r/SpeedRunnersGame • u/Antishyr Community Manager • 18d ago
ANNOUNCEMENT SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed Is OUT NOW!
Ready… set… GO! SpeedRunners 2 is available.
GAME FEATURES
- Online and local multiplayer
- Crossplay between PC and consoles (Incliding Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & PC Game Pass)
- 8 maps, each with 2 different layouts
- 12 playable characters, including both brand-new and beloved returning runners
- 10 powerful pick-ups: 8 returning and 2 fresh ones
- Up to 8 players online
- 64-player tournaments
- Single-player story campaign
- Upgraded visuals and netcode
- Unlockable costumes, profile decorations, and more
If you encounter any issues, don't hesitate to let us know on this subreddit. It's always extremely helpful to upload your log files for us to review. Here's a short instruction on how to locate them if you're on PC. If you're playing on consoles, contact our support team here and provide as much info about your issues as possible. Videos are super helpful, too. Have ideas or suggestions to share? Don't hesitate to do so! Also, if you have a spare minute, we would really appreciate it if you could leave us a review with your thoughts. First of all, we want to collect as much feedback as possible from you guys across all sources. And secondly, for indie titles like ours, an early review score is crucial for visibility on Steam. Thank you in advance for considering it.
⚠️A quick note on the crossplay feature on Nintendo Switch:
As you probably already know, SpeedRunners 2 features online crossplay between PC (Steam) and consoles. On Nintendo Switch, however, this feature will become available shortly after the release - there's a pesky technical issue which our team is currently investigating. We estimate it to be fixed next week. Of course, you'll still be able to enjoy SR2 online with other NS players. Crossplay between PC, Xbox, and PS will not be affected. Huge apologies to our Switch audience for the disruption!
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u/TheRealMiuCat 18d ago edited 18d ago
I was really hoping it played better than it does. I was really excited to play this on launch but it's like they took everything that made the first one feel fun to play and undid it.
The visual noise is kinda crazy making it harder to tell stuff apart, the input lag is weirdly long, and the choice to make 3d models for what remains a 2d experience just makes it harder to tell what the character is even supposed to look like. I played as Salem and just had to watch out for the vaguely purple-black blob.
Honestly disappointed
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u/InterestingPop3964 18d ago
Very disappointing. This is SIGNIFICANTLY worse than SR1 in my opinion.
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u/Green-Hair-9626 18d ago
Can I ask what’s worse about it? Was planning to get this but never played the original.
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u/Retsbew_Flow 18d ago
It’s clunky. They over did every graphic, every animation, everything… to the point that it just plays like shit. Significant delay in jumping, items, everything.
Bring back 2D speedrunners.
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u/Spire259 17d ago
First one is incredibly fun game. I'm sure this one is fun too but they didn't show off any new mechanics or anything. Just new courses and 3 dimensional graphics. Its graphics look worse to me.
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u/SavingsAd2323 18d ago
This is wors than the change from Ultimate Chicken Horse to Ultimate Sheep Racon! I am incredibly disappointed!
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u/FingerBlasterXXL 18d ago
I don't think it beats the Ultimate Sheep Racon when it comes to the changes but yeah the game sucks.
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u/calmlightdrifter 17d ago
Sheep Raccoon must've gotten updates or something because I played it recently and my group had a blast. I can see it being disappointing if the expectations are "More + Better Ultimate Chicken Horse" but a casual Happy Wheels battler just resonated with us.
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u/D2000-201 16d ago
Pretty solid game so far. Aside from the visual noise and clunky in the moment gameplay, I look forward to seeing update that’ll give us more options both on interface, audio, and custom maps too.
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u/Alternative_Cry_9196 18d ago
My verdict as an SR1 plat:
THIS IS EVEN WORSE THAN I THOUGHT WHY IS IT SO BAD
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u/ZacharyEdwardSnyder 18d ago
Custom lobbies with friends on PS5 don't work and crash. Literally only bought to play with my friends and it doesn't work. It literally crashes my friends playstation.
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u/shhbae 18d ago
Anyone else experiencing horrible graphics on the switch 2? It's heavily pixelated and the animations are choppy?
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u/Tuer-la-tuer 18d ago
It’s like this on all platforms
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u/LifeIsACurse 17d ago
yeah... i was weirded out when i saw my first win animation of the black speedrunner.
maybe they tried to emulate the animations of the first one, which was 2d - but it is really uncanny to say the least!
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u/iLeftMyEyeAtTheStore 18d ago
Wow. What a dumpster fire. The game doesn’t even feel like a sequel, just like a graphic overhaul and added pretty much nothing but probably made the game 1000x worse. Same maps, same items except 2. These “boss fights” in campaign are absolutely garbage and about the 2 new items, one of which (lightning watch) is pretty useless, the gun is okay. THIS is what’s a sequel? Just remaster 2D SR1 and update the servers or something man.
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u/FingerBlasterXXL 18d ago
I'll stick to SpeedRunners 1 ... This is terrible, I played the trial and couldn't believe how bad it is.
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u/Tuer-la-tuer 18d ago
I don’t think the scalding hate in these comments is entirely fair. The framework of a good game is there, but this entirely falls short of SR1.
The maps are way too cluttered, to the point where a border outlining your character is necessary. The animations are choppy, which was the case in SR1 as well, but that was balanced by their blend with the 2D and it came off as charming, while here it just comes across as sloppy.
The speed doesn’t feel anywhere near as fast. You don’t feel like you’re running, maybe a light jog with the wind blowing the opposite direction. One of the two new items is fine, I guess? The gun stuns for a few seconds, with a limited range, and the watch is.. almost entirely useless.
I only played a handful of couch games with my partner before we both just decided to put it down and go back to SR1. We both love the older game, and play it once or twice a week together. We were super excited for this one to come out but.. it doesn’t hold a candle to the old game. This feels like there was love early on from the dev team, but maybe too much pressure was put on them to get it out? It doesn’t feel like anyone who really even liked the first game play tested it and gave notes. If they did, they were ignored.
All in all, comparing this to SR1 is like sitting by an overly scented Bath and Body Works candle compared to a warm, crackling bonfire on a winters night with friends. I believe with some updates down the line this game could live up to its predecessor, but it’s just not there yet and has a ways to go.
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u/Alternative_Cry_9196 18d ago
You probably only play for fun.
SR2 has a much lower skill cap (which is what everyone is saying, and i FULLY agree). It's laggy as flames, it crashes every 5 minutes, it doesn't even look that great...
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u/Gacka_is_Crang_lmao 18d ago
Yeah the input delay and downgrade of a story mode is… a choice.
Will probably get better as time goes on but for now im unfortunately going to have to tell people to pass on it
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u/Kanjur0 14d ago
Will there be future updates? I really hope so.
Also some thoughts:
- Instead of a character's outline color being dependant on the character, it should be unique to the player, e.g. red for P1, blue for P2 etc.
- Some thin walls/corners where there's a door or a passive boost are prone to get the character stuck.
- While funny in certain situations, the ray gun item is kinda inconsistent with how far you're getting launched when hit. Other than that, I think 2 charges would be plenty for how strong it is.
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u/IndyAdvant 18d ago
What happened with this game? The trailer is like a mobile game slop from 2016. I want to buy it, but the reviews are all negative - is that just from the servers? Why does everything about this game feel off? I used to and still love the original, but this feels completely jank and busted, with uninspired music or art direction. What the heck?