PATCH 11 - Launch Party (v27510)

4th April 2024

✨HIGHLIGHTS✨

TGR launches out of early access into 1.0!

🎉Season 4: Launch Party is here, featuring 40 party themed rewards!

🏌️Casual - Golf, a new 8 player game mode, has arrived!

🔧Loadouts have been added. You can save multiple customisation set ups in the garage.

🖌️Urban, Wild and Industrial have been visually updated to be more distinctive, all now featuring exclusive night levels.

🐙14 new items have been added to the shop rotation and random item chests, including the community designed Octoball!

⛳10 new levels have been added, spanning across the 5 existing themes.

💨Dash and Smash, the new passive core has been added.

🌟NEW FEATURES🌟

  • Season 4 is live, with 40 rewards.

  • Casual - Golf has been added as a new 8 player game mode.

  • Loadouts have been added to the garage.

  • 14 new items have been added to the shop rotation and random item chests.

  • 18 new expensive items have been added to the shop.

  • 3 new mastery avatars have been added for Bassline, Jester and Pupps car bodies.

  • 10 new levels: Canopy Cruise, Canyon Skipper, Cascade, Dogleg, Dropshot, Go Hole or Go Home, Industrial Park, Space Raceway, Teccy and Vine Whip.

  • Dash and Smash has been added; a passive core that increases dash power.

  • Timed events now rotate each month.

  • 3 new missions have been added for Bassline, Jester and Pupps mastery.

  • 3 new missions have been added to unlock and master Smash and Dash.

  • Claim all button has been added to adventures.

  • Credits have been added to the settings menu.

  • Text size options have been added to UI settings.

  • Tilt inversion has been added to settings.

  • New players can now choose which tutorial they want to play.

  • Legal section added to options menu.

 

💫UPDATED FEATURES💫

  • Leaderboards have been reset.

  • Ranked - Race is now locked for new players behind Casual - Race games.

  • Ranked rewards have been replaced with 9 new avatars.

  • Season 3 rewards have been added to the random item chests.

  • Lobby scene has been updated for Season 4.

  • Permanent boost rings have had a visual update to distinguish them from non-permanent boost rings.

  • Bunker visual ball and car effects now match theme colours.

  • Tunnel and fan effects have been updated.

  • Frost Beam effect now displays visual ice walls.

  • Stomp’s boost has been updated to be longer if the ball is hit and shorter if the ball isn’t hit.

  • Curve Ball now replenishes boost fuel while the ball is spinning.

  • Grapple Hook’s duration has been increased.

  • Magnet’s cooldown has been reduced.

  • Shock’s cooldown has been increased.

  • Ice Lock no longer refills boost, but players still gain unlimited boost whilst the ball is frozen.

  • Cores now begin races on cooldown.

  • Boost sound effects have been improved.

  • Using the aerial golf camera also zooms minimap out.

  • Aerial golf camera now shows out of bounds.

  • Minimap now follows the ball after ball is hit in golf mode.

  • Driving Home For Questmas timed event has been split into 2 events, adding Tis The Season timed event.

  • Davy Jones’s Putter timed event has been split into 2 events, adding Pirate Putters timed event.

  • Missions have been changed in Into the Deep, Shark Infested Courses, Sleet (Part 1), Sleet (Part 2), The Guardian (Part 2), The Life Bringer and Tricks ‘n Treats timed events.

  • New rewards have been added to Davy Jones’s Putter, Pirate Putters, The Life Bringer and Tricks ‘n Treats timed events.

  • Candy canes booster has been readded to the Driving Home For Questmas timed event.

  • Bang, Bang, Bang and Blockade achievements are now achievable with Air Strike and Frost Beam pick ups.

  • Urban has been renamed Urban Gardens.

  • Wild has been renamed Wild Heights.

  • Industrial has been renamed Industrial Drive.

  • Summary screen now displays if a player placed joint first.

  • Updated summary screen season level animation.

  • Rewards for Albatross, Eagle, Birdie, Par and Bogey badges have been updated.

  • Tilt UI has been updated.

  • Tilt sound effects have been disabled in race mode.

  • Updated platform icons.

  • Updated emoji UI to indicate holding d-pad buttons.

  • Splash screen art has been updated.

  • Early access screen has been removed.

  • Logo has been updated on artwork, decals and level adverts.

  • Desktop icon has been updated.

  • Car selection screen pop up text has been updated.

  • Added disabled core pop up to cores screen when golf mode is selected.

  • Motion blur option in settings menu has been removed.

  • Font size has been updated on Steam Deck.

 

⛳LEVEL UPDATES⛳

  • Urban, Wild and Industrial have been visually reworked to be more distinctive.

  • Purple Urban, Orange Wild and Green Industrial levels have been revamped into night variants.

  • Trees have been updated across Urban, Wild and Industrial themes.

  • Adverts have been updated across Urban, Wild and Industrial themes.

  • Planet colours in purple Space levels have been updated.

  • Boost rings have been updated for gravity levels in golf mode.

  • Ramp connections to the fairway have been improved across various levels.

  • Pick up locations have been updated across various levels.

  • Level icons have been updated for Urban, Wild and Industrial levels.

  • Level name colours on loading screens have been updated.

  • Flyovers have been updated for Urban, Wild and Industrial levels.

  • Composition changes have occurred over various Urban, Wild and Industrial levels.

  • Corner Skips have been added to Asteroid, Big L, Broken Pretzel, Bull’s Eye, Claw Canyon, Cloud Playground, Corner Madness, Downtown Blitz, Dual Route Dash, Dustbowl, Hurricane Lane, Inner City Circuit, Mountain Hideout, Nice Drive, Orbit Hotel, Spots and Shots and Trees Please.

