WHAT THE CAR? News

Its ONE WEEK FROM CHRISTMAS and here's a little patch update for WHAT THE CAR?

Go sit somewhere cozy and imagine a lively fireplace, or just like, open a YouTube video with one and take a skim through the report ⏬

[h3]OVERWORLD[/h3]

• Fix for not being able to complete 'The Gang's All Here' achievement. This means that current live users who have 7/8 characters will get the achievement next time they appear in the home hub.
  
• Fuse from the Frogger level in the swamp finishes in the middle of nowhere
  
• Fixed glitching Dialogue Alert Icon
  
• Community Level Bug in License to Car / Removed the extra crown pad in the book
  
• Certain cheering bears appear green when you unlocked them after the elevator. They are a normal bear-brown now.
  
• New elevator: Car got tossed too far when exiting the elevator under certain conditions. Now it gets tossed a normal amount.
  
• New elevator: Fixed overlapping text in certain languages
  
• Ice week 2024: Sign at elevator had overflowing text in a certain language
  
• Swamp skull level: Got boosted the wrong place after skull level.
  
• Cable from generator was clipping under the ground in every overworld
  
• Hallo-wheels Hunt: removed Z fighting on the ground at the elevator
  
• Fixed issues with the duck displayed on a screen in the ... goose... mini-game found in Episode 5: DRIVING
  
  [h3]LEVELS[/h3]
  
• In CAR NEEDS AN ICEBREAKER the button was for 'HONK' but the action was jumping - now it matches!
  
• Certain bike stages have low FPS and stutters on Steam Deck; this should be adjusted now!
  
• JUMP THE ROPE level: trees were blocking the view of the car in the end shot. Can't mess up the money shot!
  
• The wire keeping the big cranes in CAR WITH LARGE LEGS onboarding did not rotate with the crane itself. Rotate enabled.
  
• A couple of things were floating in the last onboarding level. Get dun.
  
• Ice week 2024: Players were able to get stuck in a gap in the stage CAR NEEDS AN ICEBREAKER - patched this.
  
• Ice week 2024: Certain intro words were not pronounced correctly
  

We keep an eye on any feedback regarding difficult times or potential cheating, so give us a shout here on the community page or on Discord and we'll take a look!

You can also report bugs right here on Steam (Steam Community) or on our Discord at #car-bugs. Our bug-bears read them all the time and catch up as soon as possible!
Remember when reporting bugs, please add what device you're on and some clear description of the issue (picture or video helps a lot)

MERRY WHEELSMAS & HAPPY HONKS,
- Sarah (Community Manager)

Prepare yourself for a new barrage of ice cold puns and goofy levels!

We've added SIX new levels to the ICE TO MEET YOU special AND expanded the surroundings a bit. Go explore the multitude of silly jokes we've added and get into that festive winter mood 🎄



[h3]THE CLASSIC ICE LEVELS:[/h3]
SLIDE ON ICE WEEEEE
ICE ICE LEGGY
IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE
NO NEED FOR SNOW TIRES
SIR YOUR FISH IS FROZEN

[h3]THE NEW ICE LEVELS:[/h3]
BOB SLED WHO'S THAT?
FREEZING BREEZES CAUSES SNEEZES
IT'S THE ICING ON THE CAR
WHAT A SNOW PLOW
CAR NEEDS AN ICEBREAKER
SNOWBALL FIGHT?



[h3]Did you know you can make custom thumbnails for levels you publish?[/h3]



[h3]HOW TO MAKE CUSTOM THUMBNAILS:[/h3]

• Make your level
  
• When selecting the name with the dial, choose the thumbnail button in the top right
  
• Take a picture from the level!
  

Tip: Move the camera angle for more fun perspectives! 🦅
Also tip: If you create a little area that is separate from the level, you can make some real funky patterns with the items... 🎨



Now that you've JUST learned how to make a thumbnail

[h2]We're doing a competition for BEST THUMBNAIL![/h2]

• Make a level with a palette from the ICE TO MEET YOU Special
  
• Make a creative/fun/funny thumbnail for your level
  
• Share your level on the Steam Community Page here or post it in #contest on our Discord and our panel of experts will check out the thumbnail for your level
  
• Bonus points if the level itself uses the ice mechanics in innovative ways!
  

[h2]The competition ends January 6th 2025
at 7 PM CET / 1 PM EST / 10 AM PST ![/h2]

⭐ Good luck! ⭐



There was a misalignment between Steam achievements in Episode 1 that should be patched now! Please, let us know in the Community Posts or on Discord if anything pops up that makes you go 'HMM' and not in the fun weird gameplay but in broken gameplay way.

OVER AND ICE,
- Sarah (Community SNOW Manager)

Hello dear car-nnoisseurs!

