- HOTFIX for Car Dreams - 7 September 2026
Hi! We got a few reports about the Dreams of Flying not loading properly when entering the Special from the Elevator: the clouds would not disappear and the area would be locked. Before the workaround just was "exit to the Home and then re-enter the dream" but this is a patch so that the dream just Works™ the first time you enter it. OK that's all thank you for reading and thank you to everyone for making reports! Hope you had a GREAT weekend 💛 /the Triband team
- 🌂 AUGUST EVENTS 🦅 - 20 August 2026
Dreams of Flying got a make-over and it's reached new heights!We just got back from summer break in Denmark, and since our last post covered a lot of August already, here's just a bit more detailed view of what's in the Specials Elevator for the rest of the month. Woosh! Wee! OH I HOPE I LAND THAT-AUGUST OVERVIEWMeet the Devs (Return)August 6th - September 2ndOur perfect replication of the Triband office in the game is still live! Play levels made by us in the level creator, learn some tips and tricks on what makes a cool level when you make them yourselves 🔨 And of course explore to find all our secret little references. Dreams of FlyingAugust 19th - September 16thIt’s been a year since we started the first “Dreams” Specials! Can you believe? Or, uh, dream? 🤔Well, we took a look at that very first one we did and decided it needed a make-over! So jump back into WHAT THE CAR? and try b…
- 🌞 JULY EVENTS 🌴 - 9 July 2026
Try out these splash-tastic levels! 💦Get yeeted into infinity! JULY OVERVIEWDreams of VacationJuly 9th - August 5thDreaming of vacation? Take a break and try out these... relaxing… levels! We've picked our fave chaotic beach themed levels, where Car can try everything from sailing to surfing to getting blown away by the summer winds (that's just normal in Denmark).Try out the levels and make your own! You're always welcome to share your creations in #car-share-your-level on our Discord or make a post right here on Steam and share your level! 🌟Summer Brake (Return)July 23th - August 19thUp is down, brake is... forward? Try out these tricky levels and race to the end where you gotta use the brake to avoid getting thrown off the edges!(Historically we... know these are tough but you guys can take a challenge, right?Greetings from the office Golden HorseMeet the Devs (Return)August 6th -…
- 🚀 JUNE EVENTS 🔴 - 11 June 2026
It's time for FUNGLE, everyone!Yes, I did die after this because I didn't reload my sus colored water uhhh lavA but it was a sick jump aightJUNE OVERVIEWBest of Car-Mong Us (Return)June 11th - July 8thOh hey, our friends at Innersloth released a friggin TV SHOW 🤯 That's right, Among Us is available for streaming (on Paramout+) and you catch watch the first episode FOR FREE right HERE ⏬ (crazist embed ever lmao?)Aaaand back to video game. Specifically one about a silly car, and the collab we did with Among Us! Best of Car-mong Us, our very special Fungle-themed area, is back in the Specials Elevator for a limited time! Have fun with your toilet-paper-shooting-plants and all that. Oops, All Boosters (Return)June 25th - July 22ndNYOOM NYOOM NYOOOOOOM! Speed around on these player-made levels that, OOoOOPS, happen to have a bajillion boosters. That's a lot. I think.PATCH NOTESTerrain is ge…
- 👃🏽 MAY EVENTS 🏆 - 30 April 2026
It's gonna be MAY. 🕺🏽 Let's see what's up in the Specials Elevator!Wooooow, so shiny.MAY OVERVIEWBest of 2025 (Return)April 30th - May 27thHaven't gotten the fancy schmany GOLD and PLATINUM skins yet? Now's your chance! Hop into these incredible player-made levels, the ones we've deemed the very best of 2025. What's your favorite category? What categories should we have next year? We're all ears 👂🏽Pinball Madness (Return)May 14th - June 10thBounce around in these bananas pinball levels! We actually went to a pinball arcade for our latest studio excursion. We're not sure we understand how to win it, but hitting those things are fun!Dreams of SmellyMay 28th - June 24thIt's a good thing you can't smell through screens! Though we've really tried to make our STINKEST update yet, you'll just have to explore it for yourself. Welcome to the smelliest dream you've ever had! It also has plent…
- 🎁 APRIL EVENTS 🎂 - 17 April 2026