 

🕷️BUG FIXES🕷️

  • Performance improvements across Xbox consoles.

  • Network improvements across all platforms.

  • Addressed various desyncs across race and golf.

  • Addressed desync when using Air Strike and Missile pick ups.

  • Addressed bug when using Sticky and Grapple Hook together.

  • Addressed problems using aerial golf camera on gravity levels.

  • Addressed respawn problems in golf mode.

  • Addressed car explosions when navigating uphill.

  • Addressed bug causing ball cam to be turned on/off between games.

  • Addressed bug causing players to spectate hole when opponents remain in game.

  • Addressed bug causing bots to not be awarded random placements when a player DNFs.

  • Addressed inconsistencies tracking timed event missions.

  • Addressed inconsistent visual and sound effects when spectating.

  • Addressed water sound effect inconsistencies.

  • Reduced distance of Frost Beam audio.

  • Reduce Grapple Hook sound effect length.

  • Reduced volume of pick up sound effects.

  • Addressed bug causing golf timer sound effect to continue in lobby.

  • Addressed bug causing player turns to not end in golf when the ball lands on moving objects or waterfalls.

  • Addressed bug spawning players on waterfalls in golf.

  • Addressed slow garage transitions on Xbox consoles.

  • Addressed issue fading Nebula brake lights.

  • Addressed bug causing black fade in game.

  • Addressed bug showing 0 rank points on summary screen.

  • Addressed incorrect icons for certain keybinds.

  • Addressed key art size issues on widescreen monitors.

  • Addressed skips across various levels.

  • Addressed bug causing certain UI screens to shift to the left or right.

  • Addressed bug where loot chest UI can appear in a match.

PATCH 10 - Hotfix (v26672)

8th January 2024

✨HIGHLIGHTS

  • We’ve added a new pet inspired downloadable content pack, including a dog car, goldfish ball and hamster bottle shield!

  • There’s a new food inspired downloadable content pack, including a pizza ball, burger ball and ice cream ball!

🌟NEW FEATURES🌟

  • Added Furry Friends Kit downloadable content, featuring 8 items: Goldie ball, Pupps body, Guzzle shield, Knots spoiler, Treats wheels, Paws decal, Pelt finish and Kibble boost effect.

  • Added Buffet Ball Selection downloadable content, featuring 7 items: Scoop ball, Marinara ball, Floss ball, Doughnut ball, Pepperoni ball, Patty ball and Sashimi ball.

PATCH 10 - Golf Mode (v24593)

6th October 2023

✨HIGHLIGHTS

Introducing Golf Mode, a new way to experience TGR!

Step into the ultimate 1v1 showdown, where precision triumphs over speed, and victory is achieved by fewest shots. Become aware of your surroundings with the exclusive aerial camera, and hit your ball further than before with our combined power dash mechanic. Putt your golfing skills to the test in casual or custom games!

🎓 A new Golf tutorial has been added to learn how to play!

🔱 When using Grapple Hook, player balls now continue to move.

🚀 There’s 2 new adventures to complete: Golfing and Progression!

 

🌟NEW FEATURES🌟

  • Added a new game mode: golf mode, which can be played in casual or custom games!

  • Added a new tutorial for golf mode!

  • Added a new Golfing adventure, featuring 21 golf mode missions!

  • Added Progression adventure, with 16 missions!

  • Added new end of round badges for golf mode.

 

💫UPDATED FEATURES💫

  • Grapple Hook has been updated, so the ball is no longer kept stationary whilst in use.

  • Car speed has increased when travelling through boost cones.

  • Car now follows momentum direction when flipping over from upside down.

  • Boost effects when driving across boost pads now match colour themes.

  • Boost ring colliders have been changed to a more circular shape.

  • Reduced bot revving on starting line.

  • Bots can now use pick ups.

  • Bots can now use active cores.

  • Removed prerequisite for Unlocking The Cores adventure.

  • Reduced prerequisite target to 4 for timed missions adventure.

  • Players are transitioned into a bot game when they complete or skip the tutorial.

  • Players who quit the game during the tutorial load into the tutorial upon reboot.

  • Updated durable wheels emissive pattern.

  • Updated splash screen art.

  • Cross platform warning has been added.

  • Player profiles now display platform icon.

  • Spectator icon now displays on bottom left of player profiles.

  • Local player now shows in teal on match loading screens.

  • Loading screen tips have been updated for golf mode.

  • Game mode names have been updated.

  • Custom games now displays game mode.

  • Player profiles can now be accessed from the post match score screen and party screen.

  • Prices now fade when scrolling through the shop screen.

 

⛳LEVEL UPDATES⛳

  • Bunker Balls rock feature changed to industrial pipes.

  • City Gates tunnel area has added scenery.

  • Downtown Blitz environment changed to include more industrial scenery.

  • Factory Showdown rocks have been updated.

  • Inner City Circuit features more skyscrapers.

  • Mountain Hideout fan area has been updated.

  • Updated OOB in Skybridge.

  • Added more greenery to floating islands in Elevator 7 and Hyper Flight Corner.

  • Updated arches in A Walk In The Woods, Bottom’s Up, Trees Please and Waverace.

  • Updated bush sizes across levels.

  • Various level environment changes.

  • Various level composition changes.

 

🕷️BUG FIXES🕷️

  • Addressed issue causing claim reward button to not appear.

  • Addressed issues with timed missions.

  • Addressed scoreboard ordering issues when spectators are present in custom games.

  • Addressed bug showing DLC showing as not purchased.

  • Removed add friend option for existing TGR friends.

  • Addressed bug loading players into incorrect game mode.

  • Addressed bug showing rewarded items screen and lobby screen concurrently.