Here's some exciting patches, bug fixes and QoL updates for WHAT THE CAR? 🌟

Take a deep breath, find a comfortable way to sit, stand or float in the air and then take a read through the report ⏬



[h2]Updated Content / Quality of Life changes[/h2]
[h3]CHANGES TO TUTORIAL AND EPISODE 1[/h3]
The tutorial levels are now:

• JUST A NORMAL CAR?
  
• CAR WITH LEGS
  
• CAR WITH TOO MANY LEGS
  
• CAR WITH JUMPS
  
• CAR WITH VERY LARGE LEGS
  
• BEAR WITH ME
  

Each of these have gotten a new make-over visually and we tweaked the controllers.

• There’s a new transition scene between tutorial and the first episode ⭐
  
• Certain levels have been removed from Episode 1 and integrated into the Tutorial instead
  
• New decorative scenarios and dialogue added to the surroundings in Episode 1
  
• Changes to the navigation of Episode 1
  
• New UI for dialogues alert (see bottom gif for example)
  

Part of this is also the transition between the episodes! Now, instead of getting a bear on top of CAR and this bear unlocking the computer to the next episode, it does so right away, with the new Episode Elevator!

[h3]THE ELEVATOR[/h3]

• New ‘Episode Elevator’ - a much quicker way of navigating between episodes. Enter the Elevator and scroll to select the Episodes as they unlock!
  
• New Hypezones for each Episode, now in the main room
  
• It also gives an overview of which levels you have completed and what kind of crown you got in the Episodes 👑
  

Edit: Yes, this means some of the secrets of the dungeon travel has been moved... Time to find the new spots 👀

[h2]Issues fixed[/h2]

• [h3]Did you have trouble publishing a level?[/h3] You should be able to let loose your creations into the world now! (Please let us know if this is not the case after downloading the update!)
  
  
• The was a paint splatter drawing issue in the Party Episode - you should be able to draw as many… bananas… as you want now!
  
• Fix to the navigation in Episode 3: WORKING, where certain spawn points would lock you if you jumped off the train.
  
• Fix to make it easier getting to the SKULL LEVELS in Episode 3: WORKING via the train
  
• Fix on a paper trail from a certain prop in A-maze-ing Weekend Event
  
• Fix Ghost Trail in Hallo-wheels Event
  
• Fix with HONKING mechanic in certain dialogue scenes
  
• Fix of Level UI being stuck after save resets
  
• Fix with names of Remix Levels on top of leaderboards
  
• Fix the dial size on episode selection
  
• New bear dialogue at the end of the Party Episode
  
• Fix bug where elevator bear would be invisible in unlock sequence
  
• Fix to remove conveyor belt
  
• Fix to UI of pages in the Card Book
  
• Fixed shiny material (it’s NOT shiiineeyy ✨)
  
• Removed bananas from Screen Falling animation
  
• Checked cell overload before releasing a prop from a Move Car in the Level Maker
  
• Moved the Guide Bear position
  
• Fix to animator for bear on the horsespring Jump Hypezone
  
• Fixed error for build tests
  
• Fixed bug where remix pads would show as completed with the same crown as their original level, even if player had not played any remix
  
• Added CAR WITH LARGE LEGS palette in Episode 1
  

We're constantly working on how to improve people's experience in WHAT THE CAR? and listen to your feedback 👂So please let us know what you think, yay or nay, we want to hear it! You can write right here, make a whole post or poke us on Discord.

You can also report bugs right here on Steam (Steam Community) or on our Discord at #car-bugs. Our bug-bears read them all the time and catch up as soon as possible!
Remember when reporting bugs, please add what device you're on and some clear description of the issue (picture or video helps a lot)

HAPPY HONKS,
- Sarah (Community Manager)

In this update we messed around with a new car-sona introduced in the SANDSTORM! episode that we feel didn’t get enough attention - everyone’s favourite [copyright redacted] hedgehog ball guy! 💙



You'll find the update in the Main Room, in the Specials Elevator! 🌟

So what do you do when you have a ball shaped guy to throw around???? Stick it in a pinball hell-scape of courseeee - go check out the new update NOW and have fun getting absolutely tossed around! There's new levels and you get to try make your own wacky bouncy storm levels!



Please let us know what you think, we always appreciate your feedback. 👂

HONK HONK,
- Sarah (Community HEDGEHOG Manager)

For the first time in humankind, a car with legs has mysteriously made its way to space. And apparently in space, there's cows with laser guns, who knew? 🤷‍♀️

You'll find the update in the Main Room, in the Specials Elevator! 🌟

There's new levels, new car controls, silly secrets and references and of course tools so you can make your own space themed levels!

Check out our preview trailer here!!! ⏬⏬⏬

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Please let us know what you think, we always appreciate your feedback. Too much gravity? Loved the cows? How about the music?? Tell us 🗣🗣



HONK HONK,
- Sarah (Community GRAVITY Manager)