From Press Release:
Vienna, Austria / Helsinki, Finland, June 30th, 2026: With Update #8, Wreckfest 2 introduces its player progression system. This first version marks the beginning of a living system that will continue to evolve throughout Early Access and beyond.
For now, you’ll earn experience through your actions across three pillars: racing, crashing, and pure madness. Focus on what you enjoy most and progress your way — whether you specialize or embrace the chaos. It’s up to you. We’re excited to hear what you think about this first iteration.
Another request we heard loud and clear: more suicide and waypoint races. Consider it done. And for waypoint races, we’re adding something even more chaotic – the Random Waypoint Mode. You’ll never know where the next waypoint appears, even if you know the track inside out. This feature is currently limited to multiplayer races, as the AI still needs to catch up. Humanity: 1, AI: 0.
We’re also introducing the ability to share your paint jobs with other players. For now, this requires exchanging files manually, but this is just the foundation – we’ll make the process much smoother in future updates.
Visit the official Website: https://wreckfest2.thqnordic.
com/ Update #8 is available now and brings new cars, new tracks, and a range of additional improvements.
Highlights of Content Update #8 include:
- Introduction of the player progression system
- The Ultimate Minimap — never get lost again
- 2 new cars
- 7 new waypoint and suicide races
- Random waypoint races (multiplayer only)
- Easy tuning mode
- Shareable paint jobs (currently via file transfer)
- Improved performance
- Tweaked physics and damage
THQ Nordic Content Creator Program
We love to collaborate with content creators from all over the world. If you are interested in Wreckfest 2 (or our other games), please check out our content creator program and be among the first to play and show the game(s): https://creators.thqnordic.com/ Ascend to the throne of full-contact racing by breaking the rules – and everything else – on your way to victory! Developer Bugbear went all out, rebuilding its true-to-life physics simulation engine to take full advantage of modern hardware. Wreckfest 2 features even higher crash fidelity, more intricate component damage simulation and many more improvements across the board!
Get ready to witness the absolute best-in-class car destruction and truly epic moments of chaos, all with the signature vehicle handling from Wreckfest!
Features:
- Unmatched racing experience
Brace yourself for the most phenomenal full-contact racing action with no rules, just jaw dropping moments of chaos and destruction, powered by the overhauled physics engine. Race in intense head-to-head fights on courses featuring high-speed circuits, crazy courses with obstacles & jumps, intersections and oncoming traffic, or go for demolition domination in derby mode.
– More and more tracks & arenas will be added during the Early Access phase –- Awesome & customizable cars
Forget pristine supercars: Our cars are old, dented and patched together. Each of them tells a story, and you can tell your own by customizing your ride. Over the course of early access, more and more customization options will be added to the game. They will not only unlock your creative desires, but also contain new armor and component types that support certain playstyles.
– Later during Early Access, you can also share your designs with other racers and wreckers! –- Fully revamped game modes
Launching into early access with the base game modes of Racing, Derby and multiplayer mode. During the Early Access phase, we will add a completely revamped career mode that adapts to your individual playstyle and guides you on your journey to become a true champion! For online racers there will be new skill-based matchmaking system and server queues coming as well!- Challenges
Another highlight during the Early Access phase will be special challenges, putting you behind the steering wheel of unconventional vehicles that were definitely never supposed to end up on a racetrack! Various bite-sized scenarios will keep you hooked as you battle for the highest scores.- Mod Support
During the Early Access phase, mod support will be added so you can really mess with this game by installing various mods from the Steam Workshop.