  • Addressed bug where players were not awarded mission rewards when claiming close to joining a match.

  • Addressed bug allowing players to purchase loot chest multiple times a day.

  • Addressed bug attempting loot chest purchase with trophies.

  • Fixed colliders for spheres in A Walk In The Woods.

  • Addressed bug showing incorrect Waterfly unlock description.

  • Addressed skip in Broken Pretzel.

  • Addressed bug disconnecting players who DNF too many times in custom games.

PATCH 9 - Hotfix (v22328)

14th August 2023

Squashing some bugs to make way for the shark car!

✨HIGHLIGHTS✨

  • Shark Event Part 2 is live!

  • Players who played TGR during the birthday fortnight will be rewarded a Birthday avatar!

  • Double Dash, Hyper Glider and Grapple Hook have undergone core balancing changes.

  • Random loot chests should now refresh when the timer runs out!

  • Players can play games in parties again!

  • Bots no longer prevent players from joining online games.

🌟NEW FEATURES🌟

  • Added Birthday avatar into game.

💫UPDATED FEATURES💫

  • Slightly increased Hot Head max speed.

  • Increased Double Dash first and second dash power.

  • Reduced Hyper Glider max speed with and without boost.

  • Increased Grapple Hook cooldown duration.

  • Reduced Grapple Hook max speed.

  • Removed immunity to pick-ups when using Grapple Hook.

  • Increased shot of the match threshold.

  • Prevented custom game times from showing on leaderboards.

  • Prevented expensive avatars from appearing elsewhere in the shop.

  • Addressed overlapping text in the shop.

  • Adjusted scrollbar placement in the shop.

  • Updated replacement gear amount to always be 7000 for random loot chests.

  • Removed second pop up appearing when purchasing random loot chest.

  • Updated scoreboard to show local player in a different colour.

  • Reduced screen shake on summary screen when winning a game.

  • Reverted changes made to incoming homing missile UI indicator.

  • Updated vsync options on xbox one consoles.

⛳LEVEL UPDATES⛳

  • Addressed skips on Nice Drive, Round The Bend and The Snake.

🕷️BUG FIXES🕷️

  • Fixed bug showing Tech Jet body as T-Winner.

  • Fixed bug showing Wilderman and X-Tail.

  • Addressed missing materials on Windows Store versions.

  • Addressed players failing to join games with party members.

  • Addressed players failing to join full servers due to bots.

  • Addressed issue where lobby UI would show in game.

  • Fixed bug scrolling mouse when hovering over DLC in the shop.

  • Addressed soft lock occurring when opening a random loot chest.

  • Fixed bug causing loot chest to not refresh when timer runs out.

  • Fixed bug showing incorrect random loot chest colour after purchase.

  • Addressed players being able to claim loot chests twice.

  • Addressed spectating hole issue when a player disconnects.

  • Addressed scoreboard issues when a player disconnects in a custom game where a spectator is present.

  • Addressed bug playing boost sound through summary screen.

  • Addressed bug showing blocked cores in game modes outside of custom games.

  • Addressed timed mission inconsistencies.

  • Addressed issues tracking Precision achievement.

  • Fixed bug where players could unlock ranked avatars through casual.

PATCH 9 - Custom Games (v21934)

27th July 2023

After much anticipation, Custom Games have arrived!

✨HIGHLIGHTS✨

  • Custom Games are upon us! With spectator functionality!

  • New pick ups have been added: Frost Beam and Air Strike!

  • The Sleet and Shark events are here, with 32 missions over 4 parts! Featuring 2 car bodies, 2 balls and 20 other cosmetics!

  • Grapple Hook core has been added!

  • Ranked system has been changed to New Skill.

  • Random rewards have been added, to obtain past rewards.

  • Core balancing for Double Dash, Hyper Glide, Quick Flip and Trail Blazer!

  • 5 new levels, including a community designed level!

  • Various performance and optimisation improvements.

🌟NEW FEATURES🌟

  • Custom games have been added to the game mode selection screen! Play privately or publicly with 8 player lobbies. Select up to 12 levels and personalise cores, pick ups and bot difficulty!

  • Players can spectate custom games.

  • Frost Beam pick up has been added. Shoot a line of ice along the track, hindering opponents movement control!

  • Air Strike pick up has been added, an auto following aerial bomb, used to halt opponents in the area of effect!

  • Shark event has been added in two parts!

  • Sleet event has been added in two parts!

  • Grapple Hook is here, an active core that pulls your car to your ball!

  • Random reward chests have been added to the shop and mission rewards.

  • 5 new levels: Big L, Hubble Bubble, Moonraker, Outer Wrench and U Bend.

  • 7 new shop items.

  • New missions have been added for Teef and Sleet car bodies.

💫UPDATED FEATURES💫

  • Car max speed has been increased.

  • Boost acceleration has been increased.

  • Balls now roll further on all surfaces.

  • Increased the ball pull strength on the flag's beam.

  • Boost ring colliders have been improved.

  • Double Dash has increased cooldown and internal cooldown. First dash power has been reduced.

  • Quick Flip cooldown has been increased to 3 seconds.

  • Trail Blazer acceleration speed has been increased.

  • Hyper Glider speed has been increased.

  • Emojis have been reordered and replaced.

  • Updated spectators watching icon.

  • Reverted back from Rank Points to New Skill in Ranked.

  • Players are now awarded avatars when they move up a rank bracket.

  • Ranked levels increased from 3 to 5 per game.

  • Removed homing missiles from ranked.

  • Updated target crosshair for pick ups.

  • Added New Skill loss prevention for a win.

  • Updated lighting in lobby scene.

  • Updated car chassis.

