Racing against the top times for a particularly circuit can be a great way to improve your driving, or an alternative to competing against human and AI drivers on track. And now New Star GP adds a Hot Lap game mode to let you test yourself against the best on the online leaderboards.
Time trial modes are fairly common in most racing games, and the New Star GP version works in a similar fashion. Race against a ghost car from the leaderboard and set your fastest time over one lap of any track in the game to see how you rank. And then continue optimising your driving, or take on a different challenge.
The latest update which adds the hot lap mode also fixes a number of issues, and is available for the PC now, with console versions following shortly.
New Star GP June 5th Update Release Notes:
- *ADDED HOT LAP MODE. HOT LAP is an entirely new game mode focused on setting the fastest time on one lap of any track in the game. Outpace your opponents’ ghost-cars and claim your place on the Steam leaderboards!
- *ADDED Option to switch speed readout from MPH to KPH.
- *ADDED Support for Logitech G29 steering wheels.
- *ADDED Big eye option for characters
- *IMPROVED The “Win a GP with broken components” achievements now include front and rear wings.
- *IMPROVED: Nose Cam is now rigidly fixed to the nose of the car rather than slightly independent of car direction.
- *FIXED Issues with selected character when playing CHAMPIONSHIP MODE.
- *FIXED Puddles not appearing when it rains in the Tutorial.
- *FIXED Issues with the race confirmation message in CHAMPIONSHIP MODE.
- *FIXED Game locking up going into the 2020s Cote D’Azur GP.
- *FIXED Missing pit wall news before races.
- *FIXED No background showing for start lights.
- *FIXED In the 2010s, incorrect Caspian Sea time trial track configuration was being loaded.
- *FIXED Persistent damage in CHAMPIONSHIP MODE can now be enabled and disabled properly.
- *FIXED Tyre wear no longer persists between championship rounds when damage is disabled.
- *FIXED All CREATION MODE settings now persist between launches of the game.
- *FIXED Boost power no longer varies with framerate.
- *FIXED Ultrawide support beyond 21:9
- *FIXED Better support for auto-selection of controller on launch
New Star GP is currently discounted by 40% until June 16th on Steam for the PC. It’s also available for the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S via the Microsoft Store, the PS4 and PS5 via the PlayStation Store and the Switch via the Nintendo eShop.
And check out all our New Star GP news, updates and more, here.
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