- Vote for “Big Rigs” in the Most Innovative Gameplay Award category - 24 November 2025
Few games dare to challenge every known rule of game design and reality itself. “Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing” stands confidently at the front lines of creative experimentation, where physics politely steps aside and victory is inevitable. It reshaped the meaning of driving, collisions, and even the concept of a finish line. This game delivered delight, inspiration, and entertainment through ideas no one had ever played before. It brought a fresh perspective and introduced brain-bending surprises that only true innovation can achieve.
- One of the worst games of all time got a Steam release, but is it even that bad compared to our current hell of asset-flips and Steam shovelware? - 24 May 2025
Give it some credit: it's not every game that lets you edit the text in its installation wizard while you wait for setup to conclude. But Big Rigs dares to be so bold. It is also so bold as to allow you to accelerate to literally infinite speeds by holding reverse, to have absolutely zero collision, and to splatter a .bmp of a three-handled trophy on the screen whenever you reach the end of a track, underlined by royalty-free WordArt reading "YOU'RE WINNER.".. Read more.
- 🌍Experimental Multilingual Support Now Available - 15 May 2025
Thanks to sex,We’ve added experimental support for multiple languages in Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing! 🧪 What's New The game now supports 12 languages in addition to English. This update includes localized menu graphics and text where applicable. 🌐 Supported Languages English Chinese Spanish Russian Japanese Korean Portuguese German French Polish Italian Arabic 💻 Language Detection On PC (Windows): The game will automatically detect and use your system language at startup. On Steam Deck (Game Mode): To use a specific language (other than English), you must manually set a Launch Option: How to Set Language on Steam Deck: Open your game in the Library. Press the Options (⋯) button or tap the gear icon. Select Properties > General. Under Launch Options, enter one of the following lines: Chinese: HOST_LC_ALL=zh_CN.UTF-8 %command% Spanish: HOST_LC_ALL=es_ES.UTF-8 %command% Russian: HOST…
- patch 1.0.5 - 12 May 2025
We are continuing to address new issues in the Steam version and truly appreciate everyone's patience and support. Overall stability improvements (Thanks to sex) (Experimental) Added support for Xbox controllers / Steam Input Integrated speedrun.com leaderboards! (Thanks to Waddlebeard and szcymanski) Adjusted Winner Wizard color for a more retro aesthetic UI tweaks for better Steam Deck compatibility
- Big Rigs Community Items Are Live! - 8 May 2025
Steam Community Items for Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing are now available! Plus, the game just got a Steam Deck 'Playable' status! Check out the Points Store Check out the cards! Thanks to Sex, Grim, Vogel, Armani, Człowiek Rozumny, BIG D' Williamson from mBHS, Jonthefuzz, Moon Breaker, JimmyD, Lightwo, Cypris Melaenis, Skullex0, Leva, and Lagipiikki for all their awesome suggestions!
- patch 1.0.4.1 - 4 May 2025
We are continuing to address new issues in the Steam version and truly appreciate everyone's patience and support. Improved overall stability.（Thanks to seruran_blue)
- patch 1.0.4 - 15 April 2025
We are continuing to address new issues in the Steam version and truly appreciate everyone's patience and support. Experimental Steam Deck support added（Thanks to OmniprezLurker and Lillavatti) Steam DRM was removed from carz.exe Overall stability improvements (Thanks to sex)
- patch 1.0.3.1 - 13 April 2025
Fixed an issue where the game could not launch in certain system configurations. (Thanks selebynkayurii)
- Don't Cheat in Big Rigs: Play Fair Leaderboards - 11 April 2025
At Margarite Entertainment, we believe that everyone is winner when they play "Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing"! However, we've noticed some suspicious activity on the leaderboards recently. While we are not implementing anti-cheat systems, we will remove suspicious and impossible data from the leaderboards. Any repeat offenders may have their scores permanently removed, you have been warned. If you’ve achieved an almost impossible time (such as completing the game in just milliseconds), we encourage you to submit your run for verification on Speedrun.com. Otherwise, your score will not be accepted. Of course, this won’t affect your ability to play the game or modify files. It's just that if you want to participate in the global Leaderboards, you'll need to follow these guidelines. 🌍🏆Check out the Big Rig Global Leaderboard🚛🔥:https://steamcommunity.com/stats/3598130/leaderboards/1628…
- patch 1.0.3 - 9 April 2025
We are continuing to address new issues in the Steam version and truly appreciate everyone's patience and support. Polished the wizard for a smoother and more refined experience — it should now feel much less rough around the edges.(Thanks to Sex, and RainbowSpectrum) Fixed an issue where toggling the mute/unmute button would cause the volume to jump by 100X.New player, don’t forget to give it a click!(Thanks to Jonthefuzz) Reduced the overall game file size.
