- Devlog #002 - Life on the Road - 9 September 2026
Hello everyone! Welcome to our second devlog for the game along the iconic Route 66. Previously, we showcased a chaotic scene: police chases. Now, we shift to a calmer focus: engaging with the environment and maintaining your car.Getting Your Hands DirtyDuring the journey, the player can remove, carry, and replace various car parts directly in the game world. If a wheel is damaged, you will have to take it off and replace it with another wheel instead of simply selecting a new part from a menu.Keep Your Car RunningThe same applies to basic car maintenance. You will need to keep an eye on fuel and engine oil, refill them when necessary, and make sure your car is ready for the road ahead.These mechanics are meant to make the car feel like more than just a way to travel from one location to another. Sometimes the journey will be intense, and sometimes you'll be standing on the side of the…
- DevLog #001: A New Team, and the Police Chases of Route 66 - 13 July 2026
Hi everyone.We know it's been quiet, and we're sorry for that. The truth is the team that started Route 66 isn't around anymore. We took over the project a while ago, and it took us some time to get to a point where we had something real to show you.We're working on it now, and we've got a lot of ideas. This setting genuinely gets us excited, though we won't pretend it's an easy one to pull off. We're going to try. Thanks for sticking around.Back on the roadFor anyone joining us fresh, this is a journey along the legendary Route 66. Desert roads, gas stations, motels, neon signs, and long stretches of asphalt. But what starts as a calm drive can turn into something much more intense.Which brings us to the system we want to show you today: police chases.Chases that don't go according to planFrom the beginning, we didn't want police chases to feel like a simple sequence of "the police dri…
- Devlog #15 - Car Wash and Deformation System - 31 January 2024
Hello Dear Fans, We hope you are all doing fine in the new year. Our team is hard at work implementing more and more features into our game. Today we wanted to present you with two of them. Firstly, Car Wash System, as you ride along Route 66 and many of the deserted areas along the road, your car will get dirtier and dirtier and none of us wants to have our beautiful Muscle Cars all dirty and in mud. So that is why we have placed Car Washes along the road, so that as a player for a small fee you can get your car cleaned up. When you enter the Carwash a cutscene plays out showing your beautiful vehicle starting to shine again. And after we are done our car looks like a brand new vehicle. We also have a video for you showing how it works inside our game. The other thing we have been working on is the Deformation System, which allows for destruction of our vehicle, when our car hits obsta…
- Devlog #14 - Holiday Season! - 22 December 2023
Hello Dear Fans, As you know festive time is upon us and we wanted to give you some presents as well. We are happy to show you the Off-Road version of our car. As you can see it has much larger tires that are prepared for offroad adventures as well as removed top, to better enjoy the beautiful scenery surrounding us on Route 66. We are also working hard on our Prologue version, so be sure to add our game to your wishlist, so that as soon as we post info regarding it you will be notified. That will be all for today, see you soon and happy holidays.
- Devlog #13 - Gas Station Renovation - 31 October 2023
Hello Dear Fans, It's been a while since our last Devlog, but today we come to you with a new, exciting addition to our game. Over the past few weeks, our team has been hard at work improving various aspects of gameplay in our game and adding new features. Today, we would like to introduce one of them. Gas Station Renovation - as we call it, is a type of mission where you receive the task of cleaning up an old, abandoned gas station and restoring its long-lost glory. First you will be tasked with cleaning old graffiti and dirt off the walls and floors. Then once you are finished, you will move on to getting rid of old furniture and what better way than a good old sledgehammer!! Once you are done cleaning the station, you can move on to operating it. You start by creating your own Logo. After that first customers will start arriving. At the beginning you will only be able to refuel their…
- Devlog #12 - Bagdad Cafe and Photo Mode - 13 September 2023
Hello Dear Fans, It has been some time since our last Devlog but our team was hard at work. We would like to sincerely thank all of you who have tested our Route 66 Simulator: The Free Ride Demo, we received over 100 surveys and we took a close look at all the suggestions and critiques you provided and started working on implementing them. We were also hard at work on implementing new features and adding new historic locations to our game. Today we would like to showcase you Photo Mode, a system that allows you to take pictures of iconic Route 66 locations and storing their photos inside your album. Here we have the location of “Bagdad Cafe”, recreated to match the look of one along Route 66. As you can see we have spent a lot of time making sure to recreate all the outdoor details. We have also spent a lot of time recreating furniture found inside to closely match it to real life refer…
- Route 66 Simulator: The Free Ride - Livestream #2 - 23 June 2023
