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Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks — patch notes and updates

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New WAAAGH! Path update, and CROSSPLAY with Consolez2026-05-21FRESH MEAT 🪓As much as we'z know da PC gits are proppa smashas, maybe ease up on da noobie green gits eh? Just fer a bitThere will be a bunch of new players joining Speed Freeks from PS5 and XBSX/S. Let's welcome them with open arms - den proppa bash em in da back o' da 'ead when dey'z got some krumps in!Patch with new WAAAGH! Path 🔥Burna Boyz be burnin' stuff + morePlenty of new gubbinz and fings in dis WAAAGH! Path ladz.Burna Boyz lead the charge, but there's also all the vehicle kits that were previously on the store before full launch, plus a bunch of new pole gubbinz - especially the grot poles where a git either holds on for dear life
New WAAAGH! Path comin' Thursday with Consolez Crossplay 💥🔄2026-05-19💀SKULLS iz upon us ladz! + New DiscordThis Thursday, May 21st is the Warhammer SKULLS showcase - n' comin' in hot is a new WAAAGH! Path for Speed Freeks to celebrate the console launchSoon you'll get a batch of new items (plus some ones you might recognize), and a bunch of extra gits to play with because of crossplay across all platforms.It hasn't been easy gettin' da boyz on da consolez but it's finally here - so tell any console players in yer mob about it 📣More Orks fer da mob iz gud We'll get into the details of the WAAAGH! Path when it launches, but for now there's other newz...DISCORD iz backIt'z true, we 'ad some trouble wiv a sneaky
Console Gits on Da Way wiv CROSSPLAY!2026-04-29OI GITS! Been a hot minute since we announced the cross play console version of Speed Freeks was on the way, and we FINALLY can confirm some news that should get your squig shaking. SPEED FREEKS IS LAUNCHING ON MAY 21ST - YEAH LIKE, LITERALLY LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY. Here's a loud new trailer for you to enjoy and share with your console mates and get em from 'umies to Speed Freeks in advance. Okay, why is that news for PC players?! Two wonderful little words. Cross Play. It means you'll be seeing more people in all the lobbies, Folks from OTHER PC platforms. Folks from console platforms, all Racin' Krumpin' Creatin' and Fightin' together with
New PATCH Released + CONSOLE Announced 📢2026-03-10DA MEK BOYZ BE FIXIN'⚙️We've just dropped a new patch on Steam. Here's the full change list:Join/invite through SteamPlayers can now use the Steam UI to invite their friend to the match their in, or join a match their friend is already inAn option to have unrestricted team switching when creating a match When this is enabled, players can switch teams regardless of scores, as long as there is a spot on the other team. This allows friends to more easily play on the same teamImprovements to bot behaviour, including having Squigbuggies focus on healing much more. Bots also use dash and some abilities more.Significant gamepad input improvementsInc
CROSS-PLAY with Consoles is Coming 🔃2026-03-05OI GITS!We can't believe it either, but the PlayStation & XBOX versions of Speed Freeks are finally getting wrapped up for release this spring 🤘The console version development actually started in 2023 and despite some big bumps along the way, they're almost here.Ok, so what?What does this mean for PC players? Well, more players in general, and thus more matches to be found.The biggest complaint we see about the game is the lack of players to play with, so this will be a huge win in that department.The console release will also come with a new WAAAGH! Path full of items, which is obviously available to Steam players as well (for free, of cour
Plenty O' Fixes & Improvements2025-12-19As we wind down 2025, we as a team have got to say that we're pretty proud of what we've done with Speed Freeks this year.The game launched into 1.0, we added a wild new vehicle, a level editor with workshop, and a new mode for playing custom maps - along with a ton of bug fixes and improvements overall that brought the game up to to a higher level of quality. We're really happy with the current state of the game itself, and hope you gits are too. Just need more players now! Thanks to all the gits who stuck with us and continue to do so, we've used your positive feedback, crazy gameplay videos and awesome custom maps as fuel to keep us going.
