GeneRally 2 News

It's time to take a look at what is coming up in the August update! As part of launching
into Early Access, we said we'd be making one major update per month and this post will
let you know some of what you can expect from August.



Please keep in mind that everything in this post is subject to change - we may find
a bug or problem that prevents us from including certain features - but this is the broad
set of things we're hoping to include.


With this update, you'll be able to bind different sets of keyboard controls, to any set of
valid keyboard keys. Grab your friends and huddle around the keyboard for some local
multiplayer!


Next on the agenda, the first new car since the launch of Early Access: the Truck! This little
guy is aimed at providing close racing and a heavier feel than some of the other vehicles in
the line-up so far.



We're looking forward to seeing people go door-to-door in it when the update
goes live, and we think it'll be a player favourite when online multiplayer launches in the
coming months!


We'll be continuing to build out the objects and variants available in the Track Editor with
this update. A few of the things you can expect can be seen in this preview image - and you
might find a few others scattered throughout the images we post on social media over the time
leading up to the release date!




Once again, TuomoH will be working his magic and delivering a couple of new tracks to our
default set. These tracks will be aimed at providing a fun racing experience with the Truck,
but will be great additions to any championship!


The menus have been reworked, both to improve their visuals, and also to improve their
underlying implementation. This will allow for further expansion in the future, and hopefully
fix a few of the UI formatting bugs that have been reported.



This is the first part of our rework of the menus, and not many new features will be added
with this patch. The second part of the rework will be aimed at incorporating keyboard and
controller support in the menus, as well as improving a few other things, too!


Along with the update, we'll be shipping the Russian language (thanks to Paul Kozlovitch
for contributing this localisation). In addition, localisations for Italian and Polish are
in progress, and hopefully we'll be able to ship those in the upcoming update, too.

We hope that this will allow more people to enjoy GeneRally 2. If you want to help us in
translating GeneRally 2 into your native language, please get in touch with us!


We'll also be fixing a variety of bugs, and implementing some other small changes and
improvements - these will be included in the patch notes when the update goes live!


At the moment, all we can say is that the August update is coming at some point in August.

We have quite a few changes that need thorough testing before they can be published, so
please stay tuned for a more specific release date!

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This update fixes a small issue with some Workshop tracks not appearing in-game, despite being subscribed to and downloaded to disk.

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• FIXED: All subscribed tracks should now be visible in-game again.
  

This update is aimed at fixing a few small issues present with the previous update.

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• Added a small pop-up to highlight how to change objects in the Track Editor.
  
• FIXED: Clouds should now cover the sky entirely in follow-camera mode.
  
• FIXED: Invisible walls should now have their correct orientation again.
  

This is our major Early Access update for July. It includes a variety of new game features, including support for importing tracks from GeneRally 1.

PLEASE NOTE: The quality of imported GeneRally 1 tracks varies depending on a variety of factors including object count and usage, track design, land-map style, etc. In many cases, importing the track into the Track Editor and making suitable upgrades will be the best path forward!

• Added support for loading GeneRally 1 tracks directly in-game, for play with 1-6 players (please note, tracks imported from GR1 will vary in quality, depending on a variety of factors).
  
• Adjusted the friction of soft walls to make them more friendly.
  
• Improved how the AI navigate to pit boxes.
  
• Updated all default tracks to make use of the new objects and camera settings.
  
• Implemented a zoomed "follow camera", with customisable distance, to assist users with vision problems.
  
• Improved the steering behaviour of the Formula.
  
• FIXED: Cars should no longer bounce weirdly when landing.

• Reworked the visual appearance of the in-game UI - offering two themes ("Light" and "Dark", selectable in the Options menu).
  
• Added a "finished" flag to each driver that has crossed the line for the final time.
  
• Added last lap, and fastest lap to each driver block.
  
• Driver blocks now only show for players, not AI.
  
• Improved the performance of the in-race UI in general.
  
• When adding a driver to a race, it will use the same car type as the previous driver in the list.
  
