Sydney, Australia, May 20th, 2026: Get ready to trade paint, wreck friendships, and send half-cars flying across the track! A massive new content update for Wreckfest is available now, bringing new vehicles, a brand-new racing venue, expanded tuning options, gameplay improvements, and major upgrades to vehicle physics and destruction systems.
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The update introduces three new vehicles, including a ridiculous new half-car complete with a ragdoll driver, alongside two new iconic European cars, the “Stahlwagen” and the “Valken”. Players can also tear through a brand-new US-based racing venue featuring three layouts: a full tarmac racing circuit, a contact-racing sprint track, and a high-speed oval built for absolute chaos. Seven new Challenge events have also been added.
For the first time, Wreckfest now features an in-depth tuning system, allowing players to customise brakes, suspension, gearing, steering, differential settings, and more. Tuning setups can be saved into presets and loaded later, even in multiplayer lobbies.
The update also delivers major improvements to visual damage and collision physics thanks to upgrades to the simulation engine, alongside improved tyre simulation, more realistic tarmac handling, refined gameplay damage systems, and expanded scoring mechanics with new multi-tier impact ratings and spin scores.
A brand-new “Suicide Racing” game mode joins the carnage on the new oval track, while AI behaviour, online functionality, UI systems, performance optimisation, audio mixing, and stability have all received substantial improvements and refinements across the board.
Highlights of Content Update #7 include:
- New half-car with ragdoll driver
- Two additional new vehicles
- New US racing venue “More Raceway” with three layouts
- 7 new Challenge events
- First version of the new tuning system
- Major visual damage and physics upgrades
- New Suicide Racing game mode
- Expanded scoring mechanics and gameplay improvements
- AI, online, UI, rendering, and audio improvements
- Performance optimisation and stability fixes
THQ Nordic Content Creator Program
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About Wreckfest 2
Ascend to the throne of full-contact racing by breaking the rules – and everything else – on your way to victory! Developer Bugbear went all out, rebuilding its true-to-life physics simulation engine to take full advantage of modern hardware. Wreckfest 2 features even higher crash fidelity, more intricate component damage simulation and many more improvements across the board!
Get ready to witness the absolute best-in-class car destruction and truly epic moments of chaos, all with the signature vehicle handling from Wreckfest!
Features:
- Unmatched racing experience
Brace yourself for the most phenomenal full-contact racing action with no rules, just jaw dropping moments of chaos and destruction, powered by the overhauled physics engine. Race in intense head-to-head fights on courses featuring high-speed circuits, crazy courses with obstacles & jumps, intersections and oncoming traffic, or go for demolition domination in derby mode.
– More and more tracks & arenas will be added during the Early Access phase –
- Awesome & customisable cars
Forget pristine supercars: Our cars are old, dented and patched together. Each of them tells a story, and you can tell your own by customizing your ride. Over the course of early access, more and more customization options will be added to the game. They will not only unlock your creative desires, but also contain new armor and component types that support certain playstyles.
– Later during Early Access, you can also share your designs with other racers and wreckers! –
- Fully revamped game modes
Launching into early access with the base game modes of Racing, Derby and multiplayer mode. During the Early Access phase, we will add a completely revamped career mode that adapts to your individual playstyle and guides you on your journey to become a true champion! For online racers there will be new skill-based matchmaking system and server queues coming as well!
- Challenges
Another highlight during the Early Access phase will be special challenges, putting you behind the steering wheel of unconventional vehicles that were definitely never supposed to end up on a racetrack! Various bite-sized scenarios will keep you hooked as you battle for the highest scores.
- Mod Support
During the Early Access phase, mod support will be added so you can really mess with this game by installing various mods from the Steam Workshop.
About THQ Nordic
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