  • Assembler, Rotary, Trey, Visage, Windwave and X-Tail have all had visual updates.

  • Wheel materials have been updated.

  • Updated emissive colours on shields.

  • Updated boost effect particles on some effects.

  • Updated grass effects on space levels.

  • Summary screen has been updated with new progress bars, badges and scoreboards.

  • Rank badges now show on profiles in lobby.

  • Updated bot names.

  • Finish icons have been updated.

  • Black Abyss and Blue Dot have updated icons.

  • Durable wheels emissive has been updated.

  • Garage has been updated with new icons and total items in category display.

  • Shop layout has been updated.

  • Game mode selection screen shows games played for casual games.

  • Season 2 leaderboards have been added.

  • Friend panel has been updated.

  • Friend code length has been reduced.

  • Adventure panel now prioritises incomplete adventures.

  • Adventure panel dot colour has been updated.

  • Text on currency rewards has been updated.

  • Opened chest icon has been updated.

  • Insufficient funds pop up has been updated.

  • Players can no longer trigger pick-ups or cores until they’re usable after going out of bounds or pressing the reset button.

  • Players can continue some game inputs after scoring for longer.

  • Updated mission rewards.

  • Updated Learning The Basics mission order and target amounts.

  • Updated homing missile mission amounts.

  • Mastery missions are no longer achievable in solo.

  • Reworded mission terminology.

  • Players who skip the tutorial now have Sticky and Big Ball equipped.

  • Players can now rotate camera around cars in starting car selection screen.

  • Updated star times for space levels.

  • Improved bot performance in Dust Bowl and space levels.

  • Updated Oil Jack animation.

⛳LEVEL UPDATES⛳

  • Updated out of bounds material colour in space levels.

  • Updated hole colour in space levels.

  • Updated waterfall placement in King’s March.

  • Updated obstacles in Cloud Playground, King’s March and Par 5.

  • Updated bunkers in Anointed One, Ball Falls, Cloud Playground, Elevator 7, Enter The Serpent, Jungle Run and Sun Disc Dash.

  • Updated rough in All or Wall, Corner Madness, Enter The Serpent and Uphill Battle.

  • Updated trees in A Walk In The Woods, All or Wall, Arch Parkway, Ball Falls, Bottom’s Up, City Gates, Elevator 7, Factory Showdown, Mountain Hideout, Nice Drive and Uphill Battle.

  • Updated rocks in Anointed One, Arch Parkway, Broken Pretzel, Bunker Balls, Claw Canyon, Downtown Blitz, Factory Showdown and Rainbow Race.

  • Updated boost rings in Aqueduct Attack, Ball Falls, Bottom’s Up, Bunker Balls, City Gates, Claw Canyon, Electric Avenue, Elevator 7, Endurance, Factory Showdown, Mineout, Round The Bend, Sun Disc Dash, Trees Please, Twin Kingdoms and Twisted Gardens.

  • Updated pick ups in Downtown Blitz, Elevator7, Hyper Flight Corner, Nice Drive, Precision Decisions, Rocket Ramp and Waverace.

  • Updated boost pads in All or Wall, Anointed One, Corner Madness, Endurance, Factory Showdown, Inner City Circuit, Rainbow Race, Mountain Hideout, Nice Drive, Spots and Shots and Uphill Battle.

  • Updated tunnels in Bottom’s Up, City Gates, Endurance, Factory Showdown, Hyper Flight Corner, Mineout, Mushroom City, Precision Decisions, Rocket Ramp, Satellite Sprint, Terminal 19 and Twisted Gardens.

  • Updated barriers in Eye In The Sky, Sky Bridge and Twisted Gardens.

  • Updated ramps in All or Wall, Claw Canyon, Cloud Playground, Downtown Blitz, Round The Bend and Twisted Gardens.

  • Updated drops in Elevator 7 and Rocket Ramp.

  • Reduced height variance in Round The Bend.

  • Removed spin in tunnel of Mushroom City.

  • Updated dome texture in Rocky Ring Road.

  • Updated pyramid in Sun Disc Dash.

  • Updated snake head in Enter The Serpent.

  • Updated starting ramp in Overdrive HQ.

  • Updated glass material across space levels.

🕷️BUG FIXES🕷️

  • Various performance and optimisation improvements.

  • Various decal and finish improvements.

  • Improved blurry objects on Xbox consoles.

  • Addressed bots being given times when players and bots DNF.

  • Addressed issue with Ice Lock not freezing momentum on hole.

  • Addressed issue where players are stuck on match loading screen.

  • Addressed reset issues in Dust Bowl, Factory Showdown, Mushroom City, The Snake, Twisted Gardens, Twisted Ranch and Vortex.

  • Fixed out of bounds in Rocky Ring Road, Spots and Shots, Sun Disc Dash and Twisted Gardens.

  • Addressed shadowing issues on Mineout and Twin Kingdoms.

  • Fixed collider issue in Twin Kingdoms.

  • Addressed issue with tunnel in Mushroom City.

  • Addressed issues when spectating in Kings March.

  • Addressed skip in Spots and Shots.

  • Improved screen displays for wide monitors.

  • Addressed bug showing mission UI in matches.

  • Addressed inconsistent rank badges within matches.

  • Addressed ordering issues on scoreboard.

  • Addressed issue with TechJet shield pistons.

  • Addressed issue with grass textures.

  • Addressed play online games mission issue.

  • Addressed issues with sounds when spectating.

  • Updated starting car colours to match selectable colours.

  • Addressed visual and sound effects continuing for cars after they have scored.

  • Addressed navigation issues on adventures panel.

  • Addressed issue with music volume on Xbox start up.

