WHAT THE CAR? — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| WHAT THE CAR? SOUNDTRACK IS AVAILABLE | 2026-11-02 | Ever thought our crazy tuba tunes were pretty catchy? Found yourself humming the main theme? Well, now you can get the official score for yourself, right here on Steam! 🎉🎶🎷We’ve released the WHAT THE CAR? Soundtrack! It’s out NOW!We’ve also released the WHAT THE BAT? Soundtrack in case you want more weird tunes to add to your collection!They're also available on YouTube and music streaming platforms! If you like our games and our silly music and wanna support us, feel free to pick them up here on Steam or give them a listen. Thanks for playing our game!💛 Triband |
| 🎃 OCTOBER EVENTS 🕸 | 2026-10-01 | Things that go BUMP in the night? Wait, no it's just hitting Car's bumper. We're BACK with not one but TWO spooky season events! Both the return of Hallo-wheels and of course Car getting some spooky Dreams! Read more to check under the hood for this month's events in the Specials Elevator! Where to this time?OCTOBER OVERVIEWCows in Space (Return)September 17th - October 14thCar got abducted by space cows. 🛸 You can still catch the fan-favorite bizarre bovine adventure filled with cheeky references, spacey levels and lots and lots of cows with laser guns.Head to the Specials Elevator and play the levels! Do. Or do not. There is no try. Excuse |
| HOTFIX for Car Dreams | 2026-09-07 | Hi! We got a few reports about the Dreams of Flying not loading properly when entering the Special from the Elevator: the clouds would not disappear and the area would be locked. Before the workaround just was "exit to the Home and then re-enter the dream" but this is a patch so that the dream just Works™ the first time you enter it. OK that's all thank you for reading and thank you to everyone for making reports! Hope you had a GREAT weekend 💛 /the Triband team |
| 🌂 AUGUST EVENTS 🦅 | 2026-08-20 | Dreams of Flying got a make-over and it's reached new heights!We just got back from summer break in Denmark, and since our last post covered a lot of August already, here's just a bit more detailed view of what's in the Specials Elevator for the rest of the month. Woosh! Wee! OH I HOPE I LAND THAT-AUGUST OVERVIEWMeet the Devs (Return)August 6th - September 2ndOur perfect replication of the Triband office in the game is still live! Play levels made by us in the level creator, learn some tips and tricks on what makes a cool level when you make them yourselves 🔨 And of course explore to find all our secret little references. Dreams of FlyingAug |
| 🌞 JULY EVENTS 🌴 | 2026-07-09 | Try out these splash-tastic levels! 💦Get yeeted into infinity! JULY OVERVIEWDreams of VacationJuly 9th - August 5thDreaming of vacation? Take a break and try out these... relaxing… levels! We've picked our fave chaotic beach themed levels, where Car can try everything from sailing to surfing to getting blown away by the summer winds (that's just normal in Denmark).Try out the levels and make your own! You're always welcome to share your creations in #car-share-your-level on our Discord or make a post right here on Steam and share your level! 🌟Summer Brake (Return)July 23th - August 19thUp is down, brake is... forward? Try out these tricky l |
| 🚀 JUNE EVENTS 🔴 | 2026-06-11 | It's time for FUNGLE, everyone!Yes, I did die after this because I didn't reload my sus colored water uhhh lavA but it was a sick jump aightJUNE OVERVIEWBest of Car-Mong Us (Return)June 11th - July 8thOh hey, our friends at Innersloth released a friggin TV SHOW 🤯 That's right, Among Us is available for streaming (on Paramout+) and you catch watch the first episode FOR FREE right HERE ⏬ (crazist embed ever lmao?)Aaaand back to video game. Specifically one about a silly car, and the collab we did with Among Us! Best of Car-mong Us, our very special Fungle-themed area, is back in the Specials Elevator for a limited time! Have fun with your toil |