PLAY & CREATE Custom Maps + NEW Item Unlocks, Changes & Fixes2025-11-27Rapid fire of what this mega-update contains:-DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA-MEK WORKSHOP (Custom Map Browser)CREATION MODE (Level Editor)KUSTOM RALLY (Plays custom maps)New WAAAGH! PATH with some of the best vehicle and Ork unlocks yetImproved Host Performance, Sync Issues & Hit-RegFixed Steam Deck performance issuesVehicle balancing, including DeffkoptaA bunch of other changes & fixesLet's get to it!MEK WORKSHOP ⚙️Crazy Kustom Maps are now availableThere's races, stunt parks, hill climbs, skill tests, meme maps and other wacky things!And they can all be played in multiplayer, providing some of the most fun we as a team have had in Speed Freeks 🥳The Wor
CREATION WORKSHOP Launching Next Week!2025-11-20Soon there will be a slick Level Editor, and a Workshop full of custom maps and racetracks to play!If you couldn't already tell from past blogs, we're very excited to be releasing this feature. It's truly game-changing having map-making and workshop support for the Speed Freeks community, giving players power over what - and how - they play. We've had so much fun testing custom maps, and can't wait to see what amazing creations the community comes up with.THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27th will be the launch of Creation Workshop! 🛠️ WATCH DIS!IGN have posted an exclusive video of Chris (Game Director) talking through some crazy custom maps, the Mek Wor
Crash Hotfix2025-11-05We noticed a nasty crash slipped through the cracks, so that's been fixed now ːsteamthumbsupːOther notes:We're also aware that there's issues with a couple vehicle kits going invisible due to the new code around proximity fading when the camera is close to it. We're looking into why this is happening. In the meantime if you could please use a different kit temporarily, would be great.Steam Deck still has pretty bad performance issues that we're looking into. They seemingly popped up in one of the summertime patches, so we're narrowing down which change could have caused it. Apologies for the issue, we're on top of it thoughWe are also looking
Hotfix for silly things + Deffkopta Rokkits2025-11-03Quick one ladz. We needz ta fix sumfin' we'z dun mess'd up ːsteamfacepalmːA hotfix patch has just been pushed with:Fixed Deffkopta falling over drunk in various menu screensFixed Stompa desync in Kill Konvoy - Scrap In Da YardFixed issue with wheeled vehicles getting squished/warped when switching to them from Deffkopta. Yes, you read that rightFixed issue with Squigbuggy Tires kit being purple invisibleFixed issue with some rims not using proximity fade like other itemsFixed issue with accessories not being properly attached to DeffkoptaChanged Deffkopta drop rokkits to have same proximity fuse and impact radius as the default rokkitsFanks f
Crash Fixes! + Deffkopta Changes2025-10-31OI YOU'Z GITS!This isn't the spookiest of Halloween updates, but it's certainly an Orky one - Or is it? We're fixing things, not breaking them...Alright, some big stability updates first:Fixed an issue with vehicle explosions causing crazy forces and lagging the entire serverImproved overall stability and fixed crashing associated with some maps. Hopefully this helps disband the fatal error gang for good ːsteamthumbsupːFixed a crash for systems using an Intel Arc GPUSome performance improvements to various mapsSome extra things in this update:Added a fade function to vehicles so when the camera gets close to it, they don't block the entire vi
DEFFKOPTA Takes To Da Skies!2025-10-23FLYBOYZ! YOU'Z REDDY?The wait is over... time to fly 🚁 Grab the latest Speed Freeks update and play to unlock the new Deffkopta vehicle.You'll need to travel 70 km in any vehicle to do so (don't worry, it doesn't take long - you can track progress in the Challenges menu)Once you start flying around with the Deffkopta you'll notice that it controls a lot differently to any of the game's wheeled vehicles."No zoggin' guff, ya scrap fer brainz"Well, the huge difference is that you can strafe from side to side, and you glide off of jumps/cliffs. You'll be rethinking the way you traverse the game's maps because of how different this vehicle is - i
ORKTOBER patch New Maps + News2025-10-17Dat Deffkopta 'az warmed da 'earts ov you'z gits, it 'asWhat a great response to last week's reveal of the new vehicle. We think you guys will have a blast playing it 🚁You don't have to wait long, because the Deffkopta is coming in next week's Orktober patch, along with a couple new maps: Scrap in Da Yard for Kill Konvoy, and Deff Gorge for Deff Rally.More on that later...ORKTOBER Now, with that great news comes some unexpected news, which is that the upcoming LEVEL EDITOR has been delayed to instead launch in another big update for November. We felt this was the right choice since cloud Workshop support wasn't going to be ready for next wee
