In a recent showcase, publisher THQ Nordic and developer Bugbear Entertainment announced Wreckfest 2. The game will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam. A trailer was also released showing several cars and a cutscene sequence. A release date was not announced. In Wreckfest 2, you will “Ascend to the throne of full-contact racing by breaking the rules—and everything else—on your way to victory.”

The game’s details:

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, a deeper armor and damage system, 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!

Destruction awaits on the ultimate driving playground!

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 completely overhauled physics engine. Race in intense head-to-head fights on high-speed circuits, face obstacles on crazy courses with jumps, intersections and oncoming traffic, or go for demolition domination in various derby arenas.

Awesome and Fully Customizable Cars

Forget pristine supercars: Our cars are old, dented and patched together. Each of them tells a story, and now you can tell your own by fully customizing your ride. The newly designed customization tool is incredibly powerful, enabling you to create the car of your dreams! Let your creativity run wild and share your designs with other racers and wreckers online.

Fully Revamped Game Modes

Play your way in the entirely reimagined career mode that supports every playstyle on your mission to become the true champion! Take it online and enjoy quick to find and smooth online races, powered by the new skill-based matchmaking system and server queues! And if you have a friend at home, try the brand new split screen mode for unbeatable local fun!

Challenges

Shake things up with 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.

Tournaments

Earn unique rewards in time-limited events that will test not only your driving skills!

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THQ Nordic and developer Bugbear has announced Wreckfest 2, a sequel to the hit demolition derby racing game. The game is in development for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, but not release date or window has been announced at this time.

The trailer for Wreckfest 2 features a mixture of in-game video and CGI, telling the story of a racer whose road rage led him to smash up his car a bit more than he’d intended. While it’s technically footage from gameplay, the in-engine action all comes from a rear-facing cockpit camera, making it pretty hard to see how the fundamental gameplay has been upgraded.

That will all come in due course. Bugbear has confirmed that this is a new ROMU engine for demolition physics and dynamic simulation, which looks to take the smash-happy racing to new levels. There’s also a brand new sound system, which they believe to be one of the very best and more accurate in a racing game.

A big new feature is the car customiser, which allows you to change colours per body part, add layered decals, but then also go deeper into making your car look like a bit of a wreck by painting on rust and body damage. I’m sure there’s going to be some great car liveries made in Wreckfest 2.

More broadly speaking, there will be the usual mixture of career, single player and multiplayer, challenges and regular content updates planned for after launch. Bugbear has also confirmed that modding support will be available, and that there will be split-screen.

Wreckfest was a smash hit when it first launched back in 2018, though we reviewed it for the original console launch, with a 9/10 Wreckfest review. We said, “Wreckfest is a surprising triumph in blending the best that sim and arcade racers have to offer in an explosive and visually gratifying package. A few visual issues and overly aggressive AI do little to spoil one of the best driving games of 2019.”

Bugbear gave the game years of support after that, including a big upgrade for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S that brought 60FPS racing to consoles.

THQ Nordic announced Wreckfest 2 during their 2024 Digital Showcase and revealed a new trailer, some features and screenshots. The game will feature a fully revamped physics engine, offer fully customizable cars that can be shared with other players and revamped game modes, including an all-new split-screen mode.

This highly anticipated sequel takes the chaos of the racetrack to the next level with a completely overhauled physics engine that delivers unparalleled realism in every bone-crunching collision and metal-twisting crash. Get ready to dominate the track with fully customizable cars, allowing you to create your own unique wrecking machine and share your designs with fellow players around the world. Whether you’re tuning your ride for maximum destruction or fine-tuning it for a competitive edge, the possibilities are endless.

• 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 completely overhauled physics engine. Race in intense head-to-head fights on high-speed circuits, face obstacles on crazy courses with jumps, intersections and oncoming traffic, or go for demolition domination in various derby arenas.
• Awesome & fully customizable cars – Forget pristine supercars: Our cars are old, dented and patched together. Each of them tells a story, and now you can tell your own by fully customizing your ride. The newly designed customization tool is incredibly powerful, enabling you to create the car of your dreams! Let your creativity run wild and share your designs with other racers and wreckers online.

• Fully revamped game modes – Play your way in the entirely reimagined career mode that supports every playstyle on your mission to become the true champion! Take it online and enjoy quick to find and smooth online races, powered by the new skill-based matchmaking system and server queues! And if you have a friend at home, try the brand new split screen mode for unbeatable local fun!
• Challenges – Shake things up with 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.
• Tournaments – Earn unique rewards in time-limited events that will test not only your driving skills!

Wreckfest 2 is set to arrive on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC, but an official release date has not been given.

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Somehow, it's that time of the year again already! THQ Nordic's annual gaming showcase has returned to offer a look at its upcoming slate of releases, both previously known and newly announced. This time around, the long-awaited Gothic 1 Remake and Titan Quest 2 both got gameplay reveals, and Epic Mickey: Rebrushed popped up to remind us all it's coming out relatively soon. As for the new stuff, Wreckfest is getting a sequel, Little Nightmares studio Tarsier's creepy new game has been teased (as has a new Darksiders), while strikingly animated platforming adventure The Eternal Life of Goldman looks like a real gem.

