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Community Challenges: Help the game grow!

Greetings, Kart Racers!

We're overjoyed that you continue to share your thoughts and ideas on how to enhance The Karetrs 2: Turbo Charged. As you may know, your feedback is incredibly important to us, and we appreciate you taking the time to share what aspects and features are most crucial to you. We will take into account every idea and feedback that will make the game better!
The thing is that there are also very amazing requests that are not directly related to the game development and as much as we want to give you everytihing you ever wanted, as a small studio we also need to prioritize the features that are very important for the development and the ones that can wait in line.

That being said, we nevertheless want to give ourselves a little extra push to give you more, we came up with the idea of community challenges and stretch goals. By achieving these goals, we'll have a visual representation of the growth of our community and this will give us added motivation to create very special perks for the community.



So here's the deal, our challenges are all about following and adding "The Karters" to your wishlist on Steam. This is extremely important for us because the more followers and wishlists we have, the more visibility the game gets on Steam and attracts more kart racing fans.



Currently, The Karters has 355 members in its group (you can easily verify it HERE) and our top goal for this community will be to raise this number as high as possible!

Overall, we have already planned three stretch goals based on the most frequently occurring ideas on our Discord channel. However, two slots are still available, so the opportunity is yours to propose additional ideas in comments section or on Discord! :-)

[h3]1st challenge - what is it about?[/h3] STRETCH GOAL: reaching 1000 followers & 5000 wishlists on Steam PERK: live streaming showcasing all the Power-ups in The Karters!

Our first challenge is to reach 1000 followers and 5000 wishlists on Steam in just 2 wild weeks (by 25th February). Our aim is to transmit the stream prior to the beta launch, which is why the timeline is quite limited.
If we reach our stretch goal, we'll be live streaming to showcase all the power-ups in The Karters 2.

The next stretch goal is Playstation, Xbox & Switch Consoles Demo so we hope it is something worth fighting for :-)

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[h2]Summary[/h2]
  • Join the challenge by heading over to the The Karters 2 Steam Page and clicking on the "Add to your Wishlist" and "Follow" buttons.
  • To maximize the chances of hitting the highest stretch goal, spread the word about the challenge to your network of friends and gaming enthusiasts.
  • Once this stretch goal is achieved, it will be the starting point for the next exciting community challenge!
So let's show the power of this community and make this happen! :-) And don't forget to tell your friends and fellow racers about this challenge - let’s reach the goal in a flash!


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Keep an eye on the progress here:
- Members: view
- Wishlist (view on Discord)

Let's do this!

Upcoming BETA, Duels & Steam Prologue Announcement!

Hello Kart Racing Fans!

We want to thank each and every one of you for the incredible response we received after revealing our gameplay and reboot announcement. Your support and excitement means the world to us and it truly fuels our passion to create the best kart racing game out there!

We are making great progress towards the beta phase of our game, which we have decided to divide into several phases. The first phase will primarily focus on the single-player experience, featuring modes such as Race and Time Trial, as well as a brand new feature that we came up with pretty recently (read on to find out more!).

Furthermore, after careful consideration, we have decided to release a free prologue on Steam for all players to experience the amazing races and get a glimpse of what the game has to offer. This will also allow us to further refine and improve the game, and attract even more players.



[h2]Prologue/Beta Dates [/h2]
We're aiming to start beta testing in the next few weeks and the prologue release is planned for mid-March, following the completion of the first beta phase.

[h2]Beta Access & Streaming [/h2]
Access to the beta will be granted to all players who have registered on our Discord (https://discord.gg/TheKarters) and completed the registration form. Streaming will be strictly prohibited during the beta phase, but we will encourage players to stream once the prologue is released.

[h2]What to expect in the First Beta & Prologue[/h2]
  • Race Game Mode
  • Time-Trial Game Mode
  • Global Leaderboards
  • 1v1 DUELS
  • 12 Single-Player Challenges with Character Skin Rewards
  • Three race tracks
  • 4 Characters, 16 Skins total & 3 Vehicles
  • Steam Deck Support
  • Split-Screen (up to 6 players)
  • Steam Remote Play Together


[h2]1v1 Duels - NEW![/h2]
And for something extra special, we've added a new feature called 1v1 Duels to increase the competition in the prologue. You'll be able to challenge any of your friends to a Time-Trial ghost race, and it's super easy to play:

There are a few simple steps for getting into Duel:
  1. Select any number of players from your friend list to challenge them.
  2. Click the "Challenge to a Duel" button to start a Time-Trial race with the goal of getting the best time possible. You only have one chance to race.
  3. After you finish the race, the friends you marked will receive a challenge notification from you with the ghost data from your race.
  4. Friends who receive the challenge can accept the duel by clicking the "Accept" button, which will result in a Time-Trial race against your ghost. They also have only one chance to get the best time.
  5. The player with the better time will earn a point on a special duel leaderboard. For example, after 10 duels, the score may be 6:4 in your favor.
  6. You can compete against multiple friends. Scores are separate for each friend you play against (e.g. You vs Friend No.1 6:4, You vs Friend No.2 3:7, etc.)
  7. Your friends can also challenge you to a duel anytime.

What do you think about Duels? Let us know in the comments!
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After the prologue release, we'll be moving on to the second phase of beta testing which will focus on online and online-related features.

We hope you're as excited as we are and we can't wait for you to try out our game. Please feel free to leave your reactions below ❤️
If you haven't already, please consider adding our game to your wishlist, it'll mean the world to us!

Thanks again for your support and we'll see you on the track!

The Karters 2 Team

Welcome fellow kart racing fans!

We are excited to announce that our dream of creating the ultimate kart racing game on Steam and Steam Deck is finally becoming a reality. We have been working tirelessly to bring you the most complete and amazing kart racing experience possible, and we can't wait for you to join us on this journey.

As an indie studio based in Poland, our team of 8 passionate developers has been working hard for over 4 years to bring you a fast-paced and engaging kart racing experience. Our main inspiration was the kart racing legends like Mario Kart 8 and Crash Team Racing, and our goal was to create an outstanding kart racer also available for Steam, Steam Deck, and all major console platforms in 2023!

If you are a fan of games like Mario Kart 8 and Crash Team Racing, we believe you will love what we have in store. We invite you to wishlist our game on Steam, join the beta on Discord and follow our progress on socials to stay up-to-date on all the latest news and updates.

We are passionate about creating the best kart racing game out there, and we hope you will join us in bringing it to life!

Check out the Announcement Gameplay Reveal:
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Join our Discord Community & register for the upcoming Beta: discord.gg/TheKarters

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheKarters2/
Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheKarters/

Thank you for your support, and we can't wait to see you on the track!