- An update from OFG - 9 October 2025
Dear drivers,You haven't had any news about Karting Superstars (KSUP) in well over a year, and we haven't updated the game since Feb 20th, 2024. Why not? The short answer:We're a very small team that can only work effectively on one game at a time, and we had to pause work on KSUP because it wasn't going to pay all of our expenses on its own. We'll get back to KSUP when we can, but we don't yet know when that will be. The long answer:We paused development on KSUP at the beginning of 2024. At that time the income from our games wasn’t enough to sustain our team, so we pivoted to doing work-for-hire that would allow us to stay afloat while we looked for the next right opportunity, which came later in 2024 in the form of iRacing Arcade, which we’ve been working on ever since. Our goal at Original Fire Games is to create outstanding arcade racing games. We loved building Circuit Superstars…
- Patch 1.0.7 - Spectator Beta - 22 February 2024
Hello, drivers! Today we are releasing a Beta version of our new Spectator feature for Karting Superstars. In this current state, the feature is playable, however, there are still UX & UI improvements we need to do, which will be our next area of focus. Thank you for your patience with our team as we're slowly able to keep building this beloved game! Update 1.0.7 Changelist : Added a TV camera to Centrifuge (Club) Pause on controller disconnect Increased respawn speed in TT New custom lobby UX (Beta) Spectator mode (Beta) New track select UX (edited) What we're focusing on: New art pipeline to make tracks much faster Netcode: Improved rigid-body synchronisation New tracks & replay camera refinements to existing tracks If you have questions, comments or reports, please use our Discord to communicate them. Thank you for playing! Love, OFG Team
- Update 1.0.6 - 20 December 2023
Hello, drivers! We have a quick patch today with the following changes to Karting Superstars - Numerous improvements to German localization - Thank you to the wonderful community member known as Dremet (creator of CSUP.APP) for helping us with these. - The duration of "Waiting for connections" in online multiplayer has been increased to 60 seconds to give players enough time to get into the match. - Pausing during a screen fade in a race will no longer cause the fade to get stuck. - Fixed numerous small instabilities. Love, OFG Team
- EA Update 1.0.5: Netcode improvements, online collisions and Aero-duck system. - 12 December 2023
Hello, drivers! We’ve released Patch 1.0.5 for Karting Superstars! For this patch, John has put a lot of effort behind improving the general online experience of Karting Superstars. A lot of you will be excited to hear we have added collisions to online play; we’re looking forward to hearing what you think! On the gameplay side, Alberto worked on creating the Aeroduck 🦆 system, previously referred to as Human DRS. This system was inspired by Alberto's and Carlos' karting experience, we all believed this was a great addition to the strategic depth of KSUP. Here’s what is new on the patch: 🟣New Aeroduck 🦆 gameplay system Your driver can now duck to draft. This resource can be used strategically to gain marginal advantages or pass other drivers at the right opportunity. 🟣 Improved online driving experience. 🟣Collisions are now permitted in online races. 🟣Reduced load times in general…
- Nominate Karting Superstars for Best Game on Steam Deck - 21 November 2023
Hello, drivers! If you have enjoyed Karting Superstars on Steam Deck, please nominate us for Best Game for the platform! We have loved developing our racing games into titles that you can smoothly enjoy while you travel or from the comfort of your couch. We will continue to build cozy racing games that you can bring with you anywhere! Love, OFG Team
- Update 1.0.4: New Track - Cherry Drive! - 31 October 2023
Hello, drivers! Today we are introducing a track inspired by the beautiful springs in Vancouver, during which the city gets covered in pink-crested Cherry Blossom trees! We have been working on new gameplay features, more tracks and our Netcode 2.0. Stay tuned for more updates throughout November. We hope you enjoy this new racing space! Love, OFG Team
- Update 1.0.3 (October 3, 2023) - 3 October 2023
Release Notes: Karting Superstars EA v1.0.3 (October 3, 2023) Features The mouse can now be used to control the camera in the main menu. Track Fixes Hidden Lake & Centrifuge: Floating Grid, Start/Finish Lines, and Tire Barriers corrected. Sugar Hill: Start line placement corrected. Sugar Hill: Crowd sound effects are no longer present where there are no crowds. Copperwood: Full Reverse exploit eliminated. General Fixes Unknown input devices are no longer incorrectly mapped to UI actions by default, which was previously preventing interaction with the UI in some cases. Visible seams on Tony Kanaan’s helmet have been removed. Pausing and resuming a race intro is less likely to trigger a rare black/darkened overlay during a race. A very tiny Driver & Kart is no longer visible behind the vehicle in the vehicle select screen. The “Good Sport” achievement (complete a race with no penalties) i…
