Ranch Simulator News

Hello, and welcome to our first news update of the year!

We're excited to reveal what we've got planned for the first half of 2024.

Coming Soon: Cats and Dogs Update
Next Up: Quality of Life Update
Followed by: Horse and Tree Update



First up is the Cats and Dogs Update, adding the much-anticipated furry friends to your ranch. We're also focusing on improvements to driving and steering, with alterations to suspension, centres of gravity and more. Last but not least, there will be further optimisations, bug fixes and improvements included in this update.



Then, we'll be moving onto the Quality of Life Update - this will focus on community requested features which make playing the game a smoother experience. We'll be adding an autosave feature, and introducing the option to save and quit without the need to go to a bed and sleep in-game. You can also expect to be able to customise the colour of your coolers so you can transport your produce in style, plus light switches.

Following that, we'll move onto the next update: we've heard you - you want to be able to chop more trees down! So we will be introducing a tree growth mechanic, as well as a trailer to transport logs, in the third planned update. We'll also be adding horse breeding.

We can't wait to get these updates into your hands! Keep an eye out for news on update releases and as always, keep the feedback coming on the Steam forums and our Discord.

Happy ranching!

Hey ranchers,

As 2023 comes to a close, we wanted to say a big thank you for playing... and offer a little sneak peek at the highly anticipated cats and dogs update!

It's been another fantastic year for Ranch Sim, with a successful 1.0 launch back in November - and none of that would have been possible without you all, our community! We can't overstate how much we appreciate you all playing the game, sharing your excitement, offering feedback, reporting bugs and posting your screenshots and videos. So... thanks for being you!

And we want to say a special thank you to our team of community mods, the Ranch Sim 'Sheriffs', who help to keep the community fun, welcoming and friendly!



In early 2024 we'll be releasing the much requested cats and dogs update, as well as more bug fixes and improvements based on community feedback.

We know that dogs and cats are highly anticipated by the community, so we're excited to offer you a new sneak peek at some of the little friends available in the upcoming update.



Thanks again, and we wish you all a happy holidays and a fantastic new year!

See you in 2024.
The Ranch Sim Team

Fixed an issue related to multiplayer cross play between Epic and Steam platforms

Hey ranchers,

We've just released a hotfix which includes optimisation improvements and adds FSR tech to the game to help those of you on AMD cards and lower spec machines. We are also making adjustments to the weather to reduce the chance of rain, plus a handful of other fixes.

Fixes
Removed "Early Access Version" label
Fixed disable lightning setting
Fixed create account screen
The honey frame was incorrectly positioned in the female character's hands

Changes
FSR 2.0 added (DLSS for non-NVIDIA/Old GPUs)
Reduced bad weather probability (rain, fog, storm, lightning, snow)
Tree textures slightly reduced
Optimized render distance for trees and stones that are not visible from afar



As you've likely seen by now, the Steam Awards are back! This is your chance to vote for all of your favourite games from the past year in various categories. While you are free to nominate Ranch Sim for any category you see fit, we're going for the Sit Back and Relax award.

We'd be delighted to receive your vote! And only mildly upset if we don't ;)



Thanks,
The Ranch Sim Team

Hello ranchers,

First of all, we want to say a huge thank you to each and every one of you for making Ranch Sim's 1.0 launch a great one! It's been amazing to see so many of you playing and offering feedback.

The game may be at 1.0, but this is not the end! We have lots more bug fixes, optimisation and content updates to come.



We just wanted to offer you a quick status update and let you know that work on the first post-launch hotfix is well underway. We're carefully reading all of your feedback, suggestions and bug reports and replying to what we can. Keep an eye out for more news soon!


As previously announced, the first post-launch content update will be the pets update, introducing cats and dogs! Steam achievements are also on the way. Keep an eye out for news on these.



In the new year we'll reveal our post-launch roadmap. As always, we want to hear your thoughts and suggestions - make sure to join the Discord and let us know what you'd like to see added!

Thanks,
The Ranch Sim Team