  • Addressed 0 Rank Points bug when playing against bots.

  • Addressed jumpiness when spectating, car movement will now appear smoother.

  • Corrected atmosphere colours on planets in space theme.

  • Addressed random core pick up sound effect bug.

  • Addressed bug completing timed missions.

  • Fixed issue showing emojis in loading screens.

  • Addressed bug claiming rewards multiple times.

  • Spectator now prioritises players over bots.

  • Addressed issue causing repeated reward claiming after a match.

PATCH 8 - Twisted Space (v18806)

17th April 2023

Calling all galactic golfers! Rev your engines and prepare for Season 3, because twisted space is here!

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Season 3: Twisted Space is upon us! Featuring new space levels, 40 season rewards, space music, a new lobby scene and gravity bending gameplay!

  • We’ve added separate casual and ranked queues to compliment our new ranked system.

  • The cores have been rebalanced and we’ve added two new ones: Trail Blazer and Off Roader!

  • Now’s your chance to set a world record, the leaderboards and ranks have been reset.

NEW FEATURES

  • 40 rewards to obtain in Season 3!

  • 10 new space levels, spotlighting twisted gravity!

  • Casual queue has been added.

  • New space lobby scene.

  • 2 new downloadable content packs, featuring 15 items!

  • Added Trail Blazer core, increasing speed on boost pads.

  • Added Off Roader core, mitigating negative terrain effects on car and ball.

  • 3 new space music tracks have been added!

  • 10 new shop items.

  • 8 new avatars will be awarded for Season 2 rating placement.

  • New missions have been added for the new cores and car bodies.

UPDATED FEATURES

  • Switched to rank points, with new ranked buckets!

  • Win counter has been updated to count ranked wins.

  • Leaderboard prerequisite has been removed.

  • Updated key art to space image.

  • Updated logo to space version.

  • Updated badge system to feature 7 badges.

  • Hyper Glider only increases speed whilst boost is not depleted.

  • Hot Head speed has increased.

  • Stomp has reduced boost duration and no longer replenishes boost.

  • Double Dash has increased dash power and reduced intermittent dash cooldown.

  • Ice Lock freezes the ball until hit, providing unlimited boost whilst the ball is frozen.

  • Spring Ball replenishes boost with every ball bounce.

  • Big Shot replenishes boost with every ball hit.

  • Sticky duration and speed boost have been decreased. Ball will now propel forward when Sticky times out.

  • Core descriptions have been updated.

  • Bots now show a time when all players finish a hole.

  • Bot difficulty has been updated, creating different bot profiles.

  • Bot cosmetic item pool has been reduced.

  • All leaderboards have been reset, including time trial, wins and ranking. Data from season 1 and 2 can be accessed via Discord!

  • Something More Advanced missions are no longer sequential.

  • Learning The Basics now includes an additional party mission.

  • Missions UI now have increased padding.

  • Updated mission notifications to prevent clipping.

  • Mission reward amounts have been updated.

  • Obtained item currency replacement amounts have been updated.

  • Item costs have been updated.

  • Top bar in the lobby has been rearranged.

  • Updated buttons across the game.

  • Updated keybinds across the game.

  • Seasons page displays amounts for currency rewards.

  • Adventures panel arrows have been updated.

  • Level name has been added to scoreboard.

  • Ball indicator arrow size has been increased.

  • Removed Sand Master and Rough Rider cores.

  • Removed Sand Master and Rough Rider missions.

  • Default steering sensitivity has been reduced.

  • Updated default settings.

  • Car selection car colours have been changed.

  • Selectable cores have changed in the Cores tutorial.

  • Tutorial scenario level images have been updated.

  • Tooltip text across scenarios has been updated.

  • Mission Success text size has been increased in tutorials.

  • Prompt icons have been improved in tutorials.

  • Screen now fades when a player cannot move in tutorials.

  • Removed game HUD when selecting cores in tutorial.

  • Default cores have been updated.

  • Added sound fx when completing a mission.

  • Added sound fx when opening an item crate.

  • Added sound fx to the random core pick-up.

  • Updated sound fx for Stomp and Big Shot.

  • Finish and decal icons have been updated.

  • Booster icons and display colours in the garage have been updated.

  • Updated icons for Cannon ball, Contrail spoiler and V16 spoiler.

  • Speed line visual effects have been updated.

  • Fan and tunnel visual effects have been updated.

  • Smoothed transitions from barriers to glass tunnels.

  • Glass material has been updated across levels.

  • Tree placement has been updated in Bull’s Eye.

  • Adjusted fans in Broken Pretzel and Spots and Shots.

  • Updated starting pad emissive colours.

  • Updated started item visuals.

BUG FIXES

  • Addressed localisation issues across missions.

  • Addressed issue toggling ball camera between levels.

  • Addressed crashes across xbox consoles.

  • Addressed bugs arising from leaving the game open for long periods of time.

  • Addressed skip in Curvy Corners.

  • Fixed issue calculating rank points.

  • Fixed bug caused by missiles in shot of the match.

  • Fixed issues where car selection sometimes wouldn’t work.

  • Addressed invisible pick-ups in City Gates and Walk In The Woods.

  • Addressed glass tunnel smoothness in Precision Decisions.

  • Addressed tunnel visual issues in City Gates, Terminal19 and Twisted Gardens.

  • Addressed resets across Atl, Dustbowl, Factory Showdown, Inner City Circuit, Rocket Ramp and Spots and Shots.

  • Addressed tunnel OOB in Terminal19 and Twisted Gardens.

  • Updated incorrect rock material on Enter The Serpent.

  • Addressed issues obtaining Activate, Just Another Day and Passing Time achievements.

  • Updated missile incoming indicator to better reflect direction.

