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Circuits come and go. Sponsors rise and fall. Every season reshuffles the deck. A retro motorsport management sim with physics-driven races, procedurally generated tracks, and a dynamic world that never plays the same way twice.

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v0.3.3 — R&D Pipeline Rework, Living Race Sim, and a UI That Finally Scales

29 Jun

v0.3.3 — R&D Pipeline Rework, Living Race Sim, and a UI That Finally Scales

A large depth-and-polish pass built from player feedback. R&D is reworked, races feel more believable, the inbox is richer, and the UI finally scales properly.

R&D & Car Development — The Headline

The entire R&D pipeline has been reworked.

Improving a fitted part now upgrades its design. Manufacture a new copy and it keeps the performance you paid for — parts no longer come out at base spec. Existing saves self-heal on load.
Smarter trait fixes. Fixing one trait no longer wipes your knowledge of other traits on the part. Solved problems stop lingering in the "Fix a problem" list.
Design uses a continuous slider instead of fixed tiers, with Improve-style performance/expected columns.
Next-season planning overhauled. Every part is now designable, N+1 projects draw from the shared R&D pool, and finished designs send a "part ready for next season" email instead of sitting at 100% forever.
Supplier engines carry over between seasons — they only re-spec when regulations force it.
Reworked screens across the board: cleaner framing, three-zone gauges, bigger car preview, dedicated Work-Order glyphs.

If R&D felt fiddly before, this is the build to come back to.

In-Race Simulation — More Believable

Dynamic malfunctions. Transient mechanical and tyre problems can now appear mid-race — not just terminal DNFs — each with its own event, team-radio call and replay marker.
Spin epidemic fixed. Races no longer descend into a pile of spins. Mistakes and crashes are rebalanced to feel earned. Minor lock-ups and wheelspins no longer spam the commentary.

PFS Mail — Richer, Clearer

Rich email cards. "New design ready", "Part delivered", "Driver Development Report", and trait-redesign emails now show proper spec/part/driver/circuit cards with before→after comparisons and jump-to buttons — instead of plain text.
New "Important" folder with red flags on action-required mail.
No more duplicate "something feels off" trait-suspicion emails.

UI Scale — It Finally Scales

The most requested feature since Next Fest.

UI Scale control in Settings → Display. Plus speed (km/h ↔ mph) and temperature unit toggles.
Everything scrolls. Career apps scroll vertically when content overflows. Scrollbars only appear when needed.
Drivers app rebuilt — scales at every UI size, click anywhere on a row to select, sortable columns, Browse tab restyled with per-row magnifier.
Tutorials revamped — detailed per-tab R&D walkthrough, a "?" button on every app, steps that point at the live element instead of a text wall.

Streamers and Steam Deck players — this one's for you.

Quality of Life

End-of-season "Next Season" button with confirmation popup
Pre-season auto-skip is now opt-in (off by default)
Email available again during pre-season
Race Calendar shows break weekends with bigger rows
Engine audio volume properly fixed
New in-game Bug Report app — report issues without leaving the game

Try It

The demo is updated with everything above.

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v0.3.2 — Audio Overhaul, R&D Redesign, and a Big Polish Pass

19 Jun

v0.3.2 — Audio Overhaul, R&D Redesign, and a Big Polish Pass

A patch built almost entirely from player feedback during Next Fest. No new systems — just making the existing ones work the way they should.

Audio — Finally Usable

The engine volume slider was broken — the usable range was crammed into the bottom 4%. It's been completely rescaled. Music volume actually works now. The frozen buzzing sound on pause is gone. No more loud engine burst at race start. Menu music waits until loading is finished.

If you muted the game because of audio issues, give it another chance.

R&D & Parts — Designs Are Now the Source of Truth

The parts pipeline has been reworked. When you improve a part, the design updates — so every future production run and emergency replacement uses your latest spec. No more random off-spec parts when you need a replacement mid-season.

New "Default Design" chooser — pick exactly which version gets produced
Emergency replacements now reproduce your actual design (quality + traits)
Green DEFAULT badge and version flags make inventory readable at a glance
Positive part tiers are colour-coded: Good (green), Very Good (blue), Perfect (purple)
AI teams follow the same design rules as the player

Practice & Qualifying — Clearer, Cleaner

Pitting in practice/qualifying now simply ends your stint — no more confusing "race strategy" pop-up
Purple/green sector colours fixed — first flying lap correctly shows purple, and two cars can no longer both hold purple
Free Practice is properly labelled across the HUD
Per-driver observations and discovered car traits shown in run plans

Quality of Life

Windowed mode no longer crops the bottom of the screen on Windows
+$20M starting budget on every tier to ease early-season car builds
Prize money increased by 35%
Simulate mode now matches live race overtaking patterns
Per-car fuel estimation in simulated races
Tutorial soft-lock fixed — skip tutorial now actually skips everything

Stability

Fixed crash entering team presentation in season 2+
Sponsor logos no longer render as black squares
Released drivers no longer ghost or duplicate in the Drivers app

Steam Next Fest — Last Days

The demo is updated with all of the above. If you tried it earlier this week and hit audio issues or a crash — it's fixed. Give it another go.

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v0.3.1 — Quick Race Mode + Hotfixes

17 Jun

v0.3.1 — Quick Race Mode + Hotfixes

A small but important update during Next Fest.

New: Quick Race

Want to see the race engine in action without the management layer? Quick Race drops you straight into a live 2D race on a procedurally generated circuit.

Pick your team, choose your tyres, and hit the grid. Physics-driven dirty air, drafting, tyre temperature, and mechanical failures — all in a single session.

Perfect if you want a taste of what makes The Undercut's race engine tick before diving into Career mode.

Fixes

Fixed a crash when entering the team presentation at the start of season 2+
Fixed black squares appearing for arrows, checkmarks, and sponsor logos on some GPUs
Fixed a black asset flash at the end of race loading
Fixed Free Practice HUD being mislabelled as "Qualifying"
Fixed the Run Plan back button not working correctly

Thanks to everyone reporting bugs during Next Fest — keep them coming.

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