OverDrift Festival — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| NEW UPDATE#21! | 2024-07-24 | INFINITY DRIFT New track location in the world of Japan. The track is in a construction zone! Two high jumps! Transfer in a flight! COUNTRY ROAD New track location in the world of America. Variations in terrain elevations and track slopes. The track is in hilly areas and along the streets of a cottage village. 2.5K OBJECTS in Constructor The number of objects in Track Constructor Mode has been increased from 1000 to 2500! POINTS RESET DISABLED Disabled reset of points when hitting the road and concrete. Jump more and have no problems. SOUND OF OTHER PLAYERS' CARS The sound volume of other players' cars has been reduced. In tandem mode when dr |
| ANNIVERSARY UPDATE#20: Two years of OverDrift! | 2024-05-16 | Exactly two years have passed since the release of our project. During this time, the project has changed a lot. New cars, new wheels, new worlds and locations have been added. New content and new gaming features have been added. Lots and lots of things. Our development team thanks the players for their support of the project, for your proposed ideas, for your active participation in development! We continue to work on the project! TURBO KITS 5 turbo kits! Select and install any of the 5 turbo kits available in the store according to your wishes. Different sounds of the turbine and blow off. TRACK CONSTRUCTOR UPDATE New objects added: - Truck |
| BIG UPDATE#19! | 2024-04-24 | SHOGUN CITY New city location in the world of Japan - Shogun City. The streets of the Japanese metropolis with elevation changes and turns are ideal for drifting! TRACK CONSTRUCTOR UPDATE New features added: - Japanese city buildings - Industrial buildings - Containers - Trees and shrubs - Sources of light - New road markings and traffic lights Now you can create your own Japanese cities! EVIL EMPIRE & KTW LOGOS Added new team logos to livery vinyls. The competition will be held soon and will be organized by the KTW team. Challenge yourself in an eSports competition with real prizes! Many optimizations & small improvements |
| HUGE UPDATE#18! | 2024-03-22 | TRACK CONSTRUCTOR Huge space for creativity! Create your own tracks in a special game mode. Test and edit. Create public servers for all players or ride with friends in your own drift world! Select a location - three islands of your choice. Build a track from a set of road elements. Customize the road to your liking. Choose any season and time of day to suit your taste. Create a server with your track or join servers with other players' tracks. You can save any track you like to your Track Collection. You can then edit the track to improve it. The track constructor is still under development, many features will be added in the future. We are |
| EXCLUSIVE CARS PACK#2 DLC RELEASED! | 2024-03-01 | This pack includes 10(!) COMPLETELY EXCLUSIVE cars with unique visual design and technically upgraded to SPORT level! Attention: these cars can only be obtained by purchasing this DLC. These cars cannot be obtained by any other means in the game. The cars in this DLC are completely unique and exclusive. 1996 SMK IV R 1989 DX-5 1993 N180 2019 GODZ-35 R 2020 PRETENDER 2000 SH2000 C 1978 SN-30 2001 SN-15 TS 1992 DX-7 2014 FRIGATE |
| EXCLUSIVE CARS PACK#1 DLC RELEASED! | 2024-02-08 | This pack includes 10(!) COMPLETELY EXCLUSIVE cars with unique visual design and technically upgraded to SPORT level! Attention: these cars can only be obtained by purchasing this DLC. These cars cannot be obtained by any other means in the game. The cars in this DLC are completely unique and exclusive! 2019 SMK V R 1995 P-RWB 1996 SN-14 1999 GODZ-34 2017 DOLPHIN 2003 QUAR 35 R 1989 DX-5 C 1973 GODZ-110 2013 STRONGER C 2016 SMOKER |
| DAMAGE CARS PACK DLC RELEASED! | 2024-01-11 | This pack includes 10(!) visually damaged cars with unique visual design and technically upgraded to SPORT level! 1999 ROYAL T 1989 TUREL 33 T 2001 SN-15 T 1990 5F SEDAN T 2005 ARSENAL T 1998 ALFA 10 T 1994 GODZ-33 T 1999 STRONGER T 1997 ARCTICO T 1996 SN-14 T |
| BIG UPDATE#17! | 2023-12-29 | HAPPY NEW YEAR & MERRY CHRISTMAS! LIVERY SHARING Added a system for distributing liveries from player to player. If You want to distribute You can mark the livery you want to give away in Livery Workshop > Share The Livery Of This Car. You can buy liveries of other players in Main Menu > Sharing Livery. Just make sure that you currently have the same car selected for which the purchased livery is made. The livery store bank is accumulated for each player individually - liveries are added when meeting a dealer player in the game world. When changing game server or restart the game all accumulated liveries in the bank are retained. 5 NEW CARS a |
| NEW UPDATE#16! | 2023-11-21 | GRAPHICS IMPROVEMENTS * Dynamic redistribution of image brightness on the screen * Lens and flare effects * The effect of water drops on a camera lens LANDSCAPE Landscape materials have been reworked. Improved textures and increased resolution. The rocks have become more voluminous and realistic. The planting of vegetation on the landscape has been improved. Improved landscape view at a great distance WEATHER EFFECTS * Snowfall occurs from time to time and changes its intensity depending on time * Thunderstorm in wet weather and winter season. Flashes of lightning and the sound of thunder OTHER * New block breaking sounds * Added Drifter & Fr |
