Cranked

New Stuff Our first tricks have landed in Cranked! No handers and no footed can can. These are early versions and still a WIP. RB + R stick up (keyboard: Left Ctrl + Space) - no hander RB + R stick right (keyboard: Left Ctrl + Right Arrow) - no footed can can Tricks count for trick challenges and sc

We teamed up with Rad Dog Bike shop in El Paso, TX and Ocean & San to bring you these sick shirts! Click the link above to order. This is a custom design that was done by https://www.instagram.com/matupig.art/ These are my favorite riding shirts. I wear them every ride. They don't look like dorky je

Yo! Hope you had a good weekend even though Red Bull Rampage was canceled. Here is what the Cranked team is up to this week. General Updates The demo is still going strong. We're at 69 reviews on Steam with a Very Positive rating, and the average playtime is up to 2.5 hours. About 5% of you have put

This update is for both the full Patreon version of the game as well as the free Steam Demo version. Hop on the free demo if you haven't already! https://store.steampowered.com/app/5268450/Cranked_Demo/ New Stuff New PB Messages setting hides other riders' PB chat lines. World records get their own

Yo! Hope you had a killer weekend. This was the first weekend the Cranked Demo was live and it's been a great start! ⚠️ Please download and play the Cranked Demo on Steam and give us an honest review. ⚠️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/5268450/Cranked_Demo/ Here are some stats from the first week

We can’t wait for everyone to try it! Tell all your friends. To our paid Patreon members, PLEASE play the actual demo. I know you have access to more with the Patreon version, but playing the demo helps the Steam algorithm which we need! Please leave reviews on the Demo page, too! Thank you all. See

This update is massive. So many good changes as we get ready for Steam Next Fest! TLDR the main themes are: Lot of new physics changes and tweaks Much better performance Managed to get 60 FPS on Ultra on the Steam Machine Some new challenge types and trails Tons of bug fixes. Read all the juicy deta

Yo! Hope you had a good weekend. Big week for us, so let's get into it. If you're new here, we have a Team Sync every Monday where we talk through our plans for the week. These are the notes from our meeting. General Updates The demo launches this Friday, October 2, at 1 PM Eastern time. It'll live

Yo! Hope you had a good weekend. If you're new here, we have a Team Sync every Monday where we talk through our plans for the week. These are the notes from our meeting. General Updates The demo is launching October 2. We're putting it out ahead of Steam Next Fest to start building up players, and w

Yo! Hope you had a killer weekend. Here's what's going on. General Updates Early Access is officially happening on December 1. We're working hard to get the public demo ready for Steam Next Fest. We plan to release the demo build to Patreon members a week from today so you can test it a week before

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Yo! Hope you had a killer weekend. This week's update is a day late cause of Labor Day here in the US. Here's what's going on. General Updates I went down a physics rabbit hole this weekend. A bunch of our beta testers have been asking about slowing the game down, making pedaling speeds less, and a

This is a big one! Check the YouTube overview above. Full patch notes below (and also in the game from the main menu). Heads up: this build bumps the network version, so everyone needs the update to ride online together. New Stuff The entire UI has been rebuilt from the ground up: main menu, pause m

Yo! Hope you had a good weekend. We hit a couple of big milestones this week, so thank you. If you're new here, we have a Team Sync every Monday where we talk through our plans for the week. These are the notes from our meeting. General Updates We crossed 20,000 wishlists on Steam and 10,000 followe

Julian and I will be hanging out on YouTube at 3 PM EST today to show off the new UI and other improvements! Hope to see you there. Cranked Developer Live - All-New User Interface! Indie MTB Game - Ep. 47 (YouTube)

Yo! Hope you had a good weekend. If you're new here, we have a Team Sync every Monday where we talk through our plans for the week. These are the notes from our meeting. Here's what we're focusing on this week Michael Last week, Hodge focused on the rider's hip movements. He's done with that for now

Yo! Hope you had a good weekend and got some riding in. If you're new here, we have a Team Sync every Monday where we talk through our plans for the week. These are the notes from our meeting. General Updates The next build is shaping up around the new UI and the Atherton bike, and we're aiming to g