  • Updated incorrect waterfall effects and sphere materials in Walk In The Woods.

  • Addressed issue where online personal bests were not updating on leaderboards.

  • Addressed localisation issues in French and Spanish.

  • Addressed disconnecting idle players when bots are present in games.

  • Addressed skipping tutorial flyover when restarting.

  • Addressed core effects being present in tutorials.

  • Addressed issue with ice lock and sticky effects persisting in levels.

  • Addressed incorrect unlock description for Party Up avatar.



PATCH 7 - Guardian (v17416)

15th March 2023

We’ve gone content crazy this update, there’s loads of EXCITING new things to sink your teeth into before Season 3.
Get your reading specs on, there’s a lot to take in...

 

NEW FEATURES

  • A new pick up >> Random core << is available, providing players with a single use of a random active core! 😲

  • Adventures are here, adding 120 missions for players to complete!

  • 30 Platform achievements have been added.

  • There’s a new event in town, Guardian divided into two parts, each featuring 8 missions and rewards!

  • Bots have arrived to reduce load times and improve new player experiences!

  • 3 New levels: Mineout, Velocity Valley and Waverace!

  • 6 New shop items!

  • Season 1 placement avatar rewards!

  • An exclusive discord pirate mission reward!

  • Season 3 countdown begins…

UPDATED FEATURES

  • Updated the tutorial to feature 3 new scenarios.

  • Updated the reset system to increase consistency and fairness of resets. Players will respawn at the furthest back position of the car or ball.

  • Matchmaking has been updated to use an improved statistic instead of ELO.

  • Daily missions have changed to a pool of 16 new missions.

  • Updated Shot Of The Match to reduce weight towards sticky core usage.

  • Adjusted grip settings on car wheels, which can be adjusted in the settings.

  • Increased shield duration.

  • Holding the boost button will now automatically boost when the boost gauge is refilled.

  • Core unlock requirements have been updated.

  • Simplified the obstructions in Arch Parkway, Cog Way, Electric Avenue, Eye In The Sky, Jungle Run, Ritual and Rough Hill.

  • Inconsistent boost cones have been adjusted on Anahuac, Avalanche, Bottom’s Up, Bull’s Eye, Claw Canyon, Elevator 7, Endurance, Factory Showdown, Mountain Pass, RocketRamp, Rough Hill, SkyBridge, Sun Disc Dash and Three Peaks.

  • Tunnels have been updated on Bottom’s Up and Factory Showdown.

  • End of round scoreboard has been updated to now feature player cores and badges.

  • The timed event UI has been updated to match the new Adventures panel.

  • The lobby screen mission panel has been updated to display new missions.

  • Time Trials biome selection has been visually updated.

  • Loading screen and game preview screen have been merged into one.

  • Finish visuals have been improved.

BUG FIXES

  • Addressed an issue with car shadowing when playing on lower frame rates.

  • Addressed an issue with moving logo on grass.

  • Fixed consistency of boosters progressing through three visual tiers of speed.

  • Addressed skips in Bottom’s Up, Broken Pretzel, Bull’s Eye, Claw Canyon, Curvy Corners, Dust Bowl, Factory Showdown, Jungle Run, Precision Decisions, Sun Disc Dash and Uphill Battle.

  • Fixed tunnel issue in Precision Decisions.

  • Fixed texture issue with V16 spoiler.

  • Fixed missing booster on Vulf car body.

  • Fixed T-Winner boost location.

  • Addressed jump visual effects appearing at the wrong time.

  • Adjusted boost direction in garage.

  • Addressed inconsistencies in wheel emissives.

  • Fixed issue showing multiple car bodies at once.

  • Removed O and J testing keybinds.

  • Addressed issue with tunnel lighting.

  • Addressed issues with decal scale consistency.

  • Addressed issues with finish scale consistency.

  • Fixed spectating issue on Kings March.

  • Addressed issue losing ELO when your opponent disconnects from the game.

  • Addressed invisible wings during SOTM issue.

  • Addressed issue seeing player balls on spectator after they have putted.






 

PATCH 6 - Davy Jones’s Putter (v15580)

26th January 2023

NEW FEATURES

  • 2 New timed events to run consecutively, featuring 15 missions and rewards!

  • We’ve added 2 New Levels: Precision Decisions and Mountain Pass!

  • There’s 7 new shop items!

UPDATED FEATURES

  • Default camera settings have been updated.

  • Changed the lobby scene to an Aztec aesthetic.

  • Added alternate routes to Anahuac.

  • Flying aspect of the tutorial has been changed.

  • Added a UI prompt to the car selection screen.

  • Reworked the car handbrake.

  • Camera has been improved when using handbrake and turning at high speeds.

  • Ball collisions have been improved.

  • Quests have been renamed as Missions.

  • Game icon has been updated.

  • Added an option to invert the gliding controls.

BUG FIXES

  • Addressed skips across Dust Bowl, Spots and Shots, Round the Bend and The Snake.

  • Addressed issues with tunnels in Atl.

  • Decal garage icons have been improved.

  • Fixed issue where the game was booting in the wrong language.

PATCH 5 - A Questmas event

15th December 2022

We’ve got some festive delights wrapped and ready to go in our EXCLUSIVE Questmas event 🎁

A very grumpy looking reindeer is offering limited-time rewards to those that are well behaved, play TGR and complete their quests on time.

Expect some wheely nice presents, a cracking new spoiler, decals that make you say ho, ho, holly, and so much more… If you’re thinking ‘oh deer’… Don’t worry, you can expect these too.

A QUESTMAS EVENT

On completion of the quests you will be awarded with some Questmas gifts.