So if you didn't catch the showcase and are curious to see what you missed, you'll find a full round-up - augmented by a few additional details from an earlier press briefing - below.

We were big fans of 2018 demolition derby racer Wreckfest ("Wreckfest offers primal pleasures," wrote Martin Robinson, "with little by way of pretension), and developer Bugbear Entertainment is ready to do it all over again in the newly announced Wreckfest 2. Details are relatively scant at this early juncture, but it promises "unmatched deformation and physical damage models" as its high-octane single-player and multiplayer racing unfolds.

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Pokračování závodů bude obsahovat přepracovaný fyzikální systém, nové nástroje pro přizpůsobení, přepracovaný režim kariéry, nové funkce pro více hráčů a další.

Ti, kdo hráli Wreckfest, vám potvrdí, že se jedná o jednu z nejlepších arkádových závodních her poslední doby, a vývojář Bugbear Entertainment a vydavatel THQ Nordic nyní oznámili, že se hra dočká pokračování. Wreckfest 2 byl oficiálně oznámen na nedávném THQ Nordic Digital Showcase. Níže se podívejte na oznamovací trailer.

Hra Wreckfest 2 bude obsahovat přepracovaný fyzikální engine, který zdvojnásobí mechaniku destrukce, a nové mechaniky úprav, které hráčům umožní vytvořit si „auto svých snů“ a následně tato vozidla sdílet online.

Kromě toho se můžete těšit také na zcela přepracovaný režim kariéry, nové funkce pro více hráčů, jako je nový systém matchmakingu založený na dovednostech, podpora rozdělené obrazovky a fronty na serverech, stejně jako na kouskovací výzvy, časově omezené turnaje a další.

Hra Wreckfest 2 je ve vývoji pro systémy PS5, Xbox Series X/S a PC. Datum vydání zatím nebylo oznámeno.

Článek Ohlášena hra Wreckfest 2 se nejdříve objevil na GAME PRESS.

Somehow, it's that time of the year again already! THQ Nordic's annual gaming showcase has returned to offer a look at its upcoming slate of releases, both previously known and newly announced. This time around, the long-awaited Gothic 1 Remake and Titan Quest 2 both got gameplay reveals, and Epic Mickey: Rebrushed popped up to remind us all it's coming out relatively soon. As for the new stuff, Wreckfest is getting a sequel, Little Nightmares studio Tarsier's creepy new game has been teased (as has a new Darksiders), while strikingly animated platforming adventure The Eternal Life of Goldman looks like a real gem.

So if you didn't catch the showcase and are curious to see what you missed, you'll find a full round-up - augmented by a few additional details from an earlier press briefing - below.

We were big fans of 2018 demolition derby racer Wreckfest ("Wreckfest offers primal pleasures," wrote Martin Robinson, "with little by way of pretension), and developer Bugbear Entertainment is ready to do it all over again in the newly announced Wreckfest 2. Details are relatively scant at this early juncture, but it promises "unmatched deformation and physical damage models" as its high-octane single-player and multiplayer racing unfolds.

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I've never learned to drive, but every so often a well-meaning friend tells me I'd be good at it, because 'look, Edwin, you play all those driving games, surely they've taught you the basics'. Friend, here is what driving games have taught me: traffic lights are there for regional flavour; drifting is the same thing as cornering; other cars exist to serve as bumper cushions when overshooting a turn. Certainly, nobody wants a guy whose ideas about automobiles come from 2018's Wreckfest to be involved in the school run. On which note: THQ Nordic have just announced Wreckfest 2 - a fresh helping of destruction derby with fancified visuals and newly animate drivers who flinch and gesticulate when other drivers smash into them. Witness the carnage in the announcement trailer below.

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I've never learned to drive, but every so often a well-meaning friend tells me I'd be good at it, because 'look, Edwin, you play all those driving games, surely they've taught you the basics'. Friend, here is what driving games have taught me: traffic lights are there for regional flavour; drifting is the same thing as cornering; other cars exist to serve as bumper cushions when overshooting a turn. Certainly, nobody wants a guy whose ideas about automobiles come from 2018's Wreckfest to be involved in the school run. On which note: THQ Nordic have just announced Wreckfest 2 - a fresh helping of destruction derby with fancified visuals and newly animate drivers who flinch and gesticulate when other drivers smash into them. Witness the carnage in the announcement trailer below.

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At its Showcase 2024 event, THQ Nordic shared new trailers for Wreckfest 2, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed and Tarsier Studios’ unannounced game. And, since we don’t have enough details for the two of them, we’ve decided to share all of them in one article. Wreckfest 2 is the sequel to Bugbear’s demolition derby themed racing … Continue reading New Trailers for Wreckfest 2, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed and Tarsier Studios’ Unannounced Game →

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