Yo! We're back from Crankworx Whistler and getting back into the swing of things. Hope you had a good weekend. Whistler Recap Whistler was insane! We met a lot of players and pros and made a bunch of good industry connections. We had the game on display inside the Troy Lee Designs shop for a few day

Smaller update today with some bug fixes and other improvements. Sorry for the lack of communication the last couple of weeks. Half the team was out at Whistler for Crankworx and we are finally back and getting into the swing of things. Lots of stuff to look forward to in the coming months! More abo

Big one: player customization, a new ragdoll, five new trails to race, and improved stoppies. New Stuff Player Customization First version of customization, with a temporary UI. Access it from the pause menu. New Ragdoll New Ragdoll. WOW! Improved Stoppies and Nose Wheelies All new Stoppie and Nose

Yo! Hope everyone had a good weekend. If you're new here, we have a Team Sync every Monday where we talk through our plans for the week. These are the notes from our meeting. General Updates We're pushing a new Patreon build midweek (hopefully). It's the version we're taking to Whistler, with the do

Yo! Hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was exhausting and now I feel like I need a weekend to rest after the weekend 😄 If you're new here, we have a Team Sync every Monday where we talk through our plans for the week. These are the notes from our meeting. Here's what we're focusing on this week

New Stuff New Event: Downhill Race Downhill race event kicks off every other hour in the multiplayer server It mimics IRL DH racing A trail vote opens up shortly before each event kicks off Everyone gets 15 minutes to set their best qualifying time Players are then put in reverse order for finals. O

Yo! Hope everyone had a good weekend, that the Americans had a good 4th of July, and that they still have all 10 fingers. If you're new here, we have a Team Sync every Monday where we discuss our plans for the week. These are the notes from our meeting. General Updates We're getting a new build out

Yo! Hope everyone had a nice weekend. If you're new here, we have a Team Sync every Monday where we discuss our plans for the week. These are the notes from our meeting. General Updates We're still working on getting customization in the game. That has been our priority, and the goal is to have some

Yo! Hope you all had a killer weekend, and a happy belated Father's Day to the dads out there. If you're new here, the Monday Update is where we give you a rundown of everything we plan to work on this coming week. It is NOT an actual update to the game. Here's what's going on. General Updates No ne

A new update just dropped! Here are the details. Check the video overview above if you prefer video over text. New Stuff Day/night cycle. The sun now rises and sets as you ride. New grass, plants, flowers, bushes, and more in the open world environment. Improvements Another completely new 3rd person

Yo! Hope you had a killer weekend. I went on a fun night MTB ride with the Rad Dog crew, which was the highlight of my weekend. Here's what's going on in the project. General Updates We're dropping a new build this week (hopefully). It's got the latest art updates, another brand-new 3rd-person camer

Yo! Hope you had a killer weekend. Here are some updates for you. General Updates We are going to shift to fewer, bigger updates instead of scrambling on weekly builds. So expect more of an every-other-week update from now on. Wishlists just crossed 14,000, climbing around 200 a day now. Thank you f

Yo, big update this week! First thing is Cranked is out of pre-alpha and into Alpha. Woohoo! New Stuff Proximity Voice Chat - Hear nearby riders as you pass them — voices fade in and out with distance - New player list with a mute button for every rider - Mic icon on the HUD so you always know when

Yo! Welcome to all the new members. The team has a weekly Monday morning meeting where we discuss our plans for the week. These "Cranked Monday Updates" are the notes from that meeting. We just had our best Patreon month ever, wishlists are climbing fast (we had our best day ever on May 30), and the

Yo! We're a day late because of Memorial Day. Hope everyone had a nice long weekend (in the US at least). We're coming off a strong playtest run — six builds in six weeks — and now we're shifting gears. The playtest is wrapping up today, and we're turning our focus toward some big-picture stuff: rid

Come hang with Hodge and Joe as we play the new trails on the Steam playtest! Cranked Developer Live -Playtest Update! - Ep. 38 (YouTube)

New Stuff New Trails (with racing) - Down, Set, Go — blue - Heartwood — blue - ROYGBIV — blue - Mini World Cup — black - Trolley Problem — blue Game Chat - Reworked chat — no more huge gaps or bad formatting - 256-character limit per message - Chat now keeps your scroll position and doesn't jump whe