| 👃🏽 MAY EVENTS 🏆 | 2026-04-30 | It's gonna be MAY. 🕺🏽 Let's see what's up in the Specials Elevator!Wooooow, so shiny.MAY OVERVIEWBest of 2025 (Return)April 30th - May 27thHaven't gotten the fancy schmany GOLD and PLATINUM skins yet? Now's your chance! Hop into these incredible player-made levels, the ones we've deemed the very best of 2025. What's your favorite category? What categories should we have next year? We're all ears 👂🏽Pinball Madness (Return)May 14th - June 10thBounce around in these bananas pinball levels! We actually went to a pinball arcade for our latest studio excursion. We're not sure we understand how to win it, but hitting those things are fun!Dreams |
| 🎁 APRIL EVENTS 🎂 | 2026-04-17 | Another month, another series of happenings in the Specials Elevator! Let's take a look at this month's events!Meet the Devs and see our ... very real office... in the current Special!APRIL OVERVIEWCar-azy Wind (Return)April 2nd - 29thWant a car-azy challenge? In this special, the wind is out of control! Don't get swept away before you complete the level! Or... maybe use it as a sick speedrun strat?Dreams of SpringApril 9th - 22ndBoing boing! Something’s in the air… It’s a bouncing Car! Check out this dream that's totally dedicated to the springiest levels we could find amongst the community! That's... what spring is, right?Meet The Devs (Ret |
| 🐘 MARCH EVENTS 🐜 | 2026-03-05 | Phew, it's been a while, huh guys? We have actually been updating WHAT THE CAR? since October, even if we didn't post about it here... Sorry about that! Prepare to be informed 🧠 Without further ado, let's dive into this month!Every week, something new happens in the Special Elevator...MARCH OVERVIEWDreams of HUGE (New)Feb 26th - March 11thNew collection of player made levels! This time Car is HUUUGE! Try out some fantastic levels but with a brand new modifier! Community Spotlight (Updated)March 5th - April 1stWe LOVE our community 💛 People submit levels in the Triband Discord and this event is really dedicated to giving them the shout out t |
| 👻 HALLOWEEN SPECIALS - Now Live! 🎃 | 2025-10-09 | Halloween Hotfix 🎃We had a little mix-up of our events in the Elevator, but it should be sorted now!OCTOBER OVERVIEWDream NIGHTMARE (New)October 3rd - 15thNew collection of player made levels! With the theme of 🌩 nightmares 🌩 they also have a scary atmosphere to them!Hallo-wheels (Updated)October 9th - 31stChase down bear ghosts in a hunt that spans the Episodes! All new player made levels are featured as well as a chance to unlock 🧟♀️a new skin🧟♀️ by completing all of them. Time to get hunting!Dream HALLOWEEN (New)October 16th - 29thNew collection of player made levels! With the theme of 👻 halloween spirits and sweetsCHANGESEpisode / |
| 🐸 A-MAZE-ING SPECIAL - Now Live! 🐸 | 2025-09-01 | A-MAZE-ING SPECIALNew fancy dress-up! The levels are the same, but we've spiffed the area a bit. What do you think? COMMUNITY FEATURESThis update is especially for those of you who like competing on leaderboards and shaving seconds off of your best time or exploring new content to play!GHOST REPLAYIf you go into Settings and scroll down to Hidden Features, there are now three new options. You can enable that to see your own best time in all levels so you can optimize your racing strategies.TIMERIn addition to that, you can also toggle Show Timer to get a timer at the top of the screen.PLAYER-MADE LEVEL RANKINGSFrom now on, player made levels |
| 🐑 CAR DREAMS - Now Live! 🐑 + CAR PLUSHIE | 2025-07-24 | GET CAR AS A PLUSHIE (LAST CHANCE!)LINK LINK LINK LINKwe've been writing about it on our socials and newsletters so I'm so sorry if you've missed it here but EVERYONE LISTEN UPThere's only 5 HOURS until the Makeship Campaign ends! If YOU'VE ever wanted a CAR PLUSHIE NOW'S THE TIME!LINK LINK LINK LINKlook at that guy. not a care in the world. not a thought behind those eyes. just vibes. and YES the legs dangle stupidly of coursE they doCAR DREAMSIntroducing bi-weekly Dreams !Dreams are special content areas featuring player made levels - carefully selected by us to create a lovely theme. The first one is Friends 🐻🐮🐑There's an all new Dream |