There are 8 quests to complete. The quests are unlocked in the following order:

1. No quitsies!

2. Staying Green!
3. Something new?
4. Cracking reaction
5. For me?
6. Spreading Joy?
7. Show off!
8. A tasty treat!

To unlock the information and rewards you need to complete the quests. You didn’t think we’d make it that easy did you?

 

NEW FEATURES

  • 8 limited-time Questmas gifts to be unlocked.

  • 2 new Aztec levels, Anahuac and Bull’s Eye

  • The Discord community designed level, Bottom’s Up, can now be played!

  • A new active core, Sticky, has arrived, sticking the ball to the car for a short period of time!

  • The shop features 12 new items!

  • Feel the festivity in our new Christmas lobby!

  • Gliding gets faster with our new passive core, Hyper Glider!

  • Community items gain recognition with our new community icon.

UPDATED FEATURES

GENERAL

  • Time Trial locations have been locked behind a star requirement.

  • Star times for Round the Bend have been updated.

  • Regions are automatically set to the best 3 for a player to improve matchmaking.

  • Legendary items are now highlighted in the Season page.

  • Improvements have been made to the reset logic.

  • Lobby UI has been updated to show progress towards unlocking win and ranked leaderboards.

Anahuac

Bull’s Eye

GAMEPLAY

  • The Ground Stomp core now boosts players forwards after landing!

  • Changes have been made to improve the accuracy of Gravitate.

  • Using the overdrive boost pick-up whilst reversing now propels you forward.

  • When you hit out of bounds a new ripple effect appears!

  • Transitions between ball camera and car camera are now smoother.

  • Improvements have been made to the reset function.

BUG FIXES

  • Leaderboard window now scales to account for widescreen monitors.

  • Fixed server region text overlapping play button when in a party.

  • Personal best now correctly appears after shot of the match.

  • Fixed issue defaulting to ball cam after spectating.

  • Fixed issue when loading with language setting set to Arabic.

  • Fixed icon issue for steam friends.

  • Fixed inconsistent spectator sound issues.

  • Fixed brake caliper material issue.

  • Addressed decal consistency issues.

 

SEASON 2 - Aztec Run🌴

17th November 2022

 

We’ve been hard at work to bring you Season 2, and it’s finally here… It’s packed full of new content, features and the gorgeous new Aztec theme. We hope you enjoy playing it as much as we did creating it!

Take a look at the trailer to get a glimpse of what’s in store…

 

NEW FEATURES

We’ve added:

  • 10 new levels

  • Ranked and wins leaderboards

  • Turbo boost cannister (is staying🥳)

  • Interactive water gameplay features

  • 40 new rewards, including 3 car bodies and 6 balls

  • 13 unseen items added to the shop

  • New Tutorial

  • An online indicator to see who’s playing

UPDATED FEATURES

GAMEPLAY

  • New out of bounds system, with visible boundaries!

  • Time Trials star times have been adjusted

  • Barrier connections are smoother across all maps

  • Tunnel entrances are now smoother with barriers around them

  • Small ball core now requires 15 wins to unlock

  • Shock core now requires 15 stars to unlock

  • 25 stars are now required to unlock Sand Master

  • Unlocking the online lobby now requires more stars

GENERAL

  • Percentile rankings have been added to leaderboards

  • Matchmaking rules have been improved

  • Track your quests across multiple screens with increased visibility

  • New Aztec game logo and splash screen!

  • You can now see your next unlock on the reward screen

  • Shot of the match now displays the player’s power cores

  • Your personal best can be seen on online loading screens

  • Emoji selection no longer overlaps spectator buttons

  • The threshold for online inactivity has been increased

BUG FIXES

  • We've addressed issues causing Xbox One X crashes.

  • Previous patch note timings have been corrected.

  • Fans have been adjusted for better alignment.

  • Experienced players are no longer limited to larger maps.

  • Players are now kicked from the party when they quit the game.

  • Parties are not accessible to players who have not unlocked online.

 


PATCH 3 - Tricks ‘N Treats Update (v13351)

24th October 2022

 
 

HALLOWEEN EXCLUSIVE REWARDS

A chilling mist has descended on the Turbo Golf Racing courses; supernatural forces are in play and Hell has been unleashed

Celebrate the season of shivers in Turbo Golf Racing with some Halloween-themed cosmetics that will really give your competitors a scare.

During the time-limited Halloween Event you’ll be able to unlock a series of creepy cosmetics by undertaking a series of missions, an exciting new addition to Turbo Golf Racing.

Complete the missions and you’ll nab yourself the following items:

  • Haunted Pumpkin Avatar

  • Pumpkin Ball

  • Pumpkin and Bats decal set

  • Bats boost trail

  • Pumpkin boost trail

THE HORNET HAS ARRIVED

The much anticipated Discord community-designed car is here: Hornet.


If you want to take part in designing the next TGR cosmetics, join us on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/turbogr

TURBO CHARGE YOUR PLAY

We’re introducing a time-limited, turbo-charged, boost-cannister pickup.


Trust us when we say: this pickup is 🔥🔥🔥.


You can find this pickup randomly dotted around the courses. Collect them, then activate to give your car a turbo-charged boost that will send your ball flying.

However, you should be warned, as with great power comes great responsibility. The terrifying and exhilarating boost you receive may cause you to go out of bounds, lose control of your car, crash into a tree, or all of the above. Use at your own risk.

 

GENERAL UPDATES

We’ve taken this update as an opportunity to add some additional community-requested features, updated some existing ones and fixed a couple of bugs too. You’ll find the patch notes below.

New Features:

  • Added cooldown punishment for players quitting the game. The cooldown increases with further rule breaks and resets with positive behaviour.

