Two-and-a-Half New Cars Added to Wreckfest 2 in Latest Early Access Update

Wreckfest 2’s seventh update since arriving successful Steam Early Access backmost successful March 2025 is simply a important one, and adds a caller way location, large upgrades to some vehicles physics and demolition systems, a caller contention mode, and introduces an in-depth tuning system. On apical of each this, it besides adds two-and-a-half caller vehicles.

Those vehicles are known in-game arsenic the Stahlwagen (inspired by a turn-of-the-century Mercedes-Benz E-Class wagon), the Valken (inspired by the ’90s iteration of the classical Saab 900), and the ‘Half a Crusader’ (which is simply a novelty mentation of Wreckfest 2’s Chevrolet Cavalier-adjacent Crusader which has been chopped successful fractional and is dragged astir by its beforehand wheels).

The caller US-based way determination really adds 3 tracks to the game, including an oval, a accepted contention circuit, and a abbreviated sprint course. The oval sounds cleanable to effort retired the caller contention mode, the Suicide Race, wherever fractional the tract races clockwise and the different fractional races anti-clockwise. Experienced demolition gamers whitethorn retrieve an identically named mode successful the eternally underrated Test Drive: Eve of Destruction (or Driven to Destruction, arsenic it was known successful PAL territories). Here’s hoping Wreckfest 2 developer Bugbear finds a fewer much nuggets of inspiration successful that 2004 classic, which besides featured trailer races, flagpole races, and plentifulness more.

Update 7 besides introduces large improvements to ocular harm and collision physics, and adds a broad tuning strategy to Wreckfest 2 for the archetypal time, giving players the quality to set steering, suspension, brakes, gearing, differential settings, and more. These customized tuning configurations tin beryllium saved arsenic presets for speedy access, and they are afloat disposable for usage adjacent wrong multiplayer lobbies.

The afloat mentation of Wreckfest 2 volition besides beryllium coming to consoles erstwhile it graduates retired of Steam Early Access connected PC, but nary merchandise day has been confirmed astatine this stage.

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