art of rally news & patch notes

Hello everyone!

We’ve teamed up with our friends at Megagon Industries to bring you the art of rally x Lonely Mountains: Downhill bundle.

Two games, very different rides, but the same love for flow, speed, and getting into that quiet, focused zone.

If you’ve spent time drifting around the world with us, there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy finding your own line down the mountain too, and vice versa.

We hope this bundle gives you a few more reasons to enjoy the holidays even more!

See you on the roads (and trails),

Hey, everyone!

Last year Funselektor turned 10, and today marks a decade since the release of our very first game, Absolute Drift! To celebrate this milestone, we're holding a special sale!

Whether you want to complete your Funselektor collection or find the perfect gift for a friend or loved one, for a limited time, starting today, you can grab Absolute Drift at 90% off!

Slide into the action with the following offers:

- Switch - available until August 7th on the Nintendo Europe Store

- Xbox - available until August 11th

- Steam - available until August 12th

- Humble Bundle, GOG, and Epic - available until August 19th

Whether you're a long-time fan or new to our games, we want to sincerely thank you for being a part of our adventure! Here’s to many more years of drifting together! 🍾

Changelog

• performance optimizations (that could result in less dropped frames and improve microstutter)

• fixed white halos around hashtag text under cars and paint and wash gate titles in MacOS
• driving over bridges in Karura and embankments in Franzenheim no longer causes damage
• driving over distance markers (10, 20, etc.) in Lammpi no longer damages the car

We can't wait to share with you our next game, over the hill! 🚗✨⛰️

Whether you want to complete your Funselektor collection or simply try another one of our games, you can now grab art of rally or the Australia DLC and the rest of our lineup at jaw-dropping prices until December 4th as part of the Steam Autumn Sale.

Changelog

• updated controller support to resolve misc issues and improve compatibility in Linux and MacOS

• completing a stage in the weekly event now correctly adds +1 event to car stats instead of +2
• fixed replay car not waiting for 5 second OOB penalty
• fixed issues causing replay car and ghost car during a replay to go out of sync by multiple seconds (can still happen after watching the replay multiple times)
• fixed the rotary kei front lights issue in car selection screen
• cleared some bugged and cheated times from the leaderboards

We are proud to present: Golden Lap 🍾 🏆

Golden Lap is available on Steam for US $14.99 / £12.99 / €14.99! You can grab it now at a special 10% launch discount until October 10th, or as part of the Funselektor bundle alongside art of rally and Absolute Drift.

We're proud to announce the release of the demo for our upcoming 2D motorsport management game, Golden Lap, co-developed with our friends at Strelka Games!

Get ready for the second official playtest of our upcoming game, Golden Lap! This time showcasing Career Mode!

About Golden Lap

Wishlist now:

Main branch

Changelog

• fixed unable to scroll down in custom rally stage selection in certain cases
• fixed unable to scroll up in main menu in certain cases
• das hammer v3 livery now loads correctly when the car is unlocked in career

Beta branch

Manage your own iconic open-wheel racing team and blow your rivals away!!

About Golden Lap

Wishlist now:

Changelog

• numpad Enter key now works in game
• fixed custom livery issues for the rotary kei and das maestro
• fixed custom livery template issues for das maestro (creators need to update their custom liveries for das maestro)

Strap into your seatbelts and race off with us! We're happy to announce that art of rally launches today on Google Play! Along with a major update for iOS!

Additionally, the highly anticipated Australia DLC is now available on both Android and iOS for $1.99 USD!

Join the community!

How to get support for the mobile versions of art of rally

We're happy to announce Golden Lap!!

Wishlist now:

Changelog

• fixed a performance issue when playing in offline mode
• fixed ghost selection not remembered between pre-stage and post-finish menus
• fixed other misc issues with ghost selection in menus
• fixed misc issues related to browsing the leaderboards

Changelog

• DLC cars no longer appear in leaderboard as unknown car
• DLC ghosts now show the DLC car even when DLC is not owned

• fixed an issue where players were unable to progress in career mode
• fixed an issue where the current ghost selection could change after a stage restart
• fixed an issue where players were stuck in car selection or loading screens
• fixed a spot in Kanto Mountains (Japan freeroam) where the car would respawn under the road
• fixed an issue where car stats were incorrectly recorded in the GOG version
• fixed localization issues with hud menu option
• fixed UI issue in repair screen when using French localization
• vibration no longer continues in post-finish menu
• fixed an issue where changing language in pre-stage menu could break the menu
• fixed issues caused by loading multiple stages in succession with custom ghost selected

