PATCH 11 - Launch Party (v27510)

4th April 2024

🌟NEW FEATURES🌟

• Season 4 is live, with 40 rewards.

• Casual - Golf has been added as a new 8 player game mode.

• Loadouts have been added to the garage.

• 14 new items have been added to the shop rotation and random item chests.

• 18 new expensive items have been added to the shop.

• 3 new mastery avatars have been added for Bassline, Jester and Pupps car bodies.

• 10 new levels: Canopy Cruise, Canyon Skipper, Cascade, Dogleg, Dropshot, Go Hole or Go Home, Industrial Park, Space Raceway, Teccy and Vine Whip.

• Dash and Smash has been added; a passive core that increases dash power.

• Timed events now rotate each month.

• 3 new missions have been added for Bassline, Jester and Pupps mastery.

• 3 new missions have been added to unlock and master Smash and Dash.

• Claim all button has been added to adventures.

• Credits have been added to the settings menu.

• Text size options have been added to UI settings.

• Tilt inversion has been added to settings.

• New players can now choose which tutorial they want to play.

• Legal section added to options menu.

💫UPDATED FEATURES💫

• Leaderboards have been reset.

• Ranked - Race is now locked for new players behind Casual - Race games.

• Ranked rewards have been replaced with 9 new avatars.

• Season 3 rewards have been added to the random item chests.

• Lobby scene has been updated for Season 4.

• Permanent boost rings have had a visual update to distinguish them from non-permanent boost rings.

• Bunker visual ball and car effects now match theme colours.

• Tunnel and fan effects have been updated.

• Frost Beam effect now displays visual ice walls.

• Stomp’s boost has been updated to be longer if the ball is hit and shorter if the ball isn’t hit.

• Curve Ball now replenishes boost fuel while the ball is spinning.

• Grapple Hook’s duration has been increased.

• Magnet’s cooldown has been reduced.

• Shock’s cooldown has been increased.

• Ice Lock no longer refills boost, but players still gain unlimited boost whilst the ball is frozen.

• Cores now begin races on cooldown.

• Boost sound effects have been improved.

• Using the aerial golf camera also zooms minimap out.

• Aerial golf camera now shows out of bounds.

• Minimap now follows the ball after ball is hit in golf mode.

• Driving Home For Questmas timed event has been split into 2 events, adding Tis The Season timed event.

• Davy Jones’s Putter timed event has been split into 2 events, adding Pirate Putters timed event.

• Missions have been changed in Into the Deep, Shark Infested Courses, Sleet (Part 1), Sleet (Part 2), The Guardian (Part 2), The Life Bringer and Tricks ‘n Treats timed events.

• New rewards have been added to Davy Jones’s Putter, Pirate Putters, The Life Bringer and Tricks ‘n Treats timed events.

• Candy canes booster has been readded to the Driving Home For Questmas timed event.

• Bang, Bang, Bang and Blockade achievements are now achievable with Air Strike and Frost Beam pick ups.

• Urban has been renamed Urban Gardens.

• Wild has been renamed Wild Heights.

• Industrial has been renamed Industrial Drive.

• Summary screen now displays if a player placed joint first.

• Updated summary screen season level animation.

• Rewards for Albatross, Eagle, Birdie, Par and Bogey badges have been updated.

• Tilt UI has been updated.

• Tilt sound effects have been disabled in race mode.

• Updated platform icons.

• Updated emoji UI to indicate holding d-pad buttons.

• Splash screen art has been updated.

• Early access screen has been removed.

• Logo has been updated on artwork, decals and level adverts.

• Desktop icon has been updated.

• Car selection screen pop up text has been updated.

• Added disabled core pop up to cores screen when golf mode is selected.

• Motion blur option in settings menu has been removed.

• Font size has been updated on Steam Deck.

⛳LEVEL UPDATES⛳

• Urban, Wild and Industrial have been visually reworked to be more distinctive.

• Purple Urban, Orange Wild and Green Industrial levels have been revamped into night variants.

• Trees have been updated across Urban, Wild and Industrial themes.

• Adverts have been updated across Urban, Wild and Industrial themes.

• Planet colours in purple Space levels have been updated.

• Boost rings have been updated for gravity levels in golf mode.

