Gas Station Simulator News

Not gonna lie – excitement is off the charts right now. After countless hours of hard work, I’m finally able to say that Gas Station Simulator – Car Junkyard DLC is available now on PC! Check out our brand-new spicy launch trailer to celebrate the release and build your junkyard from the scratch 👇

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[h2]Base Game Update[/h2]

With the release of Car Junkyard DLC we've also prepared a little update for the base game as well. You can check what's new in the patch notes below.

• Color balancing and visual smoothness were improved
  
• Multiple optimizations of the Landscape Material resulting in overall performance improvement especially on an older PCs
  
• Bug related to customers trying to park on a one parking spot was fixed
  

Also, quick information for all of the Mac users – you can expect a working build in the upcoming days as well. We've run into some issues due to the updated iOS system, but we're working tirelessly to bring you an update as soon as possible.

[h2]Everything you need to know about CJ DLC 🧠[/h2]

For those of you who are still not familiar with the whole concept of the DLC, we’ve prepared a handy cheat sheet for your reference. In short, the DLC is all about renovating some rusty, broken cars, customizing them the way you like, and selling them for a profit. If you’re familiar with a “Pimp My Ride” show back in the days, that’s definitely a great comparison.



[h2]Stay up-to-date 📰[/h2]

I won’t bother you much longer, since most of you probably can’t wait to dive into the junkyard business, but before you go, I wanted to let you know that we’re so thankful for your feedback and regular comments. Now, after the Junkyard DLC release it’s a perfect time for us to sit down, carefully analyze your feedback and some of the pesky issues that you’ve been experiencing since the release, and prioritize those, who interrupt your gameplay experience the most. Keep an eye out for the updates, announcements, and news from our side. Until the next devlog!

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~Sewek

[h2]We would like to address the topic of issues and bugs in the game. [/h2]

Some of you have been quite vocal about it and we do agree with you, more needs to be done. It’s something we were well aware of for a long time and did a lot to deal with it, but the problem is always the same: it’s extremely time consuming and difficult to fix bugs that we do not encounter and/or are unable to reproduce.

Here we rely mostly on the saved games sent to us. While in many cases it allows us to find the bug and usually reproduce the situation the player has encountered, analyzing saved games is a lengthy process and does not always end with success. This in turn means bug fixing is going very slowly.

[h3]Crash & Bug Reporting Tool[/h3]

We have recently introduced a crash reporting tool in our studio, and have been improving it since then and we reached a very satisfying state that will be patched into the base game together with a new in-game bug reporting tool shortly after the release of the Car Junkyard DLC. Whenever you report an issue then, we get a pretty precise “where” and “when” in the code of the game, speeding up bug finding immensely.
On top of that we will also be able to collect crash and bug report data and have the system show us how often these occur in order to prioritize which ones affect the most players and deal with those issues first.

[h3]Gas Station Simulator Team[/h3]

When it comes to the people working on Gas Station Simulator, there is something you should know: the team is divided into two sub-teams. One creating the paid DLCs and the other handling the base game only - this means updates, bug fixes and free DLCs. Going forward, we are moving some people around to strengthen the base game team, allowing for more developers to work on fixing bugs and issues as well as speed up the implementation of improvements. Having taken so long to implement certain improvements like grid snapping was a bit embarrassing, even we have to admit that.

[h3]Gas Station Simulator and Road Diner Simulator[/h3]

Since we are mentioning teams, Road Diner is not being developed by the Gas Station Simulator team. It has its own development team that while, for obvious reasons, working closely with the GSS team, they are not involved in the base game nor DLCs. So Road Diner’s development is not impacted by whatever is going on in Gas Station Simulator.

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2782920/Gas_Station_Simulator__Car_Junkyard_DLC/

Another week, another development update for Car Junkyard DLC. The time is ticking – we’re just one week away from the official release of our new addition to the Gas Station Simulator – how cool is that? 🔥

In our recent development sneak peek you could see some of the new features and mechanics that Car Junkyard DLC will introduce to the Gas Station Simulator. I’ve also promised you that we’re gonna keep the momentum going, and today we’ve got a little bit longer gameplay showcase than the previous one – well it’s 14 minutes long, so it’s actually much, much longer than our previous showcase.

I guess now it's high time for me to invite you to watch it below. Just make sure to grab something to eat & drink cause it’s gonna be quite a long ride 👇

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[h2]Stay up-to-date 📰[/h2]

Unfortunately, everything must come to an end. So, how do you like our 14 minutes long gameplay video? How do you feel about the Car Junkyard DLC after watching this video? Comment section is yours and I’m counting on as many comments as possible. We’re slowly but surely approaching the release day, and all of this wouldn’t be possible without you and your support.

In the next week you can expect a cool infographic with the most important stuff that you need to know about the DLC along with the information when precisely the DLC is gonna be released in your country. Until then, have a wonderful weekend and see you in the next development update!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2782920/Gas_Station_Simulator__Car_Junkyard_DLC/

~Sewek

P.S We've been on a bundle strike recently and after Gas Rental and Trucker Station bundles we’d like to announce that we’ve teamed up with some fine folks over Curve Games. The fruit of this wonderful cooperation is a brand-new bundle which includes Gas Station Simulator and Lawn Mowing Simulator. I’ve never expected it to be so relaxing and casual – I kinda want to start my own lawn mowing business right now 🤔

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/44564/Lawn_Station_Bundle/

How quickly time flies. I feel like it was yesterday that we've revealed Car Junkyard DLC for the first time and right now we're already less than two weeks from its official release – How cool is that? I honestly feel that excitement is slowly getting off the charts, as we're approaching the time when we'll be spamming you with materials from our upcoming DLC, but isn't that great? 👀

Oh and by the way, I'm beyond thankful for the amount of comments I've received under our recent announcements. Looks like you guys would like to have devlogs written as well as in the form of video, so that's a crucial information for us. We'll make sure to meet your expectations as much as we can, I promise!

Ok, but what say you if we skip the boring stuff, and proceed to the main part of this short development update? And today, we're finally ready to share a spanking new look at the gameplay from Car Junkyard DLC. Check this one out, and let me know in the comments down below what you think 🔥

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[h2]Stay up-to-date📰[/h2]

And that's gonna be it for today! I promise that we're gonna keep the momentum going forward from now on. In fact, we already have a whole 14-minute long gameplay video coming next week, so stay tuned for more. One again, I'd like to thank you for your constant support and feedback. And lastly, if you want to stay in the loop of everything Gas Station Sim, make sure to add upcoming Car Junkyard DLC to your wishlist.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2782920/Gas_Station_Simulator__Car_Junkyard_DLC/