| ⚡ PINBALL MADNESS - Now Live ⚡ | 2025-06-06 | WARDROBEDing dong! What's that at the door? It's the delivery of the wardrobe you ordered. We'll just put it right here in your HOME Hub. Now you can see all your flashy car paints in the same spot - and change between them whenever you want 🎨It probably won't lead to Narnia... right?You unlock the colors by completing the relevant Special Challenge, which you access from the Specials Elevator, next to the main campaign. Some are Daily Levels, some are Seasonal - all are weird.Don't be blue! Be pink! Or red! Or Halloween!And another awesome thing: From now on, there's a different special in the elevator every 14 days. Make sure you come back |
| 🚀BEST OF CAR-MONG US - NOW LIVE🚀 | 2025-05-12 | New Among Us x WHAT THE CAR? content! that's live right now! (and technically has been since Thursday but eh, time isn't real anyways). A car, a crewmate and a seagull walk into a fungle... if you think that's the beginning to a bad joke, you're right. In the newest Car-mong Us update, you'll find: new overworld map with Fungle Theme! hand-picked player made levels little secrets and silly dialogue (Horrifying worm-like level we came across in our player-level hunt! This is apparently what happens when you give players free will) ⚒ CHANGES & FIXES ⚒ ● Changed the "DAILY LEVEL" to show hand-picked player made levels! So now YOUR level might ge |
| 🔴 CAR-MONG US - Now Live 🔴 | 2025-04-10 | Ssssshh... What is that??? Oh it's just the Among Us x WHAT THE CAR? collab that's live right now! 🤩 The engine of an unnamed spaceship has been struck by a meteor and of course it's your job, little car, to get it fixed. Untangle spaghetti wires, divert power from somewhere to somewhere else, and keep an eye out for any weird behavior. In the new Car-mong Us update, you'll find: 6 new levels 🚀 Overworld mini games ✨ 3 cars for the Level Creator 💥 Lots of secrets 🤐 New skins for the Car 🔴🔵🟡🟢 beans beans beans We've been working with the Innersloth team and we're all so excited to bring this update to you! It's been such a blast workin |
| 💨CAR-AZY WIND - Now Live💨 | 2025-03-06 | this is literally just Prepare to be blown away by the new wind mechanics 💨 We made a few challenging levels so let’s see if you can beat them 😎 In this update Six levels with challenging wind mechanics Three creator palettes so you can try to make your own levels! Rupert the Mailbox's Daily Challenge: Can you beat the three levels in a row? You'll find the update in the Main Room, in the Specials Elevator! AWARDS We also won an award! For Best Live Game at Spilprisen, which is a Danish games award, this year hosted at the Copenhagen Gaming Week. Below you can see some of the happy and baffled team. Special thanks to ALL OF YOU because we m |
| ⏩OOP, ALL BOOSTERS! - Now Live⏩ | 2025-02-06 | Time to focus on the real star of the show, our humble and beloved BOOSTER! ⏩⏩⏩ We've added more super-speed cars for the all-boosters level creation challenge so don't drag your feet or you'll get left behind. Also in this update: Don’t be scared, but we've swapped episode 2 and 3 around - now you gotta WORK before you can SPORT We are welcoming more bears in episode 2 so go and say hi! 🐻 When you've played a community level, we will now serve you a similar one so you don't have to hunt for one on your own. It’ll pop up as a “Play Next” button after levels. Let me know what you think! You'll find the update in the Main Room, in the Specials |
| WHAT THE CAR? is a part of the Laughs & Smiles Game Festival event on Steam! | 2025-02-03 | Is 2025 feeling like its been a whole year already? Looking for something to get you to smile? WHAT THE CAR? is a part of the Laughs & Smiles Game Festival, a digital showcase celebrating games that might just bring that spark of life back into you - any chance to get a little giggle! We could all need that. The event is hosted on Steam and will between January 30th and February 6th. You'll definitely find us there but go and check out all the wonderful games right here Catch you laters, alligators! xoxo Triband |