Another month, another series of happenings in the Specials Elevator! Let's take a look at this month's events!Meet the Devs and see our ... very real office... in the current Special!APRIL OVERVIEWCar-azy Wind (Return)April 2nd - 29thWant a car-azy challenge? In this special, the wind is out of control! Don't get swept away before you complete the level! Or... maybe use it as a sick speedrun strat?Dreams of SpringApril 9th - 22ndBoing boing! Something’s in the air… It’s a bouncing Car! Check out this dream that's totally dedicated to the springiest levels we could find amongst the community! That's... what spring is, right?Meet The Devs (Return)April 16th - May 13thEver wondered who was behind the crazy, chaotic world of car? Here’s a reveal of the actual faces of the Devs featured in the update! From left to right: Lisa, Isak, Golden Horse and Alberto! Can you find them in the update?…
- 🐘 MARCH EVENTS 🐜 - 5 March 2026
Phew, it's been a while, huh guys? We have actually been updating WHAT THE CAR? since October, even if we didn't post about it here... Sorry about that! Prepare to be informed 🧠 Without further ado, let's dive into this month!Every week, something new happens in the Special Elevator...MARCH OVERVIEWDreams of HUGE (New)Feb 26th - March 11thNew collection of player made levels! This time Car is HUUUGE! Try out some fantastic levels but with a brand new modifier! Community Spotlight (Updated)March 5th - April 1stWe LOVE our community 💛 People submit levels in the Triband Discord and this event is really dedicated to giving them the shout out they deserve. Have you made a level you want to share or people to check out? Don't hesitate to join - everyone's welcome! The devs are in there too and you can ask for advice or pointers on how to make your levels even better. 👩🏼🏭Dreams of Tiny…
- 👻 HALLOWEEN SPECIALS - Now Live! 🎃 - 9 October 2025
Halloween Hotfix 🎃We had a little mix-up of our events in the Elevator, but it should be sorted now!OCTOBER OVERVIEWDream NIGHTMARE (New)October 3rd - 15thNew collection of player made levels! With the theme of 🌩 nightmares 🌩 they also have a scary atmosphere to them!Hallo-wheels (Updated)October 9th - 31stChase down bear ghosts in a hunt that spans the Episodes! All new player made levels are featured as well as a chance to unlock 🧟♀️a new skin🧟♀️ by completing all of them. Time to get hunting!Dream HALLOWEEN (New)October 16th - 29thNew collection of player made levels! With the theme of 👻 halloween spirits and sweetsCHANGESEpisode / Specials Rework"Car-mong Us" is moved from the Specials Elevator to the Episodes Elevator, making it Episode 10 and playable year round!"License to Car" special updated and moved to sit permanently as a (optional) tutorial for the Level CreatorBig…
- 🐸 A-MAZE-ING SPECIAL - Now Live! 🐸 - 1 September 2025
A-MAZE-ING SPECIALNew fancy dress-up! The levels are the same, but we've spiffed the area a bit. What do you think? COMMUNITY FEATURESThis update is especially for those of you who like competing on leaderboards and shaving seconds off of your best time or exploring new content to play!GHOST REPLAYIf you go into Settings and scroll down to Hidden Features, there are now three new options. You can enable that to see your own best time in all levels so you can optimize your racing strategies.TIMERIn addition to that, you can also toggle Show Timer to get a timer at the top of the screen.PLAYER-MADE LEVEL RANKINGSFrom now on, player made levels will have a new fancy lil icon attached to it. They range from Easy, Normal, Spicy, Hard, Hardest and Insane. The player made levels that will be presented to you in Play Next will change according to how often you die on a level. THE DAILY LEVELwil…
- 🐑 CAR DREAMS - Now Live! 🐑 + CAR PLUSHIE - 24 July 2025
GET CAR AS A PLUSHIE (LAST CHANCE!)LINK LINK LINK LINKwe've been writing about it on our socials and newsletters so I'm so sorry if you've missed it here but EVERYONE LISTEN UPThere's only 5 HOURS until the Makeship Campaign ends! If YOU'VE ever wanted a CAR PLUSHIE NOW'S THE TIME!LINK LINK LINK LINKlook at that guy. not a care in the world. not a thought behind those eyes. just vibes. and YES the legs dangle stupidly of coursE they doCAR DREAMSIntroducing bi-weekly Dreams !Dreams are special content areas featuring player made levels - carefully selected by us to create a lovely theme. The first one is Friends 🐻🐮🐑There's an all new Dream area to explore, a little narrative and a bunch of silly little goobers.A new dream is available every 14 days (each dream runs 14 days, so they replace each other). This is going to be a new series, so please send or submit levels (here or on Disco…
