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Halloween pumpkin screenshot contestOct 30, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHappy Halloween to all racers! To celebrate, we've got pumpkin helmets for you! So select your best livery and post a screenshot to the community hub! Plus for those who are still on the fence, we've got a 20% discount until the end of the weekend :-) The VertexBreakers Team {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32409831/b76f5941f2e2a59f2bfbaff4ad5d4fe27845f922.jpgMEGA UPDATE RELEASEDOct 14, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello racers, The wait is over. The MEGA UPDATE is here!!! And it features everything we've mentioned in previous posts: - complete rework on the menu system to make it full 3D with finger touch {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32409831/cf08f064c27e58222a7fbba5cac02c815f412d31.jpg - a career mode with championships, progression, achievements and unlockables {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32409831/f0e50ff88d990881e304fba98f3a53ea8f5d49c7.jpg - new bikes, new suits, new helmets, that you can skin in the livery editor {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32409831/1d43d8d1b8a33fa84dcc684279fc12296541a6c7.jpg - new SURVIVOR and NEON RUNNER game modes {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32409831/06e6d0b7e3529c93a009a91aeeedd35665037ce2.jpg - and a gazillion small improvements that bring the game to the level we envisioned when we started Thank you all for supporting the game since its release in early access! With this update, you will most likely not recognize the game ;-) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32409831/5df2c6a85c98352662394e1289f2a81e87ad4a2e.jpg With this update, we have reset the leaderboards and XP so that you can experience the game and its progression as it is intended. Why do we call this a mega update and not a final release? Well, because we still plan to add significant features to further improve replayability, so stay tuned! (you'll find out what we mean by that in the game itself, on the main menu ;-) Anyway, time for us to grab a beer and celebrate! Enjoy the game and let us know what you think! The VertexBreakers Team Sneak peak at the new menu systemSep 17, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello racers, As the mega update is approaching, here is a sneak peak at the new menu system we added to the game. We basically removed all the interface that you see in the current public version and reworked it from the ground up, with several objectives. - make it look better and more polished - make it more immersive and natural (now it's all 3D, and you control it with your fingers) - give you more information and context about what you are doing {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32409831/71a0785576175acc308967131adb10db5125ecd7.jpg Check it out in this preview video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhOx7-yOjAI Tell us what you think in the comments :-) The VertexBreakers team Save the date!Sep 14, 2021 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32409831/8cf6727babce2c41abdcc43f904f04cab554f224.jpgMega update - Help us localize it!Jun 18, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsWe're getting closer to unveiling the mega update we've been working on for soooo long. The plan is to release it after the summer. If you want to help to translate it to your language, join us on the game's discord channel. We will give you early access to the update so you can try out all the new features, and a link to a google document containing all the game's texts in english, with a column for the translation in your language. German, italian, chinese, spanish, even if you speak martian, we need you! :-) Click here to go to discord The VertexBreakers TeamLEADERBOARD RESETAug 13, 2020 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32409831/d47787e981008383efbed8a8f0debf7c820170b2.pngHello racers, We have recently made some subtle adjustments to the bike engine, and we fixed a bug that caused the engines to become slightly faster as you restarted races. To keep things fair, we are resetting all the leaderboards, so that everyone is on the same page and rides with the same bike engines. It's your chance to get in the top ten, before it gets crowded :-) Have fun racing! The Vertex Breakers TeamMEGA-UPDATE COMING THIS FALLJun 24, 2020 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32409831/18cd31949a6074667224be8902fee4dc34f50216.jpg Hello racers, We just started alpha testing for a mega-update that will drop this fall. After adding all those race tracks, we decided to focus on making the whole game more consistent and challenging to play. The update encompasses a lot of areas, but here are a few of the things it will include: - a completely redesigned menu system with virtual hands and finger touch - a livery editor that now lets you customize not only your bike, but also your suit and helmet - a career mode with increasing difficulty across several championships - all tracks reskinned in "Neon style", available in two new game modes - improved multiplayer with a spectator mode suited for livecasting and e-sports events - progression system with unlockables (including bike models, suits, helmets, liveries and more) We'll give you more details as we get closer to release. In the mean time, have fun racing! The VertexBreakers teamTelemetry support - Weekly challenge leaderboards on discordJun 14, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsHello racers! Some of you have been asking, so here is telemetry support in V-Racer Hoverbike! To activate it, all you need is a 'telemetry.json' file in the game's installation folder, or in the game's persistant data folder (usually found here: C:/users/username/AppData/LocalLow/VertexBreakers/vracer_hoverbike). the content of this file should be a JSON document as follows: { "ip":"127.0.0.1", "port": 8051, "refreshRate":20 } This defines the IP address and port where the data will be sent to, with a refresh rate (20 times per second in the above example). Once you have set this up, you can read the data from a plugin to drive your motion device. The data is also formatted in JSON. Here is an example of the data you can read: { "speed": 350, "accelerationX": 3, "accelerationY": 1, "accelerationZ": 10, "angularSpeedX": 3, "angularSpeedY": 1, "angularSpeedZ": 10, "rotationX": 2, "rotationY": 5, "rotationZ": 0, "paused": false, "onTrack": true, "gear": 5, "rpm": 10000, "collectPickup": false, "turbo": true, "startEngine": false, "stopEngine": false, "collision": true, "collisionAngle": 30 } As a reference, here is the C# class we use to send that data, with comments explaining each field: TelemetryData.cs Feel free to reach out to us on Discord if you want to discuss telemetry and ask questions. And by the way, for those participating in the weekly challenge, you can now access the leaderboard directly on your phone in our discord channel by typing !leaderboard. Have fun racing! The VertexBreakers team New update available: 30 RACES MILESTONE!Feb 20, 2020 - Community Announcements30 RACES MILESTONE! Hello racers! We've been quiet for a while, but we are happy to announce that we just pushed an update that contains 7 new races, bringing the total to 30! Along with the new Zakhar Frontier track, we've taken the time to make reverse versions of all the HGP tracks. We only had 4 races when we first launched in early access. We'd like to thank you all for your great support! Now that we have all those races, we can focus on what's coming next. We've teased the Neon tracks a while back, rest assured they are coming: you will get all 30 races in a new game mode with those neon style visuals. We're also looking at the career mode, and a few other surprises for the future. In the mean time, have fun racing, and thanks again for supporting us! The VertexBreakers TeamBack to school...Aug 23, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHello racers, We just wanted to give you a little update on what we've been up to during the summer. After releasing the game on Oculus Home for our friends with Rift/Rift S headsets, we took a little time off to recharge, and then we focused on the following things: Neon Tracks We're reskinning all existing tracks in neon style, for a new game mode that will let you race through gates, and shoot drones that try to slow you down with mines. Here's a couple of in-progress screenshots: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/57d57abd85a94a4eb03b03e13de53d86809c2840.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/857f1c34e47ff3cb74679c9ad6d3848a7e11ad6b.jpg Here's an early test video we did in spring, if you haven't seen it yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnW-wKtiVMI Telemetry We've partnered with a couple of hardware vendors to explore how we could hook up the game with motorbikes for arcades. We'll tell you a bit more about that in september. The goal for us is to provide an API for anyone in the DIY scene who wants to read telemetry data from the game to drive external devices, like a fan, a buttkicker or even a bike on hydraulic cylinders. New Zakhar track We have a new Zakhar track currently in internal test. We expect to release it in september to keep you busy. Here's a couple of screenshots... https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/ce75b7c48b1426885967649be31d251e40200212.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/40ea79ebc608a04ee3c645351cb1f2f1f5fbc1b2.jpg Career mode and bike customization We've laid the fundation for the career mode. We feel that the game currently lacks a sense of purpose, so we want to provide you with a progression system where you participate in championships to unlock bike parts and improve your vehicle's racing capabilities. Still a bit early to show you how that looks, but we felt we should tell you it's coming. V-Racer Hoverbike on mobile VR? With all the hype around Oculus Quest, we've had a lot of you asking if V-Racer would ever make it to a stand-alone VR headset. It's not a easy feat to port the game as it is to lower spec hardware but we always like to push limits, so we figured we'd spend some time to see if we could even get it to run at all on Quest. We still haven't decided whether we'd fully go down that path, but we did create a prototype that got us excited. We had to remove all the post process fx, and cut down the textures and geometry quite a bit, so it obviously doesn't look as good as on PCVR, but we're excited to see that we can keep the core gameplay and provide a cool experience on Quest, with potential for cross play with PCVR racers. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/0713eae00b615995b7b185726993aa5332527de6.jpg Before we move on with this idea, we want to take time to test it internally with a few pla...MULTIPLAYER AVAILABLE 24/7 STARTING JUNE 15thJun 7, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHello racers, After several months of testing, we're happy to release multiplayer 24/7 on June 15th :-) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/1cddb10f778d40c3b6c495995073b02a9c2f2e8f.png Multiplayer offers a time trial and combat mode, with voice over support so you can flame each other while speeding on the track. We've had quite a few laughs playing it with those of you who helped testing, and we hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do. As always, Discord is where it's at if you want ot connect with other players and set up multiplayer meetings (click the link inside the game to launch it on your web browser). So practice your skills and join us for a few laps on the 15th! The Vertex Breakers team.NEW TRACK - KOVAS FUSIONApr 19, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsKOVAS FUSION Ok racers, we've got a new track for you! Today we're releasing the second Kovas track, which brings more jumps and bends to V-Racer. Here's what it looks like: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/edf2b4fdcfed613b483e5f15b6894d74be49bbee.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/a1952b2bbf65cfed21b7a5da9e76b01066853261.jpg To give you a clearer idea of where we are going with this: for each environment, we plan to have three tracks. The first is rather flat, and targetted at new racers. The second brings more challenge and sensation, with loops and jumps. We've already released Vigo Reactor showing a bit of what to expect, and today we give you Kovas Fusion. We plan to have a second Zakhar track real soon as well. Once we're done with that, we'll go crazy with Vigo Madness :-) V-Racer Hoverbike on NODE STUDIO's YouTube channel Also, this week, the good folks at NODE STUDIOS had a blast in multiplayer V-Racer. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFN1frCnBxw LIVERY EDITOR For those who haven't found it already, the livery editor is now accessible in the garage, so you can make your bike shine. We'll tell you more about that in another post, but if you're into painting in VR, make sure to check it out. And remember, every week-end, you can enjoy multiplayer. Our discord channel is here to help you meet with other players and schedule races. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/13073368da5ce8b6033e4d31b59037ed5b7641f8.png https://discord.gg/JbN39jT Have fun! The VertexBreakers TeamSWITCHING TO NEW BACKEND SERVERApr 8, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHello racers, We have just switched to a new backend server that enables us to support cross store leaderboards and multiplayer. This was necessary to ensure that Steam and Oculus home players can play together when we release the game on Oculus Home. In the process we had to reset the leaderboards. With the new backend, you will also be able to see opponent ghosts with their custom liveries. The VertexBreakers TeamLOOPS! LOOPS! LOOPS!Mar 15, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsYou requested it, we listened. Today we are excited to release VIGO REACTOR, the first track with loops!! :-) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/1dbdd8260f352c7d61f09ecb652bec2df1430833.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/2476e29b44abe4d30ce6802e40204ff62007eb93.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/d1d4cc6f4e691664386f6430920feb88cb11c60f.jpg Get ready for some serious sensations! This is the first of a series of tracks that intend to push the envelope on the experience. Let us know what you think on discord or in the community hub. Next we plan to add some jumps here and there... Enjoy And don't forget multiplayer is open again this week-end. Join us on discord to set up a time to play! The VertexBreakers Team MULTIPLAYER TEST #3 - GARAGE - NEW TRACKMar 1, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHello racers, we’re starting another multiplayer test weekend! Starting right about now and until Monday afternoon european time. MULTIPLAYER You will see in the game a link to the discord channel, as well as a link to an online calendar you can use to set up meetings for multiplayer sessions. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/13073368da5ce8b6033e4d31b59037ed5b7641f8.png https://discord.gg/JbN39jT We’ve worked on the room interface to provide more info when you prepare a race, and we’ve fixed a few issues we had last weekend. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/7e61059e3086729c863e21f069e3212d01ba8a2a.jpg GARAGE We’re also opening the garage, where you can see your bike, rotate it with the controller grips, and change your livery. The livery editor is coming soonish… https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/4d535435265955ca2b3ebe54a7c6815500e0ba82.jpg NEW TRACK – REAH REVERSE We’ve also released a new track, Reah Reverse. Ready to spend more time in space ? Enjoy ! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/f3ae860856d3c78935b6e6bb4b713ec51f80378f.jpg The Vertex Breakers Team MULTIPLAYER TEST WEEKEND #2Feb 22, 2019 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/bb4126ca646c695b54367de474e402875d1dc9b8.png Hello racers, starting friday 22nd, 5pm UTC, we'll be testing multiplayer for the whole weekend! Join us on the discord chanel to set up play time with other testers. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/13073368da5ce8b6033e4d31b59037ed5b7641f8.png https://discord.gg/JbN39jT We've added bots, enabled the eye gun as well as the killer drone, and you can play on all available tracks. Enjoy, and please provide feedback on the community hub! The Vertex Breakers team. LIVERIES – REAH – PHOTO MODE – MULTIPLAYER TESTFeb 10, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHello racers, here is another update to the game! LIVERIES We've updated the liveries for all bikes. They were created with the livery editor that we are still testing and plan to integrate in the game so you can go wild and customize your bike to your own tastes, choosing colors, decals and logos that you like. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/61bf1e8bf653eac33950ebc90829c68bd52fbefc.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/8a3b09be77a7e447f7602d1470185747ef70b71a.jpg NEW TRACK - REAH Reah is the first of a series of space tracks designed to provide more extreme sensations. We started with an "easy" one, with bends and slopes. the next one will be in the same environment but feature loops and jumps. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/84319d9de298a1572bba21e272cb22201d2f7473.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/f3ae860856d3c78935b6e6bb4b713ec51f80378f.jpg PHOTO MODE UPDATES We added the ability to tweak exposure and depth of field after taking a screenshot in the photo mode. Once you have captured your shot, you can now adjust exposure, focal distance, focal length and aperture using the thumbsticks. You can also point at a part of the image and press the trigger to set the focus. We also added more image fx to make your shots shine, including vignetting, chromatic aberration and grain. These effects are also present in the replays of your race. Check out this little video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u7xBiap0Cg VISUAL QUALITY TWEAKS We revisited the tracks to add detail textures, improving the overall visual quality of the tracks. These details also help conveying the sensation of speed while racing. We tweaked the shaders on the bikes and the drivers to make them a bit sharper and shinier. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/1638d07fbebf4e7b2dfaeac6000d7ff5d8076a5a.jpg MULTIPLAYER - SAVE THE DATE: Feb 23rd You will see in the menus that we are planning a second test week-end for the multiplayer testing on feb 23rd. We've been holding multiplayer back for a while, because we were worried that the experience would be deceptive since the user base is still small. But some of you convinced us that we should just let go and release it, and we listened to them. If you are into multiplayer, please join the discord channel so you can meet up with other players and synchronize to get online at the same time in your time zone and play. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/13073368da5ce8b6033e4d31b59037ed5b7641f8.png https://discord.gg/JbN39jT Enjoy The Vertex Breakers Team Working on hoverbike liveriesFeb 6, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHere is a glimpse of how the hoverbikes will look like with liveries. We made these with the livery editor that we plan to add to the game. By the way, these screenshots are made with the game's photo mode tool :-) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/fcf1faa3e40cc22a19cc4c5676b3d5464fc5fe07.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/e00edc6179e9c3e2212a7ea78e68202308dedcf3.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/8362f0982bc86569b81511bb64c84cece6343bfc.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/253b24f28759188cfe341fce939f34953c602b10.jpg Enjoy! The VertexBreakers Team NEW TRACK RELEASED: HGP AMERICAJan 29, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsOk, this is probably the most challenging GP track in V-Racer Hoverbike yet! Here are some screenshots created with the game's photo mode. We hope our simracer players enjoy it :-) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/b099416316af58dcf29793e2fb48597d8b09de0b.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/b3582647d1d1bf082ee0a16459d738ba248e83f5.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/fef0d4f36d3393acb9f6aa150179a648fb7b7ba7.jpg . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/117ccf5bdf852042e18b73941ffed1ce31530a0c.jpg . Coming next, we'll take you to the stars... :-) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32409831/08636628126b588fd0a031dc489f0350512649e2.jpg Have fun! The VertexBreakers team MULTIPLAYER TEST IS ON !!Oct 6, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHello racers, We've just enabled the multiplayer feature on the main build for the weekend :-) Relaunch Steam to force the game to update and you're good to go! We've opened only one server for this weekend, on the US east coast. Everyone around the world will connect to that server. It makes it easier to find other players when you connect, and it also helps us test the viability of playing across the ocean. We've tried it already and we feel confident but only real world testing can confirm it. Beyond this week-end, we plan to enable regional servers to improve ping and response time. So, what we're testing this weekend is: - can you connect? - can you create or join a room? - does voice support work properly? - is the game playable in time trial and combat mode? - are you having fun? ;-) The best channel to connect with players, organize and give us feedback is discord: https://discord.gg/JbN39jT We feel multiplayer really makes the game a lot more fun! Thanks for helping us make this happen! Have a great weekend The VertexBreakers Team

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