[0.8.5.4] - 2026-01-25

Added

  • New staff negotiation system where you get to see their character a bit more (based on traits), you can also give a % of winnings either per associated horse or all horses
  • New person culling system, this should help with freshing up the people a bit
  • In horse detail text now say how many horses the horse has sired/given birth to
  • Ability to change training speed multiplier during start of game and in game settings
  • In race register tables now show the avg rating of the field

Improved

  • Lootbox cost now goes from stable instaed of player cash, since the stable gets the horse

Fixed

  • Changed the race distances not to do a random range, but instead use furlongs as baseline since this is the most international measurement in horse racing for SMILE distances
  • Created a migration for this also, this should fix like 2 meter increments in the standings and times
  • Changing skills in cheat console now does not reset
  • Moved the shoe materials to a dictionary inside game, this should stop weird bugs caused by invalid file access
  • In betting there was a bug that when you pressed the bet amount buttons it did not update the add buttons monetary label
  • Stake races showing prize money for winner as 0
  • Made it so that CPU tries to keep horses to around 200
  • In market featured page, the age range for the auctions were not correct
  • If a horse has won an award in it’s live, exclude it from culling mechanic

Removed

  • Sign-on bonus and healthcare benefits for now, if there is demand for these we can add them back

Original announcement on Steam

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