Bus Manager 26 news & patch notes

New features:

- Sandbox mode - choose Normal or Sandbox when starting a new game; in Sandbox everything is free (buses, zones, stops, upgrades, events, etc.)

--> Sandbox saves don’t count toward the leaderboard

- Leaderboard - compare your stats with other players (Steam)

- Bulk management - buy, remove, repair, refuel, sell and more in batches (×1 / ×2 / ×5 / ×10) from the shop, routes, fleet, garage, and rentals

- Live passenger counter under the top toolbar

Improvements:

- Cleaner Settings screen (Save / Save & Exit, better checkboxes)

- Main menu UI refresh - Tooltips on in-game icons

- Performance optimizations for large fleets — smoother gameplay and map when you have many buses and passengers

- On large maps, buses are shown in a simplified view (line badges instead of every bus) to reduce lag

- Fleet shop stays open after a purchase

- Routes tab: only the ⚙ icon opens full line details

- Buy buses directly from the Routes tab without leaving the page

Bug fixes:

- Game could freeze with very large fleets (hundreds of buses / thousands of passengers)

- Map lag with huge numbers of buses on screen

- Sandbox games no longer affect leaderboard rankings

New Features:

- Added full customization for lines and stops with names, colors, line types, frequency, and ticket pricing. - Improved event notifications with interactive choices, time-limited decisions, and detailed popups explaining each event and how to handle it. - Added the ability to upgrade stops to increase their waiting capacity, now set to 100 by default. - Expanded small city areas to improve management and allow placing stops further apart.

Improvements:

- Reduced the minimum distance between stops from 200m to 28m. - Suspended lines no longer cause passengers to wait at stops. - Reworked the main menu.

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed an issue where games were mixing together and causing management problems. - Fixed a bug where newly purchased buses were not appearing anywhere.

- Languages: Added full UI support for Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Thai, and Turkish.

- Bug fix: Fixed a crash when opening or interacting with the Fleet screen.

- Community: Added a Suggestions & Bugs button on the main menu that opens our Discord so you can send feedback and report issues (will be available in game soon).