GRIT News

Howdy Partners,

Summer has arrived in Sunrise County, and there’s nothing more scorching than riding across the deserts of GRIT in search of a Wild West shootout. Here’s when we’ll be throwing down this week:

Thursdays:
6am - 11pm Pacific Time (2pm - 7pm BST) - European server
11pm - 3pm (7pm - 11pm BST) - Server maintenance
3pm - 10pm Pacific Time (11pm - 6am BST) - North American server

Fridays:
6am - 11pm Pacific Time (2pm - 7pm BST) - European server
11pm - 3pm (7pm - 11pm BST) - Server maintenance
3pm - 10pm Pacific Time (11pm - 6am BST) - North American server



Remember, even if the currently active server isn’t in your region, we continue to encourage everyone to jump in and play. The more, the merrier!

As always, be sure to join our Discord server, where we and the community share the latest info, news, highlights, screenshots, and videos of us playing GRIT. Stick around long enough, and you might get asked to join the Pioneers. Who are the Pioneers? Join Discord and find out!

https://discord.gg/FightWithGrit

Take note, gunslingers of Sunrise County - the next round of weekly playtests begin this Thursday, June 10th!! We’re making a slight adjustment to better serve our players from different regions:

Thursdays:
6am - 12pm Pacific Time (2pm - 8pm BST) - European server
12pm - 2pm (8pm - 10pm BST) - Server maintenance
2pm - 10pm Pacific Time (10pm - 6am BST) - North American server

Fridays:
6am - 12pm Pacific Time (2pm - 8pm BST) - European server
12pm - 2pm (8pm - 10pm BST) - Server maintenance
2pm - 10pm Pacific Time (10pm - 6am BST) - North American server




Even if the currently active server isn’t in your region, we still encourage everyone to jump in and play. You’ll be helping us improve our worldwide multiplayer experience, and earning more playtest-exclusive Beta XP to boot!

So grab your boots and bullets, and hop in the saddle this week! We’ve got a host of fixes and improvements lined up, thanks to all of your great pre-Early-Access feedback.

And speaking of feedback, we already have an amazing community who have been providing real-time suggestions and reports on our Discord, and we couldn’t be more thankful for that. So if you haven’t yet, head on over to our virtual saloon in Discord, belly up to the bar, and tell us what you think of the game. We’d love for you to join us:

https://discord.gg/FightWithGrit

We’ll see you out there in Sunrise County!

Howdy there, GRIT Community! We have some great news - we’re going open up playtests to be EVERY WEEK on Thursday and Friday, starting this coming week:

Thursdays: 6am - 10pm Pacific Time (2pm - 6am BST)
Fridays: 6am - 10pm Pacific Time (2pm - 6am BST)



The game has come a long way since our first playtest, and we reckon that ya’ll helped us get there. And we’re very excited that GRIT is in such a good place that we can open up more regular playtests. We truly appreciate your support, feedback, and patience while we work to build a better Sunrise County.

Moving to weekly tests means that our beloved GRIT Community has more regular playtest times. We are making it a priority to give our Community more time in the saddle — more shootin’ and lootin’, with more frequent, smaller updates. You might find the patch notes a bit shorter, but it feels like a fair trade.

Come join us and ride every Thursday and Friday! We’ll see you there!!
https://discord.gg/FightWithGrit

Howdy Partner,

We’ve been having the time of our lives riding in Sunrise County with you, taking note of your great feedback and improving our wild west royale every day. After much reflection, and taking into account the great responses, excitement, and expectations set against GRIT during this pre-Early Access playtest period, we have decided to move the launch of Early Access from this Spring to Summer.




We’ll use the extra handful of months to continue to grind away, as we have a ton on our content and improvement plates. Everything from animations to movement and progression is being worked on.

We will still continue to hold periodic playtests in order to have our great community play and experience these improvements as they come.

Make sure you're following our Discord to stay tuned for the latest updates and future playtest schedules that we’ll announce soon.

Thanks for your patience and for being part of this community!

- Team GRIT

Howdy, partner!

We’ve been getting a lot of great feedback from our playtesters, and have just announced our next scheduled test.

Want to join the fight? “Request Access” on our Steam Store page for a chance to become a pre-Early-Access playtester!

And if you’re looking for a place to meet up with your gang, or maybe just hang out and shoot the breeze, check out our digital ranch on Discord: https://discord.gg/fightwithgrit



Last time, we talked about horses, and the joy of riding across the open range. But experienced travelers of Sunrise County seek another beast of burden, with a soul forged in iron and a fiery heart. Yep, I reckon it’s time you learn how to catch a train.

The Sunrise County Rail System

When you open your map (default: M), you will see train tracks that snake through the mountains and towns, as well as icons that represent the trains themselves:



Knowing their location is one thing, but how does one board the train? Well, you could wait at the station in town for it to show up. But for a more dramatic approach, ride your horse up alongside or behind the train. This will give your horse a massive speed boost, allowing you to keep pace until the next scheduled stop.

No matter how you reach the train, you’ll be boarding by pressing the interact button (default: F) near one of the train cars.

Rumor has it some wild daredevils tried jumping right from their horses onto a moving train. We went looking for 'em, but all we found were their hats. So when you hear the whistle blow, watch your step near the tracks, and don't say we didn't warn you.

Passengers and Conductors

Once you’ve boarded, you can move freely between the cars by heading to the next car in line, then pressing the interact key to hop across the coupler.

If you head to the back of the train, you will reach the caboose, which offers excellent protection from enemy fire. Head to the front, however, and you will reach the engine cab. From here, you can blow the train whistle, which will temporarily push the train to even faster speeds!

Riding Through the Storm

But wait, what if the train is heading into the Calamity? Fear not, for the train and the area around it are immune to the Calamity for the majority of the match!

When the safe zone becomes very small, this special aura can no longer protect you. So keep an eye on the map, and plan your route to the final showdown.

The Switch Track

Speaking of planning routes, you might notice signs like these sitting along the train tracks:



When you shoot at these signs, they will spin, and the track up ahead will change position, sending the train on a different route to head on over to different areas of the map.

Do you have enough skill to shoot that sign from a moving train, and switch to a new track before it’s too late? It ain’t easy…

All Aboard the Sunrise Express

Have an urge to get out of town fast? Ignore the Calamity in luxurious comfort? Run a science experiment involving switch tracks and dangerously high speeds?

Then it’s high time to hop a train, and travel across Sunrise County in style!