• Added localisation support, initially supporting: English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese and Turkish.
  
• FIXED: Lapped cars crossing the finish line at the end of the race no longer have an incorrect position.

• Added support for importing GeneRally 1 tracks into the Editor.
  
• Added a new "object variant" system, which allows for objects to have various, selectable appearances.
  
• Reworked the object selection menu to be more compact and easy-to-navigate.
  
• Updated the model for the Gate (and renamed it to Gantry).
  
• Updated the model for the House (base colour adjustment).
  
• Updated the models for the Flat Bridge and Humped Bridge.
  
• Added a new object, "Gate".
  
• Added a new object, "Ramp".
  
• Added a new object, "Hay Bale (Round)" in two orientations.
  
• Added variants for the following objects: all office blocks; sunk tyre; pedestrian bridge; road cone; soft wall; traffic sign; house; flat bridge; humped bridge; hay bale (round).
  
• Added a new track property: "camera height".
  
• FIXED: The person object no longer has a large selection radius that makes it difficult to select nearby objects.

• The main menu sometimes experiences distortions or other rendering issues - changing resolution, or restarting the game may rectify the issue.
  
• Shadows may flicker on certain systems when using the follow camera mode. This will be rectified in a future patch.
  
• Some text in some places may not be localised.
  
• Occasionally, when in Windowed mode, changing the language multiple times in quick succession can shrink the game window.

The team has been hard at work on our July update. As part of launching into Early Access,
we said we'd be making one major update per month and this post is to tell you a bit
about what you can expect from July.



Please keep in mind that everything in this post is subject to change - we may find
a bug or problem that prevents us from including certain features - but this is the broad
set of things we're hoping to include.


The in-game UI has been completely overhauled to provide a solid base for in-game UI updates
going forward. There is now a live-updated leaderboard, as well as laptime and car condition
information for each player in the race. Oh, and you can change between "dark mode" (default)
and "light mode" in the options menu!



We'll be making further improvements and additions to the in-game UI as we go forward.


You read right - GR1 track importing is coming to GeneRally 2 with the July Update. Here you
can see a couple of examples of GR1 tracks being played directly (with no modifications) in
GeneRally 2.

Thanks to Crowella and TuomoH for providing these tracks!

Obviously, importing tracks is far from perfect - and there will be some tracks that don't
import as well as others - but this should give users the basis for updating and upgrading
tracks from GR1 to GR2!


One of the features we're excited to introduce is the "Object Variant" system. This is,
to put it simply, a quick way for you to change the appearance of an object. We'll be adding
variants to many of the current in-game objects - and we'll start by adding some in the July
update already!

Typically, an "object variant" is a version of an object that differs mostly only visually.
In the most basic case, this could be different colour versions of an object (for example the
soft wall) - or it could be something more comprehensive, like a different building style.

Just some of the upcoming object variants.


It's not news to current players that the AI drivers have some gaps in their skill-set.
At the moment they are most obviously challenged by the concept of the pit area, including both
entering the pitlane and navigating around pit area without crashing into the other cars.

The July update will include some improvements to the way AI drivers route to the pitlane and
to individual pitboxes, to help with these issues.


Along with the update, we'll be implementing localisation support. At launch, this will
be limited to only one or two additional languages (as translating all the game's text
to other languages takes time) - but more will be added in smaller patches over the coming
weeks and months.

We hope that this will allow more people to enjoy GeneRally 2. If you want to help us in
translating GeneRally 2 into your native language, please get in touch with us!


Of course, as with any update, we'll be fixing some bugs and implementing some small new
features as we go along - expect to find out more about them when the update goes live.


At the start of Early Access, we said that our intention was to bring new tracks and cars
with each major update. Due to the huge amount of feedback we've been receiving about the
AI and car physics, we've chosen to focus on getting the current cars and AI to a stable
state before adding more into the mix. The planned cars and tracks will arrive in a future
update instead.


We're planning to get the July Update into your hands in the first couple of weeks of July.
Stay tuned for a more specific release date!

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