If you enjoy mechanic sims and taking your latest creation out for a drive, then you’ll be pleased to see Underground Garage gets a new car and driving overhaul with the latest update from developers BeardedBrothers.
Underground Garage has been available via Steam Early Access since November 7th, 2024. The latest update includes a complete overhaul of the driving physics ahead of races against AI opponents, but you an also test your building and tuning in time attack mode.
The update also includes a new map with expanded city areas and new locations, along with the new Yoyato Pursa Z1 car, which could possibly be inspired by the Toyota Supra built on the same platform as the BMW Z4.
Underground Garage Update Release Notes:
Technical Improvements
- World Partition System
- Migrated to “RuntimePartitionLHGrid” model
- Optimized grid visibility and size
- Enhanced destructible actor handling in grid
- Improved SentryBay environment integration
- Performance Optimization
- Enhanced garage HUB performance
- Implemented grid-based runtime optimization
- Reduced memory usage through redundant cast removal
- Decreased texture sizes for better performance
- Optimized HLOD building process with 50% error reduction
- Loading System Improvements
- Enhanced car loading systems
- Added spawn point delays for better performance
- Improved spawning procedures with randomized delays
Environment and Assets
- Asset Management
- Removed unused levels and materials
- Optimized foliage culling and WPO range
- Enhanced destructible asset handling
- Improved building data layer system
- Added new NPC hair materials and variations
- City and Building Systems
- Enhanced city batching processes
- Improved building visibility systems
- Optimized data layer loading
- Enhanced environmental actor management
Vehicle Features
- Physics Improvements
- Moved to Chaos Vehicles system
- Improved tire and rim handling
- Better car spawning management
improvements
- Enhanced engine sound mixing for V8
- Improved workbench functionality
- Better blackmarket integration
- UI/UX Improvements
- Interface Refinements
- Enhanced options widget composition
- Updated UI style system
- Better save system onboarding
- System Integration
- Enhanced autosave functionality
- Improved virtual shadow mapping
- Better UI feedback for car spawning
- Enhanced grid visibility controls
Bug Fixes
- Loading and Spawning
- Fixed spawn point collisions
- Resolved car loading issues
- Improved junkyard spawn handling
- Enhanced save verification system
- Audio and Visual
- Fixed radio muting issues
- Improved fog adjustment system
- Enhanced visual effects
- Better shadow map handling
- Gameplay Mechanics
- Improved quest loading sequence
- Enhanced car repair interactions
- Resolved blackmarket UI issues
Underground Garage is available for the PC via Steam with console versions also planned. And you can keep up with the latest Unground Garage news, updates and more, here.
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