Pocket Wheels Changelog

Public Demo 1.04

15.8.2024

Added: New UI that shows collected coins, batteries, and best times.
Added: Option to manually select the controller icons.
Added: Steam Deck support.
Added: New Logo and Endscreen.
Added: Level introduction cutscene.
Improved: The color grading was drastically changed giving the game a more vibrant look.
Improved: Shadows were reworked and now look much better.
Improved: The controls are fine tuned based on player feedback.
Improved: A lot more juice was added to the animations.
Improved: Many more little tweaks for you to find!
Fixed: There were countless bugs since the last version and it would be too much to list all of them.
Removed: Native Linux support was dropped because Proton just works much better.

17.12.2022

Added: Mac and Linux builds.
Added: The camera now leans towards interactibles if in reach.
Added: The button prompts from the robot guides are not in the text itself.
Added: Speedrun Timer can now be toggled in the options.
Improved: Updated GUI font.
Improved: Nitro now slowly refills if not used.
Improved: Keyboard controls are updated and should be better now.
Improved: The shadows are overhauled and should look better while also having better performance.
Improved: The drift is a bit delayed so the boost roll shouldn’t be performed in quick turns.
Improved: The golf ball is a bit more bouncy so it shouldn’t stuck on the walls so easily.
Improved: The vehicle switcher in the garage now controls better.
Fixed: The ground is now one object and the gaps aren’t visible anymore.
Fixed: Optimized some objects that could lead to bad performance.
Fixed: The car now doesn’t slowly move while in photo mode.
Fixed: The acceleration is now the same from low to high fps.
Fixed: The collision on the door is improved.

17.06.2022

Fixed: The speedrun timer now works with longer times.
Fixed: The black screen error when you die while the race restarts now doesn’t happen anymore.
Improved: The boost value that was added to the normal acceleration now resets on respawn.

15.06.2022

Added: Speedrun timer, press F1 to show it.
Improved: Boost now also respawns when the race is restarted.
Fixed: The race could get into a black screen state, this shouldn’t happen anymore.
Fixed: Optimized collider so you can’t get under the roof in rooftop rumble.
Fixed: Enemies now keep working after restarting.
Fixed: The grappling hook on keyboard now works with left and right ctrl.
Fixed: The result screen could show 0 collectibles.
Fixed: The battery in the jar could spawn too high.
Fixed: The race timer kept showing after exiting the level.

13.06.2022