- The legendary Tony Kanaan plays Karting Superstars! - 19 September 2023
Tony Kanaan is back to play Karting Superstars! This time he will have some surprise guests. We're excited! 💚 💛 💙 WHEN: Tuesday, September 19th, 8pm ET 🌎 WHERE TWITCH - https://www.twitch.tv/tonykanaan Tune in for the fun times! Love, OFG Team
- Update 1.0.2 - 15 September 2023
Spawn points are now closer to the start line on some tracks. The countdown times on Copperwood reverse routes are no longer extremely short. Modded AI drivers now correctly load their kart livery colors and numbers. AI driver behaviour has been tuned on all tracks. Drafting has been enabled in Kartcade. Post-race cameras have been added to Hidden Lake. Grass on Hidden Lake now has the correct grip values. The "unknown" column has been removed from the Time Trial pause menu leaderboard. Ghosts in time trials now fade out when near the player. Ghost visuals once again work when ghosting occurs due to lapping with "Prevent Lapping Collisions" enabled. Qualifier duration and mode settings now become unavailable in Kartcore and Custom Lobbies when qualifiers are disabled. Helmet stickers are now neutrally colored.
- Watch Game Designer Alberto race vs the AI - 15 September 2023
Let's race vs the AI of Karting Superstars! Join us to watch Alberto race vs the AI and chat about what Karting Superstars has to offer! Have questions about the game? We will be on chat to answer. Let's go! OFG Team
- Update 1.0.1 - 14 September 2023
AI driver mods now load in Kartcore and Kartcade. AI driver mod example files are now written to disk when playing Kartcore and Kartcade. Added a random track option to Kartcore and Custom Lobbies. Fixed a few small presentation issues on Hidden Lake. Ghosting visuals now work correctly in online races. Tony Kanaan's helmet now ghosts correctly. AI behaviour on Centrifuge has been tweaked. The game's theme song now fades out at the end.
- Karting Superstars is available now on Early Access! - 13 September 2023
Dear drivers, Let's go karting! We are delighted to announce that Karting Superstars is OUT NOW on Steam Early Access! Karting Superstars is a charming racing game that captures the exciting and competitive world of karting. Inspired to condense the thrill and beauty of racing, we've dedicated our love, time, and craft into this new game that builds on the celebrated taste of Circuit Superstars. Karting Superstars is on Early Access because we want to make this game the best it can be: that takes time, effort, and collaboration. Karting Superstars currently offers a lot of fun to players through time trial leaderboards, multiplayer Custom Lobbies, and our single-player Kartcade mode with cosmetic rewards. It's already a rich experience ready for players to have fun with, but we yearn to expand it! We plan to deepen and refine the game's existing features, add more tracks for players to…
- Design Journal: What is novel on Karting Superstars? - 9 September 2023
Hello, drivers! Hope you are all having a great weekend and are hopefully enjoying the demo of Karting Superstars! We are so excited to share that the game will release on Early Access this September 13th. We are very excited to work with this community during Early Access to make Karting Superstars the absolute best it can be. For those interested in our design intentions and vision, we wanted to share some of the detailed novelties found on Karting Superstars. Here are a few of the biggest aspects we’ve focused on so far: - A new perspective: Karting Superstars is a third person camera game. We’ve retained the fantastic pacing, close competition and close connection to the vehicles that we created in Circuit Superstars, but now with a much closer view of the action and increased sense of speed. This paired up with karting makes for a completely new experience that we’re very excited t…
- The demo of Karting Superstars is available now! - 7 September 2023
Hello, drivers! We have been working super hard on Karting Superstars! It's been awesome to show the game and get people like the legendary Tony Kanaan playing and having fun. Now, we couldn't wait to also give you all a chance to get a feel of the game, so we've released a demo, which you can play right now! Take your kart for a spin on Centrifuge, one of our new favourite tracks! You'll be able to customize, set your best lap time and race vs the ghosts of other players around the world. Will we see your name on the leaderboards? We hope so! You can also join our Discord community to participate in the discussion. See you on the racetrack! Love, OFG Team Connect with us: TikTok Twitter Instagram Discord