  • A cooldown sound has been added to cores.

  • Players can now select multiple server regions.

  • Players can now play music throughout the game.

  • Patch notes can be viewed by players directly in the game.

 

Updated Features:

  • The ‘Quick Flip’ Power Core now gives players larger speed boost and better directional control.

  • Holding boost on countdown at the beginning of a race results in players receiving regular boost.

  • The initial level cutscene now pans over cars in the game.

  • End of season timer can now be seen in Season 1.

  • Driving onto bunkers is now smoother.

 

Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed a bug where players couldn’t re-bind the R, ctrl or shift keys

  • Addressed a camera shake issue that affected some players.

 

Optimisation:

  • Optimized server cost at the start and end of game which should reduce frame rate drops



PATCH 2 - Mid-season Madness (v12596)

29TH SEPTEMBER 2022

We’ve been working hard to add some exciting new features, gameplay improvements and juicy content for you to get your hands on. Check it out!

 

CROSS-PLATFORM PARTIES

  • One of the most requested community features is now in the game – Cross-platform parties!

  • You and your friends can now party-up and play together across Xbox and Steam, regardless of platform. In addition to this you can now add ‘TGR Friends’ using a friend code from any platform.

  • Players can now see other players vehicles in the lobby. Time to show off those sweet rides.

LEADERBOARDS

  • Solo mode has a new name, Time Trial!

  • We have added both singleplayer and multiplayer leaderboards that record your fastest time for each level. They can be accessed from the Time Trial tab in-game.

  • Multiplayer leaderboards show times that have been recorded in online games.

  • Single player leaderboards are recorded by players offline.

  • We’ve also added a filter option; allowing you to switch between global leaderboards and those of your friends. Lets get racing!

 

6 NEW LEVELS

We’ve added six new levels for you to explore and enjoy:

  • Endurance

  • Three Peaks

  • Rough Hill

  • Hurricane Lane

  • Par 5

  • Avalanche

POWER CORES

NEW CORE: BIG SHOT

Increase your ball hitting power and send that ball FLYING!

NEW CORE: ICE LOCK

Freeze your ball in its current position; use this to prevent your ball rolling past the hole or over the edge!

BUFFS

HOT HEAD

Hot head has had some buffing to give it that extra ‘oomphf’

QUICK FLIP

This now awards shield and boost for side flips. Side flips have now been fixed at high speeds too.

CURVE BALL

Curve can be hard enough, so we’ve reduced the strength of the spin on your ball.



COSMETICS + COMMUNITY DECALS

The community is what makes this game, and so we’re always looking to add community-created content into Turbo Golf Racing. In this update we’ve added 4 community-created decal sets as well as some additional ones from us.

COMMUNITY DECALS

  • Catfish

  • Burn

  • Impact

  • Floral

NEW DECALS

  • Diamond

  • Cross

  • Side Fade

  • Side Fade Extra

As with all existing vehicles, the Ratoon car parts can be mixed and matched with other car parts to make a truly unique combination. These new cosmetic parts are:

  • Ratoon car body

  • Glider spoiler

  • Vector wheels

  • Claws wheels

  • Shutter Club shield


GENERAL GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS


Gameplay

  • Balanced the steering curve to be more consistent with speed increases

  • Added steering sensitivity slider

  • Halved the default aim assist

  • Slightly adjusted the default camera angle

  • The ball prediction line is now off by default

  • Changed boost visuals (screen warp and boost lines. Added chromatic aberration)

  • Reduced the sensitivity of handbrake

  • Tightened the ‘dash camera’

  • Networking improvements: Improved the camera behaviour where the players simulation falls behind the server


Game loop

  • The camera will now swap to spectator camera after scoring quicker

  • There is now a minimum time before the DNF timer begins counting, based on the level’s 3 star time

  • You can now score after the timer finishes to prevent a DNF if your last touch of the ball was prior to the timer hitting zero

  • Pressing Esc in the lobby will now bring up the exit game menu

  • The game won’t wait for AFK players during the countdown

  • Various level fixes and balances

Quick Chat

The following changes have been made to the in-game quick chat system:

Added:

  • Good Luck

  • Good Game

  • Thanks

  • Well Played

  • Sorry!

Removed:

  • GG

  • GLHF

  • Party Face

Matchmaking

  • Players with less than 5 games played will have a limited map selection

  • Games with an average ELO of 1500 or more will not get given the shortest maps



PATCH 1: Cool as Ice Cream (v11229)

12TH AUGUST 2022

For the first ever TGR patch, we wanted to give you something extra cool and sweet to munch on. We have also fixed some of the teething issues that some of you have encountered during the launch week. Enjoy!

 
 

Bug Fixes:

  • [Windows Store] Fixed an issue where players would get stuck on the “Logging you in with the Xbox network...” on login screen

  • Provided a work around for players that experience “Waiting for QoS results” when searching for a match. Players who experience this should manually select their region from the settings menu.

  • Fixed an issue where the game could cut to a black screen after the match ends

  • Level Fix: Spots And Shots - the players ball could get stuck in the hole

  • We’ve fixed various level exploits that would allow skipping of levels in unintended ways (thanks to the “TGR cool stuff” discord members for helping us find them!)


New stuff:

  • Added more than 10 new cosmetic items!

  • Added a New Active Power Core: Stomp - Stomps in to the ground, sending your ball flying with great force

  • Added a new Passive Power Core: Rough Rider: Car ignores the effects of long grass

  • Added 6 new levels:

    • Rocket Ramp, The Snake, Bunker Balls, Dual Route Dash, Neon Raceway, A Walk in the Woods

  • We’ve removed the poop and yawn emoji. They have been replaced by Fire and Luck!