Yo! The playtest has been going really well. We hit 10,110 wishlists and peaked at 197 concurrent players in the playtest! We've been listening to your feedback. The biggest complaint is performance issues and lag. Here is what we plan to do. Extend the playtest by one week (it will end Tuesday May

🎉 Limited-time Steam Playtest is live! We've updated the Steam playtest to give you the full Patreon version for a limited time — Open World map, Wales map, modding, and more. Never tried the Open World? Now's your chance to ride it for free. There are around 50 trails to explore. Hop on, have some

This week is all about the new playtest build that we plan to drop on Thursday! We will be opening up the full Patreon build to the Steam Playtest. If you've been waiting to try the Open World or Wales map, you will soon get a chance! This playtest will only be available for a limited time. Probably

⚠️ *Heads up:* Save file version bumped to v2. Old v1 save files will be wiped on first launch — your career progress will reset. Sorry, riders. New Stuff Tutorial System - Brand new tutorial for newcomers — covers controls, bunny hops, markers, and bike basics with on-screen button glyphs, dialogue

We will be live-streaming at 3 PM EST today! Come stop by and see what we're up to. Level designer, Cedric (Antrgass), will be on the stream today. Cranked Developer Live w/Antgrass - Ep. 36 (YouTube)

Yo, big news this week — we're launching a new playtest on Steam! We're replacing the old demo map with the actual open world, so you'll be able to ride the real thing. The plan is to go live on Thursday and run it through Monday. The whole team is focused on getting this polished and optimized befo

New Stuff Brand new multiplayer mode Fast Times — our first multiplayer mode. You get 15 minutes to lay down your fastest time on a featured trail. When the timer runs out, the leaderboard locks in and the lobby votes on the next trail. Rinse and repeat. New Trails: - Jammer Drop — brand new trail w

Yo, happy Monday! Big week ahead. We're squashing the last major multiplayer bugs and getting a build ready for beta testers this afternoon. On top of that, the team is doing a ton of work to make the world look way better with new shaders, environment art, and water systems. Zone 1 is functionally

Come join us as we set some PRs on the new race trails and talk about all the new updates! Cranked Developer Live - New Race Trails - Ep. 34 (YouTube)

New Stuff Drone flight modes & tuning - FPV Drone Tuning panel in Drone settings — live sliders for Mass, Gravity Scale, Max Thrust, Prop Wash, and Throttle Curve, with a real-time TWR + hover-stick readout - Angle and Horizon flight modes added to the FPV drone (on top of Acro) - Assisted drone now

Yo! This week is all about optimization and performance. We had a great playtest of the new Fast Time racing mode last week, and it went really well, but it also helped us identify some performance issues that we need to tackle. We know some of you have been struggling to run the game smoothly, and

Yo! We have a pretty massive new update today for our Patreon members on Green tier or higher! Got some friends who fly FPV drones? Let them know so we can get some feedback from real FPV pilots. Watch the YouTube video for a full walkthrough. Here are the patch notes. New Stuff - Brand new world ma

Yo! We've got some exciting news to share today. New Artist We have a new artist on the team. Welcome, Damien Desmond, who will be joining Maggie in the art department. Damien has worked with Hodge for about a decade on various motocross projects. He's done some mods for MX Bikes. We have a growing

Happy Monday! We are pushing hard to get a massive new build ready for you all this week. It will include the following: New multiplayer game mode (15-minute race lobbies) FPV drone mode Map New trails from Antgrass tons of other small changes Here's what we are focusing on this week. Michael Finish

Yo! Another week with some big updates. Hope everyone had a nice weekend with some nice spring weather for epic rides. If not, stay home and play Cranked 🤙 We've got a lot cooking this week, including a brand new feature we're really excited about: a fully functional FPV drone! Joe The big news is

We had updates to both the Patreon version and the Steam Playtest version today. Some of this stuff the Patreon members already got in the last build but it's new for Steam Playtest. Career Mode New career challenges for Demo map and Open World Map Reset career progress option in menus Multiple Bike