KartKraft Version 1.0 Released

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After many years of development, KartKraft has come out of Early Access and added new content and features.

KartKraft's journey through Early Access has been a long one, but the karting sim has finally been released to Steam in version 1.0. For those who have followed the development of KartKraft, don't expect a major overhaul as the sim leaves Early Access.

KartKraft utilizes the Unreal Engine for its graphics, and supports VR and TrackIR. At times, the karting action can look lifelike, but unfortunately graphical glitches and crash-to-desktop issues have carried over into the full release.

There are four main game modes present, which allow players to race against AI, practice solo on an empty track, compete to set the fastest laptime in time trial mode, or race online in multiplayer mode.

In terms of content, the full release of KartKraft includes karts from the KA100, X30, KZ2, KartKross and now the Monster Kart classes. The Monster Kart is the newest addition to the title, and its 600cc engine produces 100hp; a scary figure in a tiny vehicle.

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Eight karting locations are featured in KartKraft: Atlanta Motorsports Park, Geelong Kart Club, Karting Genk, Go Kart Club of Victoria, PF International, Brentomonte Circuit, Whilton Mill, and Hangar. Hangar is currently on available to drive in Time Trial mode.

Thankfully, much of the user interface players have come to know and appreciate has been left intact. Mapping inputs is easily accomplished, and the load times are excellent. The game also allows you to adjust your kart's setup and save custom setup files.

If you've tried KartKraft's full release, let us know your thoughts on the title in the comments below.
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I have been obsessed with sim racing and racing games since the 1980's. My first taste of live auto racing was in 1988, and I couldn't get enough ever since. Lead writer for RaceDepartment, and owner of SimRacing604 and its YouTube channel. Favourite sims include Assetto Corsa Competizione, Assetto Corsa, rFactor 2, Automobilista 2, DiRT Rally 2 - On Twitter as @simracing604

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Disappointed by the "Full" release.
There is much less content now as before.
Maybe it's a bug or something else but I cannot find the announced "Monster" Cars and a lot of Tracks available before have disappeared.
Kart Kross Carts are vanished.
???
Maybe need to re install
Was thinking the same yesterday about tracks... missed some tracks compared to pre-final... !? :unsure:
Didn't looked out for the kross kart...
 
pre release, post release, beta, full release, bla bla bla!
Who cares if its is .001 or 1.0.
Kart Kraft has offered for a while now and still offers today, a solid simulation of Kart driving, both in pancake and VR. believable physic and great graphics.
Probably the best Kart SIM available to us at the moment.
So thank you, we appreciate the work that has been done and are looking forward for any future improvements.
Very interesting your opinion.
I only drive in VR, that's all that interests me and I think you too drive in VR.
I would like to buy this game but I wonder if my hardware is sufficient to play it.
Tell me, what graphics card do you have?
I have a 1080Ti and a 7700k, it's starting to get old ;)
 
I tried pretty hard to like the handling in this "sim", bit I really couldn't. It felt the same as trying to like my mother-in-law.
The handling feels really weird, I firmly remember snap oversteers as a thing.
 
They should add mod support and this game goes super viral in a few weeks! Imho a no brainer... :rolleyes:
Anyway, bought it a long time ago and played around christmas the last time... time for another run! :)
It was one of the features announced by the developpers, a crucial one. And it's not there...

8 tracks is an absolute disappointment. Great geaphics aren't enough to compete with kartsim, ams1 and kart racing pro, which, thanks to modding, present a lot more tracks.

Did they at least make a real track with the dirt one which was hidden outside one of the regular tracks?
 
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Very interesting your opinion.
I only drive in VR, that's all that interests me and I think you too drive in VR.
I would like to buy this game but I wonder if my hardware is sufficient to play it.
Tell me, what graphics card do you have?
I have a 1080Ti and a 7700k, it's starting to get old ;)
GTX 1080 ti, no problems. Yes, I drive almost exclusively in VR.
 
Premium
I bought this in early beta to support the developers. I haven't played it for a while as it was pretty raw and buggy. The 1.0 release is impressive. This sim has come along way and I think the developers will continue to improve it. Well worth buying now. Its pretty addictive!
 
Very interesting your opinion.
I only drive in VR, that's all that interests me and I think you too drive in VR.
I would like to buy this game but I wonder if my hardware is sufficient to play it.
Tell me, what graphics card do you have?
I have a 1080Ti and a 7700k, it's starting to get old ;)
The game in not optimized at all for VR. I have a 3080 and have great problem to run it in decent quality. The sim is very good but Unreal Engine ,for some strange reasons, is not a must to run in VR
 
Sadlly after multiple reports on the developer discord they still jave not fixed the bug where each screen in a triple spanned setup gets its own vignette so you have to turn post processing all the way down to not get a strange race. its ok in VR though. Lets hope they address.
 

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