Patch notes

Every Slipstream update, newest first. Latest: v0.22.0 “The public beta grid is open”. Race full careers with an account, save across devices and explore the Paddock together. This is a beta; commentary voices are optional and…

v0.22.0: The public beta grid is open (2026-11-09)

Race full careers with an account, save across devices and explore the Paddock together. This is a beta; commentary voices are optional and still being improved.

  • added: Public beta careers include qualifying, races and season progression. Sign in with Google, Discord or email and password to play online.
  • added: Five cloud career slots follow your account across devices, with export and import, a choice when saves conflict, and a one-time import for older browser careers.
  • added: Paddock stats combine recorded race and season totals. Your profile shows personal career statistics; private saves and email addresses are not public.
  • added: A service status page shows website and account-service availability.
  • changed: Privacy, storage and save guides now explain accounts, online careers, recorded game statistics and account deletion.
  • changed: Commentary voices remain optional and off by default while replacement recordings are completed. Race captions remain available.
  • fixed: Automatic site updates keep the public beta and online saving enabled instead of returning players to the locked preview.

v0.21.1: A clearer way onto the grid (2026-11-09)

Cleaner home-screen controls and a more compact account dialog for the online preview.

  • changed: Career controls share a balanced row on the home screen, with patch notes and About below. On phones, career controls become compact rows.
  • changed: Google and Discord sign-in have recognisable logos and branded buttons, alongside simpler email and account controls.
  • fixed: Starting a career while signed out opens sign-in over the home screen instead of replacing it with an empty sign-in page.
  • fixed: Switching between sign-in and account creation keeps the dialog in place, with a more compact form to reduce scrolling.

v0.21.0: Play your way (2026-11-06)

Better layouts for phones and tablets, a text view of the race for screen readers, new display options, remappable shortcuts and an updated privacy notice.

  • added: A race text view sits below the circuit map: a running-order table with gaps, tyres and status, plus spoken updates for your cars' positions and stops, flags, safety cars, retirements and the lap count. Spoken updates are paced so they do not pile up and can be switched off in Settings.
  • added: Settings adds high contrast, a colour-blind-friendly palette that also adds symbols to lap-time and blue-flag markers, and text sizes of 100%, 115% and 130%.
  • added: Remap the race keyboard shortcuts in Settings. Choosing a key already in use swaps the two, and Reset restores the defaults.
  • added: A skip-to-content link, arrow-key navigation on tab bars, and dialogs and the garage tour that keep keyboard focus inside and return it when closed.
  • changed: Tablets get two-column garage and upgrade layouts, a header that fits in portrait, and a race screen that keeps the pit wall in view. On landscape tablets the race fits on one screen.
  • changed: On phones, wide tables scroll inside their panel instead of the whole page, results tabs and strategy review controls fit the screen, and screens stay clear of notches and the home indicator.
  • changed: Touch screens get larger buttons, tabs and controls, form fields no longer zoom the page on iPhone, and keyboard hints are hidden.
  • changed: Following your device's reduced-motion setting now also stops background animations, not only the race effects.
  • changed: The Privacy, Cookies & local storage, Saves and Your data pages now list every item kept in your browser, what problem reports can include, what stays only in memory, and which pages contact another service.
  • fixed: Several pages no longer scroll sideways on narrow phones, including the roadmap, sprint weekends, the F1 primer and How it works.
  • fixed: Screen readers now hear names for the pause and sound buttons, the round names in the standings, and fastest-lap and blue-flag markers in the timing tower.

v0.20.0: Long careers and what-ifs (2026-11-06)

Grids now age and renew over long careers, results gain a detailed tab with strategy reruns, and new pages cover the real 2026 season and rules.

  • added: Drivers age through a career. Young drivers improve until about 24, ratings fade from 33, and drivers retire in their late thirties or early forties. Fictional new drivers with their own names, numbers and helmets join the market to keep every seat filled, even decades in. They are labelled Fictional, and later line-ups and ratings are game outcomes, not predictions.
  • added: Season-end news lists retirements and new arrivals, and the contracts office shows each driver's age. Retired drivers keep their results and records.
  • added: Strategy review: after a race played from the grid, rerun it with a different start tyre, up to three stops or a fixed driving mode for one of your cars, and compare the hypothetical finish with what really happened. Rivals still react and incidents can change, so it shows a possible outcome, not proof. Reruns are not saved and are available until the page reloads.
  • added: Results open on a short summary. A Detailed results tab adds every car's places gained, laps led, median racing lap, lap-time spread, estimated top speed, stops, structured penalties and classification status, alongside the steward's report, lap chart and debrief.
  • added: If a screen crashes, a recovery screen lets you try again, reload or report the crash with the error already filled in. Bug reports now include a short, cleaned error trace. Nothing is sent automatically.
  • added: A new 2026 season page lists every real Grand Prix podium so far, the championship leaders and links to drivers, teams and circuits, and explains how the real calendar differs from the game's original 2026 calendar.
  • added: A new 2026 rules page explains the real regulations in plain English, from smaller cars and moving wings to 350 kW electric power, sustainable fuel and the cost cap, with sources and what Slipstream simulates for each.
  • changed: Drivers over 34 now ask for slightly lower salaries, £100k less for each year over that age, matching their market value.
  • fixed: Practice, the calendar, the garage, standings, results and season review now show your contracted drivers after a driver change, instead of the team's original 2026 line-up.

v0.19.0: Race problem reports (2026-11-05)

Attach race evidence to problem reports while keeping control of what you share.

  • added: Report a problem can attach your most recent live race, including its starting state, race events and timed strategy decisions. Recording begins at the grid or your latest reload; instant simulations and earlier decisions are not included. Race evidence stays in memory until another live race starts or the page reloads.
  • added: Inspect report attachments before downloading. Race evidence and a full saved career are separate optional attachments, and nothing is sent automatically. Attach the downloaded file yourself when sharing by email or message.

v0.18.0: A champion crowned (2026-11-01)

The real F1 standings celebrate the drivers’ world champion and include the published Mexico results.

  • added: The real F1 standings celebrate the drivers’ champion with a pixel trophy, helmet and a short confetti animation. Pause or replay the celebration; reduced-motion settings keep it still.
  • changed: The constructors’ fight replaces the drivers’ title predictor, showing the teams still in contention, their points gaps and what the leading team needs to secure the title. Both cars’ points count.
  • fixed: The real F1 standings include the published Mexico City results, with Kimi Antonelli on 380 points. A delayed live feed or older browser copy no longer replaces these results.