting, we reach these peak moments where our excitement to show you what we have been working on converge with our ability to hand it to you. There are other moments, like this one, where there are so many moving pieces and so much work on many different fronts that we need to just keep going! What we can assure you of is that there are very exciting things coming up for Circuit Superstars and the community behind it.

Here is a summary of where our time is going:

[h3]What we are working on now[/h3]

• Strong focus on console porting.
  
• QA & bug fixing
  
• Refinements to Front End UI.
  
• New tracks camera sequences and screenshots.
  
• New liveries.
  
• Replays usability & aesthetic upgrades.
  
• Podium trophies (Now drivers hold an actual trophy!)
  

[h3]What we will work on next[/h3]

• Car tuning of new cars.
  
• Refinements to game loop.
  
• Credits sequence
  

A game content update is coming up next week, on July 8th!

As always to get the most up to date information, sign up to the official Circuit Superstars Discord Server. There you can meet other fans, find racers in your region, sign up to exclusive closed BETA tests plus so much more.

We look forward to seeing you there and on the race track!

Thank you for reading.
OFG Team