| 🏆BEST OF 2024🏆- Now live! | 2025-01-16 | Happy New Year! 🥳 Thanks for playing our games and joining our silly shenanigans! It's been wonderful seeing this community grow as we got to introduce our games to even more players! In 2024 we Participated in seven showcases worldwide including PAX West in person in Seattle (not even counting the online ones here!) Got nominated for multiple awards including a Webby, Danish Game Award and Apple Design Award WHAT THE CAR? WON multiple awards in different categories at the DICE Award, Spilprisen, BIG Festival and Cinekid Festival! Streamers like Smii7y, Stumpt, CTop, DSimphony, GameGrumps, Ray Narvaez Jr, Jenna Stroeber, Sam Tabor and hundre |
| PATCH 5.4.0 | 2024-12-18 | Its ONE WEEK FROM CHRISTMAS and here's a little patch update for WHAT THE CAR? Go sit somewhere cozy and imagine a lively fireplace, or just like, open a YouTube video with one and take a skim through the report ⏬ 🛠 CHANGES AND FIXES SUMMARY 🛠 OVERWORLD Fix for not being able to complete 'The Gang's All Here' achievement. This means that current live users who have 7/8 characters will get the achievement next time they appear in the home hub. Fuse from the Frogger level in the swamp finishes in the middle of nowhere Fixed glitching Dialogue Alert Icon Community Level Bug in License to Car / Removed the extra crown pad in the book Certain ch |
| ❄ ICE TO MEET YOU ❄ - NEW LEVELS Now live! | 2024-12-05 | ❄ NEW LEVELS ALERT ❄ Prepare yourself for a new barrage of ice cold puns and goofy levels! We've added SIX new levels to the ICE TO MEET YOU special AND expanded the surroundings a bit. Go explore the multitude of silly jokes we've added and get into that festive winter mood 🎄 THE CLASSIC ICE LEVELS: SLIDE ON ICE WEEEEE ICE ICE LEGGY IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE NO NEED FOR SNOW TIRES SIR YOUR FISH IS FROZEN THE NEW ICE LEVELS: BOB SLED WHO'S THAT? FREEZING BREEZES CAUSES SNEEZES IT'S THE ICING ON THE CAR WHAT A SNOW PLOW CAR NEEDS AN ICEBREAKER SNOWBALL FIGHT? 📷 THUMBNAIL GUIDE 📷 Did you know you can make custom thumbnails for levels you p |
| PATCH 5.3.1 | 2024-11-29 | Hello dear car-nnoisseurs! Here's some exciting patches, bug fixes and QoL updates for WHAT THE CAR? 🌟 Take a deep breath, find a comfortable way to sit, stand or float in the air and then take a read through the report ⏬ 🛠 CHANGES AND FIXES SUMMARY 🛠 Updated Content / Quality of Life changes CHANGES TO TUTORIAL AND EPISODE 1 The tutorial levels are now: JUST A NORMAL CAR? CAR WITH LEGS CAR WITH TOO MANY LEGS CAR WITH JUMPS CAR WITH VERY LARGE LEGS BEAR WITH ME Each of these have gotten a new make-over visually and we tweaked the controllers. There’s a new transition scene between tutorial and the first episode ⭐ Certain levels have been r |
| ⚡PINBALL MADNESS ⚡- Now live! | 2024-11-28 | In this update we messed around with a new car-sona introduced in the SANDSTORM! episode that we feel didn’t get enough attention - everyone’s favourite hedgehog ball guy! 💙 You'll find the update in the Main Room, in the Specials Elevator! 🌟 So what do you do when you have a ball shaped guy to throw around???? Stick it in a pinball hell-scape of courseeee - go check out the new update NOW and have fun getting absolutely tossed around! There's new levels and you get to try make your own wacky bouncy storm levels! Please let us know what you think, we always appreciate your feedback. 👂 HONK HONK, - Sarah (Community HEDGEHOG Manager) |
| 🐮COWS IN SPACE🌌- Now live! | 2024-11-07 | For the first time in humankind, a car with legs has mysteriously made its way to space. And apparently in space, there's cows with laser guns, who knew? 🤷♀️ You'll find the update in the Main Room, in the Specials Elevator! 🌟 There's new levels, new car controls, silly secrets and references and of course tools so you can make your own space themed levels! Check out our preview trailer here!!! ⏬⏬⏬ Please let us know what you think, we always appreciate your feedback. Too much gravity? Loved the cows? How about the music?? Tell us 🗣🗣 HONK HONK, - Sarah (Community GRAVITY Manager) |