Changelog

• updated credits
• improved overall leaderboard connectivity

• fixed a bug that caused rank percentages to sometimes not show on leaderboards
• fixed a bug that caused incorrect rank percentages on leaderboards
• fixed an issue with blurry car wheels rendering through car bodies
• fixed an bug where damage wasn’t saved correctly between stages
• fixed an issue with certain world best leaderboard entries would cause errors
• fixed an issue where car stats wouldn’t count up correctly
• fixed a bug that caused high memory usage resulting in a crash when the player has a large amount of custom liveries
• fixed the two australia DLC song names being switched
• fixed an issue where the world best ghost option would not display
• fixed custom liveries not reloading at runtime
• fixed capture button in photo mode for controllers
• fixed some issues with selecting ghosts over a multi stage rally

Changelog

• updated credits
• improved overall leaderboard connectivity

• fixed the two australia DLC song names being switched
• fixed an issue where the world best ghost option would not display
• fixed custom liveries not reloading at runtime
• fixed capture button in photo mode for controllers
• fixed some issues with selecting ghosts over a multi stage rally

Changelog

• fixed a bug that caused high memory usage resulting in a crash when the player has a large amount of custom liveries

Changelog

• fixed a bug that caused rank percentages to sometimes not show on leaderboards
• fixed a bug that caused incorrect rank percentages on leaderboards
• fixed an issue with blurry car wheels rendering through car bodies
• fixed an bug where damage wasn’t saved correctly between stages
• fixed an issue with certain world best leaderboard entries was cause errors
• fixed an issue where car stats wouldn’t count up correctly

• 6 new tracks (Gum Scrub, Toorooka, Nulla Nulla, Comara Canyon, Lake Lucernia, Wombamurra)
• 1 new freeroam location (Comara)
• 4 new cars (The Rotary Kei, Das Scholar, Das Maestro, and The Kingpin)
• 2 new tunes recorded with a didgeridoo by Tatreal

Changelog

• performance improvements for long sessions and when multi-tasking (e.g. alt+tab)
• stability improvements for vegetation renderer indirect
• framerate is no longer capped at 230 fps
• custom rallies can now have up to 12 stages
• windows on some houses and boats now glow at night
• unlocked songs remain unlocked after resetting collectibles
• last visited free roam stage is remembered
• various improvements to ghost selection
• added “total time” to stage post-finish menu in multiple stage rallies
• career and custom rally overall results now support times longer than 1 hour (single stage results still cap at 59.59.999)
• free roam views are easier to activate and can be activated by holding the button while passing through the trigger area
• added extra checks for unlocking freeroam stages and some achievements
• improved controller button glyphs position in enter/exit View prompts

• prevented tires from clipping through road on some stages
• prevented various bugs that could be triggered by a terminal damage crash
• fixed various issues with saving and loading rally progress and car condition
• various fixes to ghost selection in menus and leaderboard interaction
• fixed a bug where some ghosts show the wrong vehicle (may not apply retroactively to existing ghosts)
• retired AI now remains retired even after resuming saved rally
• best time in post-finish menu shows correct locally saved best time when offline or when privacy policy is declined
• recover car near finish gates no longer triggers multiple time penalties
• skidmarks are cleared when entering free roam views and when recovering car
• fixed issues with vehicle placement in free roam views
• fixed il gorilla e1 wheel texture issues when changing liveries
• fixed issues with wheel texture on some ghosts (e.g. le 504, the fujin, little monkey)
• camera effects no longer remain active outside photo mode during a replay
• controller vibration stops after restarting stage or recovering car
• player selected audio settings are reapplied after disconnecting headphones / earbuds
• fixed a bug causing screenshot names to use a 12-hour format in rare cases
• fixed guardrail collider in farschewiler
• fixed reset zone and prop issues in lake nakuru
• fixed house texture issues in norway and kenya
• reduced water foam under bridges on some stages
• fixed rare leaderboard UI issue in post-finish menu
• fixed rare terminal damage UI issue in post-finish menu
• fixed issues with fonts for Chinese, Japanese and Korean (incl. rendering on Steam Deck)
• retired leaderboard entries can no longer be used as custom ghosts
• rich presence fixes for Steam and Discord
• dynamic resolution option removed for Vulkan, as it’s not supported
• vegetation renderer indirect option removed for Vulkan, as it’s not supported

The final stop Australia is coming November 16th! 🦘 🐨

Changelog

• improved dualshock/dualsense support

• fixed an issue causing players to get stuck in the post finish menu