- 🎉 Golden Lap is now available on mobile & GOG! 🎉 - 8 July 2026
📢 Hey, Golden Lap enjoyers! We're thrilled to announce that Golden Lap is now available on multiple platforms! Whether you're commuting, travelling or simply racing from home, you can now take your championship dream with you wherever you go. Build your team to glory anytime, anywhere, with Golden Lap on mobile! 🏎️💨 Grab your copy now: App Store (iOS): https://apps.apple.com/app/golden-lap/id6757811396 Google Play (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funselektor.GoldenLap And for those who prefer to play on PC without launchers, Golden Lap is now also available on GOG. Add it to your DRM-free library here: https://www.gog.com/game/golden_lap Now, tune those engines and get that pole position! See you on the podium! 🏆🍾
- 🎉 Golden Lap is coming soon to iOS and Android! 🎉 - 4 June 2026
📢 Hey, Golden Lap enjoyers! We have some BIG news for you today! We're thrilled to announce that Golden Lap is officially coming to iOS and Android on July 8th! 🏎️💨 That's right, all the racing and drama you know and love is heading to your pocket! Pre-orders and pre-registrations are live right now on both the App Store and Google Play. Jump in early and be ready to build your team to glory from day one! 🏁 👉 App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/golden-lap/id6757811396 👉 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funselektor.GoldenLap Mark your calendars, July 8th can't come soon enough! See you in the paddock! 🏆
- Settings Hotfix (macOS) - 8 April 2026
Hey, everyone! This small macOS-only patch (build version 260407_941c48e5) resolves an issue that prevented players from changing settings in-game and exiting the settings screen after installing the game for the first time. If you are still experiencing this issue after updating, please contact the team directly via email or Discord, and we will look into it as soon as possible.
- MARCH 2026 UPDATE: 3 NEW TRACKS AND MORE! ✨ - 30 March 2026
📢 Hey, Golden Lap enjoyers! ✨ The March 2026 Update is finally here! We're thrilled to bring you fresh content, sweet quality-of-life improvements, and fixes for some longstanding issues. This drop packs 3 brand new tracks, available in Career and Quick Race, and an update to the artbook included with the game, which you can find in the Extras menu under Booklet. 🎁 But wait! We also have a surprise for you! Last year, our amazing community pointed out that many of you love watching HereBeCush's Golden Lap playthroughs. We reached out, and we're happy to share with you a special collaboration! It's a 1-hour interview featuring Pietro and Francesco from our team, where they reveal details about the development process of Golden Lap and other interesting behind-the-scenes info. Check out the video below and give HereBeCush some love! 💖 We hope you enjoy this update! Happy racing! 🏎️ 💨…
- Empty Race Results Hotfix - 24 February 2026
Hey, everyone! Recently, some players reported they're unable to continue their careers after seeing an empty race results screen. This small patch (build version 260223_51cb4e0d3 on Windows and 260225_51cb4e0 on Mac) resolves the issue. If this is still happening to you after the update, please reach out to the team directly by email or on Discord, and we'll look into it ASAP.