Hello Dear Fans, First of all thanks to all of you who have already tried and played our Demo. Your feedback is invaluable to us in further developing the title, our goal always was to deliver the best Route 66 driving experience for all of you and thanks to your suggestions we will be able to move forward with our development. If you have not played yet, be sure to download our Demo before the end of Steam Next Fest and leave us suggestions either on Steam community or by filling the form provided at the end of the Demo. Also remember to add our Prologue game to your wishlist so that you don't miss any new info regardit release date. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2325860/Route_66_Simulator_The_Free_Ride/ See you soon, Grande Games
- Route 66 Simulator: The Free Ride - Demo Version - 19 June 2023
Hello Dear Fans, Today we have a great information for you as our game Prologue is participating in a Steam Next Fest. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2325860/Route_66_Simulator_The_Free_Ride/ Starting today you will all be able to test Demo version of our Prologue to see all the improvements we have made since our last Demo earlier this year. We can't wait to hear your opinions, so be sure to leave us feedback in the Discussion Tab on Steam or by using the form provided at the end of the Demo. We hope you will have a great time and that we will see you on the road. Also remember to add our Prologue version to your wishlist if you have not done so already See you soon, Grande Games
- Route 66 Simulator - Playtest Started ! - 29 May 2023
Hello Dear Fans, We have a great news for you, after 2 weeks of signups we are finally starting our Playtests. Be sure to check out all the changes we have made since Demo version and remember to leave us your feedback. You can do it by filling out the form which is available in Main Menu of the game and also after finishing the Playtest. We hope you will have a lot of fun with the game. Also remember to add our Prologue to your wishlist to receive news about it's release date. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2325860/Route_66_Simulator_The_Free_Ride/ P.S. We also have a hidden Easter Egg in our game, so if you find it be sure to let us know. See you soon, Grande Games
- Route 66 Simulator - Playtest Signup Started ! - 17 May 2023
Hello Dear Fans, In our latest Devlog we have informed you that soon we will be starting new rounds of Playtests, well know has come the time to start inviting you all to play. Starting Now you can all visit our main page on Steam and click on button request access to be added to the waiting list. When we will launch our Playtest we will give access to selected number of players, so be sure to request your access as soon as you can, so that you don't miss the opportunity to play. See you soon, Grande Games
- Route 66 Simulator - Devlog #11 New Round of Playtests - 9 May 2023
Hello Dear Fans, We know it has been quite some time since our last post, but we were hard at work working on gathering all your feedback from Demo and making sure each issue gets addressed. We are also working on new maps and locations, so today we would like to showcase you another map from our game, which is full of canyons and hidden surprises. We have also added a player character inside a car, to make driving more realistic, you can see all these changes in the video below. We also have one big announcement to make, on may 29th we will be starting a new round of Playtests for limited amount of players, so be sure to sign up as quick as you can, so that you will be among the first to have a chance to see all the changes we made to the game, as well as our newest map. Also remember to add to wishlist our Prologue so you don't miss information when it will be releasing. https://store…
- Route 66 Simulator Prologue Coming Soon - 1 March 2023
Hello Dear Fans, It has been some time since our last Devlog, our team was hard at work implementing changes based on your feedback we gathered from the Demo version. If you want to you still can check out our Demo and leave us feedback either on Steam Discussion Page or using the survey we have provided in game, either way we are all extremely happy that so many of you tried our game and enjoyed it. Today we have other great news to share, we are starting our Prologue Page on Steam. It will be called Route 66 Simulator: The Free Ride. The Prologue version will have many fixes and changes based on the things you pointed as that you wanted to be improved, also it will feature new map and different locations so that you can check out different parts of our game. It is still some time till it will release, but be sure to add it to your wishlist so that you don't miss any info regarding it.…
- Route 66 Simulator - Steam Next Fest Livestream #2 - 9 February 2023
Hello Dear Fans, We can't thank you enough for all the incredible feedback you gave us. All those kind words but also suggestions about possible changes, give us more power to work towards the full version. The amount of you who decided to start their journey on Route 66 exceeded our expactations and we are super thrilled by that. If for some reason you have not yet tried our Demo, be sure to do so, before the end of Steam Next Fest. Today once more we want to invite you to our broadcast, our team will be on chat to answer all your questions, so feel free to ask them. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1435900/Route_66_Simulator/ Once again, thank you all for trying out our game, we hope you had a great time with it. Also remember to add our game to your Steam Wishlist, so that you don't miss any of the upcoming Devlogs. See you soon, Grande Games
- Route 66 Simulator - Demo Patch 1.01 - 8 February 2023
