- Update notes for September 1st - 1 September 2026
Drone Survey Added 2 new mark types Allow changing of line colours Save & auto-load survey marks per stage Added a display rover footprint you can toggle on/off Dailies Daily Sprint A now consistently uses the EXO6. Daily Sprint B now consistently uses the EXO4. Added Daily Sprint C, alternating daily between the UTV and Mining classes. Reduced the frequency of the Moon and Tensei in daily rotations. Paddle Tire changes Paddle power now responds more accurately to tyre load and wheelspin. Automatic gears now adapt to Paddle-equipped driven wheels, helping prevent high wheelspin from holding the rover in the wrong gear. Paddles lacked any kind of additional braking power, fixed. Less forwards grip and more lateral should result in a tire slower than slicks on rock now Driving and Audio Reverse can no longer be selected while travelling faster than 50 km/h. Added gearbox crunch audio when…
- Update notes for July 17th - 17 July 2026
Exo Rally Patch 1.0.13 EventsThe OTS Lunar event is now worth 3 championship points to better reflect its length. Tensei Daily Events select the Peak Climb less frequently and now choose from all stages used throughout the series. Controls & InterfaceThe Controls screen can now be fully navigated using a controller. The Controls screen now displays two keyboard binding rows for actions with multiple default bindings. Fixed the Back action being unavailable for rebinding. Made it clearer that the upscaler dropdown can be scrolled. Fixes & ImprovementsThe Repair Drone now collects a spare before setting off, preventing its cockpit and roof camera from being momentarily obstructed when replacing a wheel. Fixed performance issues related to vehicle light flares. Added FSR 4.
- Update Notes for July 7th - 10 July 2026
Exo Rally Patch 1.0.11 Events & Difficulty Greatly reduced the difficulty and length of the OTS (EXO4) Lunar Rally, with shorter and more beginner-friendly stage designs. The original event, “Lunar Rally 2104”, remains available in Events. The updated version has been added as “Lunar Rally 2105”. Shortened and corrected the length of the EXO6 licence test on Dhool. Features & Improvements Updated DLSS, XeSS and FSR support, and improved upscaler menu handling. Added a button to launch previous Daily Race results as Time Trials. Repairs now clear dust contamination from repaired parts. Increased the distance from which rover audio can be heard in replays. Improved Tensei’s high-altitude sky, fog and ambient lighting. Added the Stage Editor Test action to the bindable controls menu. Fixes Fixed locked Daily Race cards displaying the wrong vehicle-class requirement. Fixed single events inc…
- Update Notes for June 25th - 25 June 2026
Online Rally Added an online rally browser with Popular, New, and Friends filters. Added Public/Private visibility when creating online rallies. Custom, player-made stages can now be added to online rallies. Graphics, Input & Controls Added XeSS upscaling support. Fixed FSR3/upscaler selection issues. Added experimental H-pattern shifter support, with direct bindings for gears. Added per-vehicle wheel force feedback intensity overrides for UTV, EXO4, EXO6, and Miner. Changed Lunar shadows to a softer setup to reduce flickering and jagged shadow artifacts. Audio & Vehicles Remixed vehicle audio and added new UTV engine sounds. Restored Dhool ambience. Slightly improved vehicle engine audio falloff distance. Reduced the volume difference between first-person and third-person vehicle audio. Burst wheels on gravel now sound better and less repetitive. Tuned the New Earth UTV setup to reduce…
- Update Notes for June 15th - 15 June 2026
Turned on grass on New Earth Added bindable mouse controls to the controls ui (can now invert the mouse) Service actions (Apply repairs, drop rover, etc) are now rebindable Increased Tensei daily sprint stage length/checkpoint ranges to avoid very short daily stages. Improved readability of left/right stick press controller glyphs. Added runtime quality scaling grass/detail, tree, and prefab draw distances, density, culling, and shadows. Minor change to UTV engine sound so it whines less at high speeds. Tuned vegetation draw distances for better performance. Restored small grasses and bushes after the vegetation distance changes. Adjusted Arc New Earth Stage 2 end gates so they sit farther from a nearby boulder. Bug fixes Fixed knockable trees losing proper lighting/shadows after being hit. Fix Donuts visually resetting if you drive too far away from them Fix RCS thrusters not turning o…
- Surprise - Exo Rally Championship is OUT NOW! - 7 June 2026
