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Big Update: Race Challenges campaign, achievements added

The latest game version added a brand new Race Challenges single-player campaign. Also, there are now 11 new race circuits available in all game modes. Other major new features include stats, achievements and a new rank system. The full release is getting closer!

Also thanks to the recent new AI features, many servers now have AI lines for dozens of levels, meaning you can join them even alone and race against AI drivers on multiple player-made tracks.

This video shows clips form the new tracks in the Race Challenges campaign:

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Update Notes for v0.99.3 (minor client-only update)

Fixed some online achievements not working as client
It is now possible to host an online race with AI players only (but not with a dedicated server)

Update Notes for v0.99

Added a new built-in campaign: Race Challenges
Added 11 more built-in circuits (with AI lines for all four built-in vehicles)
Added achievements (there are now 46 achivements to gain in various ways)
Added experience system - play any game modes to gain experience
Added rank system - advance in Race Challenges and Time Trials and gain enough experience to get promoted to new ranks
Added Progress Menu to see information about your stats, achievements and rank
The old Beta Race Campaign can still be opened by holding Shift and Ctrl when opening Race Challenges
Level Editor: Fixed level preview sometimes having slightly wrong colors
Level Editor: When changing the selected road marker or checkpoint, remembering which property folders were open
Level Editor: Added some more grass textures
Level Editor: Fixed a minor Z-fight flicker issue in pit templates
Gamepad thumbstick buttons to change the stats submodes are now disabled by default (to prevent accidental mode changes)
AI Editor: Level can now be changed after testing or training, too
AI Editor: Added a button to show info about all recordings in the current collection
AI players of different skill levels/groups are now blended better (smaller gaps between the levels)
Host: Automatic vehicle selection now works better with voting (and also disabled if there is not one fixed vehicle)
Fixed some HUD elements sometimes overlapping in an ugly way in the split-screen mode
Added new parts to the menu music
Miscellaneous other minor fixes and improvements

Update Notes for v0.98

Activated the Campaign Editor: It is now possible to create and share your own single-player campaigns
Campaign Selector: It is now possible to subscribe to campaigns made by other players
AI players are now supported in online games (with adjustable latency, balancing between smoothness and reaction times)
Dedicated server admins can upload their AI groups and lines (subscribed ones and the ones belonging to a share group) at session init
Added option Force AI Supported Levels to hosts - changes the level is there are not enough players and the next level does not support AI
Added automatic vehicle changing rules to hosts - changes the vehicle automatically based on the next level's level list (tags)
It is now possible to make the experimental physics settings not affect the AI controlled vehicles
Level Editor: Added new terrain textures
Level Editor: Curb, Kart barrier and flat building colors can now be changed
Level Editor: Added new house models (with changeable styles, check the Level Colors window)
Customizer: The previously selected paint texture is now initially shown and selected in the texture picker window
Campaigns: Event result tooltip now shows requirements for all levels
Sumo: It is now possible to make the last contacts in a sumo level never expire (a setting in the level properties)
Leaderboards: Left-clicking Play against ghost button now keeps the multi-selected ones, too
Damage Settings: If Health After Respawning is below 100%, there is an extra option Respawn Never Decreases Health
Capture Battle: Wrecked players no longer can capture a flag (fixed losing and recapturing it in a loop)
Steam SDK version updated - Linux server admins may need to run .steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh once if steamclient.so is not updated
Miscellaneous other minor fixes and improvements

Update Notes for v0.97.4 (client-only update)

It is now possible to create custom AI groups that can be used instead of the regular AI skill levels
Each member in the custom AI group can named as wanted, you can also change the paint jobs the same way as for yourself
Custom AI group can have the same skill settings for all its members, but they can be overridden individually
Quick Game can now be optionally started with a lobby where you can still edit the (temporary) level list, vehicles, AI and event settings
Play Menu: Level Selector: If AI toggle is on, Play Now / Hotlap Now becomes Race Now (against AI players)
AI Editor: It is now possible to share AI lines using the AI Editor
AI Editor: To share AI lines, put the lines you want to share to a share collection, set description and click the Share button
AI Editor: You can later update your collection by resharing it - people who have subscibed to it will get the change automatically
You can subscribe to AI line collections made by other players using the Get More AI Lines button in the Play Menu
AI Editor: Added buttons for next and previous level - hold Shift or Ctrl to skip to next with local AI lines or any AI lines
AI Editor: Holding Shift and Ctrl work the same way with next/previous vehicle, too - also hid the buttons when not usable
AI drivers: AI drivers no longer try to get to their initial driving lines as aggressively as before at the start
AI drivers: Fixed issues with special stage starts
Event stats can now be exported to a JSON file - works for recordings, too (but full stats exported only when at the end)
Fixed errors related to setting event settings when hosting an online game
Miscellaneous other minor fixes and improvements