Hello Dear Fans, We have watched you play and heard your feedback on our Steam Discussions Tab. Our team was hard at work these past two days making sure we fix all the bugs you guys encountered and also made some changes based on your feedback. You can read full Patch Notes below. Patch Notes: - Prisoner Mission has been fixed and should no longer cause player to be unable to move his character. - Graphics Options - Resolution changes now take place after hitting Accept button, not after each change of set resolution. - Added an Autosave feature to the game. - Jumping on car no longer causes player to bounce back. - AI tweaks for thugs on Junkyard. - Some minor tweaks in certain missions. - Some minor UX changes to the Equipment Tab. Thanks for your continuing support, feel free to leave us more suggestions if you have some and report to us any issues you may encounter during playthrou…
- Route 66 Simulator - Steam Next Fest Livestream - 7 February 2023
Hello guys, Our team wanted to thank you for your warm welcome of our game. We really enjoy reading all your surveys and comments on our Steam Page, we do our best to answer all your questions. If for some reason you have not checked out our Demo yet, be sure to do so. Demo contains just one of several maps that will be available in the full release, so be sure to add our game to wishlist to find out about other maps in the Devlogs we will be publishing in the weeks to come. Once again, thank you for an amazing response, our team is extremely happy that you all finally had a chance to play our game after many months of hard work. Remember to fill out the survey once you finish the game and also leave us comments in the Steam Discussion Page. You can also hop by our livestream to come and chat with our team. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1435900/Route_66_Simulator/ See you soon, Gra…
- Route 66 Simulator - Steam Next Fest Livestream and Demo - 6 February 2023
Hello Dear Fans, 🎉Today we have a great news. Our game is finally ready to be showcased and played by all of you.🎉 ⏰ At 10.AM Pacific Time Come visit our Steam Page to download the Demo version and test it for yourself. After you finish playing remember to fill out the survey provided at the end of the Demo. 🔴We have also prepared a livestream for all of you so be sure to come swing by to ask some questions, our devs will be waiting ready to give you all the answers you may have. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1435900/Route_66_Simulator/ We would like to thank all the Playtesters who helped us these past weeks making some important changes so that our game plays as great as possible. If you were one of them be sure to download Demo to see all the improvements we have made. We are waiting for all your questions during our livestream as well as on Steam Discussion Page and remember…
- Devlog #10 - New Diner - 4 February 2023
Hello Dear Fans, We really appreciate all your feedback regarding the Playtest version of our game, we value each and every opinion you give us. If for some reason some of you have not yet joined Playtest be sure to do so, as there is still some time to check the game. To show you our gratitude we wanted to present you with another sneak peak at location from our game. This time it will be a different version of a Diner that you might have seen on our old Devlog. We wanted to create a few versions of each location, so that as players you are still visiting familiar places, but they don’t look exactly the same on every map, to make them more entertaining to explore. So we changed the exterior look of the place. We also switched the layout of the interior and materials used inside. To make a place look smaller, while the player visits the more rural places of Route 66 with not so many inh…
- Devlog #9 - Playtest Continues - 26 January 2023
Hello Dear Fans. It has been a week since the start of our Playtest and the response we received from you was amazing. There were many more people waiting to playtest the game then we expected, so we have decided to give more of you a chance to join in and try our game. We will be giving away keys to another group of people who signed, but also to a limited amount , so be sure to signup quickly for a better chance. We can't wait to hear from you and remember to fill out the survey after finishing the Playtest. See you soon, Grande Games
- Devlog #8 - Playtest Starting Today - 18 January 2023
Hello Dear Fans, Today is the big day, after many months of hard work, we are finally ready to share with you first glimpse of Route 66 Simulator. The Playtest version is ready and starting today you will be able to test our game for yourselves. The amount of people wanting to test our game exceeded our expactions, so we have to somewhat limit the amount of players we can let in to test our game, but don't worry our game will be available for everyone on Steam Next Fest starting February 6th, so soon enough all of you will be able to play Route 66 Simulator. Our whole team can't wait for you to test our game. Remember to leave us feedback after playing the game, either on Steam discussions page or by filling out the survey at the end of the Playtest. That is all for now, you will hear from us soon, when the Steam Next Fest starts, but until then, have fun on the road. See you soon, Gran…
- Devlog #7 - Playtest Starting Soon - 9 January 2023
Hello Dear Fans, Today our team have a great news to share with you, after many months of hard work, we are finally able to invite you to test our game. We are launching sign-ups for Playtest which will take place later this month. We are welcoming you all to signup and play our game and give your feedback regarding it. We will take all the information we get into consideration moving forward with our development. Oh and one more thing, we have updated our Steam Page, so be sure to check out our new trailer and screenshots taken directly from the game. That will be all for now stay tuned for more info, remember to add our game to your wishlist and to signup for Playtest. See you soon, Grande Games