- Major Feature Update 🏆 🍾 - 26 November 2025
📢 Hello, Golden Lap enjoyers! Fasten your seatbelts, because the next major update is finally here, and it’s packed with new features and quality of life improvements! To start off, we’re excited to announce that Golden Lap now supports standard and ultra-wide aspect ratios! We also added a frame rate cap setting for when you’re not using vsync. And you can now manually change the zoom during gameplay. Besides features, this release brings you a happier weather forecast! ☀️ We tweaked the chances to get rainy weather, making weather changes on rainy days feel more dynamic with tracks drying out faster and giving you the opportunity to use various tyre compounds. Finally, we increased the chance for team members to gain or lose skill points at the end of a season. While this can boost your team’s performance next season, don’t slack, because the competition will also grow more fierce! ✨…
- 🎉 10 Years of Absolute Drift! 🎉 - 29 July 2025
Hey, everyone!Last year Funselektor turned 10, and today marks a decade since the release of our very first game, Absolute Drift! To celebrate this milestone, we're holding a special sale!Whether you want to complete your Funselektor collection or find the perfect gift for a friend or loved one, for a limited time, starting today, you can grab Absolute Drift at 90% off!Slide into the action with the following offers:- Switch - available until August 7th on the Nintendo Europe Store- Xbox - available until August 11th- Steam - available until August 12th- Humble Bundle, GOG, and Epic - available until August 19thWhether you're a long-time fan or new to our games, we want to sincerely thank you for being a part of our adventure! Here’s to many more years of drifting together! 🍾
- May 15 Update - 15 May 2025
Hey, Golden Lap enjoyers! ℹ️ After learning that some of you were having trouble with the Cinderella Story achievement, we decided to revise the requirements. Going forward, to unlock the achievement, your team must finish a season at least 5 places higher in the team standings than they were in the previous season. If you already have the achievement, don't worry, it will remain unlocked. ⚠️ A quick reminder for modders: Before publishing your mod or reporting bugs, please resolve any errors and warnings to ensure a smoother experience for everyone. In the recent updates, we've made several improvements to debug, so if your mod is already published, it's still worth checking it with the latest build. ✨ Over the past month, your incredible feedback has helped us resolve a ton of major issues in Golden Lap. We truly appreciate your support - thank you so much! 💖 You can check out all ne…
- over the hill, the off-roading game so chill it refuses to acknowledge capital letters, puts out its first gameplay trailer - 10 April 2025
over the hill , the upcoming offroading game from Absolute Drift and Art of Rally dev Funselektor as well as collaborator Strelka Games, has shown off its first gameplay trailer at today’s Triple-i Initiative indie showcase. Read more
- SPY UPDATE IS NOW LIVE! + SALE 🥳 - 13 March 2025
Exciting news! The Spy Update is finally here! Inspired by thrilling events from the 70s, the spy feature lets you send a spy to another team to sabotage the opponent or steal their best parts. But be careful - if your spy is caught, you’ll face penalties! In addition to the new features, we've made significant balance changes and enhancements. We've limited part building to one per race weekend, ramped up the aggression of AI drivers, and increased the chance of team members "partying too hard" the night before a race. ℹ️ The Spy Update levels the playing field, helps underdog teams compete, makes late game more competitive, and provides opportunities to spend your extra budget or playfully disrupt other teams. 🎁 To mark the occasion, we're celebrating this major release with a special sale! Enjoy 20% off Golden Lap until March 20th. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2052040/Golden_L…
- SPY UPDATE 🚨 Public Beta - 5 February 2025
Hello, Golden Lap enjoyers! We’ve got fantastic news for you this week! The next major update is finally here! Introducing the Spy Update Inspired by thrilling events from the 70s, the spy feature lets you send a spy to another team between race weekends. Your spy can then sabotage one of your opponent's parts or copy a design to get you a powerful part for free. But be careful! If your spy is caught or your stolen part is reported as fraudulent, you’ll face penalties! Both players and AI can send spies. You can deploy a spy once per race weekend and up to twice per season. Sending a spy costs $10 of your team’s budget. Along with the new features, we're making other noteworthy balance changes and enhancements, including ramping up the aggression of AI drivers and limiting the building of parts to one per race weekend. The Spy Update levels the playing field, helping underdog teams comp…
- Introducing our next game - 🌲 over the hill 🌲 - 23 January 2025
📢 Hey, everyone! 2025 just started, and we already have an exciting surprise for you! We can't wait to share with you our next game, over the hill! 🚗✨⛰️ 🌄 Explore the world in the golden age of offroading. Drive iconic vehicles from the 60s to 80s by yourself or with friends through challenging trails and beautiful scenery. 📸 And just like in art of rally, you'll be able to grab stills of your favourite landscapes with the built-in photo mode. An amazing adventure is ahead! You never know what you may discover just over the hill! over the hill is developed together with our friends at Strelka Games! Check out the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFi39URiesI Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2929250/over_the_hill/ Website: https://funselektor.com/overthehill
- Fancy some chill off-roading with cosy vibes? Art of Rally and Absolute Drift dev Funselektor's next game, Over The Hill, looks like it'll crank your winch - 23 January 2025
Funselektor, the studio behind indie racing games Art of Rally , Absolute Drift , and last year's Golden Lap - all of which are very cool if you're into artsy takes on things that go vroom vroom, has just announced it and collaborator Strelka Games' next title. Read more
- Spinning Wheel Hotfix - 13 January 2025
Happy New Year, Motorsport Fans! 🥳 We hope you had wonderful holidays! ✨ To kick off 2025, we've prepared a neat little update for you. This hotfix (build version 250109_b2843fa9 on Windows and 250113_b2843fa9 on Mac) resolves issues causing the spinning wheel loading animation to get stuck on screen when you load a saved career with mods. With this update, any save data affected by this issue should now load seamlessly. If the spinning wheel loading animation is still getting stuck for you even after installing this update, please reach out to our team directly via email or on Discord, and we'll look into your issue ASAP.