Hi folks,Well, somehow more than four years of development has passed, and Exo Rally Championship is out now! I started the game back in early 2022, not long after Exo One. I still wanted to keep exploring alien planets, movement, momentum, physics and traversal, but from a totally different angle. In Exo One you were mostly gliding and rolling over these worlds. With Exo Rally, I wanted to know what those alien surfaces would actually feel like if you had tires digging into them, suspension bottoming out, rocks trying to tear the rover apart, strange weather rolling in, and the planet itself generally doing its best to kill you.So the idea became: take proper, brutal off-road rally - Dakar, Baja, old dangerous motorsport, all that stuff - and throw it onto procedurally generated alien planets.No roads. No hand-authored racing line. No two stages quite the same. Just you, a stupidly pow…
- Release Nears: Demo Closing + New Playtest Rounds - 26 February 2026
Hi all, We’re going to disable the current Exo Rally Championship demo on Steam in the next 24 to 48 hours. The honest reason: the demo is getting old and it doesn’t ease players in as well as it should. Even with the tutorial, it still drops you straight into the fastest rover, and we’re seeing that leads to avoidable frustration and early quits. That’s not a great first impression, and it’s not representative of where the game (or onboarding) is at now. What we’re doing instead We’re close to release, so we want as many people as possible on the Steam Playtest. Over the next few weeks we’ll be inviting larger rounds of new testers to get fresh eyes on everything, and we’ll be pushing builds more frequently to get clearer feedback and better bug reports. Want to keep playing? - Request access to the Playtest on the Exo Rally Championship Steam page - Join the Discord (best place for te…
- Exo Rally, State of the Game, January 2026 - 31 January 2026
Welcome to the January 2026 Exo Rally update!Happy New Year! Aside from a nice break during the holidays, we’ve spent the last few months with our heads under the hood, upgrading the game engine to Unity 6, reworking the training flow, and implementing some fundamental changes to how races start and how rovers handle as we push towards release.Here are the highlights of what we've been up to since the Fusang reveal.The "Roll-Up" Start LineWe’ve upgraded the stage entry experience. Instead of simply spawning at the start line ready to go, players will now drive to the start line themselves during the intro sequence.This isn't just for immersion, it gives you strategic freedom. The start gates have been widened, allowing you to angle your rover to navigate the first checkpoint or terrain exactly how you want. You will have total control over your approach and positioning before the countd…
- Play the demo this Next Fest! - 13 October 2025
Here’s what we’ve included! Dhool: a dusty, meteor-wracked moon orbiting a gas giantA 6WD Racing Rover with RCS thrusters for air controlRealistic physics and damage simulationFull 10 Stage Rally. Locked stages for demo, random in full game3 ever-changing Daily Stages with online Steam leaderboardsIn-depth rover tuning, servicing/repairsIn the full game you can look forward to:Climbing the ranks in career mode to win the ultimate off-road eventExplore Diverse Planets, from moons to volcanic worlds to dark frozen roguesMultiple rover classes, advanced tuning options, specialized tires and RCS fuel typesCompete in daily and multi-stage rallies on global leaderboards.Enhanced Physics, Realism and Soft-Surface Tire Models. We’ve loved crafting this game over the last 2 years and are really looking forward to your feedback on our Discord or the Steam Discussion Boards!Hope to see you on the…
- Exo Rally, State of the Game, September 2025 - 20 September 2025
Welcome to the September Exo Rally update!We've been hard at work finishing one of the last (?) planets, Fusang, a volcano world. The current planet list now includes:- Dhool (meteor desert world)- Lunar (Earth's moon)- Tensei (strip mined, earth quake riddled planet)- New Earth (terraformed forest planet)- Fusang (volcano world) Hopefully we will still have time to add one last planet, but 5 is a decent start point at least for release.Fusang - Volcano WorldFusang is a tidally locked planet close to a binary star system, which causes a large heat gradient from the hot to the cold side, as well as extreme volcanism. It is on the more difficult end of the spectrum in Exo Rally, and features a much bumpier surface, lava river canyons, unexpected drop offs and an array of hazards. Careful speed management is more important here than anywhere else on the rally circuit.Lava BombsMost of the…
- Exo Rally, State of the Game, June 2025 - 6 June 2025