- patch 1.0.2 - 9 April 2025
We are continuing to address new issues in the Steam version and truly appreciate everyone's patience and support. Experimental fix for stuttering caused by excessively high frame rates in Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.(thanks to Engikirby ,Moon Breaker,illegitimateCarmack and Kyle Katarn) Experimental fix for fullscreen mode not working properly on certain PCs in Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing. Experimental fix for incorrect best time records in Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.(thanks to ☢BlakeGame☢)
- Big Rigs, a strong contender for any 'worst games of all time' list, currently has a Mostly Positive user rating on Steam because democracy is broken - 9 April 2025
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing was misnamed. It should have been called Big Rigs: Through the Road Racing, or possibly Through the Nearby Buildings and Also Bridges. The 2003 truck racing game infamously lacked collision, meaning you could drive through anything, including your competitor... Read more.
- patch 1.0.1 - 8 April 2025
We are continuing to address new issues in the Steam version and truly appreciate everyone's patience and support. Fixed a Fatal Error that could occur under certain runtime conditions. (thanks to Limie Pie and BaskBuster) (Improvement based on hotfix)Resolved an issue where the installer wizard lacked a framerate cap, which could result in unnecessarily high resource usage.(Thanks to Sex ,BaskBuster and donthavexbox943) Experimentally fixed an issue where Steam sometimes failed to recognize the game had closed after launching bonus content through the launcher.(Thanks to RibShark , Jonthefuzz and Sex)
- Hotfix #1 - 8 April 2025
Optimized game file size (thanks Silent @__silent_) Added 30 FPS limit to the wizard(Thanks to Sex ,BaskBuster and donthavexbox943)
- Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is out now on Steam - 8 April 2025
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing (2003) is now on Steam! Margarite Entertainment proudly presents the return of a game like no other. Check out the energetic trailer narrated by Jon James. Get ready for an adrenaline-fueled, fast-paced truck racing experience—now with Steam achievements and leaderboard support to ramp up the competition! 🎮 Grab your copy today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3598130?beta=0 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3614190/Big_Rigs_Over_the_Road_Racing_Soundtrack/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3610200?beta=0
- Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing Arrives on Steam April 8 - 1 April 2025
Margarite Entertainment is excited to unveil the highly anticipated Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing(2003) will launch on Steam on April 8, 2025. The thrilling, fast-paced truck racing experience comes complete with Steam achievements and leaderboard support, adding even more excitement to this already action-packed game. The announcement was made today through an energetic trailer narrated by Jon James. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3598130?beta=0 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3614190/Big_Rigs_Over_the_Road_Racing_Soundtrack/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3610200?beta=0
- Steam Release Date Revealed Live on YouTube April 1st - 28 March 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-sV_Bfjgo Get ready for some brake jamm'in, CB talk'in, convey roll'in action across America! Join us to be the first to hear about game release dates and exclusive Steam features!
- One of the worst games ever made is coming to Steam, but we won't know how cruel this joke is until we see the price tag - 23 March 2025
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, a canonical "bad videogame" with a 1/10 review from GameSpot and 8/100 score on Metacritic, is set to be re-released on Steam some time between April and June this year... Read more.
