Liftoff News

Wishing you a pot of gold this St. Patrick's Day.

Hunt down 5 pots of gold in a single environment during this event to unlock the elusive "Leprechaun Madness" achievement! 🌈 Pro tip: Let the rainbows be your golden guide!

May the shamrock's petals sprinkle you with endless luck and joy! 🍀

Showing our love to the community, we celebrate valentine in our 3 day in-game event.

Collect all the hearts in a single environment during the Valentine's Day event and unlock the "Heart Collector" achievement.

To our beloved Liftoff community, we extend our deepest gratitude for your unwavering support and boundless love. You are the heartbeat of our world, and we cherish each and every one of you dearly.

Not much of Liftoff’s original 2015 version remains, most of its code has been rewritten, and much of the content refreshed. Back then, it launched as a single-player experience with just 3 drones, 4 levels, and none of the features we now take for granted: leaderboards, freestyle mode, bots, tutorials, or a track builder. With everything we’ve achieved so far, imagine what the next 10 years could bring. We’re fully committed to supporting Liftoff for another decade.

As we step into 2025, what’s on the horizon? Our plan remains clear: continuing with our tried-and-true approach: improving whats already there and rolling out new features and content.

Currently, we have two levels in production, each at different stages of development. The first, titled "Rustline," is slated for release in Q1 of this year. Here's a very early sneak peak.




[h2]Celebrating the past and future decade of Liftoff. [/h2]

This year is particularly special as it marks the 10th anniversary of Liftoff, a decade of innovation, community, and progress.

This anniversary marks the start of an exciting new chapter with our sights set on Liftoff 2.0. Our focus: refreshing older content and visuals while expanding customization options. We want Liftoff to evolve from a sim built for you to a sim you can shape: your drones, your levels, your content, your vibes.

It begins with the launch of a completely revamped track builder (a true game changer), soon to be followed by a HUD customization tool, now in its final stages of development. For a glimpse of Liftoff’s fresh new look, here’s a preview of our UI revamp, making Liftoff look less 2015 and more 2025 from the moment you booth up the sim:





Disclaimer: Nothing shared in this post is set in stone. We follow an organic development approach, and plans may evolve over time based on opportunities and community feedback. While we’re eager to get everything into your hands as quickly as possible, we’re fully committed to taking the time needed to ensure everything is done just right.

A few additional fixes and optimizations, along with an improved drone search option based on community feedback.

[h2]Changelist[/h2]

• Updated: the drone selection menu's can now search for drone setups, and the layout has been made more consistent.
  
• Updated: Hall26 lighting, performance and thumbnails.
  
• Fixed: several texture and material shadows.
  
• Fixed: the race timer would start before arming the drone in the rare case where the first checkpoint of the race was right in between the environment's origin point and the drone spawnpoint.
  
• Other: split up large game files into several smaller packages so that future updates to textures and materials will result in smaller updates.
  
• Minor backend bugfixes

Gather 'round, dear friends, for a joyous celebration awaits in our festive 4-week in-game holiday extravaganza!

Embrace the spirit of the season as you embark on a merry quest to uncover every snowman nestled within a single Liftoff level. With each discovery, unlock the enchanting "Snow Spotter" achievement.
May your days be merry and bright.