- Part Builder Hotfix - 13 December 2024
Following yesterday's update, some players reported difficulties with building new parts or that parts could be built for free. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. This hotfix (build v241213_97364011) addresses and resolves these issues. We hope you have a fantastic weekend! 🎉
- Team Member Market Update - 12 December 2024
📢 Get ready for a massive treat! From making the AI more competitive to a major overhaul of the team-building process, there's so much to explore in this week's update! 🥳 Thanks to the feedback from our awesome community, we were able to polish all new features. Now both the main and public-beta branches will have the latest and the greatest of Golden Lap! 🎁 But don't worry if you love to be on the cutting edge! Just for you we're already cooking up a new secret feature, so stay tuned for the next beta update! v241212_ab9835a6 Changelog ℹ️ As always, if any of the issues we resolved in this update are still happening for you, please contact the team via email and provide as much information about the issue as possible. We'll be happy to investigate further! For more information, see the pinned post How to Report a Bug. Gameplay Improvements a complete overhaul to the Team Member Mark…
- December 5 update - 5 December 2024
📢 This week we're continuing with the changes to the overtake functionality. In addition to more improvements during the Qualifying, this update will reduce the likelihood of extremely slow "trains" forming during the Race while still keeping overtakes challenging. 🙏 Thanks to the bug reports you sent us, we were also able to resolve some issues with the new Tune and Send Out functionality in the Qualifying. As a result, the feature is now part of the main game. v241205_f985c799d Changelog Gameplay Improvements if drivers get stuck in traffic during Qualifying, they now ask the player to time next pit exit better separated Tune and Send Out actions in Qualifying, so it's easier to avoid getting stuck in traffic (to get Clean Air) Localization Improvements fixed issues with French localization displaying other languages in some parts of the UI Bug Fixes fixed various issues with overta…
- Overtakes Hotfix 1 - 29 November 2024
While we're still working on the upcoming major update and fancy new features 🌟 , we noticed that many of you had drivers getting stuck together and losing a lot of time during the Qualifier. We just released a small update (build version 241129_d1a9eb788) in order to resolve the issue. Please let us know how you like the change! We'd love to see your feedback!
- Funselektor Autumn Sale 2024 🍁 🍂 🌟 - 28 November 2024
Whether you want to complete your Funselektor collection or simply try another one of our games, you can now grab Golden Lap and the rest of our lineup at jaw-dropping prices until December 4th as part of the Steam Autumn Sale. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2052040/Golden_Lap/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/550320/art_of_rally/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/320140/Absolute_Drift/ Check out all Funselektor deals here: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/funselektorlabs
- November 21 public beta - 21 November 2024
📢 Hey, everyone! ℹ️ We've been quiet for the past few weeks, but we've been hard at work on some huge changes to Golden Lap. We've fixed major bugs and made significant improvements to the gameplay and difficulty to offer a fresh challenge for those seeking it. This is a big update, and it may need some extra polishing, so please backup your save data before trying it. We're releasing the update as an early preview on the Steam public-beta branch to gather some feedback before fully releasing it. 📝 We’re eager to see what you think! Specifically, we would like to receive feedback on three key elements that we addressed in this update They are: The Team Member Market: An overhaul of the team-building process. Fuel Consumption: AI opponents will try to use all of their fuel during a race, in turn making more use of the engine 'Push' mode. Game Progression: We've heard your feedback, and…