• Ramp connections to the fairway have been improved across various levels.

• Pick up locations have been updated across various levels.

• Level icons have been updated for Urban, Wild and Industrial levels.

• Level name colours on loading screens have been updated.

• Flyovers have been updated for Urban, Wild and Industrial levels.

• Composition changes have occurred over various Urban, Wild and Industrial levels.

• Corner Skips have been added to Asteroid, Big L, Broken Pretzel, Bull’s Eye, Claw Canyon, Cloud Playground, Corner Madness, Downtown Blitz, Dual Route Dash, Dustbowl, Hurricane Lane, Inner City Circuit, Mountain Hideout, Nice Drive, Orbit Hotel, Spots and Shots and Trees Please.

🕷️BUG FIXES🕷️

• Performance improvements across Xbox consoles.

• Network improvements across all platforms.

• Addressed various desyncs across race and golf.

• Addressed desync when using Air Strike and Missile pick ups.

• Addressed bug when using Sticky and Grapple Hook together.

• Addressed problems using aerial golf camera on gravity levels.

• Addressed respawn problems in golf mode.

• Addressed car explosions when navigating uphill.

• Addressed bug causing ball cam to be turned on/off between games.

• Addressed bug causing players to spectate hole when opponents remain in game.

• Addressed bug causing bots to not be awarded random placements when a player DNFs.

• Addressed inconsistencies tracking timed event missions.

• Addressed inconsistent visual and sound effects when spectating.

• Addressed water sound effect inconsistencies.

• Reduced distance of Frost Beam audio.

• Reduce Grapple Hook sound effect length.

• Reduced volume of pick up sound effects.

• Addressed bug causing golf timer sound effect to continue in lobby.

• Addressed bug causing player turns to not end in golf when the ball lands on moving objects or waterfalls.

• Addressed bug spawning players on waterfalls in golf.

• Addressed slow garage transitions on Xbox consoles.

• Addressed issue fading Nebula brake lights.

• Addressed bug causing black fade in game.

• Addressed bug showing 0 rank points on summary screen.

• Addressed incorrect icons for certain keybinds.

• Addressed key art size issues on widescreen monitors.

• Addressed skips across various levels.

• Addressed bug causing certain UI screens to shift to the left or right.

• Addressed bug where loot chest UI can appear in a match.

PATCH 10 - Hotfix (v26672)

8th January 2024

PATCH 10 - Golf Mode (v24593)

6th October 2023

💫UPDATED FEATURES💫

• Grapple Hook has been updated, so the ball is no longer kept stationary whilst in use.

• Car speed has increased when travelling through boost cones.

• Car now follows momentum direction when flipping over from upside down.

• Boost effects when driving across boost pads now match colour themes.

• Boost ring colliders have been changed to a more circular shape.

• Reduced bot revving on starting line.

• Bots can now use pick ups.

• Bots can now use active cores.

• Removed prerequisite for Unlocking The Cores adventure.

• Reduced prerequisite target to 4 for timed missions adventure.

• Players are transitioned into a bot game when they complete or skip the tutorial.

• Players who quit the game during the tutorial load into the tutorial upon reboot.

• Updated durable wheels emissive pattern.

• Updated splash screen art.

• Cross platform warning has been added.

• Player profiles now display platform icon.

• Spectator icon now displays on bottom left of player profiles.

• Local player now shows in teal on match loading screens.

• Loading screen tips have been updated for golf mode.

• Game mode names have been updated.

• Custom games now displays game mode.

• Player profiles can now be accessed from the post match score screen and party screen.

• Prices now fade when scrolling through the shop screen.

⛳LEVEL UPDATES⛳

• Bunker Balls rock feature changed to industrial pipes.

• City Gates tunnel area has added scenery.

• Downtown Blitz environment changed to include more industrial scenery.

• Factory Showdown rocks have been updated.

• Inner City Circuit features more skyscrapers.

• Mountain Hideout fan area has been updated.

• Updated OOB in Skybridge.

• Added more greenery to floating islands in Elevator 7 and Hyper Flight Corner.

• Updated arches in A Walk In The Woods, Bottom’s Up, Trees Please and Waverace.

• Updated bush sizes across levels.

• Various level environment changes.

• Various level composition changes.

