Update time for GeneRally 2: The promised patch for August is here, and it includes a new vehicle, two new circuits and a bunch of fixes and improvements to the successor of the cult classic top-down racer.
Earlier in August, developer Curious Chicken Games had already announced the racing truck to be the new vehicle in the game. Despite its size, it features a surprising amount of grip, making it fun to chuck around the tracks - careful when tangling with your opponents, though, as that makes the truck rather hard to control.
Two new circuits are also part of the update, and both have been placed in the "easy" folder of GeneRally 2's track library. This may be somewhat obvious for Tachren, a super-wide asphalt course that is a great stage for racing the new truck, but not as much for the other location called Rampster: Its name tells you basically all you need to know - this is no ordinary figure-8 track, but rather one with an enormous ramp at the crossover. Flinging trucks towards the following banked dirt corner off of it sure is a good time.
The new truck is not afraid of defying gravity, as one of the two new circuits demonstrates rather well.
Under the hood, numerous elements have seen improvement, such as AI behavior as well as how cars react to steering inputs, making their handling more predictable and direct. The user interface has been improved, too, and Turkush and Russian have been added as new language localizations. Importing circuits from the original GeneRally should be smoother now as well.
You can find the full changelog for the August update below, including the two hotfixes that have already been released.
What do you think of the new update to GeneRally 2? How do you like the game so far? Let us know in the comments below!
Earlier in August, developer Curious Chicken Games had already announced the racing truck to be the new vehicle in the game. Despite its size, it features a surprising amount of grip, making it fun to chuck around the tracks - careful when tangling with your opponents, though, as that makes the truck rather hard to control.
Two new circuits are also part of the update, and both have been placed in the "easy" folder of GeneRally 2's track library. This may be somewhat obvious for Tachren, a super-wide asphalt course that is a great stage for racing the new truck, but not as much for the other location called Rampster: Its name tells you basically all you need to know - this is no ordinary figure-8 track, but rather one with an enormous ramp at the crossover. Flinging trucks towards the following banked dirt corner off of it sure is a good time.
The new truck is not afraid of defying gravity, as one of the two new circuits demonstrates rather well.
More Objects, Better Handling
For more in-depth surrounding, several new objects have been added to the track editor, such as piles of logs (as pictured at the top of Rampster above), flagpoles and containers. More variants for some objects are part of the update as well.Under the hood, numerous elements have seen improvement, such as AI behavior as well as how cars react to steering inputs, making their handling more predictable and direct. The user interface has been improved, too, and Turkush and Russian have been added as new language localizations. Importing circuits from the original GeneRally should be smoother now as well.
You can find the full changelog for the August update below, including the two hotfixes that have already been released.
What do you think of the new update to GeneRally 2? How do you like the game so far? Let us know in the comments below!
