Synth Riders News

[h3]Come Children of the Night, rise up to meet our Halloween Challenger, SteveKnows who has crept onto the Leaderboard in the dead of night, and set a score for you to beat - if you dare![/h3]

This week's Challenges are all Halloween Themed with some of the best OST tracks to get you into the spirit but to be in on the top 3 prizes this week ghoul need to look for Steve's specific challenge for Vampirevania.

Get a top 3 place before the challenge closes on November 3rd to win $25, $50, or $75, and remember that you can also win one of 4 x $50 for taking part in at least one Featured Challenge every week in October. More details and rules can be found here.

"Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand;
Riders play to get top scores and terrorise the leaderboards.
The more you practice on the song, your accuracy.. rises -
For no mere mortal can resist.. the Challenges.. and prizes!"

This week's winners and upcoming challenges will be announced on our Twitter and Facebook. Make sure to follow!



[h3]Join our Gleam giveaway to win the Oculus Quest 2 headset:
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[h3]And stay tuned for more #Synthtober activities coming soon:[/h3]

[h3]Synthtober Fest celebration continues! We're thrilled to invite you for a challenge created by a fantastic mixed reality creator - Naysy! You can play it now until October 27th.[/h3]

We’ve asked some of your favorite VR YouTubers to each set a Featured Challenge for you during Synthtober. The third challenge, coming from Naysy, is now live. Jump in now to play a song and modifiers chosen by Naysy and to try to beat her score!

You can win $25, $50, or $75 for placing top scores in the challenge! You can also win 4 x $50 for taking part in at least one Featured Challenge every week in October. More details and rules can be found here: https://synthridersvr.com/synthtober-contest

This week's winners and upcoming challenges will be announced on our Twitter and Facebook. Make sure to follow!



[h3]Join our Gleam giveaway to win the Oculus Quest 2 headset:
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[h3]And stay tuned for more #Synthtober activities coming soon:[/h3]

[h3]Hey Riders, we are excited to announce that Synth Riders is now part of a brand-new "Perfect Hit VR Bundle" along with Eleven Table Tennis and Thrill of the Fight![/h3]

This is a cross-publisher bundle that combines exciting gameplay with intense movement, allowing you to smash, soar, and spar your way to Perfect Hits!

Thanks to the bundle, you can grab all three games with a 20 percent discount. The bundle is flexible, so if you own one or two of the games included, you can still complete your collection saving 20 percent on the missing games.

https://youtu.be/zmr75_6Lu_Y
We are big fans of Eleven Table Tennis and The Thrill of The Fight and believe these are the perfect titles for the Synth Riders community to discover.

[h3]>>Here's a link to the bundle<<[/h3]

[h3]About the included games:[/h3]

Eleven Table Tennis is the ultimate Table Tennis simulator serving up realistic physics and thrilling fast-paced matches against an AI opponent or other players in multiplayer.

The Thrill of the Fight is the boxing game that delivers an authentic fight experience against a roster of AI fighters who will test your fitness, coordination, and strategy in the ring.

[h3]Dear Riders, we're happy to present "Synth Riders - Complete Collection".[/h3]

Dance all night and never run out of tunes with access to the entire Synth Riders music library, from swingy hits by Parov Stelar to energetic tracks by the masters of EDM!

It's an ultimate pack including the base game with 47 songs, two DLCs with 10 songs, and two extra Stages. Upcoming DLCs not included!

Even if you own Synth Riders, you can still save 25% by purchasing both DLCs together. And if you already own one of the DLCs - that's amazing! You can now grab the second one with a nice discount.

[h3]"Complete Collection" includes:[/h3]

• Synth Riders
  
• "Electro Swing Essentials" DLC
  
• "Cyberpunk Essentials" DLC

[h3]-> Listen to the entire soundtrack on Spotify [/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16575/Synth_Riders__Complete_Collection/

[h3]Hey Riders, happy Synthtober![/h3]

We're back with another update that continues the graphical enhancements we started with the last release.

Before jumping into it, we want to remind you about our giveaway. If you haven't yet, you can still enter our Gleam draw to win an Oculus Quest 2! https://gleam.io/EaGcj/synthtober

This is not the only treat we've prepared for you as a part of the month-long Synthtober Fest celebration. Head here to see the full program: https://synthridersvr.com/fest

[h3]In this update:[/h3]

Effects Control Options (PCVR)
In Settings > Visuals > Effects, Flash & Particle Effects now each have three levels - Off, Normal and Intense. Flash effects have some new post processing which can make them very intense, particularly if you’re using higher Neon settings!

We also know some players may love the way particles look on screen or in their mixed reality views, but don’t enjoy them inside the headset as much when trying to play fast songs! So we’ve added the ability to control whether particles are seen on the headset & screen, just the screen or just the headset in the new Settings > Visuals > Effect Display section.

Settings Changes
We’ve done some housekeeping inside the Settings menu to make way for some extra options!

• Settings > Visuals controls how things look to you and others when you play
  
  • Lighting, particles & effects configurations (levels and where they display)
    
  • Game display window configuration options (avatars, camera options, overlays).
    
  • Advanced graphics options
    
• Settings > Interface controls how you interact with the game itself
  
  • Game interface elements (toggles for flyoffs, counters & game HUD elements)
    
  • Pointer hand selection
    
  • YUR watch controls
    

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Texture improvements to address performance specifically in “Rise of the Phoenix” stage. Huge thanks to Xrayxout for your help optimising and testing Quest 1 performance!
  
• Some players were unable to take advantage of the custom song caching, this is now resolved. Thanks to Dr_Ambiguous, Wargus, LootChute, secove, Smarmybweeble & MiMiXis for helping us find, solve & test this one!
  
• Fixes to scores & accuracy display in Challenges screen - thanks to Zekses & MiMiXis
  

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official discord server (Invite: http://discord.synthridersvr.com). Please use #bugs-report to make sure that we see your feedback.

[h3]If you want to support the development of Synth Riders, we really appreciate reviews left on the Steam Store![/h3]