Hey, storm chasers! There's a garage now — buy vehicles, fit upgrades, pick your colors, and store your probes between chases. Here's what's new.
Garage & Interaction System
- Vehicle shop: browse and buy your chase vehicle
- Upgrades and color customization: make it yours
- Probe warehouse: buy and keep your instruments
- Vehicle storage: manage what you're carrying
Other Enhancements
- Emergency alerts: offline text-to-speech now reads warnings out accurately, in real time
- Map: the Early Access map is about 40% complete
- Performance: major optimizations across all areas of the game
- Fixes: plenty of them
What's Next?
A lot of work is going into backend and non-visual systems right now — rich presence and multiplayer support. The camera system is still in the works and I'll show it off once it's ready.
We're getting much closer to internal playtesting.
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Stay safe out there.