| HUGE UPDATE#15! | 2023-11-09 | WEATHER AFFECTS PHYSICS The car slips more on wet asphalt - reduction of friction force. Friction is further reduced when the wheels get into deep puddles. In winter at low temperatures friction is even lower. The game features 4 seasons and 4 times of day - many different options for drift conditions. ASPHALT SURFACE DETAILING * Physical unevenness on the asphalt surface - wheels work off unevenness visually and physically * New realistic asphalt material with new road markings * Puddles with physical interaction * Dirt * Road patches NEW TIRES * New realistic tire material * Tires get wet in wet weather and when driving through deep puddles |
| BIG UPDATE#14! | 2023-10-06 | BAN SYSTEM Added a system for banning players who interfere with your goals. Vote to ban the player who is bothering you in menu Map>Persona. When there are 4 votes against a player he will be kicked out of the server and will not be able to reconnect. Ban system is still in testing mode and we are collecting feedback. PERSONA MENU (Main Menu > Map > Player) You can nominate a player for Best Drift Style, Best Livery Design and Best Person nominations in the same menu - just vote. You can also look at the player’s profile on Steam. In this menu you can vote for ban this player. GOOSIEST ISLAND New location added to the world of America TATSUM |
| NEW UPDATE#13! | 2023-09-22 | NEW MUSIC Added 13 music tracks for the menu and game world in phonk style REWARDS - The reward for Tandem Battle has been doubled - Increased scoring of points for FreerideEvent and DriftChallenge by 30% AMERICA WORLD IMPROVED - New ROCKY MOUNTAINS Grand Drift Challenge - Additional Servece & Cash points JAPAN WORLD IMPROVED - New Tandem Battle configs added - New Freeride Events added - New Drift Challenges added Many small improvements and many bugs fixed |
| HUGE UPDATE#12 RELEASED! | 2023-09-13 | NEW CAREER MECHANICS OverDollars - only one currency earned to upgrade each car Daily and Weekly Quest Challenges system Get new Cars and Rims for completing quests and freestyle drifting New Performance upgrade system REFINED PHYSICS Recalculation of suspension and body rigidity. CONTROL PROFILES Manage your controllers easily! Creating separate profile settings for the keyboard, gamepad, steering wheel, gearbox and other devices. FREE DEMO Free trial version of the game without saving your career and with restrictions on creating game servers. OVERPASS DLC OverDrift Festival - OverPass DLC on Steam 10 NEW Cars: - 1986 3F COUPE - 2020 FARMER |
| HOT UPDATE#11 RELEASED! | 2023-07-06 | - 15 Totally new ultra realistic engine sounds - 10 Redesigned backfire sounds - 2 new cars: 2007 ARCTICO & 2003 ROOKIE-X11 - New suspension physics: precise control and pure handling - New tire friction 3d-function - Graphics improvements & optimizations - Many small improvements and many bugs fixed - Solved the problem of the black bus |
| NEW UPDATE#10 RELEASED! | 2023-05-16 | - Redesigned America World - New tracks in OverCity, Mall Area, Docs, Industrial Area, Boomba Mall and Valley Mart locations - Aoyama City/Japan without barriers on city roads - Increased steering angle to 69°(!) - Graphics improvements & optimizations - Many small improvements and many bugs fixed |
| HUGE UPDATE#9 RELEASED! | 2023-04-06 | - New huge game world of Japan - Aoyama City location - Watari Airport location - Daikoku Futo location - Murakami Park location - Tatsumi 1stPA & 2ndPA - Kozokudoro Highways system - New reworked physics - Teleportation system reworked - New Traffic Cars - Menu improvements - Graphics improvements - Many small improvements and many bugs fixed We plan to further develop the world of Japan and refine the world of America. New locations will be coming soon. The old ones will be reworked. We're also going to focus on gameplay development.The next update will not be long in coming. |
| NEW WORLD - JAPAN! | 2023-03-07 | We apologize for the long silence. There is an active development of a huge new world - Japan. News will be coming soon. |
| FULL RELEASE & HUGE UPDATE#8! | 2022-12-22 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-ueFyGbx0c FULL RELEASE! Our project over the past 7 months since the release in early access has improved and grown significantly. Now the game is being released in the full version and continues its development in a new status. Active development of new updates continues! We have planned a lot of interesting ideas for implementation. We are very grateful to the gamers community for participating in the development of the project! Your comments and suggestions help us make the game better. Please continue to share with us your suggestions to improve the project. Thank You! - Happy New Year Update for Winter s |