🕷️BUG FIXES🕷️

• Addressed issue causing claim reward button to not appear.

• Addressed issues with timed missions.

• Addressed scoreboard ordering issues when spectators are present in custom games.

• Addressed bug showing DLC showing as not purchased.

• Removed add friend option for existing TGR friends.

• Addressed bug loading players into incorrect game mode.

• Addressed bug showing rewarded items screen and lobby screen concurrently.

• Addressed bug where players were not awarded mission rewards when claiming close to joining a match.

• Addressed bug allowing players to purchase loot chest multiple times a day.

• Addressed bug attempting loot chest purchase with trophies.

• Fixed colliders for spheres in A Walk In The Woods.

• Addressed bug showing incorrect Waterfly unlock description.

• Addressed skip in Broken Pretzel.

• Addressed bug disconnecting players who DNF too many times in custom games.

PATCH 9 - Hotfix (v22328)

14th August 2023

Squashing some bugs to make way for the shark car!

🌟NEW FEATURES🌟

• Added Birthday avatar into game.

💫UPDATED FEATURES💫

• Slightly increased Hot Head max speed.

• Increased Double Dash first and second dash power.

• Reduced Hyper Glider max speed with and without boost.

• Increased Grapple Hook cooldown duration.

• Reduced Grapple Hook max speed.

• Removed immunity to pick-ups when using Grapple Hook.

• Increased shot of the match threshold.

• Prevented custom game times from showing on leaderboards.

• Prevented expensive avatars from appearing elsewhere in the shop.

• Addressed overlapping text in the shop.

• Adjusted scrollbar placement in the shop.

• Updated replacement gear amount to always be 7000 for random loot chests.

• Removed second pop up appearing when purchasing random loot chest.

• Updated scoreboard to show local player in a different colour.

• Reduced screen shake on summary screen when winning a game.

• Reverted changes made to incoming homing missile UI indicator.

• Updated vsync options on xbox one consoles.

⛳LEVEL UPDATES⛳

• Addressed skips on Nice Drive, Round The Bend and The Snake.

🕷️BUG FIXES🕷️

• Fixed bug showing Tech Jet body as T-Winner.

• Fixed bug showing Wilderman and X-Tail.

• Addressed missing materials on Windows Store versions.

• Addressed players failing to join games with party members.

• Addressed players failing to join full servers due to bots.

• Addressed issue where lobby UI would show in game.

• Fixed bug scrolling mouse when hovering over DLC in the shop.

• Addressed soft lock occurring when opening a random loot chest.

• Fixed bug causing loot chest to not refresh when timer runs out.

• Fixed bug showing incorrect random loot chest colour after purchase.

• Addressed players being able to claim loot chests twice.

• Addressed spectating hole issue when a player disconnects.

• Addressed scoreboard issues when a player disconnects in a custom game where a spectator is present.

• Addressed bug playing boost sound through summary screen.

• Addressed bug showing blocked cores in game modes outside of custom games.

• Addressed timed mission inconsistencies.

• Addressed issues tracking Precision achievement.

• Fixed bug where players could unlock ranked avatars through casual.

🕷️BUG FIXES🕷️

• Various performance and optimisation improvements.

• Various decal and finish improvements.

• Improved blurry objects on Xbox consoles.

• Addressed bots being given times when players and bots DNF.

• Addressed issue with Ice Lock not freezing momentum on hole.

• Addressed issue where players are stuck on match loading screen.

• Addressed reset issues in Dust Bowl, Factory Showdown, Mushroom City, The Snake, Twisted Gardens, Twisted Ranch and Vortex.

• Fixed out of bounds in Rocky Ring Road, Spots and Shots, Sun Disc Dash and Twisted Gardens.

• Addressed shadowing issues on Mineout and Twin Kingdoms.

• Fixed collider issue in Twin Kingdoms.

• Addressed issue with tunnel in Mushroom City.

• Addressed issues when spectating in Kings March.

• Addressed skip in Spots and Shots.

• Improved screen displays for wide monitors.

• Addressed bug showing mission UI in matches.

• Addressed inconsistent rank badges within matches.

• Addressed ordering issues on scoreboard.

• Addressed issue with TechJet shield pistons.

• Addressed issue with grass textures.

