Gary D. Tour here, and today I’ve got some proper big news from the city.

In about a week from now, on the 18th of February, the official Sprint City demo will go live on Steam. And we’ll be participating in Steam Next Fest with it!!

The streets are about to get busy.

But before that, I wanted to walk you through two things:

1. What content will be in the demo

2. What improvements we’ve made after the playtest

Because a bunch of what’s in this demo? That’s thanks to all the playtesters!

We have spent the last few weeks putting together a demo that will feel alive and fun to play.

Here’s what you can expect:

• A carefully selected section from the map for you to get a taste of the game in

• Player-created challenges, you can pick a start and a finish line in the world, and then send a URL or code to this challenge to all your friends to play!

• Steam friend invites, making it much easier to jump into Clockout with people you actually know

The demo should give you a strong feel for Sprint City, the movement, the competition, and the speed.

We recently ran playtests with our community. We got a lot of feedback, detailed, honest, and sometimes brutally precise (the city sees you, millisecond hunters).

Here’s what has been improved and added for the demo:

• Improved grapple movement for more predictable control, especially on gamepad

• Made non-grappable surfaces clearer and more visually consistent

• Fixed physics issues, including cases where players could glitch into platforms

Movement is the heart of Sprint City. It has to feel good. It has to feel fair. Some serious effort was put into tightening that up.

• Added Steam friend invites

• Made it easier to form parties and play with others

• Introduced a Create a Challenge system, where players can build races and share them via a unique code, or a browser URL

We planned for playing with friends to be easy in Sprint City. And in this demo it will be!

• Updated the world map

• Refined player character visuals

• UI and HUD improvements

• Added more exciting race visuals

• Added music

• Updated sound effects

• Fixed issues with in-game chat

Sprint City is about speed, but it’s also about the vibe. The city should look alive. The races should feel intense. And the sounds of the city around you? Those matter.

The demo launches on the 18th next week, just in time for Steam Next Fest.

We will be hosting some challenges, live streams, and other events while the demo is live. So keep your eyes peeled for updates on those!

The demo store page is already live on Steam, so you can wishlist it and be ready the second it drops.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4332340/Sprint_City_DemoAnd if you’re looking for people to run with, join our Discord[discord.gg]. We’ve got a growing group of Runagades already lined up at the starting line.

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You all know who it issss! Gary D. Tour, back with another update from the streets of Sprint City.

I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve already spotted the first few of you tearing through the city this week, and honestly… watching you fly by has been incredible!!

Last time, we talked about Clockout. Today, I want to tell you more about what you can do in Sprint City when you’re not racing seven other Runagades to survival.

Not every race needs explosions, knockouts, or other players breathing down your neck.

Sometimes, you just want to go fast.

Time Trials are Sprint City’s solo point-A-to-point-B races, designed for runners who want to perfect their movement and really get to know the city.

You start at Point A. You finish at Point B. How you get there is entirely up to you.

If you need a bit of guidance, there’s a handy route line to help point you in the right direction. But it’s just that: a guide. Feel free to ignore it completely if you think there’s a faster way through a side street, over a rooftop, or straight through a risky grapple you’re pretty sure you can land.

Your fastest runs are recorded on the leaderboards, so if shaving off milliseconds sounds appealing (and I know it does), this is where that addiction begins.

Time Trials are also the perfect practice ground. Want to learn Sprint City’s layout? Test routes? Figure out how aggressively you can spam grapple without completely losing control? This is the place to do it. No pressure, no knockouts, no Runagades chasing you down.

In fact, every Clockout race can be practiced as a Time Trial. Since most Clockout races are a single lap with the same starting and ending point, you’re training on the real course. When the timers start ticking later, you’ll already know where every jump, swing, and shortcut is hiding.

Soon, you’ll also be able to create your own challenges.

You’ll pick a Point A and a Point B, generate a link, and share it with your friends or rivals. They’ll have a limited time to set their fastest score and when the dust settles, the fastest Runagade takes all the glory.

Tomorrow at 7PM CET, we’ll have some very special runners hitting the streets of Sprint City.

If you’re playing around that time, you’ll have a chance to race against some of the devs themselves. We’ll also be streaming in the Discord server, the town square of Sprint City, so if you’ve got burning questions, feedback, or just want to prove you’re faster than us, be sure to drop by.

Alright, I think I’ve yapped enough for one blog.

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