DEFFKOPTA GOES BRRRRRRRR2025-10-09Deff is comin' from above on ORKTOBER 23rd!The Deffkopta is by far the most unique vehicle in the game now - it's really different, and awesome to fly. We've been having a proppa time zipping around the maps and using it in the much improved Creation Mode, which is also coming later this month.We can't wait to get the vehicle into your hands so you can do the same.Today we reward you patient gits with some teasers of the Deffkopta in actionBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRBTW, only one person guessed correctly when we asked what you thought the next vehicle would be, and that's ML_Paladin888 🧠⚡Congrats, you get a free Soundtrakk, ya git!We'll be disclosin
Leaderboards Reset + ORKTOBER Is Coming2025-09-17ORKTOBER IS COMIN'!"Wotz da big guff, ya git?" Orktober is when we start dropping details about our massive update coming for Warhammer Day in late October🤘Stuff like:Creation Tools for building levels/races, plus online workshop support to share themNew Vehicle (revealed in Oct)New Maps for all modesNew WAAAGH! Path with some very cool unlocks+ MoreThis will probably be the game's biggest update yet, and will mark a time where Speed Freeks is the bestest, most greenest, most Orkiest game that ever Orked - and will be the best version so far.We're really excited to get it into your hands, and not just saying that as a standard PR thing, we r
New Race Mode 🏁 + Level Editor Coming2025-09-05This is an exciting time for Speed Freeks, because we're on the verge of releasing some level editing tools that will allow you to place structures, platforms, ramps, jump pads, decorations, VFX, etc in maps and then run races through them.Races will be played through the new Kustom Rally mode, either solo or multiplayer 🏁It's gonna be so cool 🤘You'll have assets like these to build whatever you want, races up towers, through obstacle courses, off huge jumps, etc. All decorated the way you think an Ork like you would do it!You can imagine the uniqueness and creativity will be so much higher, and we're so pumped to see what you gits come up
Network Sync + Hit-Reg Improvements2025-08-29OI!Just a quick update to help with general network sync.You should notice less issues with Hit-Reg, bombs, stompas, etc now.But please drop a comment if you do, and let us know about the issueCOMING UP NEXT:KUSTOM RALLY game modeBetter race creation tools including building your own structures, ramps, VFX, etc. We are very excited about this feature New maps, new vehicle, new weapons!Expect a patch next week plus an influx of players as we've got something in the works. Looking forward to it! And also when the new creation tools come out, because we can't wait to see your wild creations
Balance Patch + SOUNDTRAKK Drop 🤘2025-08-14YOU'Z GITS WANT SUM METAL?!Today we release the long-awaited Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks Da Soundtrakk for your listening pleasure to smash gits to! As mentioned previously, this is a bangin' set of songs that have been attached to the game whether through trailers or ingame - plus some music that's never been heard before...These tunes from Cave Bat and Frank Klepacki are guaranteed to make any proppa Ork 'eadbang 🤘🤘 Check the link for more details:As for notes about the latest patch...VEHICLES ⚙️DEFFKILLA WARTRIKEHealth reduced to 110 (from 120)RUKKATRUKK SQUIGBUGGYHealth reduced to 140 (from 150)GROT MEGA TANKHealth reduced to 240 (fr
Fixes, Vehicle Balance & More2025-07-24We've got a quick one for ya about the latest patch. This one focuses on balance changes mostly, but this is pretty significant, plus there's many other things done to help improve the game. Check it out ːsteamthumbsupː (we really need green hand emojis)VEHICLES ⚙️GENERALSpeed required to drift is reduced, partially to make entering a drift more consistentHealth for most vehicles increased. See notes below:With hit registration improvements, Time-To-Kill has been reduced because players deal damage more consistently. We've universally increased health values to bring the TTK closer to where it was before the hit reg improvements. Range for mo
Submit your KRUMP KLIPS for weekly videos + Soundtrakk news2025-07-17KRUMP KLIPSWe'z been keepin' our'z peeperz on all da racin' n' fightin', n' we'z like wot we'z see 👀We're seeing some great clips from the community pop up in the Discord and other platforms, and want to showcase all the snazzy gameplay you gits have captured while having fun. This can be be awesome krumps, trickshots, big stunts, fast racing, hilarious interactions - whatever is worth a watch.So feel free to drop links or files for your favourite clips in the submission form below, as we're compiling Krump Klips Ov Da Week videos to show off the best submissions chosen by Wired and Caged Element. Ideally you don't have music playing in the