| PATCH 5.1.0 | 2024-10-25 | As we drive into the Hallo-weekend, here's some patches for WHAT THE CAR? 🎃🔨🔧 Have a nice drink (even just a glass of water! stay hydrated! 💧) and read through the report ⏬ 🛠 CHANGES AND FIXES SUMMARY 🛠 Fixed rare softlock issue in Episode 7. Changed UI in elevator menu from decorative to functional (now it scrolls!) Adjusted the gold times for these levels so it's a bit easier 🥇: - IT DOESN’T EVEN RAIN - CAR-ILLA LIKE BANANA - THE RUDE SANDSTORM -SHAR-CAR-NADO Removed an invisible wall blocking players from reaching the finish line in the Frogger level. 🐸 The one Smii7y was struggling with. Oopsie. Removed invisible bumps on the road |
| 🎃THIS IS HALLO-WHEELS🦇- Now live! | 2024-10-24 | Our usual haunt is, well, haunted and the bears need your help to drive out the ghosts 👻 Explore the event in the new update and find the mysterious undead bears that are scattered around🐻 You'll find the update in the Main Room, in the Specials Elevator! It’s not a trick, you get a cosmetic treat for Car when completing the ritual and level 🎃✨🎨 It's a very different update than we usually do, so let us know what you think! We really really appreciate your feedback 💛 Also let me know whether you've ever seen a ghost. I have beef with them. HONK HONK, - Sarah (Community GHOST Manager) |
| ⏩OOPS ALL BOOSTERS⏩- Now live! | 2024-10-18 | Our road machine broke and oops, it’s all boosters now 🤷♂️ The new WHAT THE CAR? update focuses on the humble but iconic booster and shows off the kinds of crazy levels you can make with a little booster pad. Try out making a level yourself and see what kinds of crazy twists and turns you can do with just a ton of boosters! ⏩⏩⏩ I have a need…. A need for nyoom 😎 HONK HONK, - Sarah (Community NYYYOOOM Manager) |
| 🐮A-MAZE-ING WEEK 🐄- Now live! | 2024-10-10 | Feel lost? Don't know where to go? 👉 You might be in a maze! Get outta there! The newest update in WHAT THE CAR? features maze creation as the theme, so get lost in the sauce of all these puzzling locations that players have made! 🔨 Open the game and head to the A-maze-ing Week event from the home area to try it out. You just gotta walk into the specials elevator, and it's one of the - now - many specials options! Try make your OWN maze in the level creator! And don’t forget to share your link here on the Steam Community Pages or in the Discord so everyone can try! Sharing is caring 😏 Fun fact 🤓☝️: if you want to get out of a maze IRL, pu |
| ❄ ICE TO MEET YOU ❄ - Now live! | 2024-10-03 | NEW EVENT ALERT 🧊 Have you been naughty… or ice? 😏🧊🎄 Our winter themed update “ICE TO MEET YOU” is ❕ live now ❕😄 Why now? Well here in Denmark we're heading towards the Cold Time, but in the Southern Hemisphere you're only just leaving it! Compromise 🤝 Jump in the game to slide, skate and snowboard around in the winter wonderland ⛄ We also have a new winter themed creator palette, so hop in the not-Santa workshop and get crafting! FRIENDLY REMINDER That our Early Bird reduced price of WHAT THE CAR? ends OCTOBER THE 9TH! Last call for snagging the stupid car game that "offers such incredible value that you’ll wonder if it’s underpriced." |
| EARLY BIRD PRICE ENDS OCTOBER 9TH | 2024-09-25 | Hello dear car-noisseurs! 🚖 This is a PSA that our Early Bird Car price ends on October 9th. After that, the price of WHAT THE CAR? will be 19.99 USD. 🍌 That means you still have TWO WEEKS to snag it at the low price of 9.99 USD 🍌 Q: Will it be on sale later? A: Yes, probably. Q: Why are you increasing the price? A: Our launch price was an “Early Bird” pricing where the first people who picked it up (potentially still you if you’re reading this right now!) got a chance to grab it at a lower price. We’ve gotten some feedback with people questioning whether there was less stuff in WTC? than our first game WTG? due to the price difference, wh |