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The Undercut Dev Blog

Update 0.4.1 — Sponsor Wars, Real Engines & a World of Manufacturers

Update 0.4.1 — Sponsor Wars, Real Engines & a World of Manufacturers

Sponsors and suppliers become a real negotiation game: missions, rival steals, 1–5 season contracts, true V8/V10/V12 engines and browsable manufacturers.

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Update 0.4.0 — Scouting, Driver Traits & a Talking Tutorial

Update 0.4.0 — Scouting, Driver Traits & a Talking Tutorial

The biggest update yet: driver scouting, hidden traits, a Driver Academy, profile pages for everything and a fully voiced tutorial — live in the demo.

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Update 0.3.3 — R&D Rework & a Living Race Sim

Update 0.3.3 — R&D Rework & a Living Race Sim

A polish patch: a reworked R&D pipeline that keeps the performance you paid for, mid-race malfunctions, richer inbox cards and a UI that finally scales.

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Hidden Car Traits — Why Practice Is Discovery

Hidden Car Traits — Why Practice Is Discovery

Every part hides traits that shift lap time, tyre wear and engine temp before you know they exist. Discover them on track — engineer or drive around them.

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Update 0.3.2 — Audio Overhaul, R&D Redesign, and a Big Polish Pass

Update 0.3.2 — Audio Overhaul, R&D Redesign, and a Big Polish Pass

A patch built almost entirely from player feedback during Steam Next Fest. No new systems — just making the existing ones work the way they should: a complete audio rescale, a reworked R&D and parts pipeline where your designs are the source of truth, clearer practice and qualifying, plus a big batch of quality-of-life and stability fixes.

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Update 0.3.1 — Quick Race Comes to the Demo (Minor Release)

Update 0.3.1 — Quick Race Comes to the Demo (Minor Release)

A small but handy minor release ahead of Next Fest: jump straight into the live 2D race action with the new Quick Race mode in the demo, plus a round of crash and visual fixes — season 2+ team presentation, black squares on some GPUs, the loading flash, and a couple of HUD and run-plan bugs.

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Update 0.3.0 — Build Your Own Car, Hidden Traits, and Live Practice

Update 0.3.0 — Build Your Own Car, Hidden Traits, and Live Practice

The biggest update yet: build your car from scratch each pre-season, chase hidden part traits you only discover on track, play free practice live, watch broadcast-style in-session replays, and manage your drivers mid-season — plus smarter AI strategy and a deep stack of fixes.

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The Undercut Demo Is Live for Steam Neo Fest

The Undercut Demo Is Live for Steam Neo Fest

It's here. The Undercut demo is now playable for free as part of Steam Neo Fest — drop straight into a full career-mode race weekend on Alpha 0.2. Practice, qualifying, race day, strategy, the works.

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Closed Alpha 0.2.7 — Dynamic Time-of-Day Lighting, Procedural Liveries, and a Living Paddock

Closed Alpha 0.2.7 — Dynamic Time-of-Day Lighting, Procedural Liveries, and a Living Paddock

A full time-of-day lighting system, procedural team liveries baked straight into the race, a paddock that finally feels alive — plus tamper-proof config and a big stack of closed-test fixes.

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Closed Alpha 0.2.6 — Opening Ceremony, Race Debrief Rebuild, and a Big Polish Pass

Closed Alpha 0.2.6 — Opening Ceremony, Race Debrief Rebuild, and a Big Polish Pass

An FIA-style opening ceremony, a fully rebuilt race debrief, two new Simulate Race / Quali buttons, a more believable calendar, and dozens of fixes from our closed-test reports.

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The Undercut Demo Hits Steam Neo Fest — and Closed Beta Begins

The Undercut Demo Hits Steam Neo Fest — and Closed Beta Begins

The Undercut is heading to Steam Neo Fest (June 15–22) with a playable demo, and the closed beta of Alpha 0.2 is opening up. Career mode is finally playable end-to-end. Here's what's in the build, and where the road leads next.

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Random Driver Generation — Building 400 Believable Racers

Random Driver Generation — Building 400 Believable Racers

When you start a new career in The Undercut, the game creates an entire world of racing drivers — roughly 400 of them. Each one needs a nationality, age, face, helmet, skills, salary, and potentially a contract. Here's how the generation system works.

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Track Evolution & the Rubber Line System

Track Evolution & the Rubber Line System

In real F1, tyres lay rubber that speeds up the track all weekend. The Undercut models this with a visual rubber line and a grip-changing track evolution.

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Procedural Trees and Track-Side Vegetation in The Undercut

Procedural Trees and Track-Side Vegetation in The Undercut

Every circuit in The Undercut is surrounded by procedurally generated forests. Here's how we turn curvature data and a handful of parameters into convincing top-down vegetation — with shadows, depth, and real-time tuning.

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Procedural Track Generation in The Undercut Racing Manager

Procedural Track Generation in The Undercut Racing Manager

The Undercut generates a new circuit for every race. No two tracks are the same. Here's how a blank canvas becomes a fully playable F1 circuit in under a second.

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