| NEW UPDATE#7 RELEASED! | 2022-11-04 | - 2 new cars: 1986 AB-86 2D & 2005 ROYAL - Two paint zones for rims - 60+ new rims, each in 3 sizes - 4 New Engines & 4 New Exhaust Systems with unique sound - Engine physics reworked - 2 New Action Cameras - More PTS for Freestyle Drift and tricks - Smokey Wolf Cafe in Over City & Smokey Wolf Logistics Store in Hot Docs Port - Removed stones protruding on the roads - Reworked car loading system - Traffic AI improved - Many small improvements and many bugs fixed |
| HUGE UPDATE#6 RELEASED! | 2022-10-20 | - TANDEM BATTLE sport mode - DRIFT CHALLENGE competitive mode - FREERIDE EVENT competitive mode - Evaluation of TANDEM in freestyle drifting - Bonuses for tricks: Big Angle, Full Send, High Speed Drift, Jump Drift, Backward, Smash, Clip, Clipping Zone, Ball, Hit the car, Hit the traffic, Cowboy. - 2 new cars: 1986 AB-86 3D & 1999 ROYAL - 50+ new unique liveries for PREMIUM cars (DLC car packs) - Car Suspension physics improvements: increased suspension elasticity and dynamic weight distribution - Up to 25 players on the game server! The maximum number of players on the server has been increased from 16 to 25 - Online Server lifetime increased |
| NEW UPDATE 5 RELEASED! | 2022-08-25 | - Network delay is reduced & desync is minimized - New huge location: OVER CITY - 2 new cars: 1994 GODZ-33 & 1998 DESTROYER - Front suspension kinematics improved - Headlights improved and optimized - Server Browser improved - No more The SLAPTrain logos and building - Many small improvements and many bugs fixed BONUS! OverDrift Festival brand slyle logos and materials for creators: https://dropmefiles.com/BKHEH |
| ATTENTION: scheduled technical work on game servers! | 2022-07-30 | On August 3, from 01:00 PM to 08:00 PM PST, there may be interruptions in the work of game servers. New features of network smoothing are being tested. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. The project is released in early access and is under development. We are trying to improve our services for players. Thank You! |
| NEW UPDATE 4 RELEASED! | 2022-07-21 | - 4 SEASONS ADDED: SPRING, SUMMER, FALL & WINTER can be selected when creating a server - 2 new cars: 1996 SMK IV & 1997 TUREL 35 - Possibility to remove and install in any time purchased technical Updrades - The SLAPTrain building in Quiet Town and logo in vinyls section - おもてなし太郎 / Omotenashi_Taro building on Mall Area - , Drift Friends and Ty SkiDDz logos in vinyls section - Optimization for low-end PC: possibility to turn off tire smoke, car headlights and fireworks - Possibility to select units of measure: metric or English/American - Server information (time counter, number of players) in Livery Workshop menus - Fixed an issue with the |
| NEW UPDATE! | 2022-07-04 | - 2 new world locations: * Quiet Town * Old Touge Road - 2 new cars: * 1994 STRONGER * 1989 TUREL 33 - Improved Physics: more angle, more stability, more backwards - Increased rewards for Daily Boxes, Weekend Gift and Drift&Speed Cameras - Goosiest YT, CToretto, Wazzup and Smokey Wolf logos are on vinyls and can be placed on cars - The time of recovery to road in case of an accident has been increased from 5 to 10 seconds - Special chat sounds for joining and leaving players from the server - Text pointers of locations on the world map - Initial car for new players in custom red/black livery - Many small improvements and many bugs fixed |
| UPDATE RELEASED! | 2022-06-17 | - Festival Charts & Rating: PTS leaderboards and 3 nominations: * Best Drift Style * Best Car Design * Best Person Vote for each other right in the game! This module is still in testing now. - Cinematic Mode: custom free cameras for making photo & vids - 2 new cars: * 1993 N240 * 1997 ARCTICO Available for all players in stock and for DLC#1 & DLC#2 owners in unuque design and sports upgrade - Car service are now 50% cheaper - Points are not reset upon contact with other cars - convenient for tandem drifting - Playernames bug fixed - Many small improvements and many bugs fixed |
| UPDATE RELEASED! | 2022-06-01 | - Improved physics: stable angle and backwards available - Vibration feedback for Xbox gamepads - New Server Browser menu - Car service are now 20% cheaper - Many small improvements and many bugs fixed |
| OverDrift Festival is available NOW! | 2022-05-26 | Today we've released the game in Early Access! The project is fully playable, but is still at the beginning of development. We are interested in building reliable relationships with the gamers community that contribute to the creation of a better product. We involve users in the process of creating a game receiving feedback and suggestions from them as the project develops. Please support us and share your wishes and suggestions in social networks. We will be glad to interact with you. There may be errors, crashes and other problems in the game. Please report any problems to us. We will try to resolve them as quickly as possible. It will take |
| One of the game cars | 2021-08-27 | Work in progress. #overdrift #overdriftfestival #drift |
| One of the game cars | 2021-08-19 | Work in progress. #overdrift #overdriftfestival #drift |
| Cockpit View | 2021-08-17 | Cockpit view camera. Work in progress. #overdrift #overdriftfestival #drift |