Open Beta Status (or "When will I get to play!")

[Daffyflyer]

We know a lot of you are keen to get your hands on something playable, so here is an update on where we're at with releasing an Open Beta.

We want to get something playable out for you ASAP, and as the car designer isn't really ready for release yet and still needs a lot of polishing and tweaking this could take a while.

As such, we've decided we will go back to our original plan of releasing the engine designer first, as its very close to being complete.

Currently, we just need to finish tweaking some stats, impliment a few tutorial features, do a bit of general polishing work, and get a few licencing things sorted out and then the engine designer is ready to play.

Once all this is sorted out we will release the engine designer. Those of you who preordered through rockethub will be the first to receive it, and once everything is working well for them, we'll release it as an open beta for all to play.

Those of you who have preordered will also be able to build V8s (which should be in the beta a few weeks after we release it) whereas the open beta users will only have inline 4 engines to build.

This will be followed by a release of the car designer open beta, but this still requires quite a lot of work before it's ready to release.

Thanks for your patience as we work towards getting Automation finished!

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[Coastlein]

This and the email from earlier today has certainly made my day!

[7driv3r7]

Great news. The wait is killing me...

[Daffyflyer]

Great news. The wait is killing me...

Us too! We're more excited about releasing it than you guys (if that's possible!)

[Mistafreeze]

Waking up to that email made my day! I can't wait to get my hands on this

[Wonkyth]

Awesome news!
I'll have to get back to pimping this!

[Commanderraf]

When the beta is out I'll make all kinds of crazy engines...

... you know... to help you developers out, not because I've always wanted to build an engine from scratch...

Thanks for the good news.

[sincalp2]

OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!

I'm like a kid at the moment!

[Criff]

I can't remember the last time I was actually this excited during the release of a game. I feel like a kid again when I first discovered Street Rod then Need for Speed and then Gran Turismo!

[Daffyflyer]

Don't get TOO excited, its only the engine designer getting released soon

[Monkey_Mitchell]

I can't wait to make and break some engines

[machalel]

*head explodes*

hmmm... Sorry boss, I seem to have come down with a terrible case of Automation Disease!

[Punkal]

Thank you so much... I was so excited when I got the email and link to the game keys then I realised we still had to wait. The engine designer is a major component of the game and having a play around with it before everything else is released will help us create better cars in the future so ill try and paint it with a positive brush...

Thanks again guys..

[BiotecVirus]

Great stuff guys, I cant wait to get making some engines

*head explodes*

hmmm... Sorry boss, I seem to have come down with a terrible case of Automation Disease!

That is quite common Disease around this forum, its caused by exposure to great and very exciteing news from the world of automation lol.

[Orbitstrider]

I NEED TO PREORDER SO I CAN PLAY! AHHH RELEASE ROCKETHUB AGAIN! please?