- ⚡ PINBALL MADNESS - Now Live ⚡ - 6 June 2025
WARDROBEDing dong! What's that at the door? It's the delivery of the wardrobe you ordered. We'll just put it right here in your HOME Hub. Now you can see all your flashy car paints in the same spot - and change between them whenever you want 🎨It probably won't lead to Narnia... right?You unlock the colors by completing the relevant Special Challenge, which you access from the Specials Elevator, next to the main campaign. Some are Daily Levels, some are Seasonal - all are weird.Don't be blue! Be pink! Or red! Or Halloween!And another awesome thing: From now on, there's a different special in the elevator every 14 days. Make sure you come back and check in every Thursday!(Note: heads up - there is now a counter on the Specials that shows how long they will be live, since they will be locked after that! So if you want to snag all the fancy skins in one swoop, or 100% everything there is o…
- 🚀BEST OF CAR-MONG US - NOW LIVE🚀 - 12 May 2025
New Among Us x WHAT THE CAR? content! that's live right now! (and technically has been since Thursday but eh, time isn't real anyways). A car, a crewmate and a seagull walk into a fungle... if you think that's the beginning to a bad joke, you're right. In the newest Car-mong Us update, you'll find: new overworld map with Fungle Theme! hand-picked player made levels little secrets and silly dialogue (Horrifying worm-like level we came across in our player-level hunt! This is apparently what happens when you give players free will) ⚒ CHANGES & FIXES ⚒ ● Changed the "DAILY LEVEL" to show hand-picked player made levels! So now YOUR level might get featured as the daily level! Yes, this does mean the previous levels there are removed from the game & the Ghost Car... Let us know in the comments what you think of this change! Also also, definitely share your levels here or on Discord in #car-s…
- 🔴 CAR-MONG US - Now Live 🔴 - 10 April 2025
Ssssshh... What is that??? Oh it's just the Among Us x WHAT THE CAR? collab that's live right now! 🤩 The engine of an unnamed spaceship has been struck by a meteor and of course it's your job, little car, to get it fixed. Untangle spaghetti wires, divert power from somewhere to somewhere else, and keep an eye out for any weird behavior. In the new Car-mong Us update, you'll find: 6 new levels 🚀 Overworld mini games ✨ 3 cars for the Level Creator 💥 Lots of secrets 🤐 New skins for the Car 🔴🔵🟡🟢 beans beans beans We've been working with the Innersloth team and we're all so excited to bring this update to you! It's been such a blast working on. also... we love hearing from you guys! Write us and let us know which game we should shove inside our own game next 👀Edit: THE EVENT HAS ENDED but coming back in November 2025 👀 HONK HONK, - Sarah (Community Manager)
- 💨CAR-AZY WIND - Now Live💨 - 6 March 2025
this is literally just Prepare to be blown away by the new wind mechanics 💨 We made a few challenging levels so let’s see if you can beat them 😎 In this update Six levels with challenging wind mechanics Three creator palettes so you can try to make your own levels! Rupert the Mailbox's Daily Challenge: Can you beat the three levels in a row? You'll find the update in the Main Room, in the Specials Elevator! AWARDS We also won an award! For Best Live Game at Spilprisen, which is a Danish games award, this year hosted at the Copenhagen Gaming Week. Below you can see some of the happy and baffled team. Special thanks to ALL OF YOU because we make this game and fill it with these updates for you guys!!! You inspire us and we want to bring our silliest, goofiest ideas to life to share with you 💛 And finally... one of our big goals this year is getting merch out! If you're interested, let…
- ⏩OOP, ALL BOOSTERS! - Now Live⏩ - 6 February 2025
Time to focus on the real star of the show, our humble and beloved BOOSTER! ⏩⏩⏩ We've added more super-speed cars for the all-boosters level creation challenge so don't drag your feet or you'll get left behind. Also in this update: Don’t be scared, but we've swapped episode 2 and 3 around - now you gotta WORK before you can SPORT We are welcoming more bears in episode 2 so go and say hi! 🐻 When you've played a community level, we will now serve you a similar one so you don't have to hunt for one on your own. It’ll pop up as a “Play Next” button after levels. Let me know what you think! You'll find the update in the Main Room, in the Specials Elevator! Time to get nyoom, nyiiom, nyeeeroming!!! ⏪ ⏩ HONK HONK, - Sarah (Community Manager)