• Addressed play online games mission issue.

• Addressed issues with sounds when spectating.

• Updated starting car colours to match selectable colours.

• Addressed visual and sound effects continuing for cars after they have scored.

• Addressed navigation issues on adventures panel.

• Addressed issue with music volume on Xbox start up.

• Addressed 0 Rank Points bug when playing against bots.

• Addressed jumpiness when spectating, car movement will now appear smoother.

• Corrected atmosphere colours on planets in space theme.

• Addressed random core pick up sound effect bug.

• Addressed bug completing timed missions.

• Fixed issue showing emojis in loading screens.

• Addressed bug claiming rewards multiple times.

• Spectator now prioritises players over bots.

• Addressed issue causing repeated reward claiming after a match.

PATCH 8 - Twisted Space (v18806)

17th April 2023

Calling all galactic golfers! Rev your engines and prepare for Season 3, because twisted space is here!

HIGHLIGHTS

• Season 3: Twisted Space is upon us! Featuring new space levels, 40 season rewards, space music, a new lobby scene and gravity bending gameplay!

• We’ve added separate casual and ranked queues to compliment our new ranked system.

• The cores have been rebalanced and we’ve added two new ones: Trail Blazer and Off Roader!

• Now’s your chance to set a world record, the leaderboards and ranks have been reset.

UPDATED FEATURES

• Switched to rank points, with new ranked buckets!

• Win counter has been updated to count ranked wins.

• Leaderboard prerequisite has been removed.

• Updated key art to space image.

• Updated logo to space version.

• Updated badge system to feature 7 badges.

• Hyper Glider only increases speed whilst boost is not depleted.

• Hot Head speed has increased.

• Stomp has reduced boost duration and no longer replenishes boost.

• Double Dash has increased dash power and reduced intermittent dash cooldown.

• Ice Lock freezes the ball until hit, providing unlimited boost whilst the ball is frozen.

• Spring Ball replenishes boost with every ball bounce.

• Big Shot replenishes boost with every ball hit.

• Sticky duration and speed boost have been decreased. Ball will now propel forward when Sticky times out.

• Core descriptions have been updated.

• Bots now show a time when all players finish a hole.

• Bot difficulty has been updated, creating different bot profiles.

• Bot cosmetic item pool has been reduced.

• All leaderboards have been reset, including time trial, wins and ranking. Data from season 1 and 2 can be accessed via Discord!

• Something More Advanced missions are no longer sequential.

• Learning The Basics now includes an additional party mission.

• Missions UI now have increased padding.

• Updated mission notifications to prevent clipping.

• Mission reward amounts have been updated.

• Obtained item currency replacement amounts have been updated.

• Item costs have been updated.

• Top bar in the lobby has been rearranged.

• Updated buttons across the game.

• Updated keybinds across the game.

• Seasons page displays amounts for currency rewards.

• Adventures panel arrows have been updated.

• Level name has been added to scoreboard.

• Ball indicator arrow size has been increased.

• Removed Sand Master and Rough Rider cores.

• Removed Sand Master and Rough Rider missions.

• Default steering sensitivity has been reduced.

• Updated default settings.

• Car selection car colours have been changed.

• Selectable cores have changed in the Cores tutorial.

• Tutorial scenario level images have been updated.

• Tooltip text across scenarios has been updated.

• Mission Success text size has been increased in tutorials.

• Prompt icons have been improved in tutorials.

• Screen now fades when a player cannot move in tutorials.

• Removed game HUD when selecting cores in tutorial.

• Default cores have been updated.

• Added sound fx when completing a mission.

• Added sound fx when opening an item crate.

• Added sound fx to the random core pick-up.

• Updated sound fx for Stomp and Big Shot.

• Finish and decal icons have been updated.

• Booster icons and display colours in the garage have been updated.

• Updated icons for Cannon ball, Contrail spoiler and V16 spoiler.

• Speed line visual effects have been updated.

• Fan and tunnel visual effects have been updated.

• Smoothed transitions from barriers to glass tunnels.

• Glass material has been updated across levels.

• Tree placement has been updated in Bull’s Eye.

• Adjusted fans in Broken Pretzel and Spots and Shots.

• Updated starting pad emissive colours.

• Updated started item visuals.

