Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game News

Hello again everyone!

Another Little Dev Update in only three weeks, it's a miracle! As promised, here's the second look into the new features of the upcoming Al-Rilma Update; this time, we are talking about superchargers and turbochargers...just what you've all been waiting for!

Check it our on our YouTube channel:

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As always, we'd love to hear your comments and feedback, and answer any questions you might have!

Hello everyone!

It's been a while since we've done a Little Dev Update, and after many months of hard work, we've got a lot to show you about the upcoming Al-Rilma Update.

Check it out on our YouTube channel:

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As always, we'd love to hear your comments and feedback, and answer any questions you might have!

We're offering the biggest discount we've ever offered on Automation - 25% off our regular price! To celebrate this sale, we've got a couple of community events going on!



A wild and asymmetric concept from the 1970s, courtesy of SuperCrabe.

Since this sale is themed towards not just cars, but airplanes and trains too, that got us thinking - a concept car design challenge might be fun! The challenge is simple - design a concept car from the 50s, 60s and 70s, take photographs or video of your car from Automation's Photo Mode, then post your best shots/video in the Jet Age Concept Design Challenge channel on our Discord server! Pretty much anything goes; if you want to do a wild, rocket/jet inspired car like was common in America in the 1950s, that's perfect! Do you fancy the Italian wedgecar concepts of the 60s and 70s? Yep, that's acceptable too! Anything that looks the part will be accepted!

Additionally, post pictures of your entries on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, tag us in your post, and we'll share our favourites with our followers!

The only rules we have are, please refrain from using any real-world branding in your cars, or anywhere in your photos please, and ONE ENTRY PER PERSON ONLY. Entries for the Jet Age Concept Car Design Challenge will be open until October 13th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time; we will be judging them throughout the rest of October, and will host the final judging session toward the end of the month. Winners will receive an Automation prize pack!



Winning is a great feeling; the drivers of FrederikLenius' Trans-Am car can confirm!

Help us get the word out about our sale this week! Follow us and share our sale reels... found here:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C__fyiGypY2/?igsh=a2x6MXBvenk2bXg5

and here:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZMh8pHkyH/

... on your Instagram and TikTok accounts, and you will be entered to win a daily draw for an Automation prize pack! Every day until September 23rd, one winner from Instagram and one winner from Tiktok will be chosen, no purchase necessary!

[h3]RULES[/h3]

• One entry each per Instagram and TikTok account only.
  
• Due to local laws or current postal restrictions, unfortunately residents of Brazil, Russia and Belarus are ineligible for prizes.

The Steam Planes, Trains and Automobiles Fest is upon us, and we're celebrating this with the biggest discount we've ever offered on Automation; from now until September 23rd at 10 AM Pacific Time, Automation is 25% off our regular price!

If you've ever doodled your dream car in your school notebooks, or wondered if you have what it takes to build an automotive manufacturing empire, Automation can help you live out those dreams. With our one-of-a-kind car design tools and challenging Lite Campaign Mode, your design and engineering choices can make the difference between being an industry legend, or merely a footnote in automotive history!

We also have an incredibly active, vibrant and welcoming community, where players can share their creations and participate in community-run challenges, ranging from the simple to the wildly elaborate. You can come join us on our Discord and experience our community for yourself, and follow us on YouTube, Instagram, X / Twitter, TikTok and now on Threads for the latest Automation news, information and community happenings.

Stop by our Steam store page today, because this deal will only be on until the 23rd of September at 10 AM Pacific Time!

We hope see you all soon!

Banner cars courtesy of (L-R) ellie, Mythrin, Mat, Gravity, blokko and Oreology. Many thanks!

Hello again!

First of all, on behalf of the entire Automation dev team, we'd like to offer you all an apology for the previous patch - we had some BeamNG exporter updates that got into the patch, that should never have been there in the first place. They were inadequately tested, and they caused quite a number of issues. We thank you all for being diligent in reporting these issue to us, and also for all of your patience while you awaited the fix!

[h2]Patch Notes[/h2]

• Fixed lights in BeamNG being fixed to a cardinal direction.
  
• Fixed fixtures and body panels flexing and wobbling when exported; note that this is a very complex issue to solve and there may still be edge cases where it still occurs - please report them to us if you find any!
  
• Fixed light fixtures having too many nodes and causing instability pauses/crashes in BeamNG
  

As always, please let us know if you find any other issues with this patch!