- WHAT THE CAR? is a part of the Laughs & Smiles Game Festival event on Steam! - 3 February 2025
Is 2025 feeling like its been a whole year already? Looking for something to get you to smile? WHAT THE CAR? is a part of the Laughs & Smiles Game Festival, a digital showcase celebrating games that might just bring that spark of life back into you - any chance to get a little giggle! We could all need that. The event is hosted on Steam and will between January 30th and February 6th. You'll definitely find us there but go and check out all the wonderful games right here Catch you laters, alligators! xoxo Triband
- 🏆BEST OF 2024🏆- Now live! - 16 January 2025
Happy New Year! 🥳 Thanks for playing our games and joining our silly shenanigans! It's been wonderful seeing this community grow as we got to introduce our games to even more players! In 2024 we Participated in seven showcases worldwide including PAX West in person in Seattle (not even counting the online ones here!) Got nominated for multiple awards including a Webby, Danish Game Award and Apple Design Award WHAT THE CAR? WON multiple awards in different categories at the DICE Award, Spilprisen, BIG Festival and Cinekid Festival! Streamers like Smii7y, Stumpt, CTop, DSimphony, GameGrumps, Ray Narvaez Jr, Jenna Stroeber, Sam Tabor and hundreds more played our games! We also ate 240 cakes 🍰 made at least 4 stupid jokes fixed 624 bugs in WHAT THE CAR? and there's been 378.508 levels made by players in WHAT THE CAR? ! 🤯 The new WHAT THE CAR? update has been whoops is live where we highl…
- PATCH 5.4.0 - 18 December 2024
Its ONE WEEK FROM CHRISTMAS and here's a little patch update for WHAT THE CAR? Go sit somewhere cozy and imagine a lively fireplace, or just like, open a YouTube video with one and take a skim through the report ⏬ 🛠 CHANGES AND FIXES SUMMARY 🛠 OVERWORLD Fix for not being able to complete 'The Gang's All Here' achievement. This means that current live users who have 7/8 characters will get the achievement next time they appear in the home hub. Fuse from the Frogger level in the swamp finishes in the middle of nowhere Fixed glitching Dialogue Alert Icon Community Level Bug in License to Car / Removed the extra crown pad in the book Certain cheering bears appear green when you unlocked them after the elevator. They are a normal bear-brown now. New elevator: Car got tossed too far when exiting the elevator under certain conditions. Now it gets tossed a normal amount. New elevator: Fixed o…
- ❄ ICE TO MEET YOU ❄ - NEW LEVELS Now live! - 5 December 2024
❄ NEW LEVELS ALERT ❄ Prepare yourself for a new barrage of ice cold puns and goofy levels! We've added SIX new levels to the ICE TO MEET YOU special AND expanded the surroundings a bit. Go explore the multitude of silly jokes we've added and get into that festive winter mood 🎄 THE CLASSIC ICE LEVELS: SLIDE ON ICE WEEEEE ICE ICE LEGGY IT'S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE NO NEED FOR SNOW TIRES SIR YOUR FISH IS FROZEN THE NEW ICE LEVELS: BOB SLED WHO'S THAT? FREEZING BREEZES CAUSES SNEEZES IT'S THE ICING ON THE CAR WHAT A SNOW PLOW CAR NEEDS AN ICEBREAKER SNOWBALL FIGHT? 📷 THUMBNAIL GUIDE 📷 Did you know you can make custom thumbnails for levels you publish? HOW TO MAKE CUSTOM THUMBNAILS: Make your level When selecting the name with the dial, choose the thumbnail button in the top right Take a picture from the level! Tip: Move the camera angle for more fun perspectives! 🦅 Also tip: If you creat…
- PATCH 5.3.1 - 29 November 2024
Hello dear car-nnoisseurs! Here's some exciting patches, bug fixes and QoL updates for WHAT THE CAR? 🌟 Take a deep breath, find a comfortable way to sit, stand or float in the air and then take a read through the report ⏬ 🛠 CHANGES AND FIXES SUMMARY 🛠 Updated Content / Quality of Life changes CHANGES TO TUTORIAL AND EPISODE 1 The tutorial levels are now: JUST A NORMAL CAR? CAR WITH LEGS CAR WITH TOO MANY LEGS CAR WITH JUMPS CAR WITH VERY LARGE LEGS BEAR WITH ME Each of these have gotten a new make-over visually and we tweaked the controllers. There’s a new transition scene between tutorial and the first episode ⭐ Certain levels have been removed from Episode 1 and integrated into the Tutorial instead New decorative scenarios and dialogue added to the surroundings in Episode 1 Changes to the navigation of Episode 1 New UI for dialogues alert (see bottom gif for example) Part of this i…