Welcome to the June Exo Rally update!Since it's been a little while, it's a big one! The current planet list now includes:- Dhool (meteor desert world)- Lunar (Earth's moon)- Tensei (strip mined, earth quake riddled planet)- New Earth (terraformed forest planet)...and we've recently begun work on a deadly volcanic world, "Fusang". Here's a look at both:New EarthNew Earth was seeded with trees and grasses from earth over the course of 100's of years, creating a green, earth-like forest-world.This planet is somewhat easy to drive with plains and rolling hills, but of course with densely wooded areas, destruction is always close at hand! Terraforming structures still dot the landscape, emitting gas that is still helping to fine tune the atmosphere - it creates dense blankets of cloud that completely block visibility. If in doubt, flat out?FusangFusang, a tidally locked planet in a system o…
- Exo Rally, 2nd Playtest Underway - 31 March 2025
Happy to announce development is proceeding well and we’re targeting mid this year for full release. If you’re a playtester, we have a new build now live for you to try! We're not yet decided on whether we will be adding more testers at this point. This is a fairly unstable, early stage, unbalanced build so please don't have super high expectations. There's a bunch of unfinished stuff in here! Would love your feedback on what is working, though! PLANETS Lunar This is a very, very low gravity body so traction is almost non-existent. It's a completely different driving feel, and requires copious RCS usage to stay grounded/upright. Tensei A 0.8x earth-gravity world, once a mining planet, now abandoned and eroding away over time. Extensive over-mining has caused constant planet-wide earthquakes, and these will cause traction challenges while racing. Due to the low temperatures, some ice lak…
- Exo Rally, State of the Game - Feb 2025 - 24 February 2025
Welcome to the first update of the year for 2025! Here's what we've been working on since the demo released at the end of last year (plus some other stuff given the demo update was a bit short!): Multi-Planet Series You'll be able to run a multi-planet series (Rally class only), individual rally events using one of 4 classes, daily online leaderboards using all classes, training and free-roam. All coming for Exo Rally Early Access. We're now racing on The Moon and Tensei These two planets are now fully playable within individual events and the series, with any of the below classes and have setups to cater for the different gravity levels and atmospheres. Rover Classes Early access will feature 4 classes. Here's some thumbnails for now, and we'll share full 3d renders and descriptions in the next update: Rally Class (the existing demo vehicle): the most powerful 6-wheel drive, a custom d…
- Exo Rally Championship DEMO is Out Now! - 27 November 2024
Here’s what we’ve included! Dhool: a dusty, meteor-wracked moon orbiting a gas giant A 6WD Racing Rover with RCS thrusters for air control Realistic physics and damage simulation Full 10 Stage Rally. Locked stages for demo, random in full game 3 ever-changing Daily Stages with online Steam leaderboards In-depth rover tuning, servicing/repairs In the full game you can look forward to: Climbing the ranks in career mode to win the ultimate off-road event Explore Diverse Planets, from moons to volcanic worlds to dark frozen rogues Multiple rover classes, advanced tuning options, specialized tires and RCS fuel types Compete in daily and multi-stage rallies on global leaderboards. Enhanced Physics, Realism and Soft-Surface Tire Models. We’ve loved crafting this game over the last 2 years and are really looking forward to your feedback on our Discord or the Steam Discussion Boards! Hope to see…
- Exo Rally Championship - 1st Play-Test Underway - 23 August 2024
Welcome to the First Exo Rally Playtest! We're excited to welcome the first 1,000 playtesters. We'd love to hear your thoughts, so please share your feedback and join our community on Discord here: https://discord.gg/AMaMCdMb2E If you're still not part of playtesting, you can apply on the main store page. What's Included: 1 Rover + 1 Planet only Planet Dhool, a desert world wracked with meteors and fine dust A 6WD 2000HP, RCS thruster-powered racing rover (likely one of, if not the fastest class in the game) Play a full 10 stage Rally or... A variety of Daily Stages and challenges + online leaderboards Learn how to play with a wide array of tutorials Exo Rally is designed for controllers, but we’ve added basic support for wheels and force feedback. If you try your wheel setup, let us know how it went! Your feedback is crucial in helping us refine the game, hope you'll come join the Disc…
- Exo Rally, State of the Game - July 2024 - 4 July 2024
Welcome to the July 2024 Exo Rally update! As we close in on the demo release, we've now opened up play testing on Steam, so go here and request access. We hope to open up access to a few hundred new people in the coming weeks! Industrial Planet WIP I've returned to this planet again this month and started adding dust drifts that form dunes and build up against structures. Also added scattered debris/concrete chunks for more interest/obstacles while racing. This planet is a research base constructed around monoliths that were originally found on the surface. An accident resulted in an explosion that scattered the power plants radioactive core across the map. Drivers will need to avoid prolonged close range exposure to the core and scattered radioactive debris. Still quite WIP: Earth's Moon WIP We quite like the idea of having one or two planets from our solar system, and Earth's moon is…
- Exo Rally, State of the Game - May 2024 - 14 May 2024
Welcome to the May 2024 Exo Rally update, here's what's been happening! Demo Incoming Super excited to share we will be releasing a demo soon! Exact date is still TBD, but it'll feature the start of the ‘story campaign' on Dhool (the meteor/dust world). You’ll be able to drive one rover class on one planet, and you’ll be able to race in daily stages and rallies and compete via online leaderboards. The dailies will be generated every day, so you'll have new stages to race and compete on for a long time to come! Dust/element accumulation work nearly finished Depending on Dhool's weather, this invasive nano scale dust will either clear off (rain) or build up (dust storm) and effect almost every system on your rover The main challenge with dust is accounting for degraded steering speed, RCS thruster strength and brake strength. This makes it much harder to react to sudden threats. Frequent…
- Exo Rally, State of the Game - March 2024 - 5 March 2024
First Exo Rally update for 2024, here it is! New Planet, “Tensei” Tensei (named “Start Planet” internally!) is essentially complete. It features mostly flat plains and rolling hills, nothing too harsh that you can smack into (just some fluffy ‘feather trees’), and both low gravity ~7m/s2 vs Earth’s 9.81 m/s2 and higher atmospheric drag (amplifies the low G feel) which generally means softer landings and lower speeds. Tensei is a salt rich environment, and drivers will want to try and steer clear of the sparkling copper-green salt fields and low hanging brine mist, else you’ll be spending a lot of time in service areas removing extreme salt build-up that can rapidly cause rust and damage half way through a rally. The idea for now is you’ll start your career on this planet (your team is kinda budget locked here), hoping for an invite into the wider Exo Rally Championship. So you’ll be abl…
- Exo Rally, State of the Game - Dec 2023 - 7 December 2023
We’ve got another Exo Rally update for you! Let’s get into it. Additional Game Modes Exo Rally Championship has procedurally generated stages - which make drone surveys and reactionary driving very important skills - but sometimes you want to compete against other players on the same stage. We’ve added some (in-world) sponsored events where players can compete for the fastest times: Daily Sprint Stage - for those looking for a fast race (estimated 1 - 2 minute stage) Daily Endurance Stage - try and keep it together over a guaranteed long stage for the fastest time (estimated 8 - 12 minute stage) Daily Ironman Stage - players only get a single chance at this stage, so make sure to use all 3 minutes of survey drone time to plan your route! A full rally event forces players to approach it differently to a single stage. The key is balancing your tires and rover’s damage over 7 stages. To th…
- Exo Rally, State of the Game - Nov 2023 - 3 November 2023
Welcome to the November Exo Rally Championship update! This month we’ve been working on a new planet and a more feature rich, more punishing damage system. There’s lots more damage types, like bent RCS thrusters/locked or destroyed brakes/snapped off suspension arms (you're really in trouble...) and even destroying your exterior camera link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LnyfGx1YNF4 Industrial Planet While the majority of planets in Exo Rally will likely be natural, uninhabited worlds, the handful of monoliths scattered on Dhool made us feel that there was some serious fun to be had riding man-made walls and structures. Given how much verticality there is on this planet, objects to avoid, walls to ride, etc, we’re also using it as a test-case for quite low (almost .5 earth) gravity and high (3x?) atmospheric drag. So you’ll float a bit more and not reach such deadly falling velocities.…