BUG FIXES

• Addressed localisation issues across missions.

• Addressed issue toggling ball camera between levels.

• Addressed crashes across xbox consoles.

• Addressed bugs arising from leaving the game open for long periods of time.

• Addressed skip in Curvy Corners.

• Fixed issue calculating rank points.

• Fixed bug caused by missiles in shot of the match.

• Fixed issues where car selection sometimes wouldn’t work.

• Addressed invisible pick-ups in City Gates and Walk In The Woods.

• Addressed glass tunnel smoothness in Precision Decisions.

• Addressed tunnel visual issues in City Gates, Terminal19 and Twisted Gardens.

• Addressed resets across Atl, Dustbowl, Factory Showdown, Inner City Circuit, Rocket Ramp and Spots and Shots.

• Addressed tunnel OOB in Terminal19 and Twisted Gardens.

• Updated incorrect rock material on Enter The Serpent.

• Addressed issues obtaining Activate, Just Another Day and Passing Time achievements.

• Updated missile incoming indicator to better reflect direction.

• Updated incorrect waterfall effects and sphere materials in Walk In The Woods.

• Addressed issue where online personal bests were not updating on leaderboards.

• Addressed localisation issues in French and Spanish.

• Addressed disconnecting idle players when bots are present in games.

• Addressed skipping tutorial flyover when restarting.

• Addressed core effects being present in tutorials.

• Addressed issue with ice lock and sticky effects persisting in levels.

• Addressed incorrect unlock description for Party Up avatar.

PATCH 7 - Guardian (v17416)

15th March 2023

We’ve gone content crazy this update, there’s loads of EXCITING new things to sink your teeth into before Season 3.
Get your reading specs on, there’s a lot to take in...

BUG FIXES

• Addressed an issue with car shadowing when playing on lower frame rates.

• Addressed an issue with moving logo on grass.

• Fixed consistency of boosters progressing through three visual tiers of speed.

• Addressed skips in Bottom’s Up, Broken Pretzel, Bull’s Eye, Claw Canyon, Curvy Corners, Dust Bowl, Factory Showdown, Jungle Run, Precision Decisions, Sun Disc Dash and Uphill Battle.

• Fixed tunnel issue in Precision Decisions.

• Fixed texture issue with V16 spoiler.

• Fixed missing booster on Vulf car body.

• Fixed T-Winner boost location.

• Addressed jump visual effects appearing at the wrong time.

• Adjusted boost direction in garage.

• Addressed inconsistencies in wheel emissives.

• Fixed issue showing multiple car bodies at once.

• Removed O and J testing keybinds.

• Addressed issue with tunnel lighting.

• Addressed issues with decal scale consistency.

• Addressed issues with finish scale consistency.

• Fixed spectating issue on Kings March.

• Addressed issue losing ELO when your opponent disconnects from the game.

• Addressed invisible wings during SOTM issue.

• Addressed issue seeing player balls on spectator after they have putted.

  
  
  
  

PATCH 6 - Davy Jones’s Putter (v15580)

26th January 2023

PATCH 5 - A Questmas event

15th December 2022

We’ve got some festive delights wrapped and ready to go in our EXCLUSIVE Questmas event 🎁

A very grumpy looking reindeer is offering limited-time rewards to those that are well behaved, play TGR and complete their quests on time.

Expect some wheely nice presents, a cracking new spoiler, decals that make you say ho, ho, holly, and so much more… If you’re thinking ‘oh deer’… Don’t worry, you can expect these too.

A QUESTMAS EVENT

On completion of the quests you will be awarded with some Questmas gifts.

There are 8 quests to complete. The quests are unlocked in the following order:

1. No quitsies!
2. Staying Green!
3. Something new?
4. Cracking reaction
5. For me?
6. Spreading Joy?
7. Show off!
8. A tasty treat!

To unlock the information and rewards you need to complete the quests. You didn’t think we’d make it that easy did you?

UPDATED FEATURES

SEASON 2 - Aztec Run🌴

17th November 2022

We’ve been hard at work to bring you Season 2, and it’s finally here… It’s packed full of new content, features and the gorgeous new Aztec theme. We hope you enjoy playing it as much as we did creating it!

Take a look at the trailer to get a glimpse of what’s in store…

BUG FIXES

• We've addressed issues causing Xbox One X crashes.

• Previous patch note timings have been corrected.

• Fans have been adjusted for better alignment.

• Experienced players are no longer limited to larger maps.

• Players are now kicked from the party when they quit the game.

• Parties are not accessible to players who have not unlocked online.

PATCH 3 - Tricks ‘N Treats Update (v13351)

24th October 2022

HALLOWEEN EXCLUSIVE REWARDS

A chilling mist has descended on the Turbo Golf Racing courses; supernatural forces are in play and Hell has been unleashed

Celebrate the season of shivers in Turbo Golf Racing with some Halloween-themed cosmetics that will really give your competitors a scare.

During the time-limited Halloween Event you’ll be able to unlock a series of creepy cosmetics by undertaking a series of missions, an exciting new addition to Turbo Golf Racing.

Complete the missions and you’ll nab yourself the following items:

• Haunted Pumpkin Avatar

• Pumpkin Ball

• Pumpkin and Bats decal set

• Bats boost trail

• Pumpkin boost trail

THE HORNET HAS ARRIVED

The much anticipated Discord community-designed car is here: Hornet.


If you want to take part in designing the next TGR cosmetics, join us on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/turbogr

TURBO CHARGE YOUR PLAY

We’re introducing a time-limited, turbo-charged, boost-cannister pickup.


Trust us when we say: this pickup is 🔥🔥🔥.


You can find this pickup randomly dotted around the courses. Collect them, then activate to give your car a turbo-charged boost that will send your ball flying.

However, you should be warned, as with great power comes great responsibility. The terrifying and exhilarating boost you receive may cause you to go out of bounds, lose control of your car, crash into a tree, or all of the above. Use at your own risk.

GENERAL UPDATES

We’ve taken this update as an opportunity to add some additional community-requested features, updated some existing ones and fixed a couple of bugs too. You’ll find the patch notes below.

New Features:

• Added cooldown punishment for players quitting the game. The cooldown increases with further rule breaks and resets with positive behaviour.

• A cooldown sound has been added to cores.

• Players can now select multiple server regions.

• Players can now play music throughout the game.

• Patch notes can be viewed by players directly in the game.

Updated Features:

• The ‘Quick Flip’ Power Core now gives players larger speed boost and better directional control.

• Holding boost on countdown at the beginning of a race results in players receiving regular boost.

• The initial level cutscene now pans over cars in the game.

• End of season timer can now be seen in Season 1.

• Driving onto bunkers is now smoother.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where players couldn’t re-bind the R, ctrl or shift keys

• Addressed a camera shake issue that affected some players.

Optimisation:

• Optimized server cost at the start and end of game which should reduce frame rate drops

PATCH 2 - Mid-season Madness (v12596)

29TH SEPTEMBER 2022

We’ve been working hard to add some exciting new features, gameplay improvements and juicy content for you to get your hands on. Check it out!

GENERAL GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS

PATCH 1: Cool as Ice Cream (v11229)

12TH AUGUST 2022

For the first ever TGR patch, we wanted to give you something extra cool and sweet to munch on. We have also fixed some of the teething issues that some of you have encountered during the launch week. Enjoy!

Bug Fixes:

• [Windows Store] Fixed an issue where players would get stuck on the “Logging you in with the Xbox network...” on login screen

• Provided a work around for players that experience “Waiting for QoS results” when searching for a match. Players who experience this should manually select their region from the settings menu.

• Fixed an issue where the game could cut to a black screen after the match ends

• Level Fix: Spots And Shots - the players ball could get stuck in the hole

• We’ve fixed various level exploits that would allow skipping of levels in unintended ways (thanks to the “TGR cool stuff” discord members for helping us find them!)

New stuff:

• Added more than 10 new cosmetic items!

• Added a New Active Power Core: Stomp - Stomps in to the ground, sending your ball flying with great force

• Added a new Passive Power Core: Rough Rider: Car ignores the effects of long grass

• Added 6 new levels:

  • Rocket Ramp, The Snake, Bunker Balls, Dual Route Dash, Neon Raceway, A Walk in the Woods

• We’ve removed the poop and yawn emoji